Re: 2015 HINT DISCUSSION
 

If someone purports to have a leak, and it does NOT say "Official Game Hint" and is NOT from FIRST, it is NOT a game hint.

Remember: Those who tell, don't know, and those who know, don't tell. The penalty for that latter? Lack of knowledge in future.

Re: 2015 HINT DISCUSSION
 

If your Youtube account is in good standing with copyrighted content claims, you can add custom thumbnails, make videos unlisted, and make videos longer than 15 minutes. I had to resolve this issue with my team's copyright claims in order to make the super long video of our whole season.

Re: 2015 HINT DISCUSSION
 

Let's bring in what we all thought was the game hint before into the discussion:
Those kit box sizes

One of the boxes is quite long, and given the previous "hint" I thought the game would involve some sort of swing (tennis, golf, hockey)

Given this, and the open pages about assists, I actually think I have a game that FIRST would create:


That long box contains a long pole/rod which is a baton. The object of the game is to carry the baton down the field. The more robots that are used, the more points that are given. The baton is then deposited at a goal at the end of the field, and a new cycle begins

:eek:

Re: 2015 HINT DISCUSSION
 

I believe Game Hints started in 2004...

Re: 2015 HINT DISCUSSION
 

Not quite... I believe the 2003 one (though it may have been unofficial) was some variation of the quadratic formula.

Re: 2015 HINT DISCUSSION
 

Sounds almost exactly like Aerial Assist. I highly doubt that FIRST would do another game so similar to the previous year's game.

Re: 2015 HINT DISCUSSION
 

smaller Hexagonal or odd-shaped field, no alliances, maybe 1 v 1 or FFA with multiple and it'll be an arm game with elements to be picked up and placed.

The deletion of the 1999 game (link below) and replacement of it with the 1997 game is definitely significant (recycling 1997). 1999 was the first year with alliances as mentioned in the video but it was also the first year with a regular rectangular shaped field (disregarding 1992 which was a raised square sandbox) and every field since has been a regular rectangular shape. I believe that alliances and the rectangular shaped field will both be done away with for the coming game. Also when the guy opens the game manual he flips to the first pages which described the field in the 2014 game manual. Finally, it will be similar but a variation on the 1997 game because the 1997 game is the one being recycled so it will be some sort of arm game.

1999 Game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0CDop_IwW8

Link to FRC 2015 Game Hint:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAETANAiLw0

Re: 2015 HINT DISCUSSION
 

I had another idea for change. What if drivers on an alliance had to drive each other's robots? It would mean in addition to building a robust robot, you have to make it user friendly and idiot-proof so that strangers can drive it.

Re: 2015 HINT DISCUSSION
 

It couldn't really be an odd shaped field because last year's field was approved for this year, which means no big changes in field size/shape.

Re: 2015 HINT DISCUSSION
 

Frank posted a rule on the FRC blog:

R13: Software and Mechanical/Electrical designs created before kickoff are only permitted if the source files (conplete information sufficient to produce the design) are available publically prior to Kickoff.

Sounds like a hint about recycled designs? 😂

Re: 2015 HINT DISCUSSION
 

I think it is more of a reminder to teams to release any offseason designs they worked on if they want to be able to use them.

Re: 2015 HINT DISCUSSION
 

That rule has existed for quite some time now. As previously posted, some teams are already prototyping their robots and have been for months. All designs done in this fashion have to be shared publicly.

Although I hope I'm wrong, maybe this is the rule that will be a big change? It does pertain to recycling and the rule book was recycled. The original blog post about how change is coming basically said not to expect long standing rules that we take for granted to be back every year, maybe this rule is the one being changed? I don't think it should be, but who knows? Also, should we look into the fact that he misspelled complete as conplete?

Re: 2015 HINT DISCUSSION
 

2014 R13:
2015 R13:
It did change. Before

as stated, was a prohibited activity. Now it's legal as long as the designs are open sourced prior to Kickoff.

Re: 2015 HINT DISCUSSION
 

I think this is evidence that it hasn't changed, based on 2014's part D. It does point to streamlining the rule book, which I have speculated is much of the change already, but I think the intent is still the same.