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Hadi379 04-11-2010 14:35

Re: 2011 Red Herring #1
 
Felt covered field with velcro wheels????

EricH 04-11-2010 14:48

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Hadi379 (Post 979623)
Felt covered field with velcro wheels????

Unless the velcro was loop side, the field surface would need replacing after one day--robots would damage it worse than the most damaging game played in 2002, 2vsFRC71 (which, BTW, 71's file cards had a tendency to win).

Now that's devious: Hook-side velcro as the field, with loop-side as robot drive material. Get the field damaging the robots for once!

GGCO 04-11-2010 15:26

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The problem I see with a felt or "fuzzy" field is that the texture and "fuzziness" would seriously wear out over time.

Wildcat 04-11-2010 15:46

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Originally Posted by GGCO (Post 979628)
The problem I see with a felt or "fuzzy" field is that the texture and "fuzziness" would seriously wear out over time.

im pretty sure no matter what the field surface (except water) would wear out over time. i remember in 09 hearing about how much new regalith was for driving on than used. and last year by the time the state championship came around im pretty sure the field had quite a few tape patches on it

S.P.A.M.er 17 04-11-2010 16:34

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I got it. Penn was referring to a game piece, but it was spelled wit an extra "n" on purpose to throw us off (making us think of tennis balls). This year's game is actually a writing contest! Our robots must write a "4" paragraph essay. The diabolical twist? The paper is on the back of opposing robots... (so that means we missed out in watching the GDC members and FRC Staff running around with a piece of paper taped to their back, while others tried write an essay on it.)

EricH 04-11-2010 16:42

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Except that Penn is a brand of tennis ball.

Either that, or robots must test the myth that the pen is mightier than the sword.

Travis Hoffman 04-11-2010 20:22

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All I've got to say is...


GGCO 04-11-2010 20:41

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Quote:

Originally Posted by S.P.A.M.er 17 (Post 979638)
I got it. Penn was referring to a game piece, but it was spelled wit an extra "n" on purpose to throw us off (making us think of tennis balls). This year's game is actually a writing contest! Our robots must write a "4" paragraph essay. The diabolical twist? The paper is on the back of opposing robots... (so that means we missed out in watching the GDC members and FRC Staff running around with a piece of paper taped to their back, while others tried write an essay on it.)

That would be VERY interesting - to build that is! Uber boring to watch.

I think an american gladiators style game where two sides bombard each other with massive amounts of tennis balls would be an absolute blast!

Wildcat 04-11-2010 20:53

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Quote:

Originally Posted by GGCO (Post 979683)
That would be VERY interesting - to build that is! Uber boring to watch.

I think an american gladiators style game where two sides bombard each other with massive amounts of tennis balls would be an absolute blast!

...i guess we know what human players are gonna be doing now

dodar 04-11-2010 21:32

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DODGEBALL!!!!!

Karibou 04-11-2010 22:21

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Quote:

Originally Posted by S.P.A.M.er 17 (Post 979638)
I got it. Penn was referring to a game piece, but it was spelled wit an extra "n" on purpose to throw us off (making us think of tennis balls). This year's game is actually a writing contest! Our robots must write a "4" paragraph essay. The diabolical twist? The paper is on the back of opposing robots... (so that means we missed out in watching the GDC members and FRC Staff running around with a piece of paper taped to their back, while others tried write an essay on it.)

So FIRST will force us to learn how to write. Colleges already love FIRST students, but they'll be giving future engineering students an arm and a leg of scholarship money to come to their school because we'll ACTUALLY know how to write. From what I've heard*, engineering studentz dont hav gewd eenglish...


*and seen exhibited by others. As a journalism student, it's something that really bugs me.

PAR_WIG1350 04-11-2010 22:52

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Wildcat (Post 979688)
...i guess we know what human players are gonna be doing now

Hiding:eek:
(I was the human player last year and there were enough flying/swinging objects then)

EricH 04-11-2010 22:52

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Of course, we all know the solution to that little writing challenge, right?


Rubber stamps. Write essay portions out beforehand, make rubber stamps of them, and have an ink roller on the robot. One hit from a 4-paragraph stamp pad should do the trick on every robot... That means that you spend the first minute stamping all three of your opponents and the second minute backed up against a wall protecting your back.

Cyberphil 04-11-2010 23:46

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Or a giant one of these:



Just run into the other bot, or have a button that engages it!

alicen 04-11-2010 23:48

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Going off some of the other ideas..

When I was in elementary school we played a game called "trash" where we would be split into two teams and each confined to our side of the line in the middle of the gym. When the coach shouted go, we would all race around trying to throw these balls from our side to the other side. The team with the most "trash" on their side at the end would lose.

Imagine a wall in the middle of the field, about three feet high or so, made of polycarbonate and the robots had to throw as much of their game pieces over the wall as possible. Maybe there would even be one opposing robot in your zone to make things interesting.

Just an idea really :)


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