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2786: Match Affecting Violations for SG11

Karson Swartzbaugh (Event Partner)
15-Sep-2025

Match Affecting - A Violation which changes the winning and losing Alliance in the Match. ○ Multiple Violations within a Match can cumulatively become Match Affecting. ○ When evaluating if a Violation was Match Affecting, Head Referees will focus primarily on any Robot actions that were directly related to the Violation. ○ Determining whether a Violation was Match Affecting can only be done once the Match is complete and the scores have been calculated.

<SG11> Park Zones are protected during the endgame. Violation Notes: Intentional, strategic, or egregious Violations will be considered Major Violations.

  1. Are all <SG11> violations committed by an alliance that win the match Match Affecting?

  2. If no to question 1, should the value used for Match Affecting calculations be 8 points (the value of an individual robot parking) or should the value scale accordingly with the specific interactions of that match (1 opponent robot in their park zone uses a 22 point value, 0 opponent robots in their park zone use 8 points if the <SG11> violation was against one opponent, and 0 opponent robots in their park zone use 30 points if <SG11> violations were against each opponent)?

SG11  
Answered by committee
25-Sep-2025

Note: This answer has been revised to include details of a change to the <SG11> Violation Notes.

Hello, Karson, and thanks for your questions!

Here are our thoughts:

  1. No.
  2. The point value used for Match Affecting calculations depends on how many Robots are prevented from Parking, and whether they're the first and/or second Robots in the Park.
  • If no other Robots are Parked and the interaction prevents a Robot from successfully Parking, the considered value is 8 points.
  • If one Robot is Parked and the interaction prevents the 2nd Robot from successfully Parking, the considered value is 22 points.
  • If no Robots are Parked and the interaction prevents both Robots from successfully Parking, the considered value is 30 points.

The <SG11> Violation Notes will be revised in the next Game Manual update to include consideration of Match Affecting Violations. This change is effective immediately (bold added here to highlight the change):

"Violation Notes: Intentional, strategic, egregious, or Match Affecting Violations will be considered Major Violations."