EDIT: Well, my first search didn’t bring up any results, but now I look at the ‘similar threads’ down in the bottom and have my answer. Sorry!
I think I know the answer to this, but I just want to clarify…
Is there anywhere in the rules that says that you can’t knock the tetras off the goals?
yes you can not “uncap” the tetras if they are seated the right way on the goals but if they are not on the right way then u can take them off or adjust them, there is a 10 pt penalty for uncapping and the other teams gets to OWN the goal for the rest of the match.
<G18> ROBOTS can remove or displace TETRAS CONTAINED in a goal, but cannot remove TETRAS
STACKED on a goal. If an alliance ROBOT removes any STACKED TETRA of the opposing alliance, the
TETRA will be SCORED (3 points) and the opposing alliance automatically OWNS the GOAL for the
remainder of the match regardless of what color TETRAS are on the goal. There is no penalty for removing a
TETRA that is precariously positioned on a GOAL or TETRA, but not fully STACKED.
you are not allowed to knock off tetras
if you do you give the opponent a lot of points as well as permanent control of the goal no matter who has the tetra on top
Even if it is your own tetra?
unless FIRST clarifies this later, even if its your own tetra
Since this rule is unclear, I’ve asked the question in the FIRST FRC Q+A System (#966). Hopefully there’ll be an answer soon.
<G18> ROBOTS can remove or displace TETRAS CONTAINED in a goal, but cannot remove TETRAS
STACKED on a goal. If an alliance ROBOT removes any STACKED TETRA of the opposing alliance, the
TETRA will be SCORED (3 points) and the opposing alliance automatically OWNS the GOAL for the
remainder of the match regardless of what color TETRAS are on the goal. There is no penalty for removing a
TETRA that is precariously positioned on a GOAL or TETRA, but not fully STACKED.
After pondering this for a few moments, I just have to ask… Why would you want to remove your own tetra?
well the only reason i can think of to remove your own tetra is if you already have that scoring tetra owned even if you take your tetra off, and you are out of tetras(which is almost impossible) and you want to break up an opposing three in a row then you would wan to use that tetra so you can stop you opponent from getting those ten points which are so crucial in the outcome of the match
See this thread… all about removing tetras…
You can’t remove any tetra from the top of a goal, if it’s stacked properly. If it’s “precariously” sitting on top of a goal, you can take it… Hopefully it will be completely obvious when a tetra is not fully seated, though it would be difficult to get it balanced to remain precariously seated…
Bah there goes my plan to balance a tetra upside down on the goal to make it virtually impossible for them to take the ownership away. :yikes: 