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Re: Number of Balls

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Originally Posted by seg9585 View Post
Assuming there are 18 balls total:

Suppose an alliance decided to claim possession of as many balls as possible to prevent the other team from scoring.
Per the rules, each Inbounder may hold up to 2 balls. Also, each robot may hold up to 3 balls. No extra balls may be left in the Corral.

2 * 3 Inbounders + 3 * 3 Robots = 15 balls taken out of play from other team.
So, only 3 balls are now in play for the opposing team.

Makes for a pretty low scoring match.
That's like suggesting that last year, people might not put any tubes into play. You'd have to be pretty confident in your end game bonus abilities. Plus, ranking is based partially on score, a team using that strategy, would rank below a team that won just as many matches, but played the intended way.