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Re: Ball Bouncing Out of Bounds?

I think the penalty you got was the refs actually being lenient on you. Those balls can do a fair bit of hurt to someone (often referenced as being able to break your neck if it hits you right), and firing with enough force to actually clear the opponent's driving station (even with a bounce) requires a fair bit of energy. According to rule SO1, you probably should have been DQ'd or yellow flagged for that play, but you weren't, so be grateful.

Im not trying to suggest that you purposely tried to launch it like that, but the fact that your robot could probably set it on the ref's 'to watch' list.
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