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Re: ELEVATED but not hanging?

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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik View Post
Someone sanity check me on this. I just did a double take on closely reading the ELEVATED definition:It's missing the "and only in contact with the TOWER" or "only supported by the TOWER" that I've been conditioned to expect. By my reading, a robot sitting on top of another robot, 21" off the ground, and touching the TOWER = ELEVATED. I can't see anything that argues against this. I'm Q&A-ing it, but it seems legal to me at the moment. Comments?

NB: So a triple-stack of robots near a tower could = 5 points?
I have been debating this for some time (last few days) and the video (although I am told NOT to trust which is SUPPOSED to give an understanding of the game) does show it not once, but twice that being on the platform is considered elevated. If it is, then a triple stack would be worth 8 points, considering a plane is a flat surface that has generally no thickness, but if is not, then it is worth only 5 points as you said.