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Originally Posted by MikeDubreuil
Apparently FIRST threw out that whole philosophy that the game should be easily scored/explained to your grandmother.
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As long as your actions on and off the field still make your Grandma proud, we'll keep scoring calculations up to awesome software.
(And yes, it IS awesome this year. So simple to use.)
We talked with the guy at the scoring software table for about 15 minutes or more up in Manchester and learned so much about the game from him. It's always good to have an insiders view on stuff.
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Originally Posted by Pavan
(IF AND ONLY IF after they build a new one).
Pavan.
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Originally Posted by MissInformation
You are practically accusing team 254 of cheating, and I don't know if you mean to or not but it's not very nice to even imply it. Especially since you are representing your team on CD, whether your know it or not.
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Yeah.. that's not very nice.
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Originally Posted by |20807 61|2|_
All i can say is that someone is going to get hurt with a mobile 24 armed cage   !! Personally i love it but it does seem like just a very large tic-tac-toe board. |
It's not that mobile. It may move (very slightly) during competition but it's not on wheels or anything but the spider legs will whip around a lot so there IS a safety concern that's for sure.
Think the middle platform in 2004. heavy as all heck, and it only moved when someone rammed it full speed and it was mere inches... if ever over 2" in any direction on the floor.
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Originally Posted by artdutra04
I swear, the first thought that popped into my head after I saw them release the playing field at the Manchester, NH Kickoff was "where's the power source for the lights?". Then again, maybe I think too much about technical details... |
I thought that too.. and then first thought a battery was mounted in the diamond plate covered box above everything but then asked "How would you change that out?" "How the heck are you going to climb this rack safely??
And then my focus saw the cable coming down and realized it was hardwired.
(Made me feel much better about not having a target light get dimmer as the day went on. lol)