What benefit do rules 40 and G41 provide to this game? I don't really see how these rules make this game any better, and if we can cut down on unnecessary rules I will have more faith in the referees to make good calls on the rules that actually matter. Let's scrap these rules.
G40 seems to exist solely to stop a team from crossing a defense halfway and then dropping the ball into the opponent's courtyard. The potential teamwork opportunities from having one shooter and one passer are inhibited by this rule in exchange for no clear benefit. Furthermore, this is an extremely complicated rule as written, I would prefer for referees to watch for other, easier calls than this one. Without this rule, strategies such as passing balls over the defenses into the opponent courtyard from the neutral zone would still be prohibited by G39.
G41 just seems redundant to me, since I can't imagine a situation where G41 would apply without G38 applying.
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G40 A ROBOT may not cause a BOULDER to move from the NEUTRAL ZONE into the opponent’s
COURTYARD unless:
A. the ROBOT contacts the BOULDER within OUTER WORKS, and
B. the ROBOT completes its CROSSING (e.g. doesn’t completely back out of the OUTER
WORKS into the NEUTRAL ZONE)
Violation: TECH FOUL per BOULDER
Examples meeting the requirements of this rule include, but are not
limited to:
A. A ROBOT picks up a BOULDER in the NEUTRAL ZONE, and
CROSSES a DEFENSE carrying the BOULDER
B. A ROBOT, starting in the NEUTRAL ZONE, bumps a BOULDER
through a DEFENSE, contacting the BOULDER within the OUTER
WORKS at least once. The ROBOT then completes the CROSSING
itself.
Examples NOT meeting this rule include, but are not limited to:
A. A ROBOT fully in the NEUTRAL ZONE lobs a boulder over a
DEFENSE, then CROSSES a DEFENSE (this violates the rule
because the ROBOT did not contact the BOULDER within OUTER
WORKS)
B. A ROBOT fully in the NEUTRAL ZONE rolls a BOULDER over
a DEFENSE, then CROSSES a DEFENSE (this violates the rule
because the ROBOT did not contact the BOULDER within OUTER
WORKS)
C. A ROBOT attempts to CROSS a DEFENSE with a BOULDER,
drops the BOULDER so it rolls into the opponent’s COURTYARD,
backs fully out of the OUTER WORKS to get a running start, then
CROSSES a DEFENSE (this violates the rule because the ROBOT
completely backed out of OUTER WORKS into the NEUTRAL ZONE)
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G41 During each CROSSING, a ROBOT may not cause more than one (1) BOULDER to move from the
NEUTRAL ZONE into the opponent’s COURTYARD.
Violation: TECH FOUL per additional BOULDER
For example, if a Red ROBOT is CROSSING the Blue OUTER WORKS
and a Blue ROBOT causes a BOULDER to bounce off of the Red
ROBOT and through the OUTER WORKS, there is no violation of this
rule as the action was caused by the Blue ROBOT.
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