Answered: Using opposite color cubes to score... legal

[n5vei]

In a tournament today an opposing team(blue) pushed both red and blue cubes into their scoring positions. I recently saw a discussion if this was illegal but could not find it. Then to top it off the referee counted those opposing alliance cubes(red) in the blue tiles toward the blue team. We protested and she said it was legal. I see it as hoarding and illegal since we could not get to them and should not have been scored. Can this be clarified since the same ref will be at our next tournament?

[Karthik]

In a tournament today an opposing team(blue) pushed both red and blue cubes into their scoring positions. I recently saw a discussion if this was illegal but could not find it.

Intentionally depositing your opponent’s Cubes in tiles into your own Alliance Starting Tiles or the grey tile between them is illegal as per <SG13>, quoted below.

<SG13> Robots may not deposit their opponent’s Cubes in/on their own Alliance Starting Tiles or the grey foam field tile between the two Alliance Starting Tiles and located in the corner of the field, or on Robots or Scoring Objects touching said tiles. The intent of this rule is to prevent intentional strategies to permanently isolate the opponent’s Cubes in the protected area. Accidental moving of Cubes into this area is expected. Minor violations of this rule that do not affect the match will result in a warning. Egregious (match affecting) offenses will result in a Disqualification. Teams that receive multiple warnings may also receive a Disqualification at the head referee’s discretion.

Then to top it off the referee counted those opposing alliance cubes(red) in the blue tiles toward the blue team. We protested and she said it was legal.

This was incorrect. During a Match, an alliance cannot earn points for their opponent’s Cubes being scored in their own Floor Goals.