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G403       1 GAME PIECE at a time (except in LOADING ZONE and COMMUNITY). ROBOTS completely outside their LOADING ZONE or COMMUNITY may not have CONTROL of more than 1 GAME PIECE, either directly or transitively through other objects.

A Robot is in control of a GAME PIECE if:

A.     the GAME PIECE is fully supported by the Robot, or

B.     the ROBOT is intentionally moving a GAME PIECE to a desired location or in a preferred direction

Violation: Foul per additional GAME PIECES. If egregious, Yellow Card.

Moving a GAME PIECE to access an area of the FIELD (e.g. the CHARGE STATION) is not considered intentionally moving to a desired location or in a preferred direction.

Egregious examples include but are not limited to the following:

a.      simultaneous control of 3 GAME PIECES

b.      continuous control of 2 or more GAME PIECES

c.      frequent Control of 2 or more GAME PIECES (an approximate count for frequent in this context is if this rule is violated more than 3 times in a Match)

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Rule G401
G401       *Keep GAME PIECES in bounds. Robots may not intentionally eject GAME PIECES from the Field (either directly or by bouncing off a Field element or other Robot).
Rule G402
G402       *GAME PIECES: use as directed. Robots may not deliberately use GAME PIECES in an attempt to ease or amplify challenges associated with Field elements.
Rule G404
G404       Launching GAME PIECES is only okay in the COMMUNITY. A ROBOT may not launch GAME PIECES unless any part of the ROBOT is in its own COMMUNITY.
Rule G203
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