FIRST does not reissue team numbers. They do this in case a team decides to take a season or more off and then want to return.

How about this scenerio...

The message was sent to JAlbertz from "Jim".

"Jim's" friend "Seth" is taking an independant study at MIT under Woodie.

Woodie said you guys want to do an independant study on FIRST. Well I want you to design your own game as part of it.

So the class came up with there own game and "Seth" bent the truth a bit on how the game information came about.

If you wire two 12 volt batteries in series you have the equivalent of a 24 volt power source.

Matt

Here we go again!
 

"First of all if you look back at ALL the privious year of cometition FIRST ALWAYS has the score calculated in the end! thats what matters because A) its easier to judge B) if there is a controversey its easier to solve it!"

FYI, you are incorrect in this statement...see Ramp n' Roll. In 1995 Robots had a running score for the amount of times they passed a ball through a goal post.

I love the basketball theme though...would be cool if the game this year was something like that.

Peace!
-Andy Grady


p.s. Has anyone noticed the similarities of this post to a post written on this thread a few years back by a certain wacky midwesterner that got him into a little bit of trouble with FIRST???

I seriously hope that this person is just pulling a hoax to keep us all busy until kickoff. Mr. Kamen does not take well to leakers.

I know this because I was still married to one of his employees when the Segway HT was introduced on GMA. He wanted to unveil it to the people at DEKA the Friday before as a special sort of treat as long as they kept quiet about it.
An announcement was made company wide that morning, and within munites, some unknown empoloyee had posted it on the internet.
Mr. Kamen was very upset. From the report I got three days later, He had a very hard time accapting that he had been betrayed by one of his own.
the event was immediately cancelled and the people at DEKA had to wait a few more days like the rest of the world.

If this person's information is true and he has posted the information to feel powerful, he has hurt Mr. Kamen. Not a good thing in my book.


I hope that it is not true.

This is totally crazy
 

This guy doesn't sound very trustworthy but hey who am i to judge. It would truely be a first in the history of robotics. Although if the 2003 game is quite similar or exactally to what this guy says im sure there will be **** to pay or it could be one of the biggest upsets this message board has ever seen.









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NAIL IN THE COFFIN?
 

Earlier tonight I rememberd what I read in the 2002 FIRST Forum notes...

1. 2003 will be challenging, designed to be conducive for television, EASIER and LESS CONTROVERSIAL scoring.

2. The Game is well along (as of the forum)

3. A game design group will be used to review.

I don't know how long the independant study lasts, but as I said the game was well along back at the forum. Also this game mentioned dosen't fit into the criteria of number 1

We'll see in a little less than a day and a half.

You're right in saying that the aforementioned game doesn't meet criteria #1, however, some of the elements of that game would. The basketball-style hoops would be easy to understand, though keeping a running total would be more difficult. It's hard to say.

I think if there is anything to this was a preliminary game format and would change to this...

2 vs 2.

1 low central neutral basket

1 high basket at each end color coded for each team

Balls in center goal 1 point based on color

Balls in opponents goal 1 point (teams have to defend there goal)

2 zones offensive and defensive (keeps you away from your goal at end) Zones are 2x multiplyer

Now that is easy to watch, keep score, and still keeps the 3x losers score

If not this year maybe next year will have footballs...

What's a "warranty?"

Cred. of Poster??
 

Come on you bunch of egg heads.

Could the poster have messed with it??

I personally do not believe this, but what if there was a basketball hoop and all, but under the hoop, a tube/basket was mounted that would catch all of the scored balls. Voila! no more controversial scoring, the evidence is right there.


Cory

So close!
 

See, Jim and Seth were almost right on!

Good luck everyone!