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Re: Truss points in autonomous?

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Originally Posted by faust1706 View Post
My team were talking today, and we are wondering if you throw your ball over the truss in autonomous, do you get the points for it? Our thought is that if you throw it hard enough, it will hit the back wall and roll back if it doesn't hit an opposing robot. I think this would be something fun to do during a practice game. So, is this legal? Will we get the 10 points for it?
Nope. For one thing, you'd be going the right way to get points for your opponent. For another, there are only truss points during Cycles, and there are no Cycles in automode per Q&A.
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