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Unread 05-04-2005, 10:08
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The arc of optimism...

When I saw the kickoff, I was excited.
When I read the documentation, I was nervous.
When I saw 66 at GLR, I was hopeful.
When I saw a mere shadow of a speaker high in the air doom 66 at WMR, I despaired.
Given the translucent roof of the Georgia Dome and the vagaries of sun position, cloud cover, etc. I predict there will be no team that caps 2 matches in a row and no team will cap the center goal, period.

I WANTED there to be cappers at the Championships, but it is just too hard given hardware, software and timing the constraints teams are under.

Early in week 1, I predicted at most 5 Vision-based capping teams at the Championships... ...sadly, I now think this was too optimistic.

Calling 'em as I see 'em...

Joe J.
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