Chief Delphi - Water games

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I've been hoping that a kiddie pool filled with water and wiffle balls will be part of a game someday.
This seems much more likely than the entire field being a pool. (and easier to spectate)

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Originally Posted by Magnetorb (Post 1316538)

Such a game would be impractical for several reasons:

Robots can't swim in water without proper shielding, because water conducts electricity and you would have a monumental safety hazard. The robots we build all have electronics at least partially exposed, and shielding would be expensive.
Pools are expensive to build. How are they going to set up a pool 27' by 54' by 4' deep in every FRC stadium on Planet Earth? And especially in developing countries, where are they going to get 165 metric tons (according to Google) of clean water to fill each pool with?

Exactly. Think about this in detail. Look at the robot you have sitting there in your shop from 2013, how it was made, and how it works. You have gearboxes, smothered in grease (or not), small filings laying around (not in the electronics [anymore]). Imagine how much of that junk will remain in a pool after your robot was tossed in, ran at %200, and fished out 3 minutes later. Once the pool was filled, an expensive task, and deionized, a more expensive task, it also must be maintained, an oppressively expensive task.

Also look at the logistics. How will FIRST convince a convention center (much less a high school) to allow "165 metric tons" of water in the building? Of course it would be designed not to spill or break (another road bump [or mountain] see posts above), but there would have to be safety implementations to prevent a swamping tidal wave from sweeping the pits and rest of the building. If the field does break (have you seen some people's robots!?! It is gonna break at least once) How are you going to drain 44 thousand gallons in an instant?

Woooooosh

Guys it's a joke, it always has been, and probably always will be do to the many safety issues, and the wastefulness having an entire field made of water. I doubt anyone who has predicted a water game has actually been serious

Of course it is a joke, but it will never be anything but that

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Originally Posted by BBray_T1296 (Post 1317002)

Of course it is a joke, but it will never be anything but that

Apparently most of the people in this thread missed that.

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Originally Posted by themccannman (Post 1317007)

Apparently most of the people in this thread missed that.

Poe's law applies here. Sometimes it's impossible to tell whether a poster believes there will be a water game or is just playing along for fun. Similarly hard to tell whether someone explaining why it's impossible knows the supporters are joking, or is taking them seriously.

But we all know deep down inside that THIS year will be the one true water game.

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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik (Post 1317104)

But we all know deep down inside that THIS year will be the one true water game.

"One [water game] to rule them all!"