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Re: Water games

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Originally Posted by yash101 View Post
For the 2013 game, Ultimate Ascent (as all of you know it by), the volunteer team set up the field before you arrived and dismantled it after you left. The field is modular, so it easily comes apart and folds up, making the transportation a no-brainer.
I wouldn't exactly call it easy or a no-brainer. It takes a lot of planing, and a lot of help. Do you know how many volunteers it takes, and how long each one works for?

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FIRST would actually use some sort of a pop-up setup, kind of like those folding pools you get. These fields are foldable. FIRST only makes a certain number of these fields, which they transport around.
And when this pops after being punctured by a robot...?

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The water could be transported around with the field. An oil-tanker like truck could haul the water between the competitions.
Okay, FIRST does not have an infinite money source...Just think about how much extra this would cost...purchasing 20 or so tanker trucks, paying drivers and assistants, paying for gas for each of the trucks to travel great distances over the course of 9 weeks...This would never happen. I promise.
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