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Re: missed shots

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Originally Posted by alectronic View Post
Per Glossary:


and since points are awarded once per cycle



that would imply that everything remains (score wise) until a CYCLE is completed.
Would it? By my reading, "once per cycle" could simply mean that once the truss or catch points are awarded, they won't be awarded again until the next cycle.

Also, 3.1.4 spells out when truss and catch points are "scored" (i.e. when points are accrued), and they all refer to the point when the actual action occurs.
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Originally Posted by alectronic View Post
Also, AUTO BALLS cannot receive TRUSS and CATCH points because those are part of a CYCLE and the AUTO BALLS are not part of a CYCLE.
3.1.4 spells out the criteria for when the conditions for truss scores and catch scores are to be considered satisfied. If they're satisfied with the Auto balls (and it seems to me that they can be in theory, though it might be physically difficult to do without incurring a penalty), then why wouldn't they be scored?

My gut feeling - which may be completely wrong - is that they didn't intend for there to be this distinction where Auto balls aren't considered "part of a cycle". I hope that this gets clarified with an update.

Last edited by RallyJeff : 07-01-2014 at 01:00. Reason: clarification