[EricH]

Originally Posted by IdaNeStr3088

As long as i understand it is legal to scor in the end game BUT according to the formula that calculates the time of returning balls to the field if you scor balls in the end of the game there won't be any time for the human players to return the balls to the field and then you will get a penalty.

-Idan KOB #3088

According to DOGMA, you get a minimum of 11 seconds. You get 4 more seconds per ball already in the station. As such, if you start with an empty station at time = 120 seconds left, and all the balls come in over 2 seconds (6/second) with no returns in that time, you'll have to return balls before the following times left: 109, 105, 101, 97, 93, 89, 84, 80, 76, 72, 68, 64.

I've also pointed out in previous discussions on this that if a penalty is given after a match is over (Arena clock reads 0:00), then someone is going to be really mad. Under Murphy's Law, it would decide the winner of at least one event. Therefore, this is a thing to be avoided by the GDC and DOGMA designers (potential victims of blame should this happen). We can safely assume that this was thought of, therefore they already dealt with it.

Mike, it's 11 seconds unless you've already got a ball in the alliance station.