Re: Next Year's Game?
 

Yes but one has to look at scale. If you scaled out the FTC field into FRC and just put large bins out..that would be HUGE. I'm not saying it's not possible, heck that might actually be fun, but I'm not sure how likely that is.

And I think that descoring would have been harder this year than scoring. I can't comment on previous years, but the main problem in '07 with the 'spoiler' was that it was so difficult to put on, that 'mostly' teams didn't bother with them.

As far as descoring concerns, I feel that it should be a robot ability, and it should definitely be harder than scoring, but to a certain degree.

Re: Next Year's Game?
 

For our team, it was quite the opposite. We found that Overdrive was Overboring, and Lunacy was pure awesome contained in a rectangle-type area.

Re: Next Year's Game?
 

I'm thinking a water involved game.

Re: Next Year's Game?
 

i can proudly say my team enjoyed using them ;)

i honestly thought that both were boring. overdrive was nothing but driving in circles, and lunacy was a really bad car wreck that wouldn't stop happening ><

human players load water balloons into their robots... *mischievous grin*

Re: Next Year's Game?
 

I think Lunacy is as close as anyone will get to a water game. We had soaking carpets and everything!

Re: Next Year's Game?
 

Soaking carpets? Did I miss something?

Re: Next Year's Game?
 

You and me both. There must be quite a story behind such a statement.

Re: Next Year's Game?
 

At some regionals they watered down the carpets to keep down static buildup.

Re: Next Year's Game?
 

Look here to see Dean Kamen watering down the carpet at GSR (Yay ... watergame :D)

Re: Next Year's Game?
 

How about a moving target suspended from above with random, not predicted, movement. It would make for some mean sensors needed during autonomous to find it. Or, you could have robotic tetherball!

Next Year's Game?
 

i think an area where the robot has to use complete autonomous to find a colored object. Then it goes to the driver station to where they have a choice to fire the colored object over a wall into a target like in aim high, and then go back for more colored object into autonomous; or they could go over the wall to take away the other teams colored object in a teli-op mode like the semi-autonomous of overdrive; or the robot could hang on a constantly rising bar to gain an increase of points as long as it hangs on, if it keeps the colored object for the entire time then during the last 20 seconds, while still hanging, it could shoot the object at a goal higher up for extra points, similar to the super-cell was this year. There can only be one robot on the bar between both alliances so in the beginning it's a race, and when ever a robot falls off the bar immediately drops down again and gives the other team a chance to grab onto the bar.

Re: Next Year's Game?
 

does anyone else cringe at this? it's a good idea, but i'd hate to find my robots frame seriously damaged

Re: Next Year's Game?
 

It'd be a seriously cool challenge. Robust robots at their best.

Re: Next Year's Game?
 

I really like that idea, but the idea of the target miandering around may be a bit too difficult. Realistically, a moving target with a set course sounds like a fair challenge, but that is just my point of view.

Re: Next Year's Game?
 

Cool Idea - Maybe just a hoop supported by a single rope. It starts stationary, but once it gets hit...