Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2
 

if you really want something to just pull at your brain, i've heard that the people who build the fields for kickoff, have said that they have no idea what the game could be, even though they have the field element drawings in addition to these hints.:ahh:

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I'd be confused with a wading pool full of Jello too. :rolleyes:

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You know guys, these clues seem fascinating and all but really we should just relax and wait for kickoff.

After 5 years in robotics I have come to realize that these game hints are so ambigious and vague that they can hint at a multitude of complex games when the real game is much simpler.

This thread is great for getting those creative juices flowing but y'all should just enjoy the rest of your holiday and rest up for another crazy season.

:)

Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2
 

An Atlas ball that needs to be manuevered between two large uprights. Analagous to how the Globe Cafe is between the two obelisks in Copley Square.

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It would really be cool if the ball were about eight feet in diameter -- large enough for someone to get inside .... :rolleyes:

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like last years vex game

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Or made out of solid stone...

Worlds Strongest Robot anyone?

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The human player role would take on a whole new meaning :D

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A 100 LB ball would be ~ 12.5" dia.

Talk about a challenge ... I could see a few crunched robots if one of those things got dropped.

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Or hollow stone...

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Karthik, you're lucky you are not eligible to be the human player!

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The coordinates could be the site of the John Singleton Copley statue in Copley square and the compass heading the direction in which the statue is facing.

As an MS Excel date and time, 342.242026 is Dec. 7 1900 5:48:31 AM.

Other features of Copley Square:
Trinity Church
The plaza in front of the church
The fountain
Tortoise and Hare sculpture
Boston Marathon Centennial Monument

It appears to be an open plaza near the John Hancock Hotel in Boston. An azimuth of 342 would send you approximately parallel with Dartmouth Street.

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Has anyone ever considered making the human player into a game piece before?

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cool factor....through the roof

safety factor....not very great

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:yikes:

only with considerable safety precautions would I even consider being a live animated game piece with not-so-fully tested possibly industrial strength robots all around me trying to put me someplace, such as a cage...

seems like a fun thought though... :D a crazy game of tag...