Perhaps Defense may not be as useful as we thought?!

[ksafin]

Due to the lack of safe zones in this years game, defense has commonly been talked about as being huge this year. With the only safe zone being the little area where frisbees are loaded, the potential for defense bots was huge.

I don't know if this wasn't noticed or I may just be late to the party, but:

Regardless of who initiates the contact, a ROBOT may not contact an opponent ROBOT

contacting its PYRAMID or
touching the carpet in its LOADING ZONE.


Violation: FOUL. If purposeful or consequential, TECHNICAL FOUL. If an opponent's CLIMB is affected, each affected opponent ROBOT will be awarded points for a successful Level 3 CLIMB.

Bold added for emphasis.

I was wondering if this was for the purpose of protecting robots that were climbing, or if shooter bots can just touch the pyramid and be free to line up and aim without fearing defense bots so I submitted to Q&A:

Q. Does this rule also apply to robots that are contacting the pyramid while shooting? That is to say, can a robot contact its pyramid to aim and shoot at its goals and consider this a "safe zone"? Or is this rule only active when climbing the pyramid?

A. [G30] applies regardless of what the ROBOT is doing, so long as it is contacting its PYRAMID.