What color Trackball did you get in your kit?

[Elgin Clock]

Red or Blue?

237 got a red one, 228 got a blue one. Kinda weird I guess.
I figured everyone would just get the same color since it won't really matter.
(unless you want to try and track a blob of red or blue color I guess)


Who's going to have more results in the end? Red or Blue??

The Trackball poll race is officially on!!

[engunneer]

We got Red. The real question is if anyone got a Trackball with the large white dots. (are they also nylon?)

[Alex Golec]

Blue and Blue for 830 and 469.

That rules out an odd-even theory.

But personally, I would love a polka-dotted ball.

_Alex

[Josh Goodman]

Go Red Ball Team!

Ha! But who has their balls all the way inflated and haven't popped yet! :p

[Sunshine]

Red here with no dots. I too am curious as to how the dots are attached.:confused: :confused:

[Qbranch]

Did anybody else notice that some of the Trackballs in the kickoff video had spots on them? Vision balls? Did anyone get or know where to get those?

On a slight deviation from this thread, but still related through the transitive property of trackballs, does anyone know if using static infrared lighting (not modulated, should not interfere with the IR transmissions) for the camera is illegal?

-q

[Elgin Clock]

The "dots" on the balls as they are being called here, seemed to be just vinyl sticker paper you can buy at say any office store that were cut into circles and put on the places of the ball as shown at kickoff.

I'm sure they may be more than just "stickers" and held on more securely (with a glue of some kind??) but they were not painted on, and they had a slight thickness to them such as the above mentioned sticker paper.

I guess if anyone wants to know specifics on them they can always ask FIRST directly, as this was just a quality of them I noticed from the official field at the Kickoff in Manchester, NH.

[keen101]

I was hoping for a blue on. But, we got red.


Also, we inflated ours once already, and we have not popped it. But, we always deflate stuff when not in use, and we don't kick them around.

[redtide]

blue one for 540 and we have allready started building a rough overpass

[Bethany Mc.]

MOE got a green one!:eek:

No wait I was just looking through my MOE vision...its blue.:D

[Elgin Clock]

MOE 365 got a green one:D !
No wait I was just looking through my MOE vision...its blue.

And to think as a joke I was originally thinking about putting "OTHER" as a 3rd option to this poll. :yikes:

[Bethany Mc.]

Great minds think alike!

[G1279]

Did anybody else notice that some of the Trackballs in the kickoff video had spots on them? Vision balls? Did anyone get or know where to get those?


-q

The White dots are just for judges to follow them while scoring. Just a way to follow the balls around instead of trying to keep track between two of the same colored balls.

[Elgin Clock]

The White dots are just for judges to follow them while scoring. Just a way to follow the balls around instead of trying to keep track between two of the same colored balls.

Too bad they couldn't just fit one of those Lap Indicator devices inside the valve of the balls to make things easier... potentially.

[Danny Diaz]

The White dots are just for judges to follow them while scoring.

If the balls are any way deviated from what we are using, it will quite possibly wreak havoc with any vision system any teams come up with. Do we know for certain that the balls will or will not have the white dots come gametime? Sounds like an official Q&A to me...

-Danny

[redtide]

most of our team was wondering what the whit dots are for and we agree that it is probally for the judges

beside make some program for red wit dots blue with dots red without and blue without cant be that hard for our programmer

[robostangs548]

Too bad they couldn't just fit one of those Lap Indicator devices inside the valve of the balls to make things easier... potentially.

That would make things a whole lot easier on the judges i am sure

[woogit]

1778 and 2522 (lynnwood) both got red
we were hoping for a blue but it didnt happen...:(

[redtide]

yay blues catching up
i dont know but the teams that got red are some of yall in the same area cus that might affect what color you get

like teams in certian kickoff areas get one color while another kickoff get the other color

[mr_yes]

If the balls are any way deviated from what we are using, it will quite possibly wreak havoc with any vision system any teams come up with. Do we know for certain that the balls will or will not have the white dots come gametime? Sounds like an official Q&A to me...

