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Originally Posted by GaryVoshol
Alibi brings up good points. It all depends on if the new second sentence in <G14> applies just to <G14>, or if it applies to all the trackball scoring rules. This should generate some good discussion in the meetings with the head refs this morning.
One potential problem: Suppose Red has placed one of their Trackballs on their own Overpass and it is not in motion. A Blue shooter flings their Trackball just as the clock hits zero. The Blue Trackball displaces the Red trackball from the Overpass (in a counterclockwise direction), and comes to rest on the Overpass. Under <G14>, the Blue Trackball now counts for 12 points. But what happened to the Red Trackball? It wasn't restrained by a robot, but it wasn't in motion either. Choices are
(1) 12 points for Red, because it was not in motion at the time the clock hit zero
(2) 8 points for Red, because when the Trackball came to rest it had completed a Hurdle
(3) 0 points for Red, because the Trackball was not in motion at the time the clock hit zero so it doesn't count as a Hurdle, and because it was not on the Overpass when it came to rest.
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In my interpretation of the
INTENT of the rule change (everyone knows the GDC wants us to think about intent of rules and not just lawyering the exact terminology), would lead me to believe 8 pts for red, as their ball was influenced by a ball in "unrestrained" motion at the end of the match.