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Unread 17-01-2010, 13:39
John G John G is offline
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Re: kicker or linear accelerator?

I don't know why my team chose the linear puncher when the kicker performed better. I was supporting the kicker, but others thought that it would be heavier and make the CoG higher so we would be more likely to tip going over the bump. However, this isn't exactly true which was why I was disappointed when the vote went to the horizontal puncher. Also, my team wants to excel at midfield, so people thought we don't have the need to kicker the full length of the field. I like to hope for the best and prepare for the worst, but others feel differently.