I'm fine with someone throwing the ball off the side of the map and resetting it.I dunno. Oddball has gotten very stale in recent games, unlike CTF or Assault on good maps. They first tried to mix it up with neat variants like Lowball in 2, and then again with Hot Potato in Reach. Note: Hot Potato is not a neat variant. Hot Potato is fecal matter.
I'll take ball throwing, which seems like it is a nice addition that behaves in a predictable manner and adds something truly different to the gametype, over a ball that explodes randomly.
I'm not fine with having to now play monkey in the middle just trying to get the oddball for my team.