What color Trackball did you get in your kit?

[redtide]

most of our team was wondering what the whit dots are for and we agree that it is probally for the judges

beside make some program for red wit dots blue with dots red without and blue without cant be that hard for our programmer

[robostangs548]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

Too bad they couldn't just fit one of those Lap Indicator devices inside the valve of the balls to make things easier... potentially.

That would make things a whole lot easier on the judges i am sure

[woogit]

1778 and 2522 (lynnwood) both got red
we were hoping for a blue but it didnt happen...

[redtide]

yay blues catching up
i dont know but the teams that got red are some of yall in the same area cus that might affect what color you get

like teams in certian kickoff areas get one color while another kickoff get the other color

[mr_yes]

Originally Posted by Danny Diaz

If the balls are any way deviated from what we are using, it will quite possibly wreak havoc with any vision system any teams come up with. Do we know for certain that the balls will or will not have the white dots come gametime? Sounds like an official Q&A to me...

-Danny

From the rules:

6.3 GAME PIECES
The game pieces, known as “TRACKBALLS,” are large balls made of an inflatable plastic bladder
and an outer fabric covering. When inflated, each TRACKBALL is approximately 40 inches in
diameter, and weighs approximately 10 pounds. Two TRACKBALLS of each alliance color, red and
blue, are in the arena during the MATCH. One TRACKBALL of each color will be marked with a set
of six-inch diameter white dots so that it may be uniquely identified for tracking purposes during the
match.

[WaterFreak]

Team 708 got a blue one.

We started to inflate it, but it seemed inflated PRIOR to filling the cover. Will add some more air today to see if we can FULLY inflate it

[rw55ryan]

Team 2228 got a red one.

[pheadxdll]

1225 received a RED trackball in the KoP.

[redbarron]

Team 1270 and 1532 got Blue and when I blew up the trackball for 120 the cover was also Blue so thats 3 BLUE at the Cleveland Kickoff

[Coach Norm]

Team 2468 got a red one.

[Protronie]

Originally Posted by G1279

The White dots are just for judges to follow them while scoring. Just a way to follow the balls around instead of trying to keep track between two of the same colored balls.

Knowing Qbranch and seeing some of the stuff hes come up with in the past I'm sure he'll come up with something to use the dots for that the judges hadn't planned.

Whats the chance of some sort of tracking device following and locking onto the dots?

[Sean Schuff]

Red! Appropriate for the NEW Apple Corps!! We'll be putting a stem and leaf on it shortly!!

[clark_noah]

PURPLE!!! hex yeah suckas

[xrabohrok]

Blue. Did you guys fill yours until the bag the ball was in was completely taut?

[DonRotolo]

Blue. Sounds totally random to me, dudes.

There are isntructions that are a good idea to read before filling your ball, they explain how much to fill it.

Don