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maize craze with tennis balls!!!

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If the FTC(and/or FLL) game(s) of the year hint at the next FRC Game, then I can predict an increased importance of autonomy.

FTC:
40 Second Autonomous mode(v. 30 of previous years)

FLL:
The Bad Cell destruction is a mission that requires the light sensor in order to be consistently successful.

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Thats good cause I don't need to worry about the length of the autonomous mode

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I think that if autonomous is more important, then you DEFINITELY need to worry about the length.

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Well you obviously do not know my goal for this year, full automation even during the teleop mode.

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To quote one of our FTC mentors, "A fifteen second autonomous mode is nothing!"

With a longer Autonomous mode, there could possibly be more than one scoring method.

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I doubt that they will bring back old elements, since it would represent a huge advantage to teams who played in those events, as opposed to teams who joined FIRST at a later stage. Even teams with less seniors to sophmores percentage would be at a disbalance.

I would love to see a game involving light in some manner, possibly using laser as a scoring mechanism.

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i'd like to see something with 3 or fewer scoring objects or a bunch of objects with 1 or 2 valuable ones, this way you could actually keep track of things and get excited for rarer scores, an example: you get much more excited about a touchdown in football than you do a 3-pointer in basketball

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When does Bill give out the first game hints usually?

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The official game hint does not come out until December.

Anything you may or may not think is a hint from either Dave or Bill could come at any time, including in previous years.

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Oh? Really? Is there some documentation or policy statement that says that is the case?

I'm just sayin'....



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Tradition is almost a policy in itself...

Admittedly, last year's tradition is this year's rule change!

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No, but as Eric said, it seems to be a tradition.

However, I will not complain at all if I wake up on Thanksgiving and find a game hint and a thread about it. Who doesn't want Christmas (or your choice of winter holiday) to come early?

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If we ask really nicely can we get it pushed back until New Year's Eve since we will all be staying up late that night anyway? What if we bribed you with cookies?

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Dave was also kind enough to drop us a 'hint' in the Universal Gripper thread.
Which I assume means we're all either picking up little circular (R) pieces or dressing like Nittany Lions. ;)