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Originally Posted by Dr.Bot
My last gripe is the 'at the buzzer' rule. In my opinion if the ball is in the air when the light goes out it should count. Seems to me unfair that someone puts 5 balls into the goal in auto mode, but it takes a while for them to score, they should get all 15 points. I think the Cheesey Poofs had this problem. They put a lot of balls into the goal, but often they are under counted because they haven't gone through the slot before the possesion changes. (I don't feel sorry for them however.)
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At Detroit, based on the experiences gained at GLR, balls that were caught in the center goal ramp when the light went out
were manually counted and included in the final score.
As far as the chains, there were some balls that bounced off them in Detroit and didn't score. Perhaps if the chains were plastic rather than metal they would have less momentum when swinging back and forth, and fewer balls would have been deflected out. However then they would also have less mass to absorb the initial impact, so maybe the first shots would have bounced out.
Either way, the field specs were posted. Teams could have elected to install the proper chains in their practice goals, and learn to deal with them then.