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Tyler Olds
12-09-2016, 16:58
http://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/frc/blog/2017-frc-teaser-dlc-pack-1-teaser-aftershow
The 2017 FRC Teaser
You remember the teaser from last year? Well, we’re doing it again! The 2017 Season Teaser will be released at 7PM Eastern Time on Tuesday, September 20th. So, set those calendar reminders (and for some of you, those alarm clocks) and keep an eye on the FIRST Facebook page. And once that teaser comes out, remember to share, share, share!
The teaser release, and the aftershow below, seem like they could be excellent excuses to get the team together to have a little party, watch, and get everyone excited for the upcoming season. Start planning for those fried pickle chips now!
Downloadable Content (DLC) Pack 1
Simultaneously with the release of the teaser, we will be releasing a set of digital goodies related to the upcoming season in the form of a DLC pack. You will be able to download the pack on the landing page for the teaser, the web address for which we will be publishing when the teaser is released.
I think there's a good chance you'll find the content interesting, useful, and maybe even fun. Just like the DLC packs available for many videogames, this is intended to enhance your experience. Unlike the DLC packs available for many videogames, however, this will be free! And, as our use of a pack number suggests, we will be releasing more of these over time.
Teaser Aftershow
After the 2017 Season Teaser and DLC Pack 1 are released, be sure to join the FIRST Robotics Competition community and our friends from the GameSense crew for the Teaser Aftershow! The show starts at 7:30PM Eastern Time and you can find out how to watch and participate here. Join the GameSense crew and special guests for a fun and lively discussion as they dissect what they saw and heard (or what they think they saw and heard), along with what it all means*.
One special guest currently scheduled to participate is FIRST Friend Emma Dumont. Emma is an FRC Alumna, current FRC Mentor, actress, dancer, model, violinist and roller derby player**. With her broad range of talents and passions, her perspective on the teaser is sure to be interesting.
This will be a show not to miss!
It's going to be another great season! I hope it’s not too early for goosebumps, because I’m getting them right now!
Frank
*An accurate explanation of ‘what it all means’ not guaranteed
**No joke. She can sleep some other decade, I guess.
FRC DLC is free with Season Pass!!!!
Brian Maher
12-09-2016, 17:00
I'm really starting to worry about Ryan Hall.
Wonder what the DLC stuff will be... Theme stuff? Game hints in a puzzle? Something else?
Wonder what the DLC stuff will be... Theme stuff? Game hints in a puzzle? Something else?
Probably the vector game logo files, and hopefully the game theme song so I can rip it to my YouTube channel in high quality.
This on the 20th, my birthday on the 23rd, and Chezy Champs that weekend! Can't wait!
I'm hoping its FIRST Zombies. I need my FIRST Person Shooter Zombie game for 2017.
Steven Smith
12-09-2016, 17:25
We had our new student recruiting meeting scheduled for Sept 20th from 4:30 to 6:30PM central, so this falls on the last 30 minutes. Amazing timing ;) Good Guy Frank
Wonder what the DLC stuff will be... Theme stuff? Game hints in a puzzle? Something else?
Yes, graphics would be nice. And some posters, etc.
DLC? FRC videogame confirmed for 2017 season.
DLC? FRC videogame confirmed for 2017 season.
FRC Simulator video game at last! :D :D
FRC Simulator video game at last! :D :D
All those years of playing games will finally pay off!
FRC Simulator video game at last! :D :D
Plot Twist: $3,999.99 w/ Microtransactions.
I hope for FIRST to be an indie inspirational story rather than a dare I say it... "EA".
FrisbeeFunTime
12-09-2016, 18:34
Little do we know but the teaser being released will not be for this years game but will be for the 2018 season game.
Plot Twist: $3,999.99 w/ Microtransactions.
Sounds like a FIRST-Dovetail games collab (look at TS2016's DLC)
Definitely looking forward to seeing what's going to be in the rest of the DLC's, it sounds like a great way to pass on teasers.
༼ つ ._. ༽つ GIFF WATER GAME ༼ つ ._. ༽つ
AllenGregoryIV
12-09-2016, 19:06
We're getting the teaser nearly 4 weeks (24 days) earlier than last year and last year was very early for any game information to come out.
