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Re: best way to collect the balls

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Originally Posted by Kelvin Ng
How about throwing balls to the backbot during the defensive period? I see an immense strategic advantage if the backbot is left alone (all 3 offensive robots trying to score). If it can pick balls off the floor (the human players on defense throw all their balls to the backbot), it can plant itself in front of the platform, wait for the offensvie period and score in the centre goal unimpeded.
Then it would seem that if the bot had some sort of backbaord or other guidance system, the HP can aim for the bot instead of just in the general vincinity, which makes the collection take a lot less time and effort.
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