Can teams damage their own defenses?

[Ceering]

Well, even if you could, you can only damage by going into the courtyards (from my understanding), and you have the secret passage.

But I would assume you can't damage them.

[logank013]

A huge questions shouldn't be about the rules but about the field. How do the LEDs turn off when crossing a defense. Is it done by a referee or is there a sensor on each defense that allows them to recognize when someone crosses it? Thanks. I'm now curious

[rich2202]

Originally Posted by logank013

A huge questions shouldn't be about the rules but about the field. How do the LEDs turn off when crossing a defense. Is it done by a referee or is there a sensor on each defense that allows them to recognize when someone crosses it? Thanks. I'm now curious

If you look at the field drawings (not the team version), you will see that there are no sensors.

Look at the box in section 3.1.3, and tell me if you still don't know the answer.

[BrennanB]

Originally Posted by logank013

A huge questions shouldn't be about the rules but about the field. How do the LEDs turn off when crossing a defense. Is it done by a referee or is there a sensor on each defense that allows them to recognize when someone crosses it? Thanks. I'm now curious

Pretty certain that it would do it based on referee input. Similar to any other LED display in the past.

[Doug Frisk]

Originally Posted by BrennanB

Pretty certain that it would do it based on referee input. Similar to any other LED display in the past.

Not every other display. There are some things that are tallied automatically, the Frisbees, the basketballs and this year the boulders.

But the defenses? They have to be ref entered because of the rules stating it must start completely in the neutral zone and must end completely in the courtyard.