It really clears up a lot of confusion. What does everyone else think and are there any new weird holes in the rules?

Oof. To err is human. To err so badly that you create 100+ page forum threads is, I guess, to be the GDC chairman. Before reading any further, please read the response to the following Q&A: https://www.robotevents.com/VRC/2021-2022/QA/970 And the revised response to the one that kicked this who…

[image] Xenon27: Lets establish what the gdc want’s <sg3> to accomplish. I am not certain we can infer what the GDC wants SG3 to accomplish based on their recent changes to SG3 and changes to responses to Q&A. Some of the Version 2.2 changes make the Platform less dangerous than before, but …

[image] 9MotorGang: And how would I be able to find this? I’ll take a look and post-back here after work

Assuming that this is what the GDC wants to accomplish [image] Xenon27: Lets establish what the gdc want’s to accomplish Then I think the logical steps in creating this “rule” make sense and accomplishes the goal. [image] Xenon27: Platforms are “safe” during the endgame. During the la…

Wait so can you not hold multiple mobile goals?

There is no limit on the number of mobile goals that you can possess. But you can still only hoard one goal. Possession – A Robot is considered to be in Possession of a Mobile Goal if the Robot is carrying, holding or controlling the movement of a Mobile Goal such that if the Robot changes directi…

[image] Mentor_355U: The way the Q&A works, it does not make it easy to tell when a previously answered question is updated. In general, the Q&A user experience is pretty bad, which is a shame considering it is “an extension of the Game Manual”… Agreed. Over the last few years I’ve been makin…

so basically if a ring goes underneath a platform during the last 30 seconds its a dq? How does this work?

[image] Rathul_2068: so basically if a ring goes underneath a platform during the last 30 seconds its a dq? How does this work? Not quite. As pointed out earlier in this thread, a ring going underneath the opposing platform, at any point in the match, and not immediately removed is at best a …

but why would this be a violation its not match affecting?

[image] Rathul_2068: but why would this be a violation its not match affecting? Because SG3 says so? I recommend you read SG3 if you haven’t already, I believe it makes this quite clear.

What do we think of the game manual update today?

VEX V5 Robotics Competition VRC > Tipping Point (21/22)

sazrocks December 9, 2021, 4:12pm 100

Agreed. Over the last few years I’ve been making suggestions to the GDC about how to improve the RobotEvents Q&A UX, such as allowing to sort by most recently answered/updated, but unfortunately for the most part they seem to have gone unheeded.