Null meaning?

Competition Rules/Strategy
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Just wanted to make sure I understand that the “Null” in section 5.1.1 means that the pre-loaded hatch panels don’t count for points at the end, right?

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To my understanding, that is correct.

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Agreed.

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Correct as they have a WHITE outline to be identified as a null hatch

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I was wondering to see if everyone else understood this the same as me. If your team decides to use a null hatch, your whole alliance will not lose a normal hatch correct?

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Your assumption seems to be correct (at least from my POV, I may be wrong).

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Perfect, Thank you

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Just looked it up here ya go

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What is the outline of the other hatches then?

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No white border and game hatches

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From what the field videos showed, all hatch panels have the white outline, the null hatches have additional white stripes (see below)

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@Eiim I see, thank you

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It would be my understanding if you use a Null Hatch, it’s not scored. Therefore, your alliance loses the 2 points it might have gained if the hatch was placed by a robot. However, you will still gain 3 points if you place cargo behind it. Does that sound right?

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I agree with you. My question would then be, for what value would anyone choose to take the null panel? Since you are taking away a potential spot for a regular panel which you would get 2 points for

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In the game animation, at about 1:30, it looks like there’s a null hatch on the rocket. I don’t see how this can happen given details in 5.1.1 (F).

  • Null hatches are installed on one or both of your team’s designated cargo ship bays.
  • The Null hatches are secured to the cargo ship (i.e. cannot be removed during match play).
  • Nonstaged Null hatches are excluded from match play.

Is this a mistake in the video?

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Looks like a mistake to me. I read it the same as you.

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The manual trumps the video. Follow whats said in the manual.

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Certainly - I was looking to confirm my understanding of the manual and making sure I wasn’t missing some situation in which that actually could happen.

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hey @Brandon_Martus can this be disabled? https://i.imgur.com/5XWillc.png I dont see why we shouldnt be able to quote a whole post…

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I think it’s because if you click reply for a specific post, it shows up as a reply to anyone who reads it. Clicking on the icon in the top right of that reply shows the original anyway, so there’s no need for the quote.

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