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Unread 11-01-2004, 16:41
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Re: Goaltending...as a strategy?

possibly, but not likely as quick. I'm not suggesting or endorsing this as a strategy but merely offering it as a solution to a problem. Last year, we encountered a least a match where one or both opposing robots failed to work successfully. Feeding balls to the opposing human players along with capping for them are definetly a solution to this problem, and in this case is probably the accepted form. I was exploring other ways to "score for the opponent." Although it is not right by the rules of the game it is a solution to the problem I speak of.

I'll explain in the terms of basketball. Fouling is not really accepted in basketball. Players get 5 fouls before they have to sit down and a team can give 6 fouls in a half before the other team get to shoot free throws. Before 6 fouls, the opposing team only gets the ball out of bounds. Many times teams in the lead with less than 6 fouls in the half will take advantage of this in the final minute of the game. By fouling they take time off the clock and only give the opposing team the ball out of bounds. They can repeat fouling until they get to six to avoid letting the other team shoot free throws. The still run the risk of accidentally fouling the other team and allowing to shoot to possibly win the game.

With robotics, if they give a specified number of goaltending flags before disqualification it is very similiar to the basketball situation, but the team that goaltends runs the risk of dqing from an accidental goaltend. I don't like it but the rules make it part of this game. Some teams might just run that risk to score some extra points.