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Re: defensive strategies

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Originally Posted by jgannon View Post
Do you see something in the manual that tells you that, or is it just a gut feeling? I'm pretty sure that it's a legitimate strategy, so long as you don't take possession of the ball. Maybe not particularly worthwhile, but legit.
Gut feeling. Also, a robot routinely doing this could take a hit from <S01>. (Something about the Trackball being good for human bowling...) Again, that's gut feeling.

Not to mention that the only places that you stand a chance of doing it without possessing are the same places trackballs are most likely to come in.
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