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99 - Wayne Gretzky

(any teams from Brantford, ON?)

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What if we started a new view on this matter...

I have read all 390 posts, and everyone seems to be focusing on what has changed for FIRST over the past 23 years...

What if we look at what has been the same?

One part of the games have stayed the same consistently throughout every game.

Just a thought for new perspective. Because if you think about it, "Change is coming" could mean they're doing something they've never ever done before... So what have they done every single year?

There's only ever been one game piece. Different colors, sure, but the same size/ shape. What if there's multiple and that's the change?

Just a thought, a lot of people seem to be over thinking it. :)

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2004 had different sizes of balls robots had to manipulate

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1996 had two different size balls too...

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That's still the same shape though...

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You're right that there's never been two completely different types of game pieces.

You could consider the goals in 2002 acting as game pieces, IMO, because they would only score if placed in a particular zone.

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Conversely, I think they will take away games pieces, and they robots will be expected to interact more with the field and other robots.

For example, there may be a puzzle or maze on the field requiring robots to cooperate to complete it in a timely manner. Someone suggested a fencing game when I proposed no game pieces on reddit.

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Did anyone notice the hight of the side rail? It looks twice as high than the last few challenges, or am I seeing things wrong?

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No you're seeing right, the side rail is to about Frank's midsection which makes it considerably higher.

I'm not taking too much from that but it could mean a considerable field change.

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Maybe the hint is only meant to convey the name of the 2015 game.

Video of previous year's challenges could be seen as "flashback". Mention of change coming is "foreshadowing".

Game name "Flash Forward"?

What would this have to do with the actual game? Perhaps a zoned field - a robot's turn to play in the "forward" zone would be indicated by flashing lights:

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Read the thread.
Been discussed.

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Ow....

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In regards to the height of the field barrier looking higher than normal:
It is a result of a weird camera angle.
I did an approximation of the the height of the barrier based on the length of the vertical section and the width of the tubing as seen in the video. I think that the tubing in previous years is 2" in diameter (someone can correct me on that).
With that assumption, the height of what is shown is 20.8". There is a little bit cut off by the edge of the screen, but this demonstrates that there won't be much deviation from the 20" that we are familiar with.
Frankly, I'm saddened that someone else didn't already figure this out. Simple math.

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This was a little rude... netiquette is nice. Some people do celebrate Christmas Eve and don't have time to read 400+ posts to see what's already been said, but still want their opinion out there... :(

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Merry Christmas, from post 354