Ring It Up! and Rack n' Roll

[MarcSol]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

That rule defines the conditions for receiving the Lifting Bonus. It does not specify method, and neither do any other rules I saw. It doesn't even say that the partner's Robot must actually "lift" the lifted Robot; it says only that it must fully (and exclusively) support it.

Alan, the same paragraph also states (those are paragraph numbers not rule numbers. Rule numbers have a different format):

Originally Posted by Paragraph 1.3.4

During the End Game (and not before), Robots may lift their Alliance partner’s Robot above the Playing Field floor to receive Lifting Bonus points.

Years of refereeing FIRST competitions have taught me to read every word carefully. If there is a way to misinterpret the words, they will be misinterpreted. The Manual specifically states that one Robot may lift another Robot to receive the Lifting Bonus, not that one Robot may allow another Robot to crawl up on it till the second Robot has elevated itself above the floor. This is Ring It Up! not Rack 'n Roll.