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Originally Posted by EricH
Hah. Did you think that in '05 as well? Don't count on it. (remembering '05, when the "real-time" scoring was late and/or inaccurate until the end of the round)
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As one of the real-time scorekeepers of that year (Curie field), I've got to say that we had a heck of a job on our hands. We had these handheld PDAs running some Hatch software that absolutely could not get disconnected from the network or turned off (lest you have to call them over to get it reset and working right). We had to count tetras on top and bottom of up to five goals (one did their home row, the middle row nearest the audience, and the center goal; the other volunteer did the other home row and the middle row goal nearest the scoring table), and track ownership. Basically, we had two people to do a three-person job.
However, that was with a Hatch-designed RTS system. I have high hopes for this year's system being more user-friendly.
Back to the topic at hand, I don't intend to send any drive team onto the field with more than a note card for reference (run this autonomous mode, block this guy, etc.). Assuming he or she can track the approximate length of their dominant rows and the opponent's dominant rows, a good coach stands to figure out what needs to happen next.