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Wildcat 18-11-2010 15:19

Re: 2011 Red Herring #1
 
shot in the dark, but maybe the # 4 is saying that during eliminations alliances will consist of 4 teams that may freely play interchangeabally among themselves throughout elims while qualifications still remain 3v3.
EX:
the #1 seed is teams A, B, C, and D. Teams A, B, and C play in round 1, teams A, B, and D play in round 2, and teams B, C, and D play in round 3

Vermeulen 18-11-2010 15:27

Re: 2011 Red Herring #1
 
I'm still thinking that maybe the game's task would require the use of 4 robots on an alliance. I don't think that FIRST would have 4 alliances, because it is trying to make games more understandable to outsiders. Tracking 2 teams is easy, tracking 4 teams is harder. 4 alliances could also be hard for the FMS to track.

I like the idea of having alliances switch robots out in between matches. It opens up a lot of new strategy.

princessnatalie 18-11-2010 15:37

Re: 2011 Red Herring #1
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryan Caldwell (Post 981221)
The picture on Bills Blog has the GDC on stairs...The bump was good fun maybe this year its steps.

The tennis ball has no scale...it could be 1" or 12" dia.

And i don't think there will be less that 6 robots on the field at a time after all the energy put into trying to increase the # of games each team plays.

I agree, when I first read the blog post I thought, "If its about a cake, wouldnt there be a picture of the cake? Not the people...?"

I thought it may be stairs, or different levels. With the levels, it could possibly be four...?

Also, I still think they may have different terrains, to go with the whole 20th aniversery deal. Four different terrains perhaps?

JaneYoung 18-11-2010 16:35

Re: 2011 Red Herring #1
 
At the risk of being further annoying - it could be that congratulations are in order for Bill Miller for celebrating his 5th year with FRC. The fact that the full staff was there to help him celebrate is nice. They used the stairs much as schools do when having teams sit in the stands or stand on risers for yearbook photos.

The blue cake is interesting though. Can you imagine all of their teeth being blue after they ate it?

Jane

Bjenks548 18-11-2010 20:56

Re: 2011 Red Herring #1
 
But isn't the cake a lie?

Cyberphil 18-11-2010 21:28

Re: 2011 Red Herring #1
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Bjenks548 (Post 981266)
But isn't the cake a lie?

What a great random reference! I absolutely loved that game.


Oh! Back on topic.....:rolleyes:

Chinmay 18-11-2010 21:44

Re: 2011 Red Herring #1
 
The stairs idea is really intriguing especially considering that Pittsburgh Pennsylvania has the most stairs of any city in the US

http://pittsburgh.about.com/od/about...gh/a/steps.htm

That would make for a very interesting field...

Wildcat 18-11-2010 22:06

Re: 2011 Red Herring #1
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Chinmay (Post 981272)
The stairs idea is really intriguing especially considering that Pittsburgh Pennsylvania has the most stairs of any city in the US

http://pittsburgh.about.com/od/about...gh/a/steps.htm

That would make for a very interesting field...

maybe in this years game field there will be an area in the middle only accessable via stairs that robots can put themselves or game pieces in for bonus points, or even normal points

Radical Pi 18-11-2010 22:20

Re: 2011 Red Herring #1
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Wildcat (Post 981279)
maybe in this years game field there will be an area in the middle only accessable via stairs that robots can put themselves or game pieces in for bonus points, or even normal points

Or maybe we just have to get the robot to Pittsburgh by the end of the match :ahh:

Karibou 18-11-2010 22:41

Re: 2011 Red Herring #1
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Radical Pi (Post 981283)
Or maybe we just have to get the robot to Pittsburgh by the end of the match :ahh:

24-hour matches, or longer? I'm game.

rcmolloy 18-11-2010 23:02

Re: 2011 Red Herring #1
 
If I had to guess a name it would be Tower Power...

Taylor 19-11-2010 08:10

Re: 2011 Red Herring #1
 
Robots must place balls in a container at the top of a set of stairs.
Game name: Basket Case.

rsisk 19-11-2010 10:16

Re: 2011 Red Herring #1
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Taylor (Post 981302)
Robots must place balls in a container at the top of a set of stairs.
Game name: Basket Case.

That actually sounds like an interesting challenge. Maybe a twist could be to have shapes other than balls mixed in, like, white balls, red cones and blue boxes. Quantities of items vary, point values vary. Maybe have the stairs mobile, on wheels with bonus points for having the stairs in a certain area at the end of the game.

pandamonium 19-11-2010 11:03

Re: 2011 Red Herring #1
 
I would like to see stairs not steps not levels but a real set of stairs at least 4 maybe they will make them at the end of the field like the ramp in aim high and there will be a bonus to climb them

even better than steps would be having to climb a latter! Game name: Latter Clatter

Cakes are round "usually" Maybe a round blue ball. Those squishy stress reliever balls are about the size of tenis balls!!

Let the countdown begin! 50 days today! I think we may see a hint come out later today!

Dustin Shadbolt 19-11-2010 11:11

Re: 2011 Red Herring #1
 
lets hope we see a clue soon! :D


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