How does descoring work?

[LordTalps]

It's a lot of point counting, unless the rules somehow get changed or opened up for more interpretation.

[Ragnarokae]

Originally Posted by LordTalps

It's a lot of point counting, unless the rules somehow get changed or opened up for more interpretation.

Yeah, one of the speakers on the Kickoff broadcast said the the refs were in for a rough time. The refs have to go through an actual course and tests before they can actually referee.

[LordTalps]

Originally Posted by Ragnarokae

Yeah, one of the speakers on the Kickoff broadcast said the the refs were in for a rough time. The refs have to go through an actual course and tests before they can actually referee.

I was more thinking on a strategic side but yes, the refs are in for trouble XP

[MarySheridan]

So the rules state that

<G36> HOME STRETCH Height Restriction – ROBOTS in the HOME STRETCH of the opposing ALLIANCE can not be more than 6 feet tall. A PENALTY will be assigned for each infraction.

In the video of the HUMAN PLAYERS, the blue alliance was passing a ball over the lane divider. Though the lane divider is 6ft tall, stretching to get the ball over the top seems to be pushing it. Is that okay to do? Just sit there and wait for a ball to come your way?
On that note, I know there have been six zillion threads on this, but it has been decided that pushing a Trackball off of the other side of the overhand during any mode would be considered illegal, correct?

[LordTalps]

Originally Posted by MarySheridan

So the rules state that

<G36> HOME STRETCH Height Restriction – ROBOTS in the HOME STRETCH of the opposing ALLIANCE can not be more than 6 feet tall. A PENALTY will be assigned for each infraction.

In the video of the HUMAN PLAYERS, the blue alliance was passing a ball over the lane divider. Though the lane divider is 6ft tall, stretching to get the ball over the top seems to be pushing it. Is that okay to do? Just sit there and wait for a ball to come your way?
On that note, I know there have been six zillion threads on this, but it has been decided that pushing a Trackball off of the other side of the overhand during any mode would be considered illegal, correct?

It's not illegal, just very hard to do without breaking either G22 or G36 as posted above.

[Kingsmen]

The definition of crossing the line is that all the parts of the object have to cross the line. So a manipulator crossing into the homestrech but not the rest of the robot would not count for the height rule.

[gam3fr3ak1]

Originally Posted by Kingsmen

The definition of crossing the line is that all the parts of the object have to cross the line. So a manipulator crossing into the homestrech but not the rest of the robot would not count for the height rule.

But the rule for going backwards is different, you cant "break the plane" so no part of your robot can go back to a previous quadrant w/o incurring a penalty