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G426       *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.      blocking all access to the opponent’s PROCESSOR, and

D.      blocking all access to the opponent’s CAGES.

A single ROBOT blocking access to a particular area of the FIELD is not a violation of this rule.

2 ROBOTS independently playing defense on 2 opponent ROBOTS is not a violation of this rule.

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G426       *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.      blocking all access to the opponent’s PROCESSOR, and

D.      blocking all access to the opponent’s CAGES.

A single ROBOT blocking access to a particular area of the FIELD is not a violation of this rule.

2 ROBOTS independently playing defense on 2 opponent ROBOTS is not a violation of this rule.