Team Update #3 Posted

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by Greg Marra

I agree that a tablet is the best option for keeping track of real time scores. However, I think that having a tablet is amazingly expensive, and most teams will have to settle for some sort of paper-based solution instead.

My roomate got a convertable (a laptop that the screen revereses to make a tablet) for $1400 with decent power. They are getting surprisingly cheap.

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

No, just look up.

Elgin, some regionals have the screen behind one of the player stations, which makes it real inconveinent for one alliance to use. Things are only mostly even between regionals.

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[Nick M.]

I am currently writing a scoring program that will run on a PDA with a touch-screen. Simply choose what color alliance you’re on, and touch a rack position where a tube has been placed. As you select tube placements, it will automatically calculate the score. It also has dynamic scoring based on spoiler (black) and the opposing alliance tube placements.

[Barry Bonzack]

There is a thread dedicated to using scoring aids; further discussion about that should probably continue there. This thread is about the Update 3.

Will you be using a scoring aid?

That being said, I am interested in seeing pictures of user made scoring aids or palm programs.