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Official Q&A: VRC 2023-2024: Over Under

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Alliance zone borders during Skills


8889A
23-Dec-2023

In Q&A 1550, it was stated that Drive Team Members were permitted to "introduce Match Load Triballs from any position along the field wall in front of their Alliance Station, but should not move around a corner of the field to access the area beyond the Match Load Zone" in "Over Under Matches".

However, there are some points for which we would like to seek clarification:

  1. Does the ability to introduce triballs from any point along the field wall in front of the Alliance Station extend to Skills runs?
  2. As long as the triball is being introduced along the field wall in front of the Alliance Station (crosses the plane over said field wall), can body parts of Drive Team Members such as legs be outside of the space directly behind the field wall as long as they do not go "around a corner"? For example, if a Drive Team Member is introducing triballs over the field wall in front of the Alliance Station but they are kneeling on the ground such that their legs extend horizontally past the edge of the field, would this be legal?
  3. Since the Game Manual does not specify the exact position or size of the Alliance Stations, are events able to freely decide where the boundaries are?

Image for point #2: img

Purple dashed line is the extension of the side field wall, marking the edge of the space directly behind the field wall Green lines are legs of a hypothetical Drive Team Member

Answered by committee
11-Jan-2024
  1. Yes.
  2. This decision should be made by a Head Referee and/or Event Partner, primarily based on safety and the location of the field.
  3. Figures 1 & 2 in the game manual--as well as sheets 1, 2, & 3 of 15 in Appendix A-- show the intended positions and general size of the Alliance Stations. While specific measurements are not provided, it is expected that those general locations and sizes are used at all events.