3306: Loader situation when Alliance Parter leaves tournament early
<GG1>This is for GG2 as well.
A team had to leave the tournament early. So every qualifying match they were in now only has 1 team playing on the field.
Based on GG1, they now don't have a loader for their robot. GG11 says what to do if there is only 1 Drive team member. But there is nothing in the rules that state what to do if your alliance partner doesn't show up.
Can you clarify what the one team who did show up to their match is supposed to do for loader?
This rule seems to put the team who did show up at more of a disadvantage than before, hurting their overall score. Why are we penalizing a team who didn't do anything wrong when the other team just left the tournament early?
Per <GG1>, all Drive Team Members must stand and remain within their Team's assigned Driver Station, which still applies in the absence of the other Team. If a Team is not present for a Teamwork Match, the Load Zone near the absent Team's Driver Station will go unused, other than the Preload placed within for the missing Robot (see <SG5>).
If only one Team is present for a Teamwork Match, they still have the option of driving their Robot to the other Load Zone (adjacent to their own Team's Driver Station), where they can retrieve Bean Bags Loaded by their own Team. Robots are allowed to retrieve Bean Bags from either Load Zone.