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VA-DC FLL Referee Advisor <[log in to unmask]>
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VA-DC FLL Referee Advisor <[log in to unmask]>
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The Watt Bots are thinking outside of the box! (or inside of the Frame, I
guess...)

M08 Boccia does not mention the Boccia Aim model in its mission information
(make sure to look at both the black and the blue text), and R23 Direct
Wording tells us that "If a detail is not mentioned, it does not matter."
So, your robot is not required to use the Aim model to put cubes into your
Frame or your Target.

Since it is the beginning of the RePLAY season, we'll be super detailed:
If a robot causes cubes to be completely in your Frame or Target during a
match (see R10 for Completely In)
-- and no rule was broken to get the cube(s) there
-- and the cube(s) are still completely in the Frame or Target at the end
of the Match (R22)
-- and you have no Equipment even partly inside your Frame at the end of
the Match (M08 blue text & R22)
--> then you'll score 5 points for each of those cubes, no matter how that
robot got them there.

On the other hand, the M08 mission *does* require that it is the Boccia
Share model that sends a cube over the wall (to the opposing Field) to earn
the 25 points for successful sharing.  Your team won't earn that 25 points
for a cube sent over the wall by anything else.

Also, please make sure that your team checks for Challenge Updates every
few weeks,   You should already know that update U01 tells you that you can
score the 25 points for sharing, even if you are running your match at your
home or school without a second Field next to yours (or at in-person
tournament without a team on the Field opposite you.)

Have Fun!

Steve Scherr
Virginia-DC FLL Referee Advisor

P.S. There's a Challenge Update coming soon about the multicolored hearts!

On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 3:12 PM Lisa Flannery <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> The Watt Bots posed another question I’m unable to answer:
>
> In mission 8, are they required to use the Boccia Aim & Frame to deliver
> cubes inside the frame?  Or, can the robot deliver cubes to the frame via
> an engineered robot delivery attachment?
>
> Thank you for all of your help!
>
> Lisa Flannery
> Watt Bots 26957
>
>
> On Aug 4, 2020, at 5:46 PM, VA-DC FLL Referee Advisor <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> 
> Watt Bots, thanks for your question!
>
> I think that you are asking about the mysterious items in Bag 9.
>
> The Model Overview file with the building instructions at
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.firstlegoleague.org_season-23resources&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=k6Oa5GxfBPFMgGjb2r5QIoEOeBZs9xbNIpA0kLw_kFQ&m=T7svik9R5zM5G13fQmsiwTlIuGVg1GacJ3TQs_bIVV8&s=zTuC3gVLL71hyPKJlIQHaNoBonqADgQjSfodvVLeXfg&e= 
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.firstlegoleague.org_season-23resources&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=k6Oa5GxfBPFMgGjb2r5QIoEOeBZs9xbNIpA0kLw_kFQ&m=ZjTpVr_jMJV3XcFZEe9ztWSqaqfRyBbNzBFtJ4dt4aw&s=pDaW4Soe3_JumhHvzqR4r9ydYMdUatN0aFU1y2ZcHcI&e=> calls
> those Colored Health Units and Season Tiles, but they aren't listed in the
> Field Setup or the Missions.
>
> Since they aren't listed in the Robot Game Rulebook, they aren't actually
> part of the game, like the Coach Pins from Bag 1.  You can use the Colored
> Health Units as spare parts, if you happen to lose one of the green ones.
> (The green Health Units are the "correct" ones, because rule R24,
> Information Ranking, says that we can believe the pictures if they don't
> conflict with the text.  The Robot Game text never says that Health Units
> are green, right?)
>
> Actually, there was a game reveal a couple of weeks ago for the FLL
> partners (like JMU for Virginia-DC), and they mentioned that there was a
> bag of parts for the team to use however they like, so there really isn't a
> purpose.  But it might be cool for future teams to collect a set of Season
> Tiles for every year that they've been in FLL and make that part of their
> Robot or a piece of equipment.
>
> Steve Scherr
> Virginia-DC FLL Referee Advisor
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 2:35 PM Lisa Flannery <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> The Watt Bots 26957 have asked me to ask the group:
>> 1. What are the multicolored hearts used for (we know green is health)
>> 2. What are the white RePlay tiles for?
>>
>> Thanks!  And we hope everyone is as excited to get started as we are!!
>>
>> Lisa Flannery
>> Watt Bots 26957
>>
>

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