Passing the boulder

[bjtheone]

Originally Posted by kenfox

We identified a similar strategy with a low robot that can cross under the bar. It might be easy to block its shots, but there's a good chance nobody will bother to play defense. Using a tall robot would be much harder to defend.

It seems legal (at the moment!) to hold open the low bar's Cordura flap while in a shooting position. The robot doesn't even have to move between shots. It can be fed from the human player station or with passes from a robot in the neutral zone. I really hope this strategy is clearly ruled out because it seems against the spirit of all the crossing and outer works rules.

This violates G40, if you are parked in the OUTWORKS and do not complete the CROSSINg before shooting. If your HUMAN PLAYER can get the BOULDER onto the OUTERWORKS, you can take it from there, move into the COURTYARD and SHOOT.

Depending on how you are holding the flap open (perhaps with an extension) you would be violating G40-1.

The intent from the Q&A is very clear. ROBOTS have to CROSS the OUTERWORKS controlling the BOULDER, to move the BOULDER into a potential scoring position (touching the COURTYARD carpet).