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Re: Boulder Starvation

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Originally Posted by Procolsaurus View Post
I watched several times where balls simply accumulated at the end of the secret passage. The first couple balls just stay there by chance, or maybe having a robot push them there, then the new balls being introduced to the field roll into the ball blockage and stay there. At one regional I saw a ball pile with 10 balls, that is over half of the balls in the game.
It is then annoying to grab those balls now since you have to be careful about grabbing two, to avoid penalties, while not driving on top of the balls.
I think stockpiling boulders in the secret passage is a risky form of boulder control. If you bring boulders to your own secret passage, you would have to dedicate a full time defender to protecting the boulders in the passage, so a HG scorer can't swoop in and have quick access to boulders right next to your tower.

If you dump a lot of boulders into your opponent's secret passage, the opposing alliance has much more access to those boulders due to being able to cross from the neutral zone to the secret passage and back.

I think it's possible, and I wouldn't be surprised if we saw some strategies aimed at this, especially later in the season, but I think it is very risky.
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