Thread: Carrying the ball under the overpass but across the finish line
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Re: Carrying the ball under the overpass but across the finish line
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Originally Posted by Elgin Clock View Post
Wow, that had me puzzled for a second too.
Kind of weird when you first read it.

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If you are holding your ball and while crossing the finish line the ball is touching your opposing alliance robot then it counts? Or to the extreme "why the heck on earth would this happen? type of scenario" if your opposing alliance's robot carries your ball over your finish line then it counts.

This is odd. So.. basically.. if I am understanding this correctly, if you're drafting a robot of the opossing alliance and holding a ball (say 2 feet in the air).. make sure that before you cross your finish line the ball in your posession touches your opposing alliance's robot as your cross your own finish line and it will count?? (As it will now be satisfying ".... A TRACKBALL that has CROSSED its own FINISH LINE which contacts ROBOTS of both ALLIANCES while CROSSING will earn 2 points.")

What the heck?? That's interesting. I can see people pushing their opposing alliance robots through their own finish lines with the balls in between them and it counts as 2 points? Is this GP at all???

Hmmm... am I reading this right?
Think about the following scenario -
Cute, friendly Redabot is approaching the Red Finish Line, "dribbling" a Red Trackball in front of it with the intent of pushing it across the Finish Line. Evil, nasty Blueabot is waiting just on the other side of the line. Redabot bumps the Trackball to knock it across the Finish Line for a score. But Blueabot moves to bounce the Trackball backwards and into contact with Redabot, to prevent the score. Redabot and Blueabot get into a pushing match with the Trackball in between them, which is straddling the Finish Line.

If Blueabot is the more powerful, it will push Redabot and the Trackball backwards and out of scoring position. It will also likely penetrate the plane of the Finish Line in the process, and take a 10 point penalty. If Redabot is the more powerful, then it will push the Trackball (and Blueabot) across the Finish Line. Due to this rule, the score will count. In either case, Blueabot will have failed. Moral of the story: don't do this.

-dave
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