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I think that a 1vs1vs1vs1 game would be interesting. Teams could put negative objects in your goal, or positive ones.
For qualification, the winner gets the sum of the points of the three other teams. The individual teams take their own scores. Of course, there would be a rule that no team takes home negative scores (if you get negative, goes to zero).
For eliminations, the top 8 teams would pick three teams each. It would be a double-round elimination. Each team on every alliance would be required to play at least one round. The game is played exactly like qualification, in that each team gets their own points, and the winner gets the sum of the other three. The winning alliance for the match is the alliance with the highest sum after 2 rounds. This is interesting because after a match Alliance A could have scores of 20 and 30, while alliance B would have -10 and 40. Alliance A would leave with 50 points while alliance B would leave with 40 points. Even though you won, you lost because you didn't watch out for your teammate (could have gotten ganged-up on). The key is to win while helping your teammate and helping/hurting your opponents.
As for field layout. A simple octagon could work. Teams would be layed out in a square arrangement (so there would be 4 player stations). In the center would be a rectangular, or circular (better), KoTH ramp that can hold, at most, 3 full-size robots. The goals would be located in front of each driver. The objective? Ball-pit balls (the one's that kids play in). Each robot would start on a raised platform to the right of the driver station, with a ramp. Your team's balls would be located on the opposite side of the field on the floor, but would be contained by a simple ramp-like "boundary" so that the balls can't get out unintentionally but your robot can traverse the field (these could easily be made from those rubber mats you put over hoses/wiring so people don't trip over them).
As for scoring, every ball of your color in your goal is 3 points, and every ball of another color is -1 points. If your robot is on top of the ramp, you get 30 points.
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Last edited by Jnadke : 01-10-2003 at 19:03.
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