now i just have to figure out how to fix my school's electron microscope....

they are talking about the ramps between the pits and the playfield

I wasnt there, but apparently you had to pickup your bot and carry it to get over obsticals at the championship last year.

when they quit working, 95% of the time they are out of electrons

try filling the hopper

We're not talking about the game, we're talking about the walking distance to get back and forth between the pits and the competition at nationals.

basically, for those of you that weren't there. the pit area was set up in the astrodome. to get out of it, you had to take your robot along a series of 5 or 6 long semi-steep cement ramps. once outside of the building, you had to walk over the 500 ft or so to Reliant Stadium and then again, follow a series of 5 or 6 cement ramps down to the playing field. it was bothersome and difficult when you were with the robot, but as a person you could generally avoid them ;)

(sure glad i was robot-less...i think i only walked the ramps about 200 times during nationals)

Its not that simple im afraid, a pipe broke over the summer, and the entire room it is in was soaked, it needs major, major repair works.

and don't forget the GIANT RAMp from outside into the pits. It dropped about 1 ft down fro every 1.5 feet forward. With 10000 people cramming down this ramp on thursday morning, its safe to say that it wasnt fun. And the ramps were all terrible because they tried to use golf-carts to transport the robot the first day, but that ended up in a terrible hang-up. I heard a rumor thata couple robots fell off the golf-carts.....

basically, it was a good idea, but a poor set-up

The game will involve true human-robot interface - midgets as scoring devices! Drop the midget in the keg! Whoo!

Bagel Bytes
 

Kegs Full of bagels, Shoot the bagels straight up into the sky and and make thm go into the keg from atop YES!!! and isntant DQ if u hit the other robot umm im liking this game already

Re: new game
 

Chase people around the whole arena.... :D

Thats right, Walker cant tell us "ducks" anything about the game ;)

Re: new game
 

You lost all your electrons?- are you positive?

sorry if you get heated over this silly post but I couldn't resist

WC
:cool:

Re: new game
 

Isn't that an oxymoron?

Re: new game- this is it!
 

I just heard from a reliable source that works near the FIRST facilities and had an opportunity to spied on the game makers. He reported several large containers hidden in the back (see attached spy picture).
There were several of these contains, he said one was filled with empty 2-liter plastic Coke bottles only and the other was filled with empty 2-liter plastic Pepsi bottles. Some were crashed too.

So using our “gray” matters, we conjured up a 2004 game using the criteria of cheap and easy playing field using the items seen.

We think it’s 99% accurate.

The teams will not be red vs. blue but…. Coke vs. Pepsi. (Red is Coke and Blue is Pepsi; obvious!) On the field there will be four large 55-gallon drums (see, there are drums in the game). One drum for each robot, so it’s a 2 vs. 2 game.
One drum is filled with empty 2-lite Coke bottles and the other filled with empty Pepsi bottles. (keep up with me…think cheap playing field)

The point of the game is to empty your drums of 2-liter bottles and put them in the 4 green recycle containers in the middle of the field (the game has an environment theme).
You get one point for each Coke or Pepsi bottle in the recycle container.
See the advantages- not only is the playing field cheap to build but the game will create rivalry between Coke and Pepsi! More sponsorship?

That’s the 2004 Game!!!!!
(yes, I have a lot of time on my hand these days; thank god CD is back on line)