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Re: Knocking out Doubler Ball

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Originally Posted by Ken Leung
It is legal to take the 2X ball off the opponent's goal, but, consider this:

If you are using an arm to grab the 2x ball, as long as the ball is in your robot's arm, it is considered a part of the robot. When opponent's human player shoot a small ball toward the goal you are taking the 2X ball away from, and hit the 2X ball, you will be considered goaltending.
Yeah, but if the 2x ball is on top of the goal, its impossible to get a small ball into it anyway, so the Multiplier is already goaltending. I don't see how your robot, lifting the ball off of the goal could be considered goaltending, since the goals blocked to begin with.
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