DESTINATION: DEEP SPACE Rule Revisions for Robot Rumble

FIRST DEEP SPACE

The following changes to the FIRST^®DEEP SPACE event procedures and Game play will be in effect for Robot Rumble:

R5: +5 lb weight allowance (130 lb weight limit)
Minimal inspection – focus on safety. Teams must be able to demonstrate compliance with all rules if requested.
Our capacity is 24 robots. We will fill the event. If you need to cancel, please let us know as early as possible, so a team on the wait list can attend. If a registered team doesn’t show up, some other team will be allowed to compete with a 2nd robot.
No practice matches. Qualification matches start at 8:30 am. Be ready!
Everyone plays in playoffs!
12.7.1 Alliance selection: Standard FRC rules (1 → 8) for first pick. Second pick is random draw, in 8 → 1 order.
If a BACKUP robot is needed during playoffs, one of the following will be assigned based on availability:
- A second-round selection from an eliminated alliance, or
- A second Robot brought to the event by a team, (and not already in use by another team)

In addition Game Rule G9 is modified as follows (deleted text is ~~crossed out~~). These changes are inspired by Battle Cry @ WPI and Chezy Champs.

G9. One (1) defender at a time. No more than one ROBOT may be positioned such that its BUMPERS ~~break the plane defined by or~~ are completely beyond the opponent's CARGO SHIP LINE.
The exception to this rule is if an additional ROBOT
1. is forced to cross the opponent's CARGO SHIP LINE by an opponent ROBOT (e.g. it is pushed over the opponent's CARGO SHIP LINE by an opponent in a defensive effort to prevent them from scoring a CARGO in a ROCKET), and
2. makes a dedicated effort to cross back over the CARGO SHIP LINE until no more than one ROBOT is positioned such that its BUMPERS break the plane defined by or are completely beyond the opponent's CARGO SHIP LINE.
Violation: FOUL, plus an additional FOUL for every five (5) seconds in which the situation is not corrected. If G10 is also being violated, additional FOUL escalates to TECH FOUL.