Breakaway field should have been green

[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).