Sally Port Rules

[BethMo]

Originally Posted by M217

... it counts as a legal cross if you just travel back through the door from the courtyard, which any robot can do, and then spin in place, losing contact with the flap, before driving through again.

Since the door opens in the direction that blocks the outerworks referee's view of the robot, it can be very difficult to tell whether the robot lost contact with the flap or not. It can sometimes even be difficult to tell whether the robot got entirely off the ramp from the defense! If the referee is not sure whether the robot did both of these things, then they're not supposed to give credit for the cross. That makes this a risky strategy.

For the best chance of getting it counted, drive far enough past the door that half of your robot is visible to the referee. It also helps if you can get the door to visibly bounce off your robot, breaking contact more than once.