[EricH]

Originally Posted by ttldomination

But even these tubes were rarely touched. Granted, if the throwing option wasn't available, I suppose some teams would've knocked these tubes flat and then picked them up.

That's what 330 did. Strategic move, too--it's a lot harder to deploy ramps when there's a tube right there that you have to avoid, thanks to some scoring robot knocking half of them down while trying to acquire a tube.