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Re: Ball Hogs

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Originally Posted by GaryVoshol View Post
How is negotiating with a potential ball hog any different than a "ramp hog" last year? It made sense for only one of the 3 robots to deploy the ramp; who should do it was based on each bot's relative merits.

Granted there will be multiple opportunities to ball hog in a match, vs. the end-game aspect of ramps. But the strategy negotiations between alliance teams will be similar.




Footnote: Post 1000!
Because not everyone was lifting or ramping last year, i'd say maybe half at most were. So.... this year, do you think theres going to be only half the teams interacting with the ball(s)? Id say something like 95% will be interacting with them...
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