Answered: Clarification on SG9

meng · March 31, 2015, 4:36am

Hi Karthik,

<SG9> Robots may not interfere with an opposing Alliance’s Building of Skyrise Sections in any way. The following actions are all illegal.
a) Contacting an opponent’s Autoloader and/or contents. (See Figure 22)
b) Contacting an opponent’s Skyrise Base and/or Skyrise. (See Figure 23)
c) Contacting an opponent’s Alliance Starting Tile or the grey foam field tile between the two Alliance Starting Tiles and located in the corner of the field. (See Figures 24-25)
d) Contacting an opponent’s Robot that is contacting the foam field tiles mentioned in c) and not contacting any other foam field tiles. (See Figure 26)
e) Contacting any Scoring Objects that are contacting the foam field tiles mentioned in c) and not contacting any other foam field tiles.
f) Depositing Scoring Objects in/on the opponent’s foam field tiles mentioned in c) or on Robots or Scoring Objects touching said tiles.

The rule has clearly stated that no teams should interfere with the opponents’ building of skyrise sections.

My question is that - if the opponents have finished building all their 7 sections of skyrise, and are just carrying cubes to score into the built skkyrise, are teams allowed to interfere with their scoring of cubes then (e.g. getting into the protected zone to block the opponents from scoring the cubes, etc) ?

If the opponents have finished all the 7 sections, then there are no chance of them still building skyrise, does that means that SG9 will no longer be relevant?

Just want to be crystal clear on the allowed defensive moves before we go to World.

thanks in advance

Karthik · March 31, 2015, 9:09am

The specific clauses of <SG9> still apply even after a 7 high Skyrise has been built.

meng · March 31, 2015, 4:30pm

Thanks for the quick reply.