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Re: FIRST releases Team Update #18

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Originally Posted by BRAVESaj25bd8
If you try to take away defense, I really do not think it will work. Teams will still play defense and they will receive this penalty. Unfortunately, a great defensive maneuver may now be the reason that an alliance loses.
I don't see it that way. The update says that the Game Design Committee wanted Triple Play to be an offense-slanted game. So of course they're going to make it hard. Defense is not impossible in Triple Play--it just takes some skill and finesse to do it without getting buried under a mountain of penalty flags.

Moral of the story? Practice your defensive techniques well, either with an old robot or even a weighted-down box. Get skilled at the forms of defense that the manual explicitly states are allowed. After all, you can't fight the manual.
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