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Re: How will the Balls Change once FIRST Paints them
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The problems that were in the past are in the past. I don't think we need to argue about what happened and what didn't. People that think nothing happen just don't know because it didn't effect them.
Whenever there is a problem FIRST goes out of their way to try to correct the problem with the teams, and that is why most others don't have a clue about it. The point I was trying to make was that this year we have a task that is going to take great precision and I want to reduce the variables as much as possible for all of us. Everyone sees videos of teams shooting 10 balls in one second and they say that looks easy. Well put that device in a remote controlled robot being controlled by someone 30 feet away with many visual obstructions, other teams trying to stop them, on a not so flat arena floor, with batteries that are changing there state of charge, and more. This is going to be a really hard game to play good. I was trying to make everyone aware of another variable. I still think there is a good chance the balls will be certain colors to help sort them between matches. |
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As to the tetra connectors being different, wasn't that because the gamepieces had to be more robust? You could order the "official" connectors, but at a higher price. It's just like the home versions of the field being constructed of different support materials than the competition versions. The home versions don't have to be struck and moved multiple times, so they can be easily built more-or-less permanantly from wood. The competition versions will (primarily) have metal construction. There will no doubt be slight variations in how the official ramp flexes compared to your home version. But not enough to matter. |
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In the past (2004's clovers for example) FIRST has pretty much taken on the theory we occasionally take at work when we change parts.
When applicable is is stated that "NO CHANGES AFFECT FORM, FIT, OR FUNCTION". That's what FIRST has done in the past, and I don't see any reason that will change. |
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But who knows how far ahead in ordering balls first had thought!!! Lets hope they ordered ALOT!!! LOL |
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Well I don't know if we received any blue/red balls in our shipment, but I do know that we have some half-red and some half-blue so I am sure they are capable of making that color combination. I am hoping that FIRST was able to contract with the supplier to provide all half-blue/half-red for the competitions - just to make the events more aesthetically pleasing (at least until the covers wear off)
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they definitely aren't painting the balls this year, because, as you may recall, every ball you score is given to the other team, so the balls are recycled. therefore, they can't have red and blue balls, because there is no assignment needed. In other words, no paint.
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What?
you mean the balls are not ALL red & black Ours are all red & black......to match our pit! I though all the balls were the same !!!! --Mike |
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Heh we ordered 48 balls. And there's atleast 3 different color schemes in the ones we got.
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