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Re: Team Update 3 (2016)

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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik View Post
I think y'all are reading it wrong. I think this modification is related to the rule that you can only block one of the two embrasures while not touching your opponent's carpet. The whole idea here is that if you're leaning over and blocking a significant portion of your opponent's SECRET PASSAGE without touching its carpet, then you're significantly impeding the intended match flow of HPs feeding BOULDERs out to their alliance's bots. And if you're not touching the carpet, your opponent doesn't have the recourse of a penalty to chase you off and get her BOULDERS back.
Mmmm... maybe. The verbage is a bit odd. At first glance I would consider isolating boulders IN your opponents secret passage without contacting it's carpet running interference to prevent bots from entering. I hope that's not the case.
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