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Originally Posted by Tuba4
Regarding the issue of goaltending while removing the doubler ball....
Remember what goaltending commonly means. In the basketball sense, it means interfering with a ball that would have otherwise gone in. If a robot is hit with a 5 pt ball when in the process of removing the 2X ball, I would suggest that should not be goaltending. If the robot had not been there, the 2X ball would still be in place and the 5 pt ball would not have been able to score.
Capping however is just the opposite. If you are placing the 2X ball and are hit with a 5 pt ball, that may or may not be goaltending, depending on whether the 5 pt ball would have gone in if the robot was not there.
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Good point about the fact that the 2x ball would still be in the goal, therefore, should it be considered goaltending. I'm pretty sure that the Q/A answer said that unintentional goaltending, including capping and uncapping, will be considered goaltending.
HOWEVER, after doing some human player testing the past few days, it
is still possible to score the small balls in a goal even if there is a 2x ball on top. It's not easy if the poles are spread out, but it's still possible. So taking that into account, I think regardless, they would count it goaltending if the small ball comes anywhere close to going in the goal (stationary or mobile) - and you have your robot arm attached to the 2x ball. I suppose if you're poised ready to grab it, but not yet in the way of a shooter to interfere, that would not be goaltending...