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Re: Orbit balls breaking

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Originally Posted by waialua359 View Post
I simply dont believe that each regional event has enough balls for competition, considering that a LOT will break.
I think teams will end up working with a majority of broken balls for the most part at competitions.
Designs need to be able to compensate for it, especial ball shooters.
We've been prototyping all kinds of designs and wheel speeds and our orbit balls are trashed after 1 hour of testing.
We are really frustrated by the LACK of durability of these things!
Yeahh they defineatley could be better made, but even if they have some fractures or breaks or the seams split, most of our balls still can be used. I'm betting, though, at competitions that we shall ruin the balls so throughly during game play that eventually we will run out of balls. Who knows?
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