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Originally Posted by daltore
There's also the fact that the ball never crosses the plane over the actually lines separating Q2-Q3 and Q4-Q1. The ball, and consequently parts of the robot, do cross the plane over the finish lines, however. May have something to do with it.
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Those lines do extend under the overpass, and are thus being crossed. As stated by The Arena:
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Originally Posted by 6.2.1 Boundaries and Markings
A two-inch wide stripe of white gaffers tape extends down the center-line of the TRACK and under the LANE DIVIDER. This stripe is known as the “LANE MARKER.” The LANE MARKER divides the TRACK into two halves: the “Red Lane” and the “Blue Lane.”
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(Though since there is physically no gaffers tape under the lane divider to the best of my knowledge, the phrasing makes this technically a false statement.)
This interpretation would also make the blue robot's knocking down of the opposing trackball from its home zone in the game animation receive a penalty under <G22> in addition to the possible 80 inch violation. Ouch! No wonder that animation wasn't scored!
...I didn't want to be a lawyer, I swear! This game has so many details!