[Bongle]

On practice days the webcast is a static zoomed-out image of the practice field, and scouting is impossible anyway. Highly compressed 320x240 is simply not big enough to read team numbers or really tell what's going on. You spend most of your time trying to deduce which teams are which numbers.

However, I'm just watching for entertainment. I'm sure if I wanted to see a specific robot (like I will when GTR is on in a month) I'd be irritated as well. I think the camera work is great if you're watching to watch the match, not scout.

I've always said that teams would provide a fantastic service if they got a very good 1080p camera (you can get them for <$1200 now), recorded every single match with a full field, and distributed it afterwards. You'd be able to read all numbers and see all mechanisms. Scouting doesn't need to be done live, so the lateness of it wouldn't matter.