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Re: Hurling Boulders

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Originally Posted by echin View Post
I am curious how a wheeled shooter would change if the skin of the boulder had a hole in it. From looking at ours yesterday, it seems that how quickly the boulders compress is limited by the small hole that vents air out of the side. If a hole was ripped into the skin during game play, it could cause the boulder to compress differently and therefore shoot differently.
Yeah, it definitely would. I used to play with these things for like dodge-ball and stuff back in elementary school. It would change weight, compression rate, contact points, etc. A lot of the same stuff that was dealt with in the year 2012, Rebound Rumble. The balls in 2012 were very inconsistent with densities, but the were all higher density foams than these balls. I think these will have more of an issue with being beat up this year, but it'll be interesting to see how manipulators handle them. Just wish they were a bit cheaper than 35 dollars a pop.

Back to your point, my main point is also, there is a lot more to shooting than compression, but that's what testing is for.
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