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Originally Posted by pntbll1313
I hope you haven't stumbled upon the 2016 game thread...
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ight=2016+game
I believe trying to come up with possible game scenarios is a great brainstorming exercise. It gets students thinking of creative ways they could solve theoretical games. It is a little distracting that half the posts every year suggest a water game but some of them are really good and sound like a blast to play.
Wrong, please see 2008 |
What was wrong with the 2008 game piece? Just because you didn't like it doesn't make it a bad game piece. There is a difference between a bad game piece and a game piece that is disliked. A bad game piece would be something that can't be manipulated by a robot and used to score points. It would be like asking a a Vex robot to carry a pile of 50 bricks to a scoring zone. This would not be possible since the transmissions that Vex robots have a available are not capable of carrying 50 bricks in the duration of a match. What was wrong with the track ball from 2008. Yes it was heavy but it was still utilized very nicely by many robots. Yes 2008 was an overall unpopular game but that does not mean we need to cast the game piece as bad. I for one hope to see that track ball again one day.
Also I never said the GDC chose a Frisbee without first testing. What I said is no matter what they chose FIRST teams will step up to the plate and deliver a good season. It doesn't matter how hard a game piece is to manipulate FIRST teams can figure it out. So using a football to play a FIRST game is completely possible.