[Ianworld]

The real issue with the back 9 is if they're knocked to the floor. There is a pretty big difference between trying to pick up a verticle tube and picking one up off the floor. If FIRST said knocking them down will probably get you a herding penalty then I'd know that you don't need to design a grabber to pick tubes up off the floor. If they say instead that knocking them down is okay then to be a great ringer you'll need to pick up from the floor. Remember you only have 7 tubes and 2 spoilers in your player station. A lot to get you going but a team of good ringers will probably go over that amount even if its only by a couple tubes. There are also only 2 chutes to hand ringers to robots so in theory the third ringer bot should go to the other side and use the 9.