How many referees does it take?

[Steve Kaneb]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

And, will the ball counters work without fail? I still remember problems with DOGMA, and the pokey-pokey stick in Aim High.

Well, these are most similar to the counters from 2012. I don't remember any failures from that year, across all the competitions.

I would be surprised if this game took too much referee effort. Teams are encouraged in the manual to make things obvious, and the rules are clearer than ever in terms of defensive protections.

[GeeTwo]

The bare minimum in terms of visibility is 5. Just due to blocks in visibility, there has to be one behind each alliance wall (excuse me, in each castle), one viewing each courtyard and accompanying secret passage, and one watching the neutral ground. However, this will not readily answer some of the nitpicky questions as to whether a given robot crossed a defense without some rather rapid communication between the refs. I voted 7, adding a referee for each outer works, who is solely responsible for tracking crossings.

[Steven Donow]

Originally Posted by Steve Kaneb

Well, these are most similar to the counters from 2012. I don't remember any failures from that year, across all the competitions.

I would be surprised if this game took too much referee effort. Teams are encouraged in the manual to make things obvious, and the rules are clearer than ever in terms of defensive protections.

So I'm guessing there is a beam sensor just like 2012 at the bottom of the tower structure (ie. right before the balls enter the corral)?

If so, with beam sensors in each of the ball entrances the '6 balls at a time could theoretically be done in FMS.