Kei: Hm, I didn't notice that, strange that they bothered to do any more than cover the exits. Still, I'd like to see how it does, especially with the bottom of the pockets removed (which could be achieved by cutting at a uniform distance from the bottom, which would be much easier to do than cutting away an exit on a flat surface as I thought might be needed). I mean, it looks relatively function, and while it's wider (or at least, this one is - hopefully we get something smaller before they start adding grooves to them), the flatter slope might make regular KO's more reliable (though having only two pockets is a real issue, especially in terms of dividing it for launches fairly (though we have the problem with ZGB/ZGD anyway). I still think we're looking at the most realistic chance we've ever had of a legal hasbro stadium, which is something I would love to see, and something I think would be great for the WBO and its members, as it would greatly increase the number of tournaments AND the number of stadiums we'd have at them, at least for tournaments using that stadium.
Of course, we would have to consider that it would make much of the western meta centre around hasbro stadia rather than ZGA, which would be weird, though I think if we encourage use of different stadia for tournaments in the same area (which isn't practical now given costs of importing even one takara stadium), we could get a real "prepare for the stadium" element going - sure, it would mean more to test, but I think ZGB and ZGD have shown somewhat that it's not a big enough change to make things that are otherwise useless "worthwhile", so it shouldn't be too big. I know I'm not the only one interested in seeing something like that (IIRC Kei is a fan of that kinda thing), too (we could even have the stadium drawn out of a hat at a tournament if there are enough of at least two, which would be even cooler). Of course, I'm really getting way ahead of myself here, the stadium could be a total flop, too, but I figured I'd post these musings anyway.
Of course, we would have to consider that it would make much of the western meta centre around hasbro stadia rather than ZGA, which would be weird, though I think if we encourage use of different stadia for tournaments in the same area (which isn't practical now given costs of importing even one takara stadium), we could get a real "prepare for the stadium" element going - sure, it would mean more to test, but I think ZGB and ZGD have shown somewhat that it's not a big enough change to make things that are otherwise useless "worthwhile", so it shouldn't be too big. I know I'm not the only one interested in seeing something like that (IIRC Kei is a fan of that kinda thing), too (we could even have the stadium drawn out of a hat at a tournament if there are enough of at least two, which would be even cooler). Of course, I'm really getting way ahead of myself here, the stadium could be a total flop, too, but I figured I'd post these musings anyway.
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