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Re: Scoring 2013, I can do better than that!

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Originally Posted by Pat Fairbank View Post
I would have planned for a streamlined human-based solution from the start. Something along the lines of how it was done in 2009, with handheld boxes with tactile buttons for real-time, and manual counting at the end of the match when the goals are emptied.

When was the last time we had an automated solution that reliably handled large quantities of game pieces being scored in parallel? (Answer: it's never.)
Yeah, I was just going to point to 2006 as an example where the automated scoring system caused a ton of problems. It's hard to create a flawless system and this is the type of situation where it needs to be flawless. In 2006, I remember there were tons of issues with the scoring when the goals got clogged by the onslaught of balls and they had to implement a human-based system then.
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