-Danny

From the rules:

6.3 GAME PIECES
The game pieces, known as “TRACKBALLS,” are large balls made of an inflatable plastic bladder
and an outer fabric covering. When inflated, each TRACKBALL is approximately 40 inches in
diameter, and weighs approximately 10 pounds. Two TRACKBALLS of each alliance color, red and
blue, are in the arena during the MATCH. One TRACKBALL of each color will be marked with a set
of six-inch diameter white dots so that it may be uniquely identified for tracking purposes during the
match.

[WaterFreak]

Team 708 got a blue one.

We started to inflate it, but it seemed inflated PRIOR to filling the cover. Will add some more air today to see if we can FULLY inflate it :eek:

[rw55ryan]

Team 2228 got a red one.

[pheadxdll]

1225 received a RED trackball in the KoP.

[redbarron]

Team 1270 and 1532 got Blue and when I blew up the trackball for 120 the cover was also Blue so thats 3 BLUE at the Cleveland Kickoff:confused:

[Coach Norm]

Team 2468 got a red one.

[Protronie]

The White dots are just for judges to follow them while scoring. Just a way to follow the balls around instead of trying to keep track between two of the same colored balls.

Knowing Qbranch and seeing some of the stuff hes come up with in the past I'm sure he'll come up with something to use the dots for that the judges hadn't planned. :ahh:

Whats the chance of some sort of tracking device following and locking onto the dots? ;)

[Sean Schuff]

Red! Appropriate for the NEW Apple Corps!! We'll be putting a stem and leaf on it shortly!! :)

[clark_noah]

PURPLE!!! hex yeah suckas :P

[xrabohrok]

Blue. Did you guys fill yours until the bag the ball was in was completely taut?

[DonRotolo]

Blue. Sounds totally random to me, dudes.

There are isntructions that are a good idea to read before filling your ball, they explain how much to fill it.

Don

[Protronie]

Just how much air does that thing take?

[Zultraranger]

870 got a red one.

[Zyik]

973 got a red one. In fact I think we got two of them, both red. I'll check later, it's 4:30am so my memory may be a little off.

[Jaybee1405]

1405 got red

did anyone actually use hot glue? we didn't

[VanMan]

Blue for 2108!

[230Robokid]

blue one for 230

Sidenote: Is there anyway to get another track ball?

P.s. if question was asked sry if i repated it.

[jimsmith2354]

Our team 279 color is blue and we got a blue one. The team that we started many years ago, 451 has been using red and they got a red one.

[team1203 4life]

team 1203 got a blue one
doubt the color of the ball means anything but you know first

[t3hroxor]

408 got a blue one

Maybe they sent different colors to different regions
And the poll looks pretty 50:50

[rees2001]

There is no vote for both. So 340/424 somehow ended up with 1 red & 1 blue.

[boonski]

1535 Knights of Alloy got a red trackball. But last night it burst:( . Not to worry though we patched it up!

[Ericgehrken]

Team 195 got a red ball in our kit.

[Billfred]

Red for 1618, blue for 1293. The kits containing them at the Clemson kickoff were handed out in a pseudorandom method (read: whoever was next in line got the next tote off the pile).

[Josh363663]

blue

[Broadside]

We got red. (Qbranch nice avatar)

[efoote868]

blue... i'm in the minority!

[jrdude]

We got blue it kinda of awesome b/c it is one of our school colors:D :]

[Dasistmeinmoped]

We inflated our ball on the day of kickoff, we bounce, throw, and abuse the heck outta that ball, and its still holding strong. However as we were taking the cover out, and unfolding it, a kid literaly touched the zipper, and it fell off. any one else suffer from zipper failure?

[mneary]

Our zipper pull fell off, too. Cleverly, we didn't notice till the ball was almost inflated and it was waaaay on the other side.:yikes:

[technoL]

It seems like the results are almost 50/50, though this means nothing because it is barely 15% of the FIRST teams, and there probably have been multiple people from the same teams posting.

