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Re: Formula for ball return!!!!

I was talking this over a bit elsewhere, and here's something to think on.

It's Match 3 of the Championship Finals. One alliance is up by one point when the buzzer sounds. When the final score shows, though, the other alliance wins by 1 point due to penalties. No flags were thrown, and no DOG penalties were assessed during the match. However, two balls entered in the last 11 seconds and were not returned. The system automatically assessed penalties after the match was over (over being defined in <G03>).

Do you want to be in the shoes of the GDC/scoring system designers/programmers when/if that unfolds? Neither would they. (Especially if it had happened in previous matches.)

Go ahead and ask in Q&A, but I think they've already thought of this situation and will have planned to avoid it already.
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