How far ahead is FIRST in Game Design
 

Our team leader remembered a thread from as far back as 2002here
Is the 2010 game designed already? Im sure when they started making these larger games they had tons of ideas written down and I'm sure they just dont throw them away. Just a thought....

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Only Dave knows (and he aint tellin' but he'll happily feed you lots of red herrings).

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I think the red herrings have probably been planned out to 2020.

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wow, that is far back. Rees does remember things after all :D . 2002 was the year were they used soccer balls to shoot in movable goals. maybe FIRST was experimenting with different kinds of round balls and finally decided to stick with soccer balls. i could be wrong, but that sounds reasonable to me.

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I've heard the game is fully planned through 2009 and in the 2010 game FRC and FVC robots will be working together to cut Dave's hair, mow his lawn, and serve him dinner. ;)

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Don't forget the little guys. Those NXT's will be on a mission to bring a tall cool drink to the hammock. And the Jr. FLL'ers will be linking the pathway to the hammock.

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I am still waiting to see clowns on the feild.

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No, way! I don't think they even consider what the game will be until Thanksgiving. That way, Dave can spend sleepless nights doing the animation.
Rumor has it here that "pool noodles" will be used next year. :yikes:

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So, you think it's going to be a rodeo game? Robot barrel racing? Human player robosteer roping? A Wildstang bucking competition? Robots that ride bulls?

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Will Dave even *have* hair in 2010? I wonder what that would look like....perhaps an expert Photoshop artist could provide us with a look into the future.

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I think they've *almost* got 2006 figured out. ;)

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i would like to see clowns stuffed into cars

shaun

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Wrong again, Kressly! You had already been told that the 2009 game will be scaling and cleaning all the fish caught during the 2008 underwater game. The robots don't get to cut my hair until 2011.

-dave

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Dave, I haven't been negative about any FIRST game yet, but scaling and cleaning fish in 2009 that were used in 2008 is going to stink. Literally. :P

On a less-joking note, what is the rough timeline for the GDC?

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Eh...funny thing...

That post when I made it was completely made up. A hoax in an attempt to get people talking about the possiblities of using slinky's. (Joke was on me because everyone figured to talk about Poof balls instead.)


FIRST may plan ahead that far...but this isn't actual evidence of it.

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Thats funny,how ironic that a joke turned out to be true. Well that might just negate this whole thread.

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Andy - Just because you didn't actually see the trucks there doesn't mean that they actually weren't there at some other time that you did not see them.

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Timeline for this? Are you serious? Did you hear the GDC member introductions at kickoff? How on earth can you put a timeline on a priceless process that goes something like this (OK, I'm totally guessing here, so I'm ducking and running in fear of retribution from above)...

Dr. Flowers: "Whatever we do it needs to be really, REALLY difficult and it needs to be engaging and accessible in all demographic settings."

Mr. Lavery: "Ohhhh, are those danish? When's lunch? Seriously, why NOT have sixteen different game objects? OK, I'll back down to these twelve, but the camera and the pond are staying in the game."

Mr. Norman: "You realize Dave, someone will eventually have to supply this stuff and make the field work."

Mr. Kamen: "Remember, we're trying to change the culture in a postive way here. Before I'm sold on any of this, you need to explain to me how it's going to inspire. I agree with Woodie, it needs to be hard, but for the right reasons and in the right way."

Mr. Porter: "I know one thing for sure. These sketches you guys drew for me make no sense at all. From the looks of this, you want a prototype bobblehead of Aretha Franklin about 12 feet tall. How the heck am I gonna do that with only quarter-twenty fasteners?"

Mr. Lavery: "That's not our problem, Walt. Just have it done by noon. Oh, and check on the food too."

Commander Chism: "All of you know we're supposed to ship kits in two months, right? Jason, you're awfully quiet, which game objects do you like?

Mr. Morella: "Huh? Oh sorry. I stopped listening after Dave mentioned danish."

:rolleyes:

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Maybe they will use pool noodles next year when it is finally a water game!!!

somebody please stone me to death for saying that! :ahh:

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Or, maybe every year we actually guess the game correctly and then the few days before kickoff they have to redo the whole thing because we already guessed it. :D

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I'd be willing to bet that when the make a game, they think, "And here's what we can do next year!" Does it strike anyone else funny that this year we're chucking spherical foam balls? FIRSTERS have been asking for footballs for a long time, maybe next year, or perhaps the year after that, we get to chuck footballs? Or maybe I'm just an optometrist :rolleyes: ?

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unless youve been secretly working for FIRST since 2002 =X GASP!

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Hehe...you mean find the time between working, mentoring, announcing, wiffleball, NERD, TNL, DJing, bowling, eating, and sleeping...

I'm thinking the Professor is on the verge of burnout at this point!

Plus...there is no way that FIRST would ever put up with my antics. :p

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Maybe they give us cryptic clues, see what we come up with, and then use it! Everybody come up with a water field!