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Re: Feeding 2 discs through the feeder slot and other feeding techniques

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Originally Posted by Grim Tuesday View Post
At MSC this weekend, I watched someone (I think 469's) human player feed 2 discs through the feeder slot at once. While there is of course nothing illegal about this, I was under the impression this was very difficult and the slot was designed so this was not possible. How was he able to do it and why hasn't everyone been doing it all season?

On this vein, what are some techniques for feeding discs into robots through the slots that aren't readily obvious? I know a similar thread existed at the beginning of the season but everyone has had a whole lot more practice now and I think it warrants a fresh thread.
It definitely was 469 doing it (although there may have been others) and it was a she human player. The slots are 3" tall while the frisbees are 1.4" tall nominally, and then you can take off some of the height because of the way they stack. The reason for my team not doing this is that it would likely cause jams or upsidedown frisbees in our hopper, though I can't speak for everyone. I wouldn't be surprised if many teams simply hadn't though of or tried this. I also don't know how difficult it is to do this as we didn't play with it extensively after seeing how the discs ended up in our system.
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