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Re: Imagine: The Next Year's Challenge Unveiled at Championship Closing Ceremonies
When do they usually figure out the next years game?
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Re: Imagine: The Next Year's Challenge Unveiled at Championship Closing Ceremonies
why not do simething like this.
First saturday in August: Kickoff event 8 week period to build robot Ship Date early October. with fix it windows until December and animation/charimans award etc due in December. Regionals begin in January 10 Week period for regionals, therefore more scouting and team building is possible. Championship: Late April, as always This way, you get everything, a FIRST off-season, a reasonable build season. time for Animation etc. to do their thing...therefore, having more hands working on the bot. more weeks of regional action, so that scouting is more possible. and have the championship event where it belongs. One thing that would change in my little perfect world. Championship event would be called CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK, starting on monday and ending on saturday. (we need more matches and more room if we are going to grow. the georgia dome can't be our home forever. we need to build a custom FIRST stadium. in Manchester to go along with FIRST Place and the Hall Of Fame.) I can imagine 100,000 people in that stadium, and see millions watching around the world, because, this plan would give more time to Robotics and the Media to expose it. btw. who needs the superbowl...it's now in april....and in ATL Pepsi. please invest the 2.5 Million you wasted for that 30 second frame over here, cuz dis b da new $h1+ |
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I have an easy solution for you... Second GDC! Two game design committees for two competition games...hell, I'll volunteer! ;) |
Re: Imagine: The Next Year's Challenge Unveiled at Championship Closing Ceremonies
If they annouce anything annouce the VEX and then have VEX final competitions on kickoff. Kickoff is a party on my team. Absolutely everyone brings their entire family and lots of food and as soon as we see the game we go eat and discuss and then we all pile into a calssroom and have an organized discussion. I wouldn't want to take that away for antyhing,
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Re: Imagine: The Next Year's Challenge Unveiled at Championship Closing Ceremonies
although i completely agree with Dave on the answer of NO, this crazy idea of yours did get me thinking, what if the game were given maybe a week or so before teams received the KOP (then 6 build weeks of course). My reasoning for thinking that this might be beneficial is because not only would it preserve the excitement of crunch time in build, it would also greatly minimize what i see as the greatest fault of my team and I'm sure many others, a lack of planning and a proper design phase. It would allow for teams like mine who are usually way to unprepared and short handed to CAD, inventor or even fully plan out a robot before we build it the time to do so, knowing the game and pieces usable in the bot then the traditional six weeks of insomnia.
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Re: Imagine: The Next Year's Challenge Unveiled at Championship Closing Ceremonies
I like the idea, but at the same time I don't.
Everyone needs a break. Even from FIRST. Build Season is clearly the most stressful time of the year for serious FIRSTers. Only having one a year would also give time for mini competitions. I do count down the days until kickoff. By the time I start doing so it's already September/October and there's no time for anything. The year simply isn't long enough |
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I also am up with a summer event for FIRST. A competition on a lower scale with less materials and more limitations that is as intensive but is more lighter on the wallet for some of the other teams I have been talking with on AIM. Also it would give people something to due during the summer, and since most people are not doing anything anyways it would allow more participation and a greater outreach of engineering and science. -Pavan |
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We have enough problems getting people to show up for 6 weeks.
Also, no one has mentioned the fact it would be very, very difficult for people to get into schools over the summer. A large part of the fun is doing everything in 6 weeks... Sorry, I'd prefer not longer seasons. |
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