Answered: G11 Protection

[LookingBackward]

@VRC Toss Up Manual

<G11> Strategies aimed solely at the destruction, damage, tipping over, or Entanglement of Robots are
not part of the ethos of the VEX Robotics Competition and are not allowed. However, VEX Toss Up is an interactive game. Some incidental tipping, Entanglement, and damage may occur as a part of normal game play. If the tipping, Entanglement, or damage is ruled to be intentional or egregious, the offending team may be disqualified from that Match. Repeated offenses could result in a team being Disqualified from the remainder of the competition.

VEX Toss Up is intended to be an offensive game. Teams that partake in solely defensive strategies will undergo extra scrutiny in regards to <G11>. In the case where referees are forced to make a judgment call on interaction between a defensive and offensive Robot, the referees will err on the side of the offensive Robot.

Emphasis mine.

If you have a robot that blocks the opponent from getting to the goals, but it also performs the offensive maneuver of actively scoring a preload as well as possibly a teammates pre-load, would said robot be protected under G11?

If only scoring preloads is not enough to not be a “solely defensive” robot then what is? At what point is a robot not considered solely defensive? If it is able to score any points on its own, doesn’t that make it partly offensive?

Thanks.

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[Karthik]

@LookingBackward

Emphasis mine.

If you have a robot that blocks the opponent from getting to the goals, but it also performs the offensive maneuver of actively scoring a preload as well as possibly a teammates pre-load, would said robot be protected under G11?

If only scoring preloads is not enough to not be a “solely defensive” robot then what is? At what point is a robot not considered solely defensive? If it is able to score any points on its own, doesn’t that make it partly offensive?

Thanks.

The clause you’re referring to deals with “solely defensive strategies” not solely defensive Robots. Examples of solely defensive strategies include blocking the Goal or Hanging Bar.