Chezy Champs will be played under the FIRST Destination: Deep Space rules with the following modifications:

Inspection

There will be no robot inspections conducted, and teams are allowed an extra five (5) pounds weight for repairs and minor modifications. Event organizers may conduct ad-hoc inspections at any time; violations identified must be corrected before the robot can participate in subsequent matches, and teams may be retroactively disqualified from past matches for egregious violations that resulted in a competitive advantage.

Gameplay (changes to existing rules are underlined; deletions are crossed out.)

In general, minor violations of game rules that, in the best judgement of the REFEREES, meet ALL of the below conditions, will not be penalized:

G5. Don't mess with opponents' scored GAME PIECES. A ROBOT may not remove a GAME PIECE from an opponents' ROCKET/CARGO SHIP. Precariously-placed GAME PIECES (e.g. HATCH PANELS having full hook-and-loop engagement on only one side) which become dislodged because of incidental contact with the ROCKET/CARGO SHIP are not considered a violation of this rule.

G6. It's okay for ROBOTS to throw HATCH PANELS. ROBOTS may shoot HATCH PANELS without restriction, so long as doing so would not violate S1, G5, G7, G8, or G20 (in which case the penalties from those rules would apply). No throwing HATCH PANELS. ROBOTS may not shoot HATCH PANELS into the air in a way that's prohibited in R6, kick them across the floor using an active MECHANISM, or eject them across the floor in a forceful way (i.e. HATCH PANEL is caused to move a significant distance).

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.

G11. Throwing CARGO on defense is okay. Robots may propel CARGO without restriction, so long as doing so would not violate S1, G5, G7, G8, G10, or G20 (in which case the penalties from those rules would apply). No throwing CARGO on defense. A ROBOT with its BUMPERS breaking the plane defined by or completely beyond the opponent's CARGO SHIP LINE may not shoot CARGO into the air, kick it across the floor using an active MECHANISM, or eject it across the floor in a forceful way (i.e. CARGO is propelled a significant distance).

G12. Stay out of the ALLIANCE STATIONS Duck in the HAB ZONES. A ROBOT with its BUMPERS fully in either HAB ZONE may not break the vertical plane extend above the ALLIANCE STATION WALL or damage the SANDSTORM, i.e. more than 6 ft. 6 in. (~198 cm) above the carpet.

R6. A ROBOT may not be designed to shoot a HATCH PANEL such that it travels more than 3 horizontal ft. (~91 cm) beyond its FRAME PERIMETER (reference G6).

Complete ROCKET Ranking Point: Awarded if, for each of the three (3) ROCKET levels, at least one (1) of the ALLIANCE'S ROCKETS has two (2) scored HATCH PANELS and two (2) scored CARGO at that level for completing at least one (1) ROCKET with six (6) scored HATCH PANELS and six (6) scored CARGO.

HAB Docking Ranking Point: Awarded for earning at least eighteen (18) fifteen (15) HAB Climb Bonus points.

Section 5.3 on assessing HAB Climb Bonuses:
For the purposes of assessing SANDSTORM and HAB Climb Bonuses described in Table 5-1, a ROBOT is considered to have started from, or climbed to, a HAB Level if:

1. the ROBOT'S BUMPERS are fully above the Level's platform and
2. the ROBOT is only supported by:
   • surfaces of the HAB PLATFORM at or above that Level (including transitively through a GAME PIECE),
   • ALLIANCE WALL, and/or
   • another ROBOT which has climbed to that HAB Level or higher

For the purpose of determining HAB Level at the end of the match, a ROBOT is not considered to be supported by a GAME PIECE or another ROBOT if, in the estimation of the REFEREES, the absence of the support would not change the Level that the ROBOT would otherwise be considered to have climbed to.

Alliance Selection

Chezy Champs will use four-team playoff alliances. All rules governing their selection and operation will be identical to those for Championship playoff alliances in section 12.10.1 in the official manual.