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Originally Posted by Brandon Holley
Guys, I'm right there with you in agreement with FIRST keeping their games under wraps. They absolutely need to take into account the secrecy of the game. That being said, I feel this is an issue that can be handled rather simply when communicating with a company. It is a large commitment (think about the amount of FRC teams that need soccer balls now). Why should I have to design my robot to work with a bunch of different balls when I know exactly which one will be used in competition? It seems to me like this is a problem that can be handled better.
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Brandon, I completely agree with you, FIRST needs to tell suppliers in advance that a large order will becoming in along with a large demand come the beginning of the year. Its not fair to the teams or the company who is being left in the dark.
Also, being engineers, the game design commitee probably overlooked the fact that different balls perform differently when kicked and moved. I guess this will be another engineer mishap to over come like indiefan said. Let's look on the bright side though, at least soccer balls aren't sold out worldwide yet!
