Breakaway field should have been green

[XaulZan11]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

Because they have carpet in the proper colour. Why buy new carpet? Plus, animations are not always rule accurate.

I believe they replace the carpet every regional (or atleast every couple) so it wouldn't be that hard to switch to a different color each year. I think it would be cool to have some bright colored carpet, but some people did get tired of looking at the bright white floor in 2009.

[NickE]

The carpet shipped with the field was green this year.

[Chris is me]

I didn't see a non green field anywhere this year. What regional are you talking about?

[EricH]

1) Carpet is replaced after every regional. Scraps (cut off the ends before the regional opens) are sent with the field for repairs, but by and large the carpet is too chewed up to be usable for official events. If your team wants carpet, bring something to haul it and tell the FTA you want it--that's how a lot of offseasons get official carpet.

2) The field at every official event was green. It might not have been MOE green, but it was green. In fact, it was approximately a dark grass-colored green. Except, of course, on the bumps and where the field crew hadn't fixed robot burnout marks. Oh, and on the white line.

If you'll notice, the red and blue on the bumps in the animation didn't exactly match the red and blue bumps on the field either.

I would suspect a return to grey carpet again next year; that's been the standard for years, except the last two. Then again, the GDC likes to change things up "just to mess with us" (or to reflect the theme of the game and other reasons).

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by EricH

I would suspect a return to grey carpet again next year; that's been the standard for years, except the last two. Then again, the GDC likes to change things up "just to mess with us" (or to reflect the theme of the game and other reasons).

Honestly, regardless of game the green carpet just looked a lot better on field than gray... I hope they keep changing the color.

[Justin Montois]

Even the carpet at Ruckus was green, I didn't see a non-green field anywhere.

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by 340x4xLife

Even the carpet at Ruckus was green, I didn't see a non-green field anywhere.

New England off-seasons were gray carpet since the teams buy a size and use it year after year, and in lighter venues it didn't look straight up green so thinking back I couldn't remember if it was green. Grey is the color I associate with FRC fields no matter what year.

[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

New England off-seasons were gray carpet since the teams buy a size and use it year after year, and in lighter venues it didn't look straight up green so thinking back I couldn't remember if it was green. Grey is the color I associate with FRC fields no matter what year.

*uhh uhmmmm* Beantown Blitz had an official "green" carpeted field


Every (official) field I saw this year used the green carpet everyone is talking about. Personallly I liked the slight hint of color as opposed to a bright, turf like, green. Colors are a very funny thing, ask anyone who has ever painted a room in their house. What may seem like a good idea ends up being way too dark or too bright very quickly. If FIRST went to fields that were brightly colored, it could get pretty distracting. I think the way they went this past year was perfectly fine.

-Brando

[hg273]

Perhaps you're referring to some of the off season events? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that FIRST does not supply the carpet for those, in which case you'd probably be seeing the gray carpets that most teams have.