ELEVATED but not hanging?

[Kevin Sevcik]

Followup that I also Q&A-ed. SUSPENDED says only touching an ELEVATED/SUSPENDED ROBOT. I'm now curious if an otherwise SUSPENDED robot is downgraded if it touches the TOWER. Sure makes things harder, doesn't it?

[kirtar]

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik

Followup that I also Q&A-ed. SUSPENDED says only touching an ELEVATED/SUSPENDED ROBOT. I'm now curious if an otherwise SUSPENDED robot is downgraded if it touches the TOWER. Sure makes things harder, doesn't it?

How it is currently stated, that is the only interpretation that I can see. That extra point (in comparison to hanging from the tower) is for hanging off of another robot, so they have to make it so you can't just hang off the tower and touch another robot.

[Phoenix Spud]

I believe you would only get 2 points for that strategy since the middle robot is touching the bottom robot, and therefor not SUSPENDED by the top robot. This means the bottom and middle robots would not receive any bonus points, but the top robot would receive 2. Does that make sense.

[Kevin Sevcik]

Originally Posted by Phoenix Spud

I believe you would only get 2 points for that strategy since the middle robot is touching the bottom robot, and therefor not SUSPENDED by the top robot. This means the bottom and middle robots would not receive any bonus points, but the top robot would receive 2. Does that make sense.

Oh-o. But you're reading your standard, everyday, common sense definition of SUSPENDED into things. This is Breakaway we're talking about. If you have a stack of 3 vertical robots, the middle one is 21" up and touching the tower, and the top one is only touching the middle one... Then I think the middle one is ELEVATED, and the top one is SUSPENDED, as it's only touching the ELEVATED robot below it. (Yes, I just said a robot was suspended by another robot below it. I didn't write the rules.)

[JesseK]

All I know is that I would not want the risk of being the 'top bot' in a 3-robot stack. That's a fantastic catch nonetheless Kevin; I wonder if that interpretation is within their intent and thus will hold up without change.