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Re: Ball Damage

I think people are overestimating the damage that will occur to the balls. 150 shots with a ball is a lot. A ball will likely only get fired once a round on average. Most regionals have between 70 and 100 matches so a ball should probably last a whole regional under normal wear and tear. Also this wear and tear isn't going to radically alter the shape or use of a ball like a gash. I think actual gashes will not happen that often. Especially with the constant use of bumpers, most robots are going to definitely just push balls away instead of driving over them(not that driving over them guarantees damage.) There was a huge fear that big robots knocking over the boxes in 2003's game stack attack would just cause massive field destruction but it turned out to be unfounded. The reason being is that robots that cause damage to game pieces just can't use them, so on the first sign of damage people start working on their robot fix it. By the time regionals come most robots will be pretty game piece friendly and those that aren't will quickly become friendly. By nationals there will probably be almost no damage to the field pieces of any major amount.
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