Do you like the seeding system?

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

I still think it's rather easy, even from the stands (though I haven't watched a webcast) to identify which robot is which. And I've never met a spectator who didn't understand the concept of the 3v3 match, and why they should cheer for their robots' partners as well. Especially for those not concerned with an individual team (such as VIPs, visiting area school field trips, and event sponsors), it makes it even better.

I remember plenty of years when I'd be trying to explain what is happening to people in the stands (or scouting a match) and even having myself getting confused as to who is on which alliance.

I'm going to agree with Sean here. I'll show someone a 2008 video, they'll be completely confused who's on what team. 2009 was a step in the right direction, but the whole game confused them. 2010, my friend walks in during a webcast, "wow red team's kicking butt!"

Maybe 50% of the bumpers should be red / blue and the other half should have nothing close enough to those colors to confuse anyone. Or maybe some variant should be allowed (red camo v blue camo, red tye dye versus blue tye dye, etc). But as it stands now, we have a bulletproof identification system.