Originally Posted by Joe G. (Post 1580688)

No.

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik (Post 1580691)

What are you people going to rumor mill about if we ever actually get a water game?

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik (Post 1580691)

What are you people going to rumor mill about if we ever actually get a water game?

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik (Post 1580691)

What are you people going to rumor mill about if we ever actually get a water game?

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik (Post 1580691)

What are you people going to rumor mill about if we ever actually get a water game?

Originally Posted by JacobD (Post 1580706)

Waterproof roborios

Originally Posted by Moo Chew (Post 1580870)

Last time I checked, I don't think water and electronics don't work too well together... :]

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik (Post 1580691)

What are you people going to rumor mill about if we ever actually get a water game?

Originally Posted by Ginger Power (Post 1580692)

Fire Game?

Originally Posted by HolyDollar (Post 1581339)

No, better. Space Game. :)

Originally Posted by euhlmann (Post 1581075)

Guys...it already was a water game. Didn't you see?

Originally Posted by ctt956 (Post 1581345)

Yes, but...where is the actual water?

Originally Posted by ctt956 (Post 1581345)

Yes, but...where is the actual water?

Originally Posted by Philip Arola (Post 1580974)

Flying game.

Originally Posted by kyle_hamblett (Post 1583315)

This thread seems a bit late... IIRC, there was a water game thread floating around after kickoff last year...

Originally Posted by Lobão (Post 1583326)

I hope to be alive when it happens
Since 2004 I wished or a flying or a water game

Originally Posted by rich2202 (Post 1583387)

water problems they are having in the Flint/Detroit area

Originally Posted by euhlmann (Post 1581481)

Right there inside the moat, obviously.

Originally Posted by TehSwegGey (Post 1583408)

#GDCLeak https://goo.gl/ijJHpx

Originally Posted by Twepeler (Post 1586441)

I feel like 2017 should be a baseball game of sort. Don't know how it would work out but would be cool to see

Originally Posted by jfish872 (Post 1589581)

Think about how difficult it would be to actually have a water game, robot design, field design, hoping that the water doesn't leak out everywhere.

If they could overcome the challenges involved, an actual water game could be the best thing ever.

Originally Posted by jfish872 (Post 1589581)

Think about how difficult it would be to actually have a water game, robot design, field design, hoping that the water doesn't leak out everywhere.

If they could overcome the challenges involved, an actual water game could be the best thing ever.

Originally Posted by Gravity (Post 1589583)

I still think an aerial game would be cooler. You have 3 dimensions to play in while still maintaining the safety of the robot.

Plus flying would be really neat. :p

Originally Posted by ctt956 (Post 1589662)

There would only be one competition, and it would be here.



There could be 3 dimensions to a water game too if diving is allowed. An air game would also be cool; maybe that's why there's 3 venues for CMP in Houston next year. Robots will fly from one to the other.

Originally Posted by jfish872 (Post 1589766)

But wouldn't that contaminate the water? What about all the people whom actually want to swim in that pool? How would people bring the bots on and off the "field"?

I know that the water game is a joke and all, but still so many questions...

Originally Posted by s_forbes (Post 1589772)

ROVs don't make the water any more contaminated than a person does. You can swim with robots too, it's not dangerous. It's easy to put them in and out on the side of the pool.

Here's an example of an underwater robot performing an underwater task for an underwater game, in case you're interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xzNtnjIrqk

Originally Posted by OccamzRazor (Post 1589779)

I am just going to leave this here but......we already had a water game....where were you? :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by OccamzRazor (Post 1589779)

I am just going to leave this here but......we already had a water game....where were you? :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by frcguy (Post 1589791)

That seems like a really bad idea...

What happened if/when a ball popped?

Originally Posted by GeeTwo (Post 1480677)

The game: Solar Slingshot. Teams build robots which roam the solar system, collecting and purifying water and delivering it to impoverished space stations.

Autonomous: There is a two hour autonomous period during which teams may launch their robot. There is a 20 point bonus for reaching LEO (low earth orbit) during autonomous, and a 40 point bonus for reaching earth escape velocity. Note: teams competing at regionals and districts more than 300m above sea level will have adjusted reaction mass allocations and autonomous scoring. For an additional shipping fee, teams may begin aboard a SpaceX-launched craft in LEO at the end of the autonomous period, thus waiving eligibility for autonomous points.

Teleop: Teams direct their robots to a comet. Robots then mine the comet for water and deliver said water to one of two beacons located at the L4 and L5 metastable orbits leading and trailing the moon. Since the temperature will be below freezing, scoring is by mass, not volume: 1 point per 100g delivered. Maximum payload: 20kg per round trip.

Endgame: Before closing ceremonies, return the robot to the LEO craft for a 20 point bonus or the terrestrial regional for 40 bonus points. The "license plate" must still be intact and (after cleaning) legible to receive endgame bonus points.

Originally Posted by GeeTwo (Post 1589913)

A Water Game AND a Space Game in one: