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Re: Human Players Curving Boulders Into The Courtyard

Well, we were hoping nobody else would figure this out for a few more weeks....but yes. This is legal as confirmed to us by the head referee (also on the GDC) and a part of our strategy last weekend. We successfully implemented the tactic multiple times and confused a couple of field referees because there was no robot entering the ball into the courtyard.

The ruling as explained to us:
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

It says a ROBOT(not an ALLIANCE) may not cause a boulder to move from the NEUTRAL ZONE to the COURTYARD.

Our human player practiced for weeks before he hit the field and we learned that it is difficult for anyone to do without practice. You can curve a boulder and pummel it over defenses next to the low bar and it is totally legal. It will probably be discussed and changed in the team updates.

We also found a strategy using this human player loop to take down the tower in under 30 seconds after auto but were unable to do this during the finals at Guilford District event in NC because the breaches and scaling were just more important for our alliance to succeed (and we did succeed without this strategy).
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