[Travis Hoffman]

Hmm sounds like different events are using different methods (or even no methods at all) to ensure some semblance of ball consistency from event to event....or even day to day within an event.

Numerous teams at Crossroads suggested the balls on Saturday were smaller/had vastly different shot characteristics between Thursday/Friday and Saturday. I know they weren't flying the same on our bot, and that observation held true even when we swapped out our shooter/claw. We will adjust accordingly; however, this type of reality seriously calls into question whether this game holds up to the definition of "professional" when measured against the policies professional sports leagues apply to game piece consistency. This is supposed to be the highest level of professional robot competition, is it not? Do the NFL/NBA/MLB require their teams to play with vastly different specifications of game balls? If you want to be pro, then establish and enforce the rules that merit that label.

Can the GDC PLEASE generate, communicate, and mandate some kind of DAILY check for ball consistency at events, such that teams have SOMETHING concrete to take to volunteers if a sudden change in gamepiece characteristics is noticed by a great many teams in attendance?