I like our blue ball. When we roll it down the hall, it reminds me of when Violet Beauregarde turns into a gigantic blueberry in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Plus, it's our team color...it's like FIRST knew or something--and 108 posts for blue! Very nice coincidence.

[vivek16]

red. since there have been over 200 ppl posting, I am going to say its 50/50.

-vivek

[mneary]

Actually, 15% is generally regarded as an excellent sample for a group of this size.

[jgibbs505]

i'm just curious... why does this matter

[woogit]

i'm just curious... why does this matter


...why does it not matter...????:confused:

[EricH]

i'm just curious... why does this matterSimple, really. Some areas have preseason competitions. It's a little easier if you have both colors of Trackball, so you don't have to buy any.

[GaryVoshol]

i'm just curious... why does this matter

FIRST is interested in trading - they are short of blue covers: http://www.usfirst.org/community/frc/content.aspx?id=8108

[1086wulf]

We got a blue which goes with our team colors but i would have rather gotten red because red is awesome. Either one rocks tho.:D

[neoshaakti]

we also blue, pretty cool to be in the minority

[Thexder]

Blue. Too.

[Dan Richardson]

YOUR MY BOY BLUE!

[London]

The iPirates got a Red Ball

yup we rule, red is the color of strength
at least i think it is.

[GrammarNazi]

We got a yellow one is that bad?

[EricH]

We got a yellow one is that bad?Yes. You got the one from 1998, 2001, or 2004. I don't think reverse time travel is allowed.

[Jay H 237]

It's interesting to see the results so far are basically split evenly, less than a 2% difference with red in the lead currently.


Hopefully only one person has voted from each team too, otherwise the results would be worthless.
I didn't vote since Elgin has already placed the vote for 237. ;)

[sayso_411]

384 and 1086 got blues :)
kinda funny because blue is a major mascot color in both of the teams

[1086wulf]

384 and 1086 got blues :)
kinda funny because blue is a major mascot color in both of the teams

haha yeah i totally didn't notice that. it would've sucked if we both got reds just because of what we associate that color with

[feliks_rosenber]

Teams 2217 and 2669 got red trackballs.

[jax1488]

Robo wizards got purple.. *shrug*:confused: its that magic i suppose! :yikes: lol

[sayso_411]

haha yeah i totally didn't notice that. it would've sucked if we both got reds just because of what we associate that color with

I kno with (the triad[bad memories])

[flyingcrayons]

team 1089 got a red one. yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

[Magiciandude]

Team 1746 got a smiley one 0_o...

http://www.badluckbob.com/ottoball1_small.jpg

Nah...just kidding...we got a blue one.

-Chris Folea(pronounced Foh-Lee-Uh)
"Dreams are like rainbows...only idiots chase after them."

[smurfgirl]

Our trackball was blue.

Until I saw other teams posting pictures of prototypes with their red trackballs, I was also under the impression that everyone got the same color.

[Cow Bell Solo]

2207 recieved a red ball in our kit, have inflated it, kicked it, sat on it, poked it, shoved through small doorways, and hasn't popped, just has one rip in the fabric which we fixed with red duct tape

[sayso_411]

2207 recieved a red ball in our kit, have inflated it, kicked it, sat on it, poked it, shoved through small doorways, and hasn't popped, just has one rip in the fabric which we fixed with red duct tape

Yup we have all of the same things, but ours didnt rip, YET

[The Megan 2207]

2207 recieved a red ball in our kit, have inflated it, kicked it, sat on it, poked it, shoved through small doorways, and hasn't popped, just has one rip in the fabric which we fixed with red duct tape

You forgot that we also bounced it down the hallways, chasing after people running around the school for some sports thing, kicked it out from under people, and threw it at people's faces (although that last one might have been just me).

[HotWings]

love how even the polls are.. lol.. wonder why..

[Carlee10]

We got blue(I think thats already been said). We played with it all the time, throwing across the lab, at each other, at the overpass, everything. We've had some awesome volleyball games, and its not ripped or popped yet.