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oh they can think of something. they used nascar and turned it into the springs most favorite thing in '08...well at least with FIRST people. what about something no one has mentioned like "croquet" or better yet, QUIDITCH!!!

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Oh dear.... I really don't look forward to programming our robot to fly. It's hard enough keeping it under control in two dimensions. Nevertheless, a quiditch-resembling game would be pretty cool

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Maybe an on the ground version of quditch. Similar to Aim High, but with bludgers and quaffles and a golden snitch as game pieces!

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Yes, I figured something along those lines. But there always will be one person who goes "Phil! Phil! Make the robot fly, Phil!" however impractical it may be....

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2007 was the last time that both alliances scored in the same location. It's long overdue.

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It's been a while, but is it necessary? I've talked to a multitude of people, most of which have said that while they liked the defensive aspect of 2007, most weren't fans of the single sided goals.

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~100th Anniversary of Boston's Fenway Park after being built in 1912
Baseballs?

~James Bond 007's 50th
Explosives?speed?escaping?

~Titanic's 100th Anniversary 1912 ~ 2012.
~2012: Cuban Missile Crisis (BAY OF PIGS) 50th Anniversary
WWATTTTEEERRRRR GGAMMMMEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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There's a lot of cool game possibilities from various Bond gadgets over the years. Just take a look at the list. Remember the submersible Lotus Esprit? WATER GAME?

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I could see the Titanic being involved somehow. Redemption for an engineering failure. Maybe it would be like an anti-scoring game where small balls are "leaking" from large containers into opponents scoring areas and the other alliance has to plug up the leak to stop the balls from scoring for the opponent. maybe something timed like 2001?

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That is extremely creative ♥♥♥♥ LOVE IT!

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Us advanced offroad guys do this a lot ... for electro-mechanical components there's a wondrous substance called dielectric grease ... load it up till it oozes out. Connections are checked to be tight and clean then we use some electrical tape around that. Computers are usually fairly well sealed but silicone sealant around the edges never hurt anyone. Motors ... don't use em wet.

A practical waterproof container for electronics could be a modified tupperware container. have a couple holes for power, couple for input/output seal the holes with silicone as well as the top. For extra protection put it up high.

But for most things its lots of tape, grease, and sealant ... no joke I have at least 50lbs in my rig.

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Well since we can't very well do the whole flying thing normally, lets just add water to the equation and make a water quiditch game, I mean it would be challenging but very rewarding.

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How about either flying or swimming minibots? It would add the third dimention to the game without teams spending 6 weeks to get a robot to swim.

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This is how i think FIRST will do a "water" game, just to bug us all:

They will have balls that are deemed Hydrogen and Oxygen atoms, and they will have us make water molecules by putting together two hydrogens with an oxygen some way...

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what if FIRST combined both flying and water games so that the field was filled with water and there were only 6 platforms to start and end on. Robots must fly to play the game but be back in their home zones by the end so that when the field shuts off the robots don't plummet to a watery, electronic death!

or maybe a sport related game hopefully :P