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[gburlison]

Why are they using touch screens when you could assign a ref to watch a ball and give him a hand held trigger with a button for assists, truss/catch, high, and low goal. She would never have to take her eyes of the field.

[BigJ]

Originally Posted by gburlison

Why are they using touch screens when you could assign a ref to watch a ball and give him a hand held trigger with a button for assists, truss/catch, high, and low goal. She would never have to take her eyes of the field.

refs would have to calculate assists in their head (more complex than recording zone/robot possession pairs, which would require 9 buttons)