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Re: The Dead Ball Debacle

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Originally Posted by IronicDeadBird View Post
Imagine you could have infinite dead balls, and infinite balls could be introduced into play.

Inbound -> Truss+attempt at catch or shot towards low goal -> Instant dead ball

This means on robot can then move the dead ball off the field without fear of being suppressed or disrupted because a dead ball is not a priority target. I even saw some robots truss and the ball bounced into the low goal if that ball is considered dead before it goes through the goal it doesn't need to be thrown back into play.
Truss and catch is awarded the second its done and dead ball resets the cycle anyway.
Just scoring normally is likely a better point value per time cycle.

Also, NO WAY teams will just let you get that ball of the field. Defenders will see offensive robots, and a ball. They will play defense. I don't see why they would stop because they know it's a dead ball. You can't play the match until that ball is gone, so they will be on it.