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Originally Posted by martin417
Still no response from GDC? I have been checking the Q&A, but haven't seen anything. Are they in a quandary?
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It could be that they are busy.
Or it may be that this requires a rule change, but one which will not have any impact. In other words, they believed that the scoring program is correct (if indeed it doesn't score the first crossing if the robot hasn't left the home stretch in hybrid). If a rule change is necessary, to correct the rules to what has been happening in practice, it would come out in a Team Update. They have typically waited to issue the Q&A response until the Update appears.
Please note that the word "lap" is only used in the Game section of the rules in two contexts:
(1) In the first paragraph in a generalized description of the game
(2) In reference to the LAP INDICATOR
In all other instances, for example the scoring rules, "CROSS" (or some form of the word) is used.
I missed the Team Update 15 noted above before answering. My hunch was right, the scoring program was written in accordance with what the GDC intended the rule to be.