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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.

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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.