Carrying the ball under the overpass but across the finish line

[EricH]

Originally Posted by dlavery

Think about the following scenario -
Cute, friendly Redabot is approaching the Red Finish Line, "dribbling" a Red Trackball in front of it with the intent of pushing it across the Finish Line. Evil, nasty Blueabot is waiting just on the other side of the line. Redabot bumps the Trackball to knock it across the Finish Line for a score. But Blueabot moves to bounce the Trackball backwards and into contact with Redabot, to prevent the score. Redabot and Blueabot get into a pushing match with the Trackball in between them, which is straddling the Finish Line.

If Blueabot is the more powerful, it will push Redabot and the Trackball backwards and out of scoring position. It will also likely penetrate the plane of the Finish Line in the process, and take a 10 point penalty. If Redabot is the more powerful, then it will push the Trackball (and Blueabot) across the Finish Line. Due to this rule, the score will count. In either case, Blueabot will have failed. Moral of the story: don't do this.

-dave

I'm impressed that the game designers are on top of things this much. This is one of those "----- if you do, ----- if you don't" situations for defense, set up by the rules. That explicit exception is pure genius.