Answered: Descoring Doubler and Negation Barrels

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<SG9> Robots are not permitted to remove (descore) any Scoring Objects which are considered scored by clause 1 of the definition of Scored. Violations of this rule will result in a Disqualification.

Scored – A Scoring Object is Scored in a Goal if it is not touching a Robot of the same color of the
Scoring Object and it meets one of the following criteria.

  1. A Scoring Object is fully below the top of the PVC pipes of a Circular Goal and fully within the
    outer ring of the Circular Goal.
  2. A Scoring Object is not fully below the top of the PVC pipes of a Circular Goal and partially within
    the outer ring of the Circular Goal.

Are doubler and negation barrels considered scoring objects, since they don’t count for any points themselves? And if they aren’t, would it then be legal to descore them?

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Let’s take a look at the definition of Scoring Object from the VEX Gateway Manual

Thus the Doubler Barrel and Negation Barrel are Scoring Objects so the restrictions on removing them from Goals stated in <SG9> do apply.

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Thanks for the clarification!

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You’re welcome!