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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
it says you get the penalty ONLY if you get the release ball that way.
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No, it says that you get the penalty if:
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Originally Posted by TFM
If a BONUS BALL is removed from the BALL TEE by a ROBOT that violates this rule
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where "this rule" means:
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Originally Posted by TFM
ROBOT mechanisms used to remove the BONUS BALLS may extend beyond the playing field border as long as they are within the vertical pipe structure surrounding the BALL TEES.
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That means that, if your mechanism that knocks the ball off extends past the field border while not within the pipe structure, you are in violation. If a robot violates the rule, then knocks the ball off, that's a penalty. It might not have been the way that it's been called, but this is the way that it's been written.