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Re: Legality of Blocking Ball Chutes

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Originally Posted by Mr. Ivey
JosephM is exactly right. Do not try and control the game. That is why Sparky v3.0 just sits over in a corner as a reminder to what not to do in competition. You will not have to torque to stand up against two opponents, you can not make your wings strong enough without exausting any and all funds, and you won't be quick overall. And if you have the money to build those wings, think, if a bot can grab the end of one of those wings, and starts pulling back you are over. You can turn the other wing into a fulcrum, then the bot pulling on you can easily turn the rest of you into a lever. With this leverage, your wings will bend, and you are over. From a design standpoint, you really should not build a bot that covers the corrals. Also trying to build a bot that makes a wall over the area that the balls are shot from can't happen. Defense is not a good way to play this game.
ivey
Ok. Sorry to just but into a conversation but I agree almost completely here. All except for the point of playing defense is a bad idea. I happen to find it a very ggod idea to manipulate your opponents goal and cap their large goal for point controling. I know there are problems with that, but theoretically one could do this very easily. Let em have the balls! They're worthless if they aren't able to put them in anything in the goals!
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