[Al Skierkiewicz]

Everyone,
The rules for bumper color and team numbers are intended to satisfy a few simple requirements. Those are to identify the alliance (color), and to identify the robot team to both spectators and refs (team numbers). The color requirements are pretty specific to insure you and your alliance partners can identify each other and so that spectators can tell alliances from afar. The team numbers and their visibility should be a prime concern for all teams to insure that penalties and points get assigned to the right team and that judges observing from the field or stands can correctly identify the team they are judging. Your failure to make your team numbers readable from afar compromises your ability to advance and receive recognition. The rules involving split numbers last year had as much to do with game as with bumper design. It is not hard to find white fabric paint pens or vinyl numbers that can be used for both alliance colors. You know you will have to do it later so buy your supplies now when you have no pressure.