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Re: [Ri3D] Team Indiana Presents: Veronica

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Originally Posted by Logan Byers View Post

Our shooting sweet spot is right in front of the tower, with wheels touching the BATTER (base of the tower). Ideally, we'd beat the defense to the spot and take away the chance of the defense blocking our shot. The video of us shooting from farther away was taken during prototyping. An issue we saw with shooting from a distance was the difference in compression between a fresh boulder and a used boulder, which affected shot performance.
Can you give some examples of how the wear affected shot performance? How much wear are we talking about?
That makes me nervous. 5254 and 20 haven't tested with worn balls yet because both teams have only one ball right now.
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