Answered: Question regarding cubes in skills

[SamuelC_7842D]

Question one:

In the skills PDF it states that all rules in the game section of the starstruck game manual apply in a skills run.
SG4 in the game manual states that each Alliance must introduce its Driver Control Load during the Match. The Driver Control
Load must be entered into the field with between thirty seconds (0:30) and zero seconds (0:00)
remaining in the Match.
In the video below the first 18 seconds of the skills run aren’t shown, but the driver control loaded cubes had already been scored.
Was this a reffing mistake, or have I missed something in the rules?

VEX EDR Santa Clara skills matches

Question two:

Is the cube that is placed in the starting tile placed in the center of the opposite tile from where the robot starts, or can the drive team choose where on that tile it starts? I couldn’t find any rules to reference.

[Karthik]

@SamuelC (7842D)

In the skills PDF it states that all rules in the game section of the starstruck game manual apply in a skills run.
SG4 in the game manual states that each Alliance must introduce its Driver Control Load during the Match. The Driver Control
Load must be entered into the field with between thirty seconds (0:30) and zero seconds (0:00)
remaining in the Match.
In the video below the first 18 seconds of the skills run aren’t shown, but the driver control loaded cubes had already been scored.
Was this a reffing mistake, or have I missed something in the rules?

Let’s take a look at the skills specific rules from the appendix.

@VEX Robotics Competition Starstruck Appendix

Robot Skills Loads – The three (3) Stars and two (2) Cubes that Student Drive Team Members may load onto the Alliance Station Alliance Starting Tile or into their Robot at any point during a Robot Skills Match.

@VEX Robotics Competition Starstruck Game Manual

Question two:

Is the cube that is placed in the starting tile placed in the center of the opposite tile from where the robot starts, or can the drive team choose where on that tile it starts? I couldn’t find any rules to reference.

Yes, that is correct mandatory starting location, which is described/depicted in the Skills Appendices.