2023 Team Update 01

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They killed the momentary strategy lol

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I am glad its gone

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A couple of the rules lawyers thought that they found a loophole with how the referees called multi game piece fouls.

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Notably no adjustment to “the noodle agreement” strategy of 2023. (That is, agreeing with the opposing alliance to both descore a game piece and automatically get the SUSTAINABILITY bonus.) We’ll have to wait for Q&As about this, perhaps they see it as already settled with another rule.

they found a loophole in how the rules were worded, not in how referees would call it

It also looks like they silently fixed the reference errors in the manual

Link for reference: https://www.chiefdelphi.com/t/error-reference-source-not-found/421080

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I would expect that it would be covered in H105-106

Is a robot knocking off a cone “playing beneath their ability?” Maybe? I think the “manipulate the rankings of other teams” clause from H107 also may be applicable, but I hope this gets addressed in Q+A or a team update.

Good - I’m happy FIRST realized how dumb the “Greater-than-MOMENTARY” rule was and corrected it before teams designed around it.

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RIP my juggling robot. Something that will only ever live on in my head now :frowning:

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Well, I’m not sad to see it go. But crossing this minefield without encountering a game piece that you could inadvertently control while carrying one is going to be another concern for penalties, although it may just be back to pushing in a direction or just passing through ref interpretation.

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I can’t imagine too many game pieces lying around midfield in high level play, too valuable to cut a cycle distance in half…

Going off of the wording in the update I think it would be pretty tough to do this. It’s almost an oxymoron. See definition B

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