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Light sensors, grabbing tetra's, and making sure the other team does not "connect 3"

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Triple Plays complexity makes 2004 look like childs play.... this is a HUGE jump for FIRST and i am very glad they made it

GOOD LUCK in 2005 everyone!

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Dan and I were talking and it certainly does look like a giant tic-tac-toe game! Definitely going to be fun!

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scoring = confusing

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What I seem to understand is the following:

Each capped tetra: 3points.
Each tetra UNDERNEATH the goal: 1point.
Each ROW of blue/red tetras: 10points. (Think Tic-Tac-Toe)
All 3 robots behind starting line at end of match: 10 points.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's like a giant tic-tac-toe game with lots of bonus opportunities.

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BandChick, after reading the PDF's you are correct. Going to be awesome.

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At fist my reaction was a total :confused: ...didn't make sense...but now it's growing on me. This game is going to get very physical between the robots. Also i think we're going to see more differences in the robots than we expect...lots of possibilities out there.

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poor rookies...

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They did do a lot of things to make life EASIER for rookies though. Like the new programming language, and the new transmission and chassis. It shouldn't be impossible for them anymore than it is for the existing teams.

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WTF? I don't know about you, but I was in the stands the whole time.

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I thought each capped tetra was 2 points? And do diagonals count for the rows of tetras? That wasn't very clear

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<C01> A TETRA is worth 1 point if CONTAINED in any GOAL and 3 points if STACKED on any GOAL at the end of the match, for the alliance of the corresponding color.
<C02> Any ROW of three GOALS OWNED by the same alliance at the conclusion of the match is worth 10 points for the alliance. There are eight possible ROWS.

If there are 8 rows, then, YES! diagonals do count.
And definitely three points. *points up*

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Thanks for clearing that up :) .

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Best quote ever!

Tetratic tic tac toe....sounds like an interesting game this year =)

Good luck all!

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I think it'll also be interesting to see how the game develops in real time. Think about it, you'll have to stay out on the field to the end of the game to get a row of tetras because they'll be switching back and forth as robots cap over other robot's tetras. But the bonus for one row and the bonus for being behind the line are the same. Hm...what will everyone go for? It should be fun to watch.

On the other hand, I feel bad for scouts. This is going to be so hard for any one person to follow!