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Steven Donow
04-01-2014, 08:26
Topic title is self-explanatory, a little over 2 hours to go! Let's just have a thread to keep all the discussion of what's going on at kickoff in this one thread.


Excited, as always.

Link to stream (http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/robotics/first/kickoff-2014/)
z_beeblebrox
04-01-2014, 09:45
T-45...
Partheosis
04-01-2014, 09:50
Huddling in Montreal right now, waiting for it to start. Feels like -30°C out here.
Our science center is hosting the event.
z_beeblebrox
04-01-2014, 10:00
T-30...
z_beeblebrox
04-01-2014, 10:15
T-15...
KelliV
04-01-2014, 10:29
Anyone else's feed kick out?
Steven Donow
04-01-2014, 10:29
The main feed (linked in my first post) has been bad all morning, I've been on the "backup stream" which is currently showing NASA TV stuff
cgmv123
04-01-2014, 10:31
Away we go!
Steven Donow
04-01-2014, 10:33
Nice editing on the shirts :)
xraymypanda
04-01-2014, 10:35
Anyone catch the field? Looks like a vertical tower of some sort.
dubiousSwain
04-01-2014, 10:37
>pushing the boundries
ITS A WATER GAME
Calvin Hartley
04-01-2014, 10:37
Anyone catch the field? Looks like a vertical tower of some sort.

maye a ladder of some sort?
alextac98
04-01-2014, 10:38
How about that cim cooler, maybe some climbing? Or intense motor use... maybe speed. I guess we will find out!
Doug G
04-01-2014, 10:39
NASA TV feed is bad... we have only audio... For those of you with a good feed... Keep the observations going!
xraymypanda
04-01-2014, 10:40
It seems like NASA TV is ahead of the webcast
ohrly?
04-01-2014, 10:41
What do they mean by changing the game all season, from kickoff to championship? Are the rules going to be constantly fluctuating?
cgmv123
04-01-2014, 10:41
It seems like NASA TV is ahead of the webcast

Web streams have buffer time.
dubiousSwain
04-01-2014, 10:42
What do they mean by changing the game all season, from kickoff to championship? Are the rules going to be constantly fluctuating?

when was this said?
ohrly?
04-01-2014, 10:43
when was this said?

It was near the beginning somewhere... Woodie said they were doing "something new this year".
earlybird
04-01-2014, 10:43
I wonder if there is a reason Dean has been standing up for most of the webcast so far?
dubiousSwain
04-01-2014, 10:44
I wonder if there is a reason Dean has been standing up for most of the webcast so far?

BECAUSE HE DOESNT WANT TO GET HIS PANTS WET IN THE WATER COVERING THE FIELD. ITS A METAPHOR

</sarcasm>
Siri
04-01-2014, 10:45
Did she just say FIRSTChoice refills at noon? The site says 4:01pm.
MichelB
04-01-2014, 10:45
Entire field just shown...I wonder what that cylinder is for. Maybe to put game pieces in? or the robot must fit inside it (mini-bot)?
dubiousSwain
04-01-2014, 10:45
its a bucket...
hmmmmm....
DDSLoan96
04-01-2014, 10:46
Have they ever shown part of the field before the game reveal?
Robby Unruh
04-01-2014, 10:47
Barrel sighted!


Have they ever shown part of the field before the game reveal?


In 2011, they handed out game pieces to the crowd before revealing the game.
dubiousSwain
04-01-2014, 10:48
i think so.

i know they hint at the game pieces every year, but im not sure if they've shown the actual piece before
ethandicken
04-01-2014, 10:48
Team 353's NASA tv feed is really laggy
Steven Donow
04-01-2014, 10:48
Good on FIRST putting 1538's Chairman's Video in the Kickoff!
dubiousSwain
04-01-2014, 10:49
T-30ish minutes until the game is revealed
pyroslev
04-01-2014, 10:49
2006 They had the entire field except the ends uncovered. But that year everything was at the ends.

Leads me to believe big center based game. 2004, 2007, etc
dubiousSwain
04-01-2014, 10:50
2006 They had the entire field except the ends uncovered. But that year everything was at the ends.

Leads me to believe big center based game. 2004, 2007, etc

at least its not a shooting game
dubiousSwain
04-01-2014, 10:53
GRIT

BOUNCING

ITS A ROLLING GAME
cgmv123
04-01-2014, 10:55
Aerial Assist!
tanmaker
04-01-2014, 10:55
Woo hoo Solidworks! It's good to know they're incorporating a much more popular software used in industry.
dubiousSwain
04-01-2014, 10:55
SUPEREXCITEDNOW
dubiousSwain
04-01-2014, 10:56
i called it. balls
JohnBoucher
04-01-2014, 11:12
A scoring nightmare!
cgmv123
04-01-2014, 11:14
A scoring nightmare!

I still say FTC scoring is more complicated.
EricVanWyk
04-01-2014, 11:21
The t-shirts make me happy ;-)

This is not the year to become a score keeper - I think I'll stick with inspection!
Partheosis
04-01-2014, 11:29
All to have to say is... POINTS EVERYWHERE.
ohrly?
04-01-2014, 17:54
I just found the statement, and I think I just interpreted it wrong. I think he just meant they already did make changes throughout the season.

http://youtu.be/YWb248RSafo?t=2m11s