Come on guys
 

I'm really interested on peoples opinions lets keep it under the general forum not the chit chat...

Thanks
Brian Savitt

That reminds me of the old Boy Scout skit where someone wanders by several times dragging a rope. Finally, the emcee asks why he's pulling the rope, and he responds: "Because it's a lot easier than pushing it!" Now that would be hard!

:oSorry, I posted this impulsively before I read to the end of the thread and saw that a couple of you were getting hot and bothered by the off topic posts. :o

There was another huge thread about 2002 Game Brainstorming that I'm sure most of us remember. There are a lot of ideas (60+ replies) about this seasons game there.

Oh well. Figured after all the speculations we can pick one of the favorite ones and see which one of us is lucky enough to imagine a game closest to the actual 2002 competition.

Oh well, figured people would actually want to win a price just by simply randomly writing down what they wrote before.

Oh well, figured a bet would be fun during all this waiting time.

Oh well, figured I didn't have to dig in the old threads and enter every guesses into the little guessing game.

Oh well, figured I would give this a try anyway.

Oh well.

Don't worry, Ken. I'm sure people will come up with lots of good, serious ideas. I thought the tennis ball idea was serious, even if noone else did. (Besides, my team has an amazing idea for a small-ball game ;)). I will try to come up with some ideas, and hopefully everyone else will, too.

Sorry Joe, but I gotta guess and if I nail it, a call from Dean wouldn't hurt that bad (or does it?) Anyway, I predict a 3 sets of 2 robots - like at CDI (really dynamic effect once you get to the finals) and the floor will float either on a cushion of air or pivot about a mid field axis. The game pieces will be square colored plastic boxes that measure 3ft per side. The object will be to - out score, out smart, and out play (sounds like a TV show to me) the other 2 teams by stacking the boxes on platforms that are located around the perimeter of the field. The higher the stack the more points you score for the team whos color box is on the very top. Colors and team assignments are shared at the completion of the 2 minute match. Thats it - its that simple!

all right...
 

All right, I've started the 2002 game prediction contest!!! in the Rumor mill at: 2002 game prediction contest!!!

I've done the research to put past predictions into that contest, so go in there and take a look if you are on the list. Chances are, you will want to chance your prediction into a serious one.

And let's just keep the posts in there serious predictions of what 2002 will really be!

Contest?
 

Ken,

How could you? actually put something remotely serious in the Rumor Mill?;)

You're Kidding right?:D

OK This is the post on my prediction I made a while ago.....

Well heres an idea for this year, you need skill, stratedgy and luck........
First all perameters of the field stay the same except there are three against three robots. each three are at opposit ends.
Dividing the field is a shelving unit, 8 feet high with 6 shelves. at each end of the field are 1' cubes painted different colors. each shelf is worth points and the higher you go the more points you get. The object of the game is to place the cubes on any of the shelves from your side. teams on the other side are doing the same. teams may not push an opponents cubes off the unit but they may steal them off the shelves and keep them in their own side for extra points.
At the start of the game the aliance will chose a secret color and hand a card to the judge. If at the end of the game the other side has taken any of your cubes that have this secret color then your team gets multiple points and the other side looses points. However you have to be careful what you steal or leave on the shelves. Blocking the shelf would also be alowed.
Moving cubes from one shelf down would be alowed.
Thats my Idea. Anyway I think it will involve cubes, Its the only shape FIRST has never used yet.

This would be an exciting and certainly different slant on a new game, no interaction but a lot of strategy.
Nick237

Ok, I think I've figured this out. It will be 2 vs. 2 vs. 2 with robots having to manipulate spheres, cubes, and pyrimids. There will be a spinning goal, the offensive restrictions, will be loosened, and perhaps a little water involved.

Hey, I can dream.

Here's an idea I heard at a SoCal Regional Robotics Forum meeting. There will be a cable strung across the playing field, and the robots have to slide across the cable to get to the other side (there would be a dead zone or some type of unclimbable wall in the center). It would probably be 2 on 2, but something totally different, such as 3 on 1, would be cool. Maybe the 3 robots would try to get an object in a goal, while the 1 robot played defense. With 2 on 2, capture the flag would be cool.

My other idea stems from the fact that every year there has been lifting involved, whether it's a ball, yourself, etc. The only thing that has never been lifted is another robot. Either you would have to try to pick up another robot before it picks you up, or, more likely, you would have to pick up another robot on your team and place it on or across something.

Re: Contest?
 

YES! I do intend to put something serious in the Rumor Mill! ;)

Besides, I've been posting on the rumor mill for a long time now, it's starting to become my focus now a days. And I really hope people don't ignor the rumor mill, because sometimes I ask some questions hoping for some decent amount of responds.

Besides, it's my contest, so I can put it where I want. ;)
You should participate in the contest, with your experiences and all.

Actually, I feel it is more appropiate in the rumor mill because we won't know what the game is, so any guesses will be rumors.

So people, please reply in the post inside the rumor mill: 2002 game prediction contest!!!

Instead of here. just trying to keep things in one place. ;)