Not sure what's going to be in the DLC pack, they normally do a lot to prevent us from figuring out much about the game. I can't imagine the official logo will be included since that normally has the game piece or some part of the field in it (last year the tower windows are in the official logo).
I'm really starting to worry about Ryan Hall.
Me too.
Roboshant
12-09-2016, 19:40
We're getting the teaser nearly 4 weeks (24 days) earlier than last year and last year was very early for any game information to come out.
Not sure what's going to be in the DLC pack, they normally do a lot to prevent us from figuring out much about the game. I can't imagine the official logo will be included since that normally has the game piece or some part of the field in it (last year the tower windows are in the official logo).
The tower windows were not included in the logo released with the teaser.
Hitchhiker 42
12-09-2016, 19:51
The tower windows were not included in the logo released with the teaser.
If I remember correctly, the tower popped out between the "FIRST" and the flag at kickoff, giving a last-minute clue.
The tower windows were not included in the logo released with the teaser.
For reference, here was the final image:
http://www.firstinspires.org/sites/default/files/uploads/resource_library/frc/first-stronghold.jpg
Roboshant
12-09-2016, 19:57
If I remember correctly, the tower popped out between the "FIRST" and the flag at kickoff, giving a last-minute clue.
At that point, game hints are not as valuable as something that would be present in a teaser. The Stronghold teaser showed several images of towers, but nothing too similar to the actual tower. I think they emphasized flags much more to possibly push people towards a CTF type of game. This is what I would be expecting from next week's teaser.
Me too.
I'm not, you are in school working on a very important engineering degree. A's from your profs are much more important than aaas from CD.
AllenGregoryIV
13-09-2016, 05:41
The tower windows were not included in the logo released with the teaser.
Which is why I said the official logo won't be released with the teaser. We might get a portion but it likely won't be the actual game logo.
Monochron
13-09-2016, 08:55
I'm calling a video game theme, maybe space invaders theme. All the sci-fi stuff in the previous teaser update, and now lots of references to video games, seems like a possibility to me.
marshall
13-09-2016, 08:59
I'm calling a video game theme, maybe space invaders theme. All the sci-fi stuff in the previous teaser update, and now lots of references to video games, seems like a possibility to me.
Half life 3 confirmed?
itsjustjon
13-09-2016, 14:26
DLC and Space Themed?
FIRST Space Invaders 2017
ratdude747
13-09-2016, 14:51
DLC and Space Themed?
FIRST Space Invaders 2017
Maybe Kerbal Space Program based? :D
I'm calling a video game theme, maybe space invaders theme. All the sci-fi stuff in the previous teaser update, and now lots of references to video games, seems like a possibility to me.
DLC and Space Themed?
FIRST Space Invaders 2017
What about Galaga? :D
(Not that Space Invaders is bad, but I've played Galaga more and it has more to it.)
Anupam Goli
15-09-2016, 12:09
FIRST really does enjoy watching us squirm with their teasers, don't they?
I'll be hiding in my cave, hibernating until the game is out
marshall
15-09-2016, 12:25
FIRST really does enjoy watching us squirm with their teasers, don't they?
I'll be hiding in my cave, hibernating until the game is out
Your team has a cave?!?!? OMG, how did you guys get that?!?! Do you have a cave sponsor? We tried talking to cave sponsors but none of them responded. You guys must be an elite team to have a cave.
Brian Maher
15-09-2016, 12:52
Your team has a cave?!?!? OMG, how did you guys get that?!?! Do you have a cave sponsor? We tried talking to cave sponsors but none of them responded. You guys must be an elite team to have a cave.
Darn elite teams and their mentor-built caves.
Darn elite teams and their mentor-built caves.
More importantly, if elite teams have professional mentors that build their caves, that must mean that "professional cave-builder" is an actual job, and I am now strongly reconsidering my career choice.
Ryan Dognaux
15-09-2016, 14:09
Your team has a cave?!?!? OMG, how did you guys get that?!?! Do you have a cave sponsor? We tried talking to cave sponsors but none of them responded. You guys must be an elite team to have a cave.
Did somebody mention a CAVE?
http://www.boeing.com/features/2016/03/immersed-in-engineering-03-16.page
Full disclosure: I get to 'work' in a 4 sided projector wall CAVE that we have here at Boeing. It's pretty cool.
