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Calvin Hartley 18-12-2013 16:07
FRC Blogged - FIRST Choice: Progress
 
Posted on the FRC Blog, 12-18-2013 15:37: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...hoice-Progress

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FIRST Choice: Progress

Blog Date: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 15:37

A note from our Kit of Parts team, Kate & Collin:

We’ve had some calls expressing anxiety that we’ll issue the first round of credits in the midst of Christmas celebrations, so we’re going to take this opportunity to give you a general sense of where FIRST Choice is…

AndyMark has been restructuring the FIRST Choice site to one that can meet their standards, our standards, and your standards. That, to us, would be the hat trick. The new framework should be in place at the end of this week, which will be followed by rigorous testing. We expect this to take several more days, and have a buffer in case testing reveals any additional issues. That being said, we commit that we will not open FIRST Choice before 12/28.

MrBasse 18-12-2013 16:15
Re: FRC Blogged - FIRST Choice: Progress
 
Hat trick = Hockey game.

Three's keep coming back into play in every message though...

BigJ 18-12-2013 16:15
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I can't tell if they are purposely trolling us with all the random sports references now or not.

Andrew Lawrence 18-12-2013 16:25
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Blog was posted a minute too soon...

DonRotolo 18-12-2013 16:32
Re: FRC Blogged - FIRST Choice: Progress
 
Obviously a game hint: This year's game has something to do with sports. (makes the difference between precision and accuracy somewhat clearer, eh?)

Jimmy Nichols 18-12-2013 17:17
Re: FRC Blogged - FIRST Choice: Progress
 
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Originally Posted by MrBasse (Post 1314234)
Hat trick = Hockey game.

Three's keep coming back into play in every message though...
Guess I will go there, Hockey is played on Ice and ice is made of water.

Water game.

First and last time I ever go there, I promise.

MrTechCenter 18-12-2013 17:47
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Originally Posted by Jimmy Nichols (Post 1314254)
Guess I will go there, Hockey is played on Ice and ice is made of water.

Water game.

First and last time I ever go there, I promise.
Return of regolith?

buildmaster5000 18-12-2013 17:50
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Originally Posted by MrTechCenter (Post 1314261)
Return of regolith?
No. Please no. If there was something worse than the MiniBots, that was it.

rwkling1 18-12-2013 18:12
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Floor hockey maybe? So it's not a slippery surface, but still hockey

Steven Donow 18-12-2013 18:15
Re: FRC Blogged - FIRST Choice: Progress
 
Now let's talk about what the blog was actually trying to say.


I assume FIRST Choice will open the second or the third of January. It also looks like we'll see a total restructuring/reformatting of how FIRST Choice is done, which is kinda disappointing, but FIRST and AM know it needs to be done.

Tom Line 18-12-2013 18:20
Re: FRC Blogged - FIRST Choice: Progress
 
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Originally Posted by DevenStonow (Post 1314268)
Now let's talk about what the blog was actually trying to say.


I assume FIRST Choice will open the second or the third of January. It also looks like we'll see a total restructuring/reformatting of how FIRST Choice is done, which is kinda disappointing, but FIRST and AM know it needs to be done.
I don't expect a change in the visible process of FIRST Choice. I expect they're working on correcting the underlying issues with the infrastructure.

/cue obligatory ACA website reference.

MooreteP 18-12-2013 18:26
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I call game hint.

Hockey is the emulation this season.
A goalie to block scoring, 2 v. 2 offense and defense.
Pucks (see 1999)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Trouble_(FIRST)

Although the pucks will be much smaller. They may be Roomba's!

Penalty boxes (too difficult) and power plays would be interesting.

Regolith may or may not happen. It wasn't such a bad thing and fit the theme of lower friction on the Moon. I hope not, but we have a bunch of leftover wheels from that game.

Jon Stratis 18-12-2013 19:05
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I like the idea of power plays... Instead of an auto period at the start, each robot could randomly be dropped into auto, with limited control ala Overdrive. 2:15 matches, each robot gets dropped in for a different 15 second auto period, with 5 seconds between each auto period and the last 5 seconds for end game.

I hope I'm not giving the GDC diabolical game ideas now!

Andrew Lawrence 18-12-2013 19:08
Re: FRC Blogged - FIRST Choice: Progress
 
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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis (Post 1314300)
I like the idea of power plays... Instead of an auto period at the start, each robot could randomly be dropped into auto, with limited control ala Overdrive. 2:15 matches, each robot gets dropped in for a different 15 second auto period, with 5 seconds between each auto period and the last 5 seconds for end game.

I hope I'm not giving the GDC diabolical game ideas now!
I think something of a similar nature would be very interesting to game strategy, where each robot on the alliance takes turns going through a 40 second 'power play' during teleop where their scoring is boosted a la autonomous mode the past two years. It would require fluid and dynamic match strategies to work with the teams focusing on letting the power play robot score, or focusing their defense on a specific robot on the opposing alliance.

FrankJ 18-12-2013 21:40
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Hat trick, three strikes. They are clearly saying there will be 3 robot on each alliance!!!


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