Thread: R16 Playing Configuration
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Re: R16 Playing Configuration
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Originally Posted by JB987 View Post
The BALL does not need to fit into the 80" cylinder, the rule states that the ROBOT must fit into the cylinder...the ball is no more a part of the robot than were the inner tubes last year as far as dimensions are concerned.
I believe Art is well aware of that, but is calling out the fact that if you grab the ball at it's center point (equivalent to the Earth's equator line) then you run the risk of going outside the virtual cylinder with your robot.

But there are other ways of grasping the ball, like THIS for example which don't require grabbing it at the Equator line which would work.

This should be clarified by the GDC none-the-less.
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