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Re: Hot Goal Timing Issues

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Originally Posted by Yipyapper View Post
It's a real killer if the hot goal doesn't light up as soon as the match starts or goes at a variable time and you're detecting the saturation of the goal to determine if it's hot or not.

Thankfully this wasn't an issue at GTRE, but nevertheless I hope it isn't an issue for our team at future events (and others if they use the saturation values of the hot goal--do any of you do this instead of using the retroreflective tape?).
We definitely noticed it being an issue at GTRE, and had to add in one second delay to make sure both our shots were fired on the correct goal.
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