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Re: Team 39 building 469 stopper solution (Available in Las Vegas)

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At first I thought this thread was a joke, but it seems like it's serious.

I don't see any value in redirecting the balls via a fan. 469 does not do their damage by scoring the balls themselves. While they do score a good portion of the balls they roll into the home zone, it doesn't do you an ounce of good to keep the ball from rolling in the goal, but still have it end up in their scoring zone.

If it's in their scoring zone, their partners are there to bat cleanup and push them in. That's how they scored the majority of their points.
I agree that preventing them from scoring does little, but I'm wondering if a ducted fan could be used to deflect the ball coming off of the return just enough to prevent them from aquiring the ball.
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