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Basic rules

Let me explain the basic rules of the game before I get to the reports:
the setup: Every half takes 10mins with a 5min break. Every team has the right to take one 5min time-out. The blue team has the kick-off and plays on the yellow goal while the red team plays on the blue goal. During the half-time the teams switch colors and sides.
during game:for longer than 3secs it is not allowed to push field player, push the goalie, hold the ball. If a team kicks the ball off the field the ball will be placed inside the field for the other teams advantage.

GT vs. Araibo

German Team vs. Araibo:
I just watched the first game of the German Team against the Japanese Araibo team. The German Team hardly pulled through to a 1:0 win, although their code is thought to be superior to the code of most other teams. Thomas Röfer, University Bremen, comments «Worst game ever!».

after the first goal by GT

2nd half

I'm not sure if the GT still used this game for testing and did not play with their real code. Maybe to deceive opponents. At least sometimes one gets that impression. Both teams self-localization (of the robots) looked pretty decent. Araibo had some nice shots I hadn't seen before. The GTs robots also seemed to move faster than last time I saw them play. Both teams didn't appear to have any team-play implemented.