Loophole?

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by reflion

Hey, when you "accidentally" knock another alliance's trackball out of the ring, they said they'll replace it "when it's safe." Do you think they'll stop the clock to do it, or will this be an evil way to burn time?

They will not stop the clock. This has been seen in many years gone by, and although this is one of the few years with a limited amount of scoring objects as opposed to say last year with a plethora of tubes available, the "when it's safe" statement will be when someone (most of the time a field reset crew member) can grab the ball from wherever it's rolled or bounced to off the field, and put it back into play.

Note, the balls will not be put back on the field at any specific entry point, but more often than not when I myself as a field reset crew was responsible for something like this in the past, I had put it back in as close to where it left the field without endangering myself by reaching into the field next to/ or near a robot.

Be assured they will be put back into play randomly placed, and as fast as possible, and if you see this happening, don't try to drive your robot to where you think the field crew would be putting it in, just give them room to put it in, and then continue to go try and catch it and play as normal.