Rule about being in the key

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by Brandon_L

Were aware of that, but is it while your ENTIRE robot is in the key, or just some part?

Brandon, by the letter of the rule, while some part of your robot is touching the key, you are protected from contact from your opponents.

There isn't really any grey area on this one - touch the key with a wheel, a bridge manip, an appendage, a ziptie, etc, and you're protected.

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Originally Posted by gurellia53

I could see refs calling it if the shooting robot is over the key but a wheel/appendage is not physically touching the ground inside the key. You may want a clarification from a ref or might be covered in drivers' meeting.

IMO, if the GDC intended for this rule to be interpreted this way, they would've said something like: "
Robots may not touch an opponent Robot breaking the vertical plane defined by the edges of it's Key, Alley, or Bridge." That's just my interpretation based on how the GDC seems to write rules, though as you may know, they can change over night.