Trap Scoring Rules

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I was looking through the game rules for 2024 game, crescendo and I had did not see anything explicitly banning scoring in the trap on the stage before endgame starts, would it be a viable/allowed strategy to attempt to score in the trap before endgame to give more flexibility for harmony/onstage bonuses

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I believe the trap is higher than the frame perimeter limit

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can you climb the chain before the endgame starts

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I haven’t found a rule against it yet, so it’s potentially legal. The trap is 4’8" off the ground so in order to score early you’d need to climb the chain somehow

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use this rule and starting to lift yourself with the chain to tilt the robot to your advantage:

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do you need to be in the stage area to score in the trap?

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this is the only constraint on trap scoring I can find (page 46):

A NOTE is scored in the TRAP if it enters the TRAP from above (i.e. through the cutout above the AprilTag).

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I found this: “ROBOTS conclude the MATCH PARKING in their STAGE ZONE, getting ONSTAGE via a chain, and/or scoring a NOTE in a TRAP.” under 6.1 MATCH Overview. I am not sure if this means you cannot score in the trap during the match not in endgame

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This is in the match overview (page 41).

I would take the lack of a rule stating “robots must be in location X to score in the trap” as the OK to score from outside the confines of the podium.

Official Q and A may clear this up rather quickly

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Where do I go for official Q and A?

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Opens on the 10th:

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