What the heck is going on????
 

Anyone have a clue what going on with the "faulty" rules???????

Re: What the heck is going on????
 

just hold on until the rules updates. I'm sure they found out their issues by now and are working on solutions.

Re: What the heck is going on????
 

there is a rule that says you cant extend higher than 6 feet in your opponent's home stretch...but then you can't get the ball off of the overpass

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This happens every year. No biggie. Just wait for updates. :]

"Patience is key, young Padawan"- Yoda :p

Re: What the heck is going on????
 

right...patience...not my best thing....i guess i can wait a little bit...but what all is wrong???

Re: What the heck is going on????
 

Which rules do you say are faulty? We'll answer better if we know which rules.

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I believe that is the un-technical rule they want clarified.

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OK, how do you legally remove your ball from your opponent's overpass?

That's a "homework" problem for our team.

Re: What the heck is going on????
 

In that case...The search function is in the orange bar at the top of the page. This has been brought up. (It does hang lower than that, apparently.)

And, it's part of the "Game Challenge".

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From what I've read today, the rules most people agree need clarification are the interaction between <G22> and <G35> with respect to descoring, and also the definition of "command" in <R69>.

It's worth noting that rules like this show up almost every year. In 2007, it was the definition of "supported". 2005 was the definition of "touching". In some kickoff past, it was noted that while the GDC spent thousands of hours designing this game, now some of the brightest young minds in the world will spend hundreds of thousands of hours picking it apart. This is all a part of the process, and I fully expect that most of our questions will be resolved with the first team update.

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so what do we do...figure it out or sit and watch it out?

Re: What the heck is going on????
 

I believe the bottom of the ball in the overpass is almost exactly 6' from the floor. (It's one of those "do the math" problems".)

If you more than graze the ball while passing under the overpass, you must be exceeding the 6' limit.

Re: What the heck is going on????
 

One way that I saw is to "punch" the ball from below it. The bottom of the ball is at 71" from the bottom of the floor. With a well placed impact on the ball with a pneumatic cylinder, the ball should pop out of its resting place.

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maybe you could just pop the ball out and as long as you dont stay in the same place with whatever you used sticking straight up in the air...its legal?????

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Its a very "squishy" ball, with only 1" max penetration I think you'd be lucky to move it a few inches from its resting place, not to mention getting the ball's CG outside of the rail (at least hitting it from the bottom). It's prototype testing time (unless you prefer to "do the math").