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if you have yellow bumpers they can be 125% larger

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There is a yellow path on the field and robots that follow it during hyrid mode will receive a multiplier of 125% of their total score.

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is this it? or is this just another guess? sorry its hard to tell cause your part of 537 but i know not everyone on the team knows whats its going to be.

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You know, after thinking about it for a while, I'm not sure my initial prediction of the Golden-monkey-from-legends-of-the-hidden-temple-BOT was correct.

Anyone who watched the show while it was on might know why.

NO ONE could put the thing together correctly. The arm section would be by the head or something and they would have gotten so much farther in the temple had the golden monkey not delayed them.

So, I'm not sure that 537 could put one together in time for this event.

BUT!!! I did have another idea. The Golden Compass just came out on DVD and there was a mischievous little golden monkey in that movie also. But I couldn't think up anything exciting really for that. So instead I asked google about Yellow Intruders.

I got something about Rainbow War. At first I didn' think much about it. Then I read this:

"Once upon a time in a timeless place, there were three kingdoms. One blue, one red, and one gold. In the Blue kingdom, everything was blue, because blue was beautiful. And besides, everyone who was anyone loved blue! In the Red land, everything was red, because they trusted red, but were afraid of everything else. The Golden kingdom was dominated by yellow. Other colors were to be eliminated on sight. Blue and red were censored; covered up... thus yellow reigned supreme."

So...hmm.... This could mean so many things.... So does the rest of wikipedia but I dont have time to sit and quote the whole thing...

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More from Rainbow War that might actually have something to do with the game:

"In the Golden kingdom, a young boy creates a flying golden ring, large enough to carry a man. Using it, he leaves the Golden kingdom to explore the other lands."

Okay, so maybe that means that there's a golden ring that is on the field. It's approximate dimension "large enough to carry a man" could easilly mean that it is big enough to slip over a ball. Perhaps the ring starts on the field and teams must slide it over their ball? and the "explore other lands" references hurdling or moving the ball out of bounds?

"After he has seen enough of the Blue kingdom, the Yellow boy lands in the Red kingdom, and falls in love with the Red princess, and she with him. He gives her his golden scarf, and in return, she gives him a red flower. When the Red guards see this yellow intruder, they attempt to detain him, but he escapes on his golden ring, and heads back to the Golden kingdom."

okay, so this could be a hurdle from the blue side to the red side. The red princess could be a red robot. and golden scarf could be a special flag that is stuck onto a robot, making that robot's laps worth 125% more? The red guard could also refer to a red robot attempting to trap the yellow ball or yellow ringed ball against a wall. But "he escapes on his golden ring and heads back to the golden kingdom" suggests there's a yellow zone and that the yellow ball or yellow ringed ball cant be trapped like that.

A lot to think about... Anyone else have any ideas?

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"timeless place" could mean that autonomous mode doesnt stop until all robots stop. meaning that if you had great code, you could do laps until your battery ran out, gaining super points. or, it could mean that the matches themselves have no specific time limit, which i doubt. maybe it could mean that we're all so focused on our robots that time flys by without us knowing.

three kingdoms could be three zones...they mention one blue, one red, and one gold. gold might be in the middle, or perhaps there are three lanes instead of two. This could mean that robots would have to drive in a figure eight pattern, crossing each other and passing in the yellow zone twice for each lap!

"In the blue land, everything was blue" could mean that scores in the blue only count for blue. For example, a capped red ball in the blue zone would give points to the blue instead of red. "In the red land, everything was red" implies the same thing.
"The golden kingdom was dominated by yellow, other colors were eliminated on sight. Blue and red were covered up, and yellow ranked supreme". That passage could mean that in the yellow zone, only yellow counts. the eliminated on sight part could also mean that red and blue balls cant pass through that zone, or they are removed from the field.

All speculation, of course, to get you guys thinking. What are your thoughts?

BTW, I do know the game. (I'm still a mentor and was on 537 as a student)

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jeez... if thats right... well, i will praise you. Thats just crazy

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Our robot is yellow (kinda) beware of us? AN OUR SPEED!

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Anyone know who won the inaugural CRI?

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Teams 537, 1675, and 930 won CRI

The compitition was really fun. I like the game change they made it was pretty awsome. I kinda liked havin only 8 teams there, less to concentrate on scouting lol. Team 930 would like to thank 537 and 1675 for allowing us to join their alliance in the finals.

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Wow what a weekend! Thanks to 537 for putting on an excellent event. I only hope that word spreads and this event is bigger next year. It was a shame that only 8 teams made it, but we all had a blast and everyone got to know everyone a lot better. That field seems to much larger with 2v2 matches, but I'm glad the finals were 3v3. The yellow ball was a really nice touch to the game and kept the game interesting. Best part of the weekend? The Human Overdrive games - I hope someone posts some video of that soon! I'm still wheezing 9 hours later...

Thanks to 537 for picking us and to 930 for joining us in the finals. It was a fun day, though I'm still sad that 930 and we were unable to reach 20 laps...16 was our highest. Congrats to 2194, 1259, and 1103 on their finals appearance, and 2506 and 1091 for a great showing the entire weekend.

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I had a blast at CRI this weekend. Even with only 8 teams, the level of competition was still exciting and all of the staff at the event did a wonderful job. I had a blast reffing the event and can only hope that the competition gets bigger next year. Thanks to all volunteers at the event and congratulations to 537, 1675, and 930 on the win. You were very impressive.

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Thank you for the awesome match 930 and 537! It was a blast, I can't wait to go next year. Thank you for the Yellow Balls and thank you 1103 for replacing our punctured Red ball.

I'm kinda sad the Rainbow War had nothing to do with the event.... but I LOVED the Human player games! Can we have that next year please? It was awesome. The "One Ball, Two Ball, Red Ball, Blue Ball" T-shirts were amazing and Chargers, you guys did an excellent job running the event and making sure everyone was having a great time.

Thank you so much for the great time!

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Thank you to everyone in attendance. Volunteers we couldn't have done it without you and teams you guys helped make it fun. I think all around everyone had a good time. This was the first time we have run this event but we plan on making it bigger and better. In the future, we hope to host this event later (June-ish) and have as many as 32 teams. We intend to run a pre-season and post-season event from now on.

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So, for those of you that weren't at CRI, Here's what the game hint meant:

"Beware the yellow intruder bringing a 125% solution."

The yellow intruder was a 40" fuzzy yellow tennis ball that was released from above the alliance station that won the hybrid period. The ball was released 30 seconds into the driver control period which provided a 25% increase in the number of trackballs on the field.

Wasn't that obvious from the hint?

The ball drop was angled slightly to pretty much make the ball roll over the alliance's finish line on it's own. It was eligible for immediate scoring. The ball scored double, but could be used by either alliance. When placed, it scored a 12 point bonus, but the bonus went to the alliance associated with the overpass it was placed on. In other words, if one alliance was dominating the score, they could place the yellow ball on their opponents overpass to increase their QP score.