Re: I Have Proof of a Water Game... sort of
 

I cant help but put my two cents worth in.
never say never. "there will never be a water game" is rather narrow minded. it doesn't necessarily need a pool and scuba divers. I'm more likely to believe in either manipulating water, or a small river/tank that isn't the entire field. what if we had 'boat bots' that could float others the way we have ramp bots. or picking something out of a tank of water, without actually submersing the robot? or squirting water/picking up buckets? the possibilities are endless.
I do agree that it isn't likely for next year's game, or even the next after that. but somewhere in the distant future, the challenge looms. and I, for one, welcome it.
but penguins....that could be messy. we popped a few ringers this year trying to get our claw right....

Re: I Have Proof of a Water Game... sort of
 

I doubt the venues (especially anything with a wood floor) would like their floor to be covered in dirty (lubricants, rubber bits) water for 3 days. There would be insane amounts of spillage if you had buckets being carried or pushed.

I think the closest we will get to a water game is a game where the game pieces are very small (ping-pong ball sized), and thus approximate the flow of water. Cleaning up after such a game wouldn't be THAT hard if the field reset crew had very wide brooms.

Maybe a game where there are two game pieces: buckets and ping pong balls. In order to score, you must pass a ping-pong ball filled bucket to your human player.