View Full Version : Team Update #19 - "Double Play"
George1902
01-04-2005, 01:27
http://www2.usfirst.org/2005comp/Updates/Team_Update_19.pdf
I guess the 3 vs 3 experiment failed. According to this update, the game will be played 2 vs 2 for this weekend's regionals and Championships.
Most of the update just changes the wording of the rules to apply to two robots per alliance as opposed to three. Of particular interest, though:
Why are we making this change?
FIRST's policy has always been to avoid drastic rule changes late in the season. Based on the experience to date at the regionals,however, it has become clear that the previous format didn't lend itself to a high-scoring, offensive game. We feel that this change is in the best interest of teams, sponsors, and especially referees.
Frankly, the 3-on-3 format was all Woodie's idea. But what would you expect from the guy who came up with floppies?
Travis Covington
01-04-2005, 01:32
It isn't april 1st yet for us west coasters.
D.J. Fluck
01-04-2005, 01:52
Sorry George....
Not your best material, buddy :p
Helps if you spell Woodie correctly ;)
phrozen solyd
01-04-2005, 02:00
Whoa. It's not April 1 here on the west coast, so you really had me there...until I read the following posts.
Maybe the moderators should hide all replies so that more people get fooled ;)
mtaman02
01-04-2005, 03:17
FIRST changing the game format to 2v2 in the middle of the season :confused: hrm, i doubt it espicially since Woodie was mis-typed and that would be altogether drastic measures for FIRST however wouldn't be cool if FIRST really did change the game in the middle of the season. Another Tipper offer FIRST would not look down upon Woodies Floppies =)
hmm should this be moved to the FIRST is moving to indianapolis thread????
haha good try though george.
OK, I'm sitting here with my jaw still wide open! Ya got me! :ahh: Can';t wait to spring it on my son who is still sleeping, though!
Its only A little after 7am Lol, I have a late opening because a bunch of kids decided to slash school bus tires.How ironic its on April 1st. So I had some time to log on CD and the 1st thing I see when i log in to CD is this. Team Update #19 - "Double Play"- Nice try, almost got me, but then I said why would the game change dramatically at like the end of the season. Have a great April Fools Day, today should be a national holiday and day off from school.
Arefin Bari
01-04-2005, 07:32
http://www2.usfirst.org/2005comp/Updates/Team_Update_19.pdf
I guess the 3 vs 3 experiment failed. According to this update, the game will be played 2 vs 2 for this weekend's regionals and Championships.
Most of the update just changes the wording of the rules to apply to two robots per alliance as opposed to three. Of particular interest, though:
Nice one george, you really had me thinking about this. I am gonna get you!!!! 19 more days!!!!!!
DarkJedi613
01-04-2005, 08:21
It would have been better if you had it so that when someone clicks on it - it records the amount of people or whatever. ;)
Jessica Boucher
01-04-2005, 09:22
hmm should this be moved to the FIRST is moving to indianapolis thread????
haha good try though george.
Haha, or even the classic "Didn't you hear? After Atlanta, they aren't having nationals anymore." (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=243928#post243928) ;)
1574aviad
01-04-2005, 09:40
lol....you almost fooled me...and yet...they wouldn't say such things about woodie....
and my girlfriend says: "haha, geek jokes... you gotta love them"
EddieMcD
01-04-2005, 10:02
Haha, or even the classic "Didn't you hear? After Atlanta, they aren't having nationals anymore." (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=243928#post243928) ;)
Not to mention the ultimate classic: "Nationals has been canceled" (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15118)
Speaking of George's past April Fool's pranks, lets not forget the time the owner of the Indianapolis Colts bought FIRST (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27402). Sorry George, but I saw the post was by you before I clicked on it, and that kinda gave it away that it was a prank. Eh, at least you're quite creative with these things; good for a chuckle.
[QUOTE=EddieMcD]Not to mention the ultimate classic: "Nationals has been canceled" (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15118)
QUOTE]
Nationals HAVE been canceled. They are now the Championships.
Adam Richards
01-04-2005, 11:34
They took it down :(
I wanted to read my second April Fool's Day Joke of the day... :mad:
[QUOTE=EddieMcD]Not to mention the ultimate classic: "Nationals has been canceled" (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15118)
QUOTE]
Nationals HAVE been canceled. They are now the Championships.
Actually I have been meaning to ask this but according to a trivia slideshow that was run at the BAE regional there was at one time Nationals and Championships run at the same time.
