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Originally Posted by whytheheckme
No, you would not receive points for this. You can not be in control of the ball as it passes over the line.
Jacob
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Originally Posted by EricH
There is some debate about this--for one thing, the animation disagrees (but that happened several times). For crossing, you are correct. For hurdling, we need clarification.
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Originally Posted by rocketperson44
The way I read the rules, the "no possessing ball while scoring" rule only applies to the two points for crossing the line, not the six point bonus for hurdling. I could be wrong, but I think you would recieve 6 points for this.
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Here's what I found in the manual:
HURDLE: When a TRACKBALL CROSSES a FINISH LINE while passing above the OVERPASS
and then contacts either the floor or another ROBOT before re-contacting the originating ROBOT.
CROSSING: The act of a TRCKBALL or ROBOT passing through the plane defined by a line (i.e.
LANE MARKER or FINISH LINE) when it is projected vertically upwards. A TRACKBALL or
ROBOT shall have CROSSED a line when all parts of the object, while traveling in a counter-
clockwise direction, have completely passed through the plane.
It appears that your arm placement relative to the finish line is irrelevant when hurdling (as long as you follow the other rules).