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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson
The side of very single box of balls I ever looked at bore the label "box n of 1,111". It's possible that they were from separate production runs, but they were obviously all shipped at the same time.
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To everyone who is still
complaining about discussing the difference in balls, I can vouch for Alan's post. While the balls may not have been from the same production lot, they all came from the same shipment of 1,111 cases (6 balls/case). I doubt FIRST could have known about the differences in balls ahead of time without opening a ton of the cases.
The balls used at regionals were from the same shipment as the balls used at Championship (both qualification and elimination matches). I can't speak for the balls that AndyMark sold, but I'm fairly certain they came from the same shipment as well.
Yes, balls were replaced before elimination matches with brand new balls. This should have been no surprise since it was supposed to happen at ever regional event. Yes, there was sometimes quite a difference between ball foam "density." Sometimes there were even noticeable differences between balls that
came from the same case.
Are we forgetting that FRC is an engineering challenge?
