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Unread 06-01-2009, 01:11
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Re: Defensive Strategies

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Originally Posted by darkChozo View Post
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.
I'm not the most familiar person on the board with the rules, but if you can manage to touch only the balls, then I would think you can descore an ally's trailer. It seems logistically impossible/impractical to descore yourself, though I suppose if all your robot did was descore, you could sit in one place and constantly pick out moon rocks, while asking for the occasional push from an ally. I.E. Your robot was simply a 10'' block with an arm reaching to your trailer, no propulsion and nothing but the descoring device. I don't recall there being a rule saying you need to have the ability to move, and in some ways, cutting a alliance's scoring potential down to 2/3rds could be a significant advantage.