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Unread 25-03-2014, 10:15
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Re: Ball Bounces Lands on Top of the Truss

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Originally Posted by Brandon1266 View Post
That seems really lame to me because they probably didn't put much thought in a rule (which is okay in hindsight because this will probably happen at the most like 1 time at a regional). I don't see why the alliance shouldn't get truss points, they had to get the ball up there somehow.
You earn a truss score for getting you ball to pass through the plane. If you only got it up enough to get stuck and halfway through the plane, you didn't quite complete the task

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Originally Posted by 3.1.4
A BALL is considered SCORED over the TRUSS if a ROBOT causes a BALL to pass though the infinitely tall plane that is bounded by the top of the TRUSS and the TRUSS POLES toward the ALLIANCE’S GOALS (e.g. a red BALL towards the red GOALS).
Plus, the ROBOT is not causing it to finish moving through the plane.
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