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Originally Posted by lanna.stars
Same was noted in the Alamo Regional. Gold numbers, numbers being painted on the Thursday with finger paint. The quality control of bumpers is a lot laid back in the States. Waterloo would not have passed those bumpers. Regulations should be across the board. I understand it's week one but something tells me some of these were not all rookie teams...
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Emphasis mine. The bumper rules have changed slightly this year. The numbers are no longer only allowed to be white per R28.
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Originally Posted by Rule Book
R28 Team numbers must be displayed on the BUMPERS and meet the following criteria:
A. consist of numerals at least 4 in. high, at least ½ in. in stroke width, and be either white in color or outlined in white,
B. may not wrap around a corner of the FRAME PERIMETER (for the purposes of R28 a round or circular FRAME PERIMETER has no corners), and
C. be positioned around the ROBOT such that an observer walking around the perimeter of the ROBOT can unambiguously tell the Team’s number from any point of view.
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I'm still not sold on the changes to the rule.