Tyler Olds
15-09-2016, 17:50
Did somebody mention a CAVE?
http://www.boeing.com/features/2016/03/immersed-in-engineering-03-16.page
Full disclosure: I get to 'work' in a 4 sided projector wall CAVE that we have here at Boeing. It's pretty cool.
You guys must sponsor that one team on The Fosters!
Monochron
15-09-2016, 19:36
You guys must sponsor that one team on The Fosters!
Too bad that team got knocked out in the end, they really had a great strategy and a solid design. I was rooting for them throughout it.
Bryce Clegg
15-09-2016, 21:24
Your team has a cave?!?!? OMG, how did you guys get that?!?! Do you have a cave sponsor? We tried talking to cave sponsors but none of them responded. You guys must be an elite team to have a cave.
Honestly though, having a cave would be one of the greatest places to build a robot. There's already lack of light and lots of floor space! Well, if you have a good cave sponsor, that is.
Bluman56
15-09-2016, 21:33
Honestly though, having a cave would be one of the greatest places to build a robot. There's already lack of light and lots of floor space! Well, if you have a good cave sponsor, that is.
When the electrical team is soldering, I'm stepping out.
Richard Wallace
15-09-2016, 23:01
We had a code-cave, a few years ago. Programmers went in, but not much code came out until we ran a long Ethernet cable to reach the robot.
After our shop was completely remodeled, we lost the code-cave. But, now we can see our programmers. They actually touch the robot, and not just to plug in! Some of them even drive! I don't ever want them going back in a cave again.
Do you have a cave sponsor?
According to Google Maps, it's about 5-1/2 hours from Gotham to Rochester. :D
Monochron
16-09-2016, 10:37
According to Google Maps, it's about 5-1/2 hours from Gotham to Rochester. :D
Why Gotham when we've got the real deal (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bat+Cave,+NC+28792/@35.451524,-82.2958136,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8859e3763b67c6ad:0x2ab8e f3734baa585!8m2!3d35.4515073!4d-82.2870588) around these parts.
Bryce Clegg
16-09-2016, 11:47
Why Gotham when we've got the real deal (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bat+Cave,+NC+28792/@35.451524,-82.2958136,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8859e3763b67c6ad:0x2ab8e f3734baa585!8m2!3d35.4515073!4d-82.2870588) around these parts.
No way, this is only 2 hours away! I need to take a visit there sometime
Why Gotham when we've got the real deal (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bat+Cave,+NC+28792/@35.451524,-82.2958136,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8859e3763b67c6ad:0x2ab8e f3734baa585!8m2!3d35.4515073!4d-82.2870588) around these parts.
Hate to break it to you, but the REAL Batcave is out in CA. (No, really. It's in Griffith Park, in Los Angeles.)
Hate to break it to you, but the REAL Batcave is out in CA. (No, really. It's in Griffith Park, in Los Angeles.)
Hmmm. not sure if he's trolling, or if he really thinks The Batman is a fictional character..
Hmmm. not sure if he's trolling, or if he really thinks The Batman is a fictional character..
:D
You think I'm joking? Batcave (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bronson+Caves/@34.1213353,-118.3165258,627m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x80c2bf7a09b1f965:0x5e7f2 67f433e0565!8m2!3d34.1213309!4d-118.3143371).
:rolleyes::p
Trolling a bit, but that link does point to the exit from the Batcave, as seen in the TV show. (Among other films and TV shows.)
:D
You think I'm joking? Batcave (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bronson+Caves/@34.1213353,-118.3165258,627m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x80c2bf7a09b1f965:0x5e7f2 67f433e0565!8m2!3d34.1213309!4d-118.3143371).
:rolleyes::p
Trolling a bit, but that link does point to the exit from the Batcave, as seen in the TV show. (Among other films and TV shows.)
He really does think The Batman is a fictional character! You are a sad, strange, little man, and you have my pity (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9JDPm_QHk4).
Richard Wallace
16-09-2016, 23:02
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/15/8f/24/158f24aaa845701b36b3afb5b634d2f4.jpg
I always thought the Bat Cave was in North Carolina. Just drove past this sign ....
marshall
17-09-2016, 08:16
Adam West is D.B. Cooper.
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