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We'd need a forklift! :yikes:

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diamond plate = baseball diamond? baseball home plate = 5 sides

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how about 5 robots per session. 2 on one alliance, 2 on another, and a "rogue" robot?:D

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One thing I remember (that I don't know the relevance of) is that the purple balls from 2004 had a big 5 written on them, much like is written on this diamond plate circle.

A pyramid has five sides? A star can be made with five diamonds.

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Whoa what if they went all UFC-like and made the field a pentagon... that would be cool!

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Does Diamond Plate Rust underwater?

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There are five infielders in a baseball diamond: catcher, 3 basemen, shortstop.

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Except the UFC ring is an octagon. Professional wrestling doesn't help here, either--TNA uses a six-sided ring, while WWE (and most other promotions) use a four-sided ring.

Perhaps this is the dramatic return of the Puck? It's one of the more talked-about field elements in FIRST history, and very few people in FIRST today were around back then.

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Various uses of the number "5":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_%28disambiguation%29

I want a game hint in pentameter this year!!!

My personal favorite: 2 + 2 = 5, which is a 1984 reference.

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This would be cool, but only if FIRST allowed elbows :)


Anyway... 5 robots on the field in a free for all. The scoring pieces are the diamond plate circles, and the playing field remains the same dimensions as in previous years.

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What was the puck?

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5 different scoring zones, each slightly different. The 5th zone will have a diamond plate floor/platform, will be circular, and will have a blue light for camera tracking.

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Not if it is aluminum.

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I give up Because a picture is worth a thousand words. probly a million now with the internet and all

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They had it as a scoring object in I think 1999, it was a moving platform that you got points for being on at the end of the match.