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Re: First Official 2012 Game Hint

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Originally Posted by eagle33199 View Post
I would argue against wiffle balls - they have holes in them, which would make the photosensors (presumably used for tracking scoring in some way) unreliable - if it manages to "see" straight through the middle of a ball due to the holes, it could count that ball twice (the beam would break when the ball first enters, resume in the middle, then break again on the second half). The biggest thing I get from this is that the game pieces are likely solid (referring to the exterior - they could be hollow like a tennis ball, or solid all the way through like a billiard ball), spherical, and numerous. In other words, no Orbit Balls!
Alternatively, they could be similar to ball pit balls. They're hollow plastic, come in bright colors, and definitely have similar flight properties to wiffle balls since they're so light. Couldn't cause too much damage either.
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