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2276: SG11 - Placement and Removal of One's Own Mobile Goal - Determining Violation Level


Aiden McNamee
10-Nov-2024

<SG11>

Hello, I referenced Q&A #2179 prior to drafting this, and I think it is similar question but slightly different.

In a recent tournament, a match occurred where RED1 placed a Mobile Goal with 4 Scored Rings in one of the positive corners at 14 seconds (they were in the process of placing it prior to the protection, but dropped it right after the timer). Noticing their error, as soon as it was placed and they had briefly backed away, RED1 then approached the stack again and removed it from the corner in an attempt to avoid receiving a Major Violation under SG11.

The match ended with the Mobile Goal stack still on RED1. The Red alliance won the match significantly, with the score of 23-3. As the team was going to win the match regardless, and immediately rectified the situation when noticing their error, per the Violation Notes for <SG11>, it did not seem to be Intentional, strategic, or egregious.

Can you outline whether this should be considered a Minor Violation (as it was not match affecting), or, that any interaction with the positive corner should automatically result in Major Violation and therefore a Disqualification (regardless if the team corrected it prior to the end of the match).

Thank you for your time, and I look forward to your response!

Answered by committee
14-Nov-2024

As described in the Violation Note for rule <SG11>, if the Head Referee determines that the Violation was intentional, strategic, or egregious it should still be considered a Major Violation that results in a Disqualification. There is no clause in rule <SG11> that enables Robots to "correct" Violations to avoid penalties.

Teams are responsible for the actions of their Robots at all times, including removing their Robots from the Positive Corners in time to avoid <SG11> Violations.