Skills hording

[mikethememe]

in driving and programming skills is it legal to horde or have more than 2 balls at a time?

[536Mentor]

From the appendix to the Game Manual that deals with the Skills Challenges:

Robot Skills Challenge Rules
Please note that all rules from “The Game” section of the manual apply to the Robot Skills Challenge, unless otherwise specified.

There is NO mention of having more than 2 balls in the Skills Challenge rules.

[Connor]

@mikethememe

in driving and programming skills is it legal to horde or have more than 2 balls at a time?

According to the skills manual, it states

Robot Skills Challenge Definitions
Please note that all definitions from “The Game” section of the manual apply to the Robot Skills
Challenge, unless otherwise specified.

So we can use the interpretations of the game manual to also aid us in figuring out what is/isn’t legal in skills.

Hoarding – A Robot status. A Robot is Hoarding if it is actively blocking opposing Robot access to
more than two (2) Balls, or more than one (1) Cap, in any of the four (4) corners of the field (i.e.
positioned in the corner roughly the size of one foam field tile). See <SG5>.

According to the rules, it’s impossible to hoard balls or caps. So if we are talking about the original, default-defined non-VEX word of “hoarding” then yes it is legal. In fact, you can hoard while in possession of game elements as well:

. Possessed Game Objects do not count towards the Hoarding limit.

The only thing that is NOT legal is having possession of more than 2 balls:

<SG4> Watch your Possession limit. Robots may Possess a maximum of one (1) Cap and two (2)
Balls at a time.