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3175: SC2 Partially Covered = Scored / Invisible?

Drew Marston
25-Jun-2026

Thanks all for Automate session June 22, nothing like breaking the game on our first spin - several questions ...

#5 Da Rules - SC2 A Pin is considered Placed if it meets all of the following criteria: i. The Pin is partially or entirely nested with a Goal, or with a Cup that is partially or entirely nested with another Placed Pin. ii. Each Goal and/or each half of a Cup nested with that Pin contains a maximum of one Pin half. (See Figure SC2-2.) b. A Cup is considered Placed if it meets the following criteria: i. The Cup is partially or entirely nested with a Placed Pin.

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Da Question - SC 2 Placed scoring criteria has “partially” seated as a requirement unless specifically split – does count as scored, does this mean that the paritially seated / gray cup that partially covers a colored pin is NOT scored while still being partially visible or?

SC2  
Answered by committee
2-Jul-2026

<SC3> states:

"To count as Scored for the corresponding Alliance, the half of the Placed Pin must remain fully visible (i.e, cannot be partially or fully nested inside the opaque half of a Cup)."

A half of a Placed Pin that is partially nested inside the gray half of a Placed Cup is not considered fully visible, and will not be Scored.