Scoring Note 1 states:
Rings can be Scored in Mobile Goal Bases, or on Mobile Goal Branches. In order to be considered Scored in either position, a Ring must first meet the following prerequisite criteria:
• Not contacting a Robot of the same color Alliance for which the Rings would receive points
• Not contacting any Field Elements, such as gray foam field tiles, the Platform, or the field perimeter
• Not contacting any Rings which are not considered Scored (i.e. Rings which are contacting a Robot or a Field Element)|
Emphasis mine.
On page 18 of the game manual near the bottom Scoring figure 5 is shown, which depicts a stack of rings on a mobile goal that exceeds the height of the branch, resulting in the top few rings not being scored (I have attached this image to this Q&A)
The caption for this figure reads:
Only the highlighted Rings would be considered Scored, as they are the only ones fully or partially encircling the Mobile Goal Branch.
From my understanding of Note 1 bullet point 3, none of the rings in Figure 5 should be considered scored, since the rings on top which are not considered scored are contacting the rings beneath them, causing a chain of not scored rings which results in all of the rings not being scored. A very similar situation is show in in Figure 3 and Figure 2 that demonstrates this concept. Despite this, Figure 5 states that the rings below the unscored rings are, in fact, scored, which seems to be a contradiction. Can the GDC please clarify if the green shaded rings in Figure 5 are not scored as the Note states they are not or if they are scored as the caption say they are? Thank you.