They always have to be very careful with their language; I think the simpler way for most of us to think about it is "once you've delivered your minecart to the other field, it's scored and you don't have to worry about it". That does rely on benefit of the doubt from your referee if the other team throws the cart off their field entirely, but I can only hope that won't happen much.

Martin Scherr


On Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM Mark Nottingham <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Haha. I had to read that 5 times for it to make sense. I was about to ask for pictures and a video explanation. I'm going to tell my students to be sure and look at this from only "your" side of the table. The word opposing is key.
Mark Nottingham
6th Grade Science Teacher
First Lego League Robotics Coach- CCMS Team 31516
Carroll County Middle School
Carroll County Public Schools
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On Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM Skip Morrow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Hello coaches,
There was an update to the robot game rules today.

UPDATE 04 – MISSION 03: MINECART DELIVERY INTERRUPTION – If the minecart is successfully delivered to the opposing field and the opposing team interrupts their robot in a way that causes the minecart to be taken out of play by the referee, the delivery will still be counted as “on” the opposing team’s field. The delivering team earns points for the delivery and the bonus remains possible if both teams complete a successful delivery.

https://www.firstinspires.org/resource-library/fll/challenge/challenge-and-resources?utm_source=first-inspires&utm_medium=fll-game-season&utm_campaign=flc-registration-022
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