Re: Woodie's Game Hint @ Atlanta
 

thats really a cool idea, its the most plausible in depth game idea i have heard so far.

Re: Woodie's Game Hint @ Atlanta
 

thanks that means a lot :')
jk i didnt cry that hard
if only the tunnels were filled w/ water...
one can only hope
(that would b a HUGE problem if somehow the robot got stuck in a tube full of water, how would u get it out?)

Re: Woodie's Game Hint @ Atlanta
 

"stock market goes up and down
jell-o - "watch it wiggle, watch it jiggle"
gerbils- um... squeak?
mabey a large running wheel of some kind
also gerbils will dig complex tunnel system if given the space and resources
if you check out the K'nex website you will find they invented the K'nex blocks - http://www.knex.com/
K'nex slogan is "if you can imagine it you can build it"

i believe that the next task might be a multi-layered tunnel maze that shakes with the scoreing peices at the low levels and you have to bring them to the top (stock market) sounds weird but thats my best guess
i'll keep thinking though"


ok stockmarket,jello,gerbils. put in your prospective it makes alittle since. some type of wheel game, the only problem witht that is that how can you have a wiggle jiggle wheel? the wheel would pop off of whatever it is on also the field would have to be huge to fit a maze in. I think it might be a Rumble tower. Stock market tower with a jiggly jello base. and you have to run like hamsters up the tower. but we will see.

Re: Woodie's Game Hint @ Atlanta
 

Woody Flowers gave this hint

"Just be careful about the stock market, with jello, gerbils, and
K'nex blocks."


The first thing I thought of was Blue chip stocks, Jello coin wheels,
hamster wheels and for k'nex ferris wheels are a recurring theme ...

You are all too young to remember Jello coin wheels so here is a picture
that may get you thinking



A similar thing would be a poker chip stacker or caddy.

I'm thinking along the lines of rotating wheel like the jello wheel
above into which you have to stack chips something.

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Link to k'nex that illustrates how Ferris wheel centric they are.

http://www.knex.com/Shop/home.php?gc...FSdysgodUEAUtA

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Ok, that's my two cents

Re: Woodie's Game Hint @ Atlanta
 

It's a great idea. This is exactly the kind of ambiguous thinking usually found in clues. And of course everyone is expecting boxes.

Re: Woodie's Game Hint @ Atlanta
 

All,

I've only had a short history with FIRST, but from what I recall, the only "powered" devices on the field were the robots. All other elements such as the rack 2007 and earlier games were passive. No electrical or other power (light excluded). Maybe we should stay in that vein for speculation.

Regards,

R2D2DOC

Re: Woodie's Game Hint @ Atlanta
 

Almost correct. The exception was the "placebo" robots in the mid-late 1990s (1997 and 1998, I think?). "Autonomous brickbots" is a good description, from what I've heard.

Re: Woodie's Game Hint @ Atlanta
 

Check out the "Autodesk® VIZ" picture at the bottom of this web site It looks kinda FIRST-y and fits with the "the stock market, with jello, gerbils, and K'nex blocks"

Re: Woodie's Game Hint @ Atlanta
 

Actually there have been a few 'powered' field elements other than the robots(Team controlled or otherwise). A number of the ball dispensers have had some form of powered triggering to release balls. While I don't know of any main game elements having been powered, it is something that could happen.

Re: Woodie's Game Hint @ Atlanta
 

"Just be careful about the stock market, with jello, gerbils, and K'nex blocks."
Sooo..... Ummmm what did this have to do with this year's game again?

Re: Woodie's Game Hint @ Atlanta
 

Stock Market :: FIRST Community reaction to the game as the season progresses - much likes stocks rise and fall for no apparent reason

Jello :: The ball bounces like jello

Gerbils :: Gerbils run around in circles inside a cage just like our robots (the field does kinda look like a cage

K'Nex :: they probably used K'nex to model up their version of the field much like some CDers have already done.

I don't know - that was my best shot. What do you have?

Re: Woodie's Game Hint @ Atlanta
 

I don't know. I was kind of thinking about the same thing about the Gerbils, but all the other ones, especially stock market totally lost me.

Re: Woodie's Game Hint @ Atlanta
 

Stock Market = Wall(ed)Street, Jello = Trackball, Gerbils = Robots, K'nex Blocks = Overpass. Being careful about the stock market could also be sell high (above) and buy low (below). Combining these comes up with something like:

Gerbils chasing jello above or below k'nex on a walled street.

EDIT: Should have thought about it a little longer. Buying stocks low(below) is OK, 2pts, but selling stocks high (above) is better, 8pts. This would give you:

Gerbils passing jello above or below k'nex on a walled street.