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Unread 08-01-2011, 17:07
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Re: Max Score Speculation

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Originally Posted by nalbonec View Post
Assuming the minibot from either the 1st or 2nd place finisher can come back down from the pole, what if then the 3rd alliance member deploys its minibot and reaches the target before anyone from the opposing alliance? That's another 15 points, increasing the max total to 173!
From what I saw of the field, this wouldn't work since each tower locks to 1st-4th place once it is triggered, and I doubt this can be reset (or we'd have minibots going up then down then up then down to get 1st-4th place)
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