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Re: Outside the box defense

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Originally Posted by blakwyte View Post

placing a ringer on another bots ramp is technically illegal, but there are no penalties for it, since they assumed the only reason you would do this would be to cause an opposing robot to be in possession of multiple ringers "GAME PIECES may not be intentionally placed on opposing ROBOTS for the purpose of causing a violation of [rule <G09>]. Any such GAME PIECE placements will not be considered in POSSESSION of the affected ROBOT, and will be ignored."
no it's not -- just if you "give" your opponent a ringer it doesn't count as possession.

& if your opponent pushes you into their home zone you don't get a penalty (as long as you try to escape).
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