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Re: "reloading" the Outpost

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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
I've seen one instance of a team's trailer being close enough to a wall that an empty cell was scored by pushing it through the hole into the trailer.

I was under the impression that you could choose which cells you lost in a penalty (in which case it would be beneficial to lose an empty cell, then a supercell, alternating)
Correct on both counts.

Here's a bad day for you: a robot didn't show up, and the trailer was the one by the outpost. EVERY moon rock from the outpost went in, and then all four of the empty cells went in through the hole. 48 points. Little effort. Is this what YOU want to have happen to YOU?
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