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Re: OVERDRIVE Rules/Scoring Questions

I still have a question about the legality of carying the ball over the overpass and dropping it on the other site (as shown in the animation).

Since the overpass scoring rule defines the 8 point score as "(2 points for
CROSSING the FINISH LINE – re Rule <G10> - and a 6 point bonus, yielding 8 points total)" and G10 says "Each TRACKBALL that has CROSSED its own FINISH LINE while <B>not in contact</B> with a ROBOT of the same ALLIANCE will earn 2 points"

Then doesn't this mean that if you carry the ball over the overpass, you are in contact with it, so by definition you won't get the 2 points.... and then maybe not even the "bonus" 6 points .....
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