Orbit balls breaking

[Danny Diaz]

Originally Posted by BigWhiteYeti

I assume broken balls still count during the matches, but say a super cell breaks and cannot be handled, costing the alliance the match? Would they replay the match? What if just a moon rock broke? I am sure they will have replacements at the arena, but you can't replace pieces in-game.

My guess is that you'd first have to define what it means to be "broke," which I have yet to see - this is an important question to have answered. Secondly, FIRST is not going to replay matches because of broken items on the field, unless it was clearly "broken" before the match started (and even then it's sketchy as to what they'd do).

Look at a couple previous year's games:

Raising the Bar - No replays of matches because of slightly deflated balls.
Aim High - No replays of matches because of slightly deformed balls.
Rack 'n Roll - No replays for under-deflated or completely deflated tubes.
Overdrive - No replays for trackballs that were slightly deflated.

The short answer - be able to deal with broken orbit balls.

-Danny