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Re: Game Manual - Team UPDATE - 2014-03-18

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Originally Posted by IndySam View Post
I have seen many many instances where a team defending deliberately knocks a ball away from an offensive robot attempting to pick it up. Because this didn't meet the technical definition of herding in the manual it wasn't a foul. I always thought this was wrong. Deliberately deflecting a ball to me is possession, even if it's one hit. I wonder if this update effects this in any way. I would love to see a 20 point foul assessed for this action.
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Originally Posted by bduddy View Post
No, it's still not a foul. The main body of G12 still only penalizes POSSESSION, and deflecting a ball, regardless of how deliberate it is, is still not POSSESSION.
Ahh ok after reading it a few more times and discussing it with others over lunch we came to a similar conclusion.
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