Teams get to bring their team's color with them to competitions. And, they have "home" and "away" colors, just like your favorite sports teams. Away colors would probably be a very pale version of the normal color, or simply white or gray, or the inverse of home colors, or even something on the cool spectrum if home colors are warm.
Problem #1: What happens when two teams have the same color (or too similar)?
Solution: One team plays with home colors, the other plays with away colors (they should be significantly different).
Problem #2: How do you determine who is home and who is away?
Solution: I don't know.
God knows something like this would never work for a Ladle. However, it might be cool to use if we return to league play this fall (likely). In that case, many of the teams will have their own servers (home and away) and something like team colors is more realistic. Occasional 4-team Fort matches could do this too.
But why change the colors? Because it's fun. Blue and Gold rock, but so do "green and purple", "red and black", and a myriad of other combinations.
OK, flame away.
But really, there isn't anything wrong with doing it as long as two opposing teams have trails that are significantly different looking. The problem with dual-colors on a team is this: it's sometimes hard to tell your trail from your mates and this can work against you in a heated attacking/defending situation.
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