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Re: Do minibots need to stay at the top of the pole?

"MINIBOT RACE – a competition in which MINIBOTS are DEPLOYED, climb the TOWER, and TRIGGER the TARGET. The MINIBOT RACE begins at the start of the END GAME."

"climb" would be the operative word here, I think... Rational engineering understanding would not try to lawyer that into fly, toss, etc. It's a climbing race, pure and simple.

"DEPLOYMENT – the act of positioning a MINIBOT on a TOWER. DEPLOYMENT starts when the MINIBOT breaks the vertical projection of the TOWER BASE circumference during the END GAME. (Related form, DEPLOY, verb)"

"positioning a MINIBOT on a TOWER"... I would also interpret that as disallowing applying any momentum to the minibot. "Positioning on" clearly implies simple placement (on the climbing pole).

Finally, the POLE is 10 feet tall; if the minibot doesn't climb back down on its own, you will either have to have a retrieval pole or have the field reset people get it down for you (not good).

I think any attempt to do anything other than climb the tower and come back down (without damaging the target!) will either be explicitly disallowed by Q&A or result in yellow/red flag...