2011 Team Update #2

[Tetraman]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

DQ'd for deploying your MINIBOT marginally too high?

So it's ok if a person in Track starts on a running block that's marginally too far forward?

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Tetraman

So it's ok if a person in Track starts on a running block that's marginally too far forward?

No, but the penalty would be the same for starting too far forward or starting too soon, wouldn't it?

If you deploy your MINIBOT early, the tower is disabled - you lose any possible race bonus points.

If you deploy too high, you are DQ'd - but presumably your alliance still gets the bonus points? The rules don't say.

They should have included "entirely below the deployment line" into <G20>, not <G21>.

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by Tetraman

So it's ok if a person in Track starts on a running block that's marginally too far forward?

No, but this is equivalent to removing the runner's score from the race (disabling the tower) as opposed to saying that all previous races are discounted because of it.

I agree that the red card is a bit harsh, perhaps we'll see this changed in the next one. Regardless, people should be designing their systems so they can't deploy above the line easily or at all, so hopefully it will be a non-issue either way.