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Unread 04-02-2014, 14:57
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Re: The most interesting zone 1 robot in the world.

While I personally might be on board counting it as POSSESSION, I bet some more conservative rule-readers would not count that as a posession.

Relevant quotes:

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Originally Posted by G12
... The following criteria define POSSESSION : ... C. “launching” (impelling BALLS to a desired location or direction via a MECHANISM in motion relative to the ROBOT), ...
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Originally Posted by G12 Blue Box
Examples of BALL interaction that are not POSSESSION are ... B. “deflecting” (a single hit to or being hit by a BALL that bounces or rolls off the ROBOT).
Just because a trampoline surface stretches and deflects a lot more than say, a lexan sheet, doesn't mean it should magically count as a MECHANISM in motion relative to the ROBOT.