block thrown ball

[MiniNerd24]

Originally Posted by johnr

you come around corner. other team is in the act of hurdling. do you race in front of him and risk your arm,forklift or whatever your using to block the throw? just another defence maybe.

Someone's probably said this but (ahem) "You cannot have your arm higher than 6 ft. in the opponent's homestretch".

[EricH]

Originally Posted by MiniNerd24

Someone's probably said this but (ahem) "You cannot have your arm higher than 6 ft. in the opponent's homestretch".

Go read Update #1, and I mean now! <G36> has been removed.

[MiniNerd24]

Okay thanks Erich

[KoulFireChick]

ok I can't really say but I say not to do that. You don't want to afford breaking a part of your robot. That and you don't want to risk a penalty for unfair gameplay or another reason.

[Wayne Doenges]

What keeps a robot, with an arm, from turning around, after it crosses the opponents finish line, and knocking a hurdled shot back at the hurdling robot

[Ragnarokae]

Originally Posted by Wayne Doenges

What keeps a robot, with an arm, from turning around, after it crosses the opponents finish line, and knocking a hurdled shot back at the hurdling robot

HURDLE: When a TRACKBALL CROSSES a FINISH LINE while passing above the OVERPASS and then contacts either the floor or another ROBOT before re-contacting the originating ROBOT.

As long as you can hit the ball before it crosses the plane of the line, you are ok. Otherwise, it still counts as a hurdle if it touches your robot.