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Unread 07-01-2006, 23:00
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Re: Does anyone else think this game will not be as good as I imagine it might be?

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Originally Posted by Koko Ed
I do wonder if the robot breaks down when it's offside would they continue to slam it with 5 point penalties? Even if it never moved form it's starting point on the field.
That could be a bit of a concern.
I assume that you are talking about the BACKBOT requirement.

Let me say that I have NOT read the rules, but from how my daughter explained it to me, there is not a requirement for a particular robot be the BACKBOT but just that an ALLIANCE has to have a BACKBOT.

So it seems to me that the ALLIANCE would have to make a decision to keep playing defense with 3 robots (1 dead plus two alive) and racking up the penalties as a result or putting a live robot as the BACKBOT and doing their best to defend with only 1 live robot (and one dead one).

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