Super Duper Hard
A team has completed registration but has only one adult assigned to Lead Coach 1 or Lead Coach 2, so does it satisfy the listed North American competition-ready requirements?
No. North American competition-ready requirements call for two adults assigned as Lead Coach 1 and Lead Coach 2, along with the other listed requirements.
A team adds an identical replacement mechanism after inspection and changes its position slightly, so does it need re-inspection?
YEs, changing the position slightly means the mechanism may no longer qualify as an identical mechanism, so ask the LRI and get re-inspected if required.
A ROBOT accidentally bumps a HIVE while trying to collect POLLEN, but the HIVE does not TIP; is the contact a violation?
Nope
A DRIVE TEAM introduces one NECTAR after its HIVE has TIPPED, then introduces another before the next HIVE TIP even though 80 seconds remain; what rule governs the second NECTAR?
The second NECTAR cannot be introduced until another HIVE TIP or until 60 seconds or less remain.
A ROBOT moves away from the perimeter wall during AUTO but later touches the wall again before AUTO ends; does it still satisfy the LEAVE requirement?
No; to qualify for LEAVE, the ROBOT must move so that it is no longer contacting the perimeter wall.
A Q&A response appears to conflict with the Competition Manual, so which one has final authority?
The Competition Manual has final authority.
A team attends an out-of-region tournament and finishes high enough to advance, so can it advance from that event?
No
A ROBOT misses an attempted LAUNCH into the upward-facing CELL and hits the outside of the CELL instead; is that automatically a violation?
No; an unsuccessful attempt to LAUNCH into the upward-facing CELL that accidentally hits the CELL is specifically listed as unlikely to be STRATEGIC.
A team has 55 seconds remaining and has not TIPPED its HIVE, but it wants to introduce all of its remaining NECTAR; is this permitted?
YEs
A ROBOT is partially inside the LOADING ZONE but is still touching the FIELD perimeter wall at the end of the MATCH; which endgame achievement can it potentially earn?
PARK
A Team Update is released before an event but after that event's Driver Meeting, so does the update change the rules for that event?
No, because updates published after the Driver Meeting do not apply to that event.
A team discovers that the specific wording of a rule and its headline appear to conflict, so which part of the rule is the ultimate authority?
The specific wording of the rule is the ultimate authority, not the headline.
A ROBOT intentionally launches NECTAR at the outside of an opponent's CELL to prevent its HIVE from tipping; what penalty can apply?
MAJOR FOUL and YELLOW CARD if STRATEGIC.
A DRIVE COACH presses the DRIVER STATION's START button after the MATCH begins but never touches a gamepad; is that permitted?
YEs
An ALLIANCE's NECTAR is in a GARDEN belonging to the opposing color; which ALLIANCE receives the GARDEN points?
Opposing Alliance
A team discovers that its ROBOT violates a rule that an INSPECTOR failed to notice, so can the team argue that passing inspection makes the ROBOT legal?
No, because inspection is not comprehensive and the team remains responsible for complying with the rules.
A team believes a referee made an incorrect ruling during a past match and wants the Q&A system to determine how the referee should have ruled, so is that an appropriate Q&A question?
No. The Q&A is not intended to overturn or review past-event referee rulings.
A ROBOT deliberately drives into the perimeter wall at high speed specifically to make NECTAR fall out of a FLOWER; which rule is implicated?
G418
A DRIVE TEAM member's hanging controller cable contacts their ROBOT during a MATCH even though the student never intentionally reaches toward it; Is it a penalty?
YESS
A HIVE TIPS during AUTO and again during TELEOP; how many HIVE TIP MATCH points are earned?
40 points
What are the expansion limits for this year?
What was the last season we had expansion limits and what are they?
This year: 24x29
Last season was Into The Deep and the limits were 20x42 horizontal.
A team receives 12 points for a non-Inspire first-place judged award and 10 points for finishing third in the playoffs, so how many Advancement Points does it receive from those categories?
A ROBOT attempts to score POLLEN and accidentally knocks an already-scored POLLEN out of the FLOWER; Is this a violation?
No
A DRIVE TEAM member reaches into the FIELD while remaining physically inside the ALLIANCE AREA and touches a FIELD element; Is this permitted?
Nope
A team wins a MATCH by exactly 1 MATCH point; how many WIN RANKING POINTS does it receive?
3 WIN RANKING POINTS.