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Re: What is missing from this years game?

I just got back from the Florida regional, and I think that the big finish this year is sufficiently big.

As for the what-just-happened and is-that-illegal thing, I'll throw a concept out here. Suppose that instead of throwing cloth flags during a match (which most of the time the audience can't see), the refs punched them into handhelds (a la real-time scouting)? With a bit of Wi-Fi tinkering, it could then tie in with real-time scoring, and if it were done well enough could be displayed on the screen (instead of that ginormous field drawing).

This year's game would be easy enough to throw flags on handhelds. Imagine the following screen shot (in pure ASCII art), if you will...

Code:
 RED   PENALTY   BLUE
 [  ]  Loading Z. [  ]
 [  ]  Human Pl.  [  ]
 [  ]  LZ Hit	 [  ]
Or even simplify it further to a red square and a blue square--tap to throw a flag. If anyone can actually do such a thing, go right ahead.
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