[DougHogg]

Originally posted by TEAM_74
allright, I finally have a small idea that I'd like to share, so let me know what you think.

the 4 on 2 thing wouldn't work because how would the finals work, it has to be a standard game every time. But I would personally like a 3 on 3 game, any more than that and it gets to crowded. But what would be really sweet is a game like football or soccer. Similar to rug rage (I think that was the second year's game). Except I'd leave it up to first to make some interesting twists. (Obstacles, etc.) I would however have this function.

Each team would be allowed 2 ROBOTS. That's right 2!!! By using the soccer idea, One would be able to switch their robot out if they wanted to, by driving it over a speed-bump or some other designated area. When the robot went into that area, another would be allowed to come out. SOrt of naving an offense and defense robot if you needed it. This could be ammended by having a 4 on 4 or 5 on 5 alliance, and by letting only 1 or 2 robots from an alliance on the field at 1 time. You would be able to let certain robots switch out throughout the match. Kinda like hockey.

Personally I'd just like to see a game like soccer, with robots that shoot and have to play goalies and defense, It would allow for much greater strategy.

I was thinking along the similar lines. One great thing about a game with one ball is that it is TV/video friendly since a camera can easily follow the action. The challenge is to make it exciting. I think that one of the things that makes soccer, football or basketball exciting is the idea of team members passing the ball to each other, and the other team trying to intercept the pass. We could have robots shooting or boucing the ball to each other, or attempting to "dribble" it down the field.

The other thing I would like to see in a game is multiple ways of scoring, so the game is less predictable. I think it was unfortunate this year that being on the ramp at the end greatly overshadowed making stacks.

I think one cool way to add multiple scoring methods with a single-ball game would be to have goals as in soccer but also hoops as in basketball. Teams could go for a basic robot that could push a ball into the soccer goal or for a basket shooting robot. This would then call for robots that could block ground shots and hoop shots.

Autonomous could be a rush to get the ball in the middle. There could even be a ramp in the middle, which adds to the challenge for teams building tall robots, since they risk tipping on the ramp.

We would want to have high walls and a net over the playing field to prevent the ball from going out of bounds.

Human players could be responsible for putting the ball back into play after a goal.

Also I think we would have to have rules against a robot pulling the ball inside itself.

Any other ideas on how to make a single-ball game exciting?