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Originally Posted by Shadow503
I'm not sure I follow your logic there. Are you suggesting that they would not have originally anticipated cornering of track balls if they did make a rule to prevent it?  |
Heh, I meant that they had thought of it and decided not to make a rule against it. The GDC thinks of everything, you know!
As for whether or not the defense belongs in the game, it's obvious that the GDC was trying to encourage teams to build offensive robots this year (which is why all of these darn penalties are required...), but there are always going to be teams that cannot complete the task and end up with a half-done robot that can't run fast laps or hurdle the ball. I think this was anticipated, and so no rules were made to stop these teams from intercepting/playing keep away with the other alliance's trackballs. But with the way the scoring works, there isn't a good chance for a team to win with this type of defensive strategy.
(As a side note, I used to be way against defense, especially after Rack'n'Roll. Now I see that it is just another part of the challenge. Don't fight it, just overcome it with a better robot.
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