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Originally Posted by Steve W
I have checked the official rules and find no mention of the tetra being an extension of the robot. The only place it is mentioned is in the Q&A which is wrong about 10% of the time and changes from day to day. No team is expected to read all of the Q&As and decifer what they mean.
Even the rules go against each other. Take for example G15 where it states that a robot is in the process of loading until it leaves the loading zone.
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For anyone who's missed it, here's some recent answers to a couple Q/A:
1852 Section: 4.3.3 Status: Answered Date Answered: 4/13/2005
Q: Please identify ANY and ALL cases in which a TETRA is considered and extension of a Robot. Is it ONLY during the HP loading function, or are there other situations this applies?
A: The tetra is considered part of the robot only during the human player loading sequence. This is for safety reasons. However, a tetra being carried by a robot is still the responsibility of the robot in situations such as de-scoring, removing tetras from an opponents automated loading zone, loading zone interference, etc. In these cases, causality will be the determining factor whether to assess a penalty, etc. Please see updated Q&A 1824 as described in Team Update 18, as well as the updated G15 examples in Team Update #20 that will be posted on Thursday, 4/14/2005.
ID: 1853 Section: 4.3.3 Status: Answered Date Answered: 4/13/2005
Q: Please clarify the conflict between the last (updated) sentence of G15, and the previous examples for certain situations (esp ex 6-7).
A: Nice catch! Thanks for your rigorous review of the rules. The last sentence of G15 takes precedence. Please see Team Update #X20 (this update will be published on Thursday, 4/14/2005) for updated G15 examples.
Sounds like these will be covered in their update today. So basically - the tetra is only "an extension of the robot" when it's in the HP loading zone. However, if you descore, or violate G15, or other things with a tetra in your possession, you'll get a penalty. Makes sense to me, and it keeps with the way the rules are written.