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G419       *Don’t collude with your partners to shut down major parts of game play. 2 or more ROBOTS that appear to a REFEREE to be working together may not isolate or close off any major element of MATCH play.

Violation: MAJOR FOUL, and for every 3 seconds in which the situation is not corrected, a MAJOR FOUL is assessed.

Examples of violations of this rule include, but are not limited to:

A.      shutting down access to all SCORING ELEMENTS, 

B.      quarantining all opponents to a small area of the FIELD,

C.      preventing access to the opponent’s TOWER,

D.      preventing traversal between field zones by blocking both TRENCHES, and

E.      preventing traversal between field zones by blocking both BUMPS.

Examples of standard gameplay that are not violations, include, but are not limited to:

F.      A single ROBOT blocking access to a particular area of the FIELD, and

G.     2 ROBOTS independently collecting SCORING ELEMENTS in front of a BUMP or TRENCH at the same time.

Similar Rules

Rule G417
G417       *Don’t tip or entangle. A ROBOT may not deliberately, attach to, tip over, or entangle with an opponent ROBOT.
Rule G416
G416       *This isn’t combat robotics. A ROBOT may not intentionally and/or recklessly damage or functionally impair an opponent ROBOT.
Rule G206
G206       *Don't violate rules for RPs. A team or ALLIANCE may not collude with another team to each purposefully violate a rule in an attempt to influence Ranking Points.
Rule G210
G210       *Don’t expect to gain by doing others harm. A strategy not consistent with standard gameplay and clearly aimed at forcing the opponent ALLIANCE to violate a rule is not in the spirit of FIRST Robotics Competition and not allowed. Rule violations forced in this manner will not result in an assignment of a penalty to the targeted ALLIANCE.