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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
you are reading more into it than it says
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Not to beat a dead horse, but, I already have my bat out and everything, so here goes....
As it's written:
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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. If a BONUS BALL is removed from the BALL TEE by a ROBOT that violates this rule, a 25 point penalty will be deducted from that alliance’s final score.
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As it should be written, if the intent is what Ken (and others) have said:
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Originally Posted by TFM, as it might be
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. If a BONUS BALL is removed from the BALL TEE by a ROBOT while it is violating this rule, a 25 point penalty will be deducted from that alliance’s final score.
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As it should be written, if the intent is what Lucien and I think:
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Originally Posted by TFM, as it might be
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. If a BONUS BALL is removed from the BALL TEE by a ROBOT that has violated this rule, a 25 point penalty will be deducted from that alliance’s final score.
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At the very least, this requires some clarification - it's starting to look like the tape measure controvery from two years ago - where a cheap, light, simple and obvious solution (curb feelers, in this case) that was apparently outlawed by the rules (causing teams to turn to expensive, heavy, and complicated solutions) turned out to be legal after all.