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Felt covered field with velcro wheels????
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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! |
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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.
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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.)
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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. |
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All I've got to say is...
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I think an american gladiators style game where two sides bombard each other with massive amounts of tennis balls would be an absolute blast! |
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DODGEBALL!!!!!
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*and seen exhibited by others. As a journalism student, it's something that really bugs me. |
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(I was the human player last year and there were enough flying/swinging objects then) |
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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. |
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Or a giant one of these:
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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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