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Re: Knocking Down Ringers Strategy

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Originally Posted by artdutra04 View Post
The only other possible con that this strategy might have is that if one of the tubes falls in front as your robot as it continues to drive, you may be contacting two or more tubes at once as you drive to knock them all down. This would most likely get called by the referees as a penalty for controlling multiple tubes.

http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=1520

This strategy may be both helpful and harmful to your opponents (as James has already said). And your opponent may even do this for you.
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