The official VEX V5 Robotics Competition Question & Answer system has closed for this season. If your team is planning to attend the 2025 VEX Robotics World Championship, you may submit game and event-related questions to the 2025 VEX Robotics World Championship Driver's Meeting Question Collection Form, which is available at this link: https://forms.gle/VpoRH5GmhktejJ8R8.
If a robot is climbing and has the intention to put a ring on the high stake, should that be considered in a match affecting calculation if they are knocked off the ladder?
Also, if there already is a ring on the high stake and the alliance whose ring is scored is knocked off the ladder, should the bonus points from the high stake be included in the match affecting calculation?
Our response to Q&A 2252 applies, and specifies that the Violation should be considered Match Affecting "if awarding the opposing Alliance the 12 points for a Tier 3 Climb (in place of any Climb points they actually earned in the Match, and regardless of the Robot's capabilities) would result in either them winning or tying the Match." This would include Robots capable of scoring a Ring on the High Stake.