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Re: G22 Direction of Traffic Hilarity

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Originally Posted by Vikesrock View Post
The rule does not mention which direction the line must be crossed in (to count as "crossed")so I believe you could only drive in one circle clockwise with the rule as it stands.
The relevant sections:
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CROSSING: The act of a TRCKBALL or ROBOT passing through the plane defined by a line (i.e. LANE MARKER or FINISH LINE) when it is projected vertically upwards. A TRACKBALL or ROBOT shall have CROSSED a line when all parts of the object, while traveling in a counterclockwise direction, have completely passed through the plane.

<G22> Direction Of Traffic – ROBOTS must proceed around the TRACK in a counter-clockwise direction. Once a ROBOT has CROSSED a LANE MARKER or FINISH LINE, it shall not break the plane of the line by moving in the clockwise direction. A PENALTY will be assigned for each infraction.
So you haven't CROSSED a line in Overdrive-speak unless you went over it in the anti-clockwise direction. So if you're always travelling anti-clockwise dodging the oncoming traffic, then you don't get penalized. Again, I think this is a quirk of this early rules revision, soon to be clarified into irrelevance. If I'm proven wrong and it remains legal, though, I think I get naming rights for this strategy. I'm thinking the Kevin Gambit.....
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