[QUOTE=RoboMom]
Actually I have been meaning to ask this but according to a trivia slideshow that was run at the BAE regional there was at one time Nationals and Championships run at the same time.
Not possible. They are one and the same, the name just changed because of our Canadian and Brazilian friends :)
[QUOTE=Adam Y.]
Not possible. They are one and the same, the name just changed because of our Canadian and Brazilian friends :)
Don't forget the two Israeli teams coming too this year.
OK, I'm sitting here with my jaw still wide open! Ya got me! :ahh: Can';t wait to spring it on my son who is still sleeping, though!
Unlike my mother, I have become accustomed to CD April Fool's pranks, and therefore when she came up and told me about it this morning, I knew that it was a joke, although it definitely isn't as good as the Championship Cancellation thread, it was an interesting idea.
chaoticprout
01-04-2005, 22:41
Today at the so cal regional Dave Lavery pulled a double play... might have gotten in from your topic. Good job!
Today at the so cal regional Dave Lavery pulled a double play... might have gotten in from your topic. Good job!
Yeah that was pretty funny, lots of people caught on fast though :)
Speaking of George's past April Fool's pranks, lets not forget the time the owner of the Indianapolis Colts bought FIRST (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27402).
I have to say this is the best one I've ever seen. Actually had me convinced for over a day before I checked back.
sanddrag
02-04-2005, 00:56
Yeah that was pretty funny, lots of people caught on fast though :)
maybe that's because we all read it here first!
mtaman02
02-04-2005, 02:02
[QUOTE=Adam Y.]
Not possible. They are one and the same, the name just changed because of our Canadian and Brazilian friends :)
And The british and israelies and puerto ricans etc....
Adam Richards
02-04-2005, 02:12
[QUOTE=Cory]
And The british and israelies and puerto ricans etc....
Both of those are right except for Puerto Rico. They're a US Territory last time I checked, unless April Fool's Day is their independence day. :D
Rich Wong
02-04-2005, 07:28
http://www2.usfirst.org/2005comp/Updates/Team_Update_19.pdf
I guess the 3 vs 3 experiment failed. According to this update, the game will be played 2 vs 2 for this weekend's regionals and Championships.
Most of the update just changes the wording of the rules to apply to two robots per alliance as opposed to three. Of particular interest, though:
HA HA, excellent April Fool's joke. :D
IMDWalrus
02-04-2005, 10:19
The file isn't up anymore, if it ever was.
That said, I love the title of the error page that shows up - "300 Multiple Choices." Awesome. :)
Not to mention the ultimate classic: "Nationals has been canceled" (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15118)
Speaking of George's past April Fool's pranks, lets not forget the time the owner of the Indianapolis Colts bought FIRST (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27402). Sorry George, but I saw the post was by you before I clicked on it, and that kinda gave it away that it was a prank. Eh, at least you're quite creative with these things; good for a chuckle.
Nothing beat the COlts buying FIRST.
Man that one freaked me out!
Winged Wonder
02-04-2005, 11:16
Both of those are right except for Puerto Rico. They're a US Territory last time I checked, unless April Fool's Day is their independence day. :DPuerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States! (lo siento, soy Boricua and i gotta represent :p) Speaking of other countries and whatnot, personally i like the ring of "The Championship Event" as opposed to "Nationals" or "Internationals" or "Worlds".. although the last two do give a somewhat better perspective on just how large FIRST has grown. :cool:
and yeah, this was a great joke... my brother called me up from school early in the morning (i'm on spring break and wasnt exactly thrilled about the wake-up call) saying "READ UPDATE 19!! ITS SO EVIL I CANT BELIEVE THEY DID THAT!!" and i passed up on him telling me, saying i'd rather read it myself, and immidiately went to the FIRST site, and tada! no Update 19 existed. oh well... perhaps they should have left it up a little longer, i would have gotten a good April Fool's Day kick out of it. :)
[QUOTE=Cory]
And The british and israelies and puerto ricans etc....
At the time "Nationals" was changed to "The Championship Event" I'm 99.9% sure the only foreign countries involved in FIRST were Brazil and Canada.
Scott Chambliss
09-04-2005, 19:44
Weeeeelll, that had me going for a little, but you should have seen my dad's face when I told him! The initial scare was worth it!
PeterSugus
11-04-2005, 01:17
haha, i read it many days late so I wasn't expecting it. You REALLY had me for a bit, nice prank!
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