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Re: Possession of Multiple Balls

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Originally Posted by Madison View Post
This is a very straightforward strategy. There's nothing strange here.

A robot blocking the goal leaves its allotted ball in the white zone next to one of its partners. That partner can start with a ball of its own, collect its partner's ball from the floor and score both during the autonomous period. This allows you to score up to three balls during auto while still playing defense. Nothing fancy.
I understand the strategy, I'm trying to understand why you'd design around possessing both balls instead of scoring, grabbing, scoring. Shorter range shooter than can't hit from the white zone? Dumper that herds or grabs a second ball and scores that way? Those are the two most likely scenarios I can think of. I'm unsure if the advantage is significant enough to outweigh any extra complication. Though if there isn't any extra complication, then it'd be a useful feature.
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