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Think Realisticly guys, FIRST changes the game COMPLEATLY, EVERY YEAR, what makes half of you that are posting an idea for next years game, well, still thinking about this years game.

Maybe three balls with LED's, moving targets, like football, or that Harry Potter game, where you have to diliver to the human player and he has to shoot the balls into a goal across the feild or close to home, (thinking of all three years games, 04-06), The goal is owned by the allince (red/blue) that has the majority of balls in that goal, green balls count as Multiplyers for the owner of that goal. All balls have built in LED's, on top of this, there is a triangular goal that robots can eather shoot or hang off of to score more points.

The only sencor that can be used douring atonomus, is infored

O yea, this should be one wicked game

Like i said, combining games from 03-06

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I wondered if there were team members ready to wet themselves.

My fear was that they were going to say, "OK, now we'll delay for XXX minutes while the teams reprogram." Multi-GRRR.

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I was at nationals this year. When they showed me that I was laughing because we didn't come close to the finals, but when they said it was a hint for next year i freaked out :eek: . I am a programmer and our team couldn't even get the camera working this year but am looking forward to a challenge. So I'm kinda praying its just a rumor while sort of hoping its not at the same time. :yikes:

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Ask on here for help; all the programmers will help you with this.

I'm going to be experimenting during the off season with various things along with other team members, I'm thinking of trying to get the "colored" standard light bulbs, hooking a few up and hanging them somewhere, then having the robot try to go do something different for each one when it is turned on. I definetly want to be ready in case they do this next year.

And remember everyone, just last year we were trying to use the camera without balls as a scoring object. As has been said, FIRST could get mean enough to light scoring objects.

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Lol GP mate GP.. I just know for a fact that atleats 100 programmers in first are gonna have some summer fun with the cammera and some lEd's XD

Pavan

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I personally don't like the light. Hopefully first will have a new auto program for next year.

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i think that next year, the game will take a twist on einstein, whatever the game is, there will be a twist added on einstein. Dave, when we was introducing the finals on einstein said that the game was not challenging enough for the 12 teams taking the field, that is when he introduced the three lights, even though he was joking he introduced it as a challenge for the teams on einstein, look for a twist and challenge on einstein next year

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But what if its acutally not about the coloured lights themselves? We already have a Blue and Red alliance.. Why not add a Green one?

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No no no, there will not be multi-colored lights next year. There will instead be a multi-colored light.

Green, Blue, Red... wait a minute. Red, Green, Blue. RGB. By varying the intensity of those three colors you can pretty much create any color in the visible spectrum.

I'm seeing purple lights, morphing into yellow... and into an orange. :)

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Last I heard, the folks in FIRST Engineering were working on making the paisley and plaid filters for the lights work properly. The potential implications, should they succeed, are enormous.

-dave

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Plaid filters.... If that were possible, I'd have them in my room already. Cuz plaid is just friggin awesome.

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Amen!

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i wasnt at nationals can someone claify what the hint was exactly?

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The green light the announcer guy showed us just before the final round started flashing green, red, and blue with variable speed flashes; and he suggested that the multi colored light would be implemented in next year's match (perhaps for targetting/scoring which certain teams could score with one extra mode which both or neither teams could score).

That what you were looking for?