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Unread 26-03-2006, 00:32
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Re: Week 4: So how's that Field Working?

From a driver's perspective, I had one simple problem with the field. The mid-line did not extend all the way to the edges of the field.

Now normally this really doesn't matter, but when a driver is the backbot and chasing balls around sometimes they come really close to the midline and do not want to pick up a penalty and so are being careful. But one time in SVR I remember driving to pick up a ball in the blue starting zones and realizing that from my angle I really couldn't tell if I had a wheel across the midline or not.

All the refs at midline crouched down and I just gunned it out of there to avoid a penalty but it was a close call.

I'd hope they consider extending that mid-line all the way to the edges of the field to help out the backbot driver who really doesn't have that excellent angle you have from the stands to tell where the mid-line is while cutting it close.

Anyway, back to your discussion on auto ball-counters
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