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Re: Ball Recirculation Question

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Originally Posted by Nuts4FIRST
My current interpretation is that only balls scored in the center goal can be touched by the human players and returned to the field ONLY IF you interpret the words “chute” and “ball return” to be synonymous. Balls in the corner goals are kept there until the end of the match, there is no "exit chute" that returns the balls to the human player.
Technically, the "chute" for the corner goals is the sloped ramp on the interior of the Ball Corral in each corner, leading from the goal hole down to the floor. But even without that specific detail, it is clear that the Human Players are able to retrieve balls from the Ball Corral and enter them into play. Given the game animation, the game demonstration shown during kick-off, the game description, and the manual narrative, this should be evident to all those concerned.

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OK, I was about to go off on a tear using the original post as a perfect example of the difficulty in writing clear, unambiguous language that effectively communicates an idea without requiring prose the length of a dissertation. But I counted to 42 decided to just leave it this way:

Please, folks, just lighten up and apply a judicious amount of common sense to these discussions. Most of these concerns really are easily resolved by applying Occam's Razor. If they cannot be so resolved, then save them up and ask the question on the FIRST Q&A system as soon as it comes back up (hopefully, just a little while longer...). Now repeat after me: it is just a game. It is just a game. It is just a game...

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