Thread: What do you think will be important this year?
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Re: What do you think will be important this year?
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Originally Posted by Mr. Pockets View Post
Seems like it'd be slow and slightly dangerous (a fall might leave a big mark). Also, if I understand <G44> [BALL CARRYING – ROBOTS may not CARRY BALLS. Violation: 2 PENALTIES for each CARRIED BALL.] you wouldn't be able to bring any balls with you, so I'm not sure what the advantage of that would be as opposed to just trying to make it over the walls.
The advantage is that unless another robot is also swinging, you cannot be blocked. You can be pinned or completely blocked in the tunnel, and you can be blocked or flipped going over the bumps. Of course you can't take a ball with you, but the only way to reliably travel zone-to-zone with a ball is through the tunnel anyway.