Loophole?

[GaryVoshol]

With the taller walls around the field this year, I suspect most balls will be reentered at the field gates.

[Justin M.]

My guess is that they will have an additional supply on trackballs on hand if replacing the current one will take too much time. I think they'll just basically throw or lightly toss the trackball back into the field in a random spot.

As for intentionally knocking balls out of the field, I can imagine a penalty if it's done frequently or obviously not a mistake or robot error.

This is a good question though as there are only 4 balls on the field....perhaps someone should q&a this?

[MrForbes]

Your valuable match time might be better spent hurdling your own balls, if you have a machine capable of intentionally tossing balls out of the arena!

[shinigami473]

Originally Posted by squirrel

Your valuable match time might be better spent hurdling your own balls, if you have a machine capable of intentionally tossing balls out of the arena!

Why waste the time to try to get you opponents balls out. This game is supposed to be very offensive, so you should redirect resources into getting points for yourself. The game is not going to be won based on who prevents more scores, but who can score better.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

With the taller walls around the field this year, I suspect most balls will be reentered at the field gates.

Likely--though the manual does say something about "as close as possible to where it left the field."

[akash155]

<G30> specifies that "The TRACKBALL will be placed at the approximate location where it exited."