Possession of Multiple Balls

[themccannman]

Once auto starts there is no rule (as of yet) saying you can't pick up your teammates balls and shoot them. Containing two balls is very plausible, however it's not possible to hold three without having appendages that expand your holding capacity.

[Christopher149]

Originally Posted by themccannman

Once auto starts there is no rule (as of yet) saying you can't pick up your teammates balls and shoot them. Containing two balls is very plausible, however it's not possible to hold three without having appendages that expand your holding capacity.

About picking up teammate balls:

G12
An ALLIANCE may not POSSESS their opponent’s BALLS. The following criteria define POSSESSION :

“carrying” (moving while supporting BALLS in or on the ROBOT),
“herding” (repeated pushing or bumping),
“launching” (impelling BALLS to a desired location or direction), and
“trapping” (overt isolation or holding one or more BALLS against a FIELD element or ROBOT in an attempt to shield them).

On the subject of multiple balls, from intro para:

Once all balls in autonomous are scored, only one ball is re-entered in to play, and the Alliances must cycle a single ball as many times as possible for the remainder of the match.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Christopher149

About picking up teammate balls:



On the subject of multiple balls, from intro para:

Strike one... and strike two.

Strike one: That rule is on OPPONENT balls. NOT teammate balls. Guess what, no penalty at all for handling any of your alliance's balls.

Strike two:

Can anybody find any rules stating that a robot cannot posses more than one alliance ball at any given time? Yes I know that at a certain point in a match that there will be only one alliance ball on the field.

Edit: Not talking about start of the match either

You didn't read that post--we're not talking about after each alliance is down to one ball. We're talking before each alliance is down to one ball, while some of the up to 3 starting balls per alliance are still around the field.