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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik

And there's the two meanings that are relevant to how G28 gets ruled.

Also defense makes perfect sense if the defending alliance is already not going to get a CAPTURE and wants to deny a CAPTURE to the opponents. Or if the defending robot can't cross DEFENSE and can't even CHALLENGE, then denying even a CHALLENGE would be a net benefit.

Speaking as your friendly Defense expert, I'll say clearing this up is VERY important. The rule now can be read to allow a robot to park in front of their tower, take their hands off the controls, and not incur the penalty. If GDC intends this to mean that you cannot impede the movement of a robot to the tower in the courtyard in the last 20 seconds, then they should say that.

Clarity is important on rules. Anyone remember that q&a last year that really restriced helping other teams under material usage rules? Anyone remember the debates about how to reasonably interpret that? I do. And I also remember GDC clearing it up a few days later with relatively few changes to wording.

Doesn't usually take much to make the intent clear.