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Re: Defense in Ultimate Ascent

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Originally Posted by waialua359 View Post
I beg to differ on this one.
This has happened to us many times this past season or I witnessed it in matches of other teams.
There is a sweet spot that a 60" robot cant defend.
And if drivers have a hard time finding it fast and consistently, shooting from the rear corner eliminates any chance a 60" blocker has in defending shots fired.

Q623 Q. Do DISCS under the active control of a ROBOT count towards the limits defined by the PLAYING CONFIGURATION? STARTING CONFIGURATION?
A. No. No.

But maybe one a 70" robot can. Use three preload discs sticking up at 70" to make a under-pyramid blocker.