[David Brinza]

It seems to me that the Trackballs at the San Diego Regional are inflated much more than what we had expected.

At home, we inflated our KOP Trackball until the diameter reached 40" (circumference = 126"). There was slight wrinkling at the seams and the ball was rather bouncy. The seams looked like what is shown in photo 10b ("just right") in Game Manual Section 10.2.8

During the practice SDR matches, the Trackballs were definitely more inflated with no wrinkles (like photo 10c) and much more lively. I haven't yet measured the circumference, so I cannot state how much bigger the ball is, though. The driver for Team 16 told me that the Trackballs at the MWR were approximately 42" in diameter and the seams were really stretched taut.

FIRST Q&A states that the balls may vary in pressure, but says that they are to be inflated to size. Of course, the GDC position is that variation in the ball characteristics is part of the "game challenge". I'm just wondering how much the variation is skewed towards the "more inflated" direction.

Are the Trackballs "super-inflated" at the other regionals?