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Re: Flag, Flag Holder vs Trackballs

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Originally Posted by dtengineering View Post
It would have been interesting if they had ditched the flag holder and simply required teams to show up with two different sets of bumpers... one red, one blue.

That would have done a better job of indicating alliances, encouraged fast-change bumper design (even more so than already encouraged) and allowed more space for handling this gianormous ball.

Mind you, at least we're all working to the same parameters... and the different coloured bumpers wouldn't make provisions for the lane counter, which will matter, I think.

J
This is probably what refs will wish for teams to have. Being able to tell a team's alliance by any fast glance will help them 30 times over in the case something needs to be called.

There should be a petition that calls for teams to design interchangeable colored bumpers for the sake of our refs since this is their toughest game too.
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