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Unread 12-01-2009, 12:23
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Re: Picking up balls or not

I think you guys are missing a point here. if you aim not to pick up and score balls, you become a defender. As a defender you want to do whatever possible to prevent the opposing alliance from scoring. there is two ways of doing this. One you move so fast they can't get balls in your trailer, and two covering your trailer. the latter is illegal as of team update two, so you'd have to put all your effort into speed. which for this game isn't really important, or very easy for that matter. and it would be close to impossible to control.

so it wouldn't be worth the saved space to not have some kind of manipulator, because it doesn't help you out much without one.

this is just my take on the situation though. if you disagree, say how you feel about it
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