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Here's one that is all three.

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I would love to see something as devious as the '99 floppies again. That year was fun because you saw so many different teams try different ways to pick them up. Some teams scooped them, some used rollers (like us), some used claws, some used arms with all velcro, etc....

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Frisbees or hula-hoops anyone?

How about something small like tennisballs?

Plastic cups even?

I just hope its different than anything we've done before.

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2003's game, Stack Attack, had a square as a game piece. im hoping for something totally different that we will not expect. something that maybe does not include a triangle, circle or square?

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Well, we are about due for a new game piece. (the pattern the past few years: floppies, ball, ball, ball, bin, ball (2 sizes), tetra, ball)

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Footballs? ;)

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How about a metal non-folding armrestless chair? Before you laugh, think about it, you can stack it, grip it, corral stuff it it (If you add netting), lift your robot on it and soforth. Just imagine, a game where you stack chairs with balls in them and can pull yourself on top of the stack for extra points. (5 x number of chairs in the stack maybe?)

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Hey Dave, whens the next time we can expect you to SLIP up and drop another clue?

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Completely new and odd game pieces would be awesome. Either new because of shape, material, or size. Some nice things I would like to see...
racquet balls
batons (what was with that whole baton clue anyway?)
industrial strength pool noodels (so they won't get wrecked by robots)
lawn chairs
metal cafeteria trays
blocks of wood (but have 10 different shapes for them, so you have to design a manipulator that can adapt to more than one shape)
old car tires
large metal cans
large lawn decorations (flamingos, gnomes, etc.)

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Oh just another thought as i was talking to Jay. I think the vision system that changed colours will have something to do with the game next year...maybe/maybe not who knows but just a thought!!

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Light

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You mean like using reflectors to direct light onto a photosensitive resistor with a green light above it for aiming?

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2 Ideas:

1) Auto mode in the middle of the game. A lot of this years robots just did a point and shoot for their auto mode. It would be more interesting if the robot had a task to do autonomously after a period of remote control, that involved it returning to a place where it could be controlled again.

2)"No Wheels or tracks" - all the robots would need to walk or drag/push themselves to move in some fashion.

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whoaaa. thats all i can say . whoaaa. :confused:

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Kinda.

You use Light in the same way we use Balls, tetras, bins and such. We use light to make our scores.


I was also thinking of a game in which for the first minute, drivers can't see the field and the human players dirrect the drivers.

And I really really like the chair idea.