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A ball doesnt count unless it makes it through the entire hoop. this hasnt completed the motion.

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This isn't a scored ball, this is a stuck ball on top of the ball return and the only way to get it down is through a hole.

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Balls also got stuck between the netting and the backboards. I was assured by FIRST staffers that field reset crews will have implements to dislodge balls that get stuck like this during a match. Train your human players not to interfere with these balls, it is a penalty. Leave it to the field crews to get the balls reintroduced to play.

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Take off your shoe and thwack it with that? :D

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The alley is not impassable by the opposing. It is only opposing robots in the opponent's alley that you must avoid per <G28>. So if there are no opposing robots on your offensive side, you can quite safely and immediately retrieve any balls dropped out the feeder slot (keeping in mind human players may hold six in total).

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This is a stuck ball. It may take the ball out of play, but otherwise, there is no problem. Every robot on the field now has to deal with the situation of having only 17 balls to score with. If the field crew can deal with it, they will, if not, then everyone plays with fewer balls, but no one on the field gets an advantage by that.

Same as when tubes got stuck on nets and poles last year.

Dr. Bob

"Chairman's award isn't about building a robot; every team builds a robot."

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Sorry, I too often have to catch myself confusing the alley for a feeding lane. Too many clauses to me. I'm too used to red tape for red alliance bots only and blue tape for blue alliance robots. :rolleyes:

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lol, best idea yet