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Re: NJ Regional: IR Legality

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Originally Posted by LH Machinist View Post
Upon further review, it still do feel they are in violation of rule 65.

Bullet #8: "use a maximum of four different inputs from the ROBOCOACH (e.g. use four differentbuttons) during any single MATCH"

Bullet #9: communicate no more than four messages, states or conditions to the ROBOT (please refer to Rule <R69> and Rule <G01> for additional information) during any single MATCH.


My interpretation of this rule is that you may push any combination of buttons a maximum of 4 times total. Thus meaning you may push one button four times, four buttons one time each, or any combination thereof but not to exceed a total of four button pushes.

With the aforementioned constraints, I feel it is impossible for a team to do what they did legally...score 28 points
This is contrary to most answers by the GDC in the Q&A as well as what I have seen as the reading of the majority of CD users.

You may have 4 buttons that perform the same action each time they are pressed. You may press them any number of times at any point during the full 2:15 of the match. You may not hold them down in order to send multiple signals or obtain a different functionality.
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