[Ben Mitchell]

My team had a couple interesting debates over the same topic.

There are a couple pros and cons to each side:

Smply plowing the balls into the human player box: easier to build, a LOT easier - and depending on how you do it, could be faster as well.


Gathering and containing, and later releasing the balls however, has the distinct advantage of being able to control the flow of balls - so the human player isn't overwhelmed with balls to throw. Also, this give the operators more control over where the balls go - so you can give a couple to each chute. Also, you don't have an issue with the balls rolling all over the place if you stop short or change directions sharply.

In a perfect world, holding would probably be better - but simply plowing them around with perhaps some sort of gate to keep them from flying all over the place when you turn about would be a compromise.