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Re: The ultimate game breaker bot.
If the robot could only direct the balls in one, fixed direction, it may be legal, but I think any mechanism that could change the direction of the ball would be considered active and would thus be illegal. However, lets assume it is legal...
Seems like it would be very easy to defend. As any goalie knows (hockey, soccer, ect), the further you come out of the net, the more you cut down the angle, and the less the opponent has to score in. The issue with this in most situations is that if the opponent gets around you, they have an open net to score in.
Since the robot in this strategy is unable to move, there is no concern with it getting around the defender. All the defender has to do is get very close to the robot deflecting the balls.
Also, this strategy assumes your alliance scores a ball to get it in the system. It's bad practice to assume anything, especially in FIRST.
This would also leave your team playing 2 vs 3. Once the defending robot has successful cut off your supply (assuming a ball gets scored), all it needs to do is clear the zone of remaining balls and pin whatever robot is in the zone. The game has now become 1 vs 2 with no balls in your zone... good luck
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