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Unread 06-01-2009, 00:51
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Re: Defensive Strategies

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SCORED: A GAME PIECE is SCORED when it is fully supported by the TRAILER or other GAME PIECES that have been SCORED.
Technically speaking, from this definition, you could make it so it was impossible to score without getting a cell stuck on one of the outer bars by placing some sort of blocking mechanism at the bottom of your trailer. Because any cells going into the trailer are going to hit the bottom, placing something there will mean that they are supported partially by the robot, and thus are not scored. In turn, any cells stacked on top of them wouldn't be counted, as they are being supported by something other than the trailer and scored cells.

That being said, the GDC seems to be severely limiting what the robot can do outside of its boundaries, and it seems to me that any plausible method of descoring or blocking will probably be made pretty explicitly illegal when the Q&A. It would make sense, considering that most of the ways of blocking and descoring would be reasonably quick and easy, and would mean that a trailer is essential closed to scoring, thus providing an immense advantage and a more boring game.