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Re: Leftover Autonomous Balls?

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Originally Posted by Gemmendorfer View Post
(Sorry if I missed something in the rules or in another thread, but...) Does this mean that if a Robot A starts with a ball inside them for autonomous but is not functioning at all (Robot A never moves throughout the match) (Similar to Team 1717 in the tournament on Newton and Team 118 on Einstein in 2012), the entire alliance is screwed over/can't score anymore points due to the ball trapped in Robot A? (Or can the alliance start cycling from the pedestal if it is obvious Robot A is dead/disabled and there is no way the ball can be dislodged from Robot A?)
Read the first full sentence of today's update.

Spoiler for Update Summary:
The GDC is aware of the confusion, but needs more time to come up with a (potential) refinement to the CYCLE process.
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