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Re: Knocking the ball off: A viable and important strategy lost in the whims...
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Originally Posted by squirrel View Post
It will be interesting to see how our flaky ball knocker offer works in competition...we hadn't thought too much about the ball being between spots when we were designing and testing it, but I did see that happen several times in the webcasts....I think we might be able to do it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTWMrTLEYMI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwfT5V6fYRQ
Doesn't look too flakey to me. My only concern would be catching your opponents trackball if you were trying to remove a placed trackball. Being able to start teleoperated with a trackball and at least 12 points is a huge plus for you. Great job.