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Bill isn't subtle enough. You can tell when his "hints" aren't hints.

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2012 Winter Olympics

2012 FIRST Game = Hockey + Curling

If this is true, which I hope it isnt, this would bring back the dreaded REGOLITH! :yikes: :eek: :ahh:

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You know the more I see it discussed in this thread, the more I think having something based on the Olympics is possible? We did it with the World Cup just last year, so anything is possible.

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So we need to gather all of the sports played in the olympics next year, and see which ones would be viable FIRST games, and which ones would involve regolith!

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Aim High with some sort of minibot challenge.

And it will be called Aim Higher.

(Remember Dean saying that they were getting to work on the 2014 game at kickoff? And that survey about your favorite FRC game at the beginning of the season? I'm just calling it as I see it - any maybe hoping, a little, too)

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Shooting minibots into a goal?

I dig it.

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If by "goal" you mean "trash bin".

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I like the 'fuel rod' idea. They could even implement the 'magnetic fuel rod' like they did in this year's FTC game (though I have no idea how many teams actually performed based upon trying to get a magnetic baton...).

The minibot concept was an ingenious idea, I think.

Perhaps in future years they could force us to 'deploy' the minibot during autonomous to a specified location that had some parameters teams had to design for. Then at a specified time, all of the locations would activate their minibots independent of the drive teams' actions. Teams would then have to decide: deploy minibot in autonomous, or deploy the game piece in autonomous? What a mind boggle that season's strategy would be!

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flying, ice, walking, multi level, camera only navigation, etc...

make it very different so that it levels the playing field for newer teams

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Image from http://www.exploratorium.edu/books/bernoulli/

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Looks like we'll have to discuss our polar opposite opinions soon, JJ! :p

Leveled playing field = worst thing you can do. IMO

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Can someone get this guy on the GDC, ASAP.

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I started a thread for actual game ideas, leaving this thread for rumors and speculation on the 2012 game.

Post all your ideas and concepts for possible game play ideas/mechanics you would like to see in the 2012 or future games in this thead: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh....php?p=1059122

I'm trying to get there man, I'm trying.

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That's GENIUS! A leveled playing field is boring, but un UNLEVELED field would be awesome! I'm not saying level as in skill, I'm saying an actual field with bumps, slopes, some sides higher/lower than others, and maybe even a kind of second floor pathway that extends outside the field for robots to travel on! There would be walls, of course, but a 15 foot drop may hurt a team pretty badly!