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Originally Posted by Donut

I object. Who says the regional winner can't be a pyramid climbing dump bot that picks up off the ground for 10 points (5 frisbees) in autonomous in the low goal?

See, our team did a simulation test of the game, and the only way the low goal became effective was because humans in autonomous could pick up frisbees that didn't make it in our goals. But realistically, I don't think anyone will successfully develop a system to use a camera to find frisbees on the ground during autonomous. Its just too much to do.

That being said, there is some amount of benefit scoring in there. Remember that in Rebound Rumble, if you scored in the 1-pt basket, your opponents could theoretically take that ball and score a 3-pt basket, resulting in a net 2-point loss for your team. But in Ultimate Ascent, the frisbees stay scored. So a low goal autonomous dump will stay 2-points for the whole game.