[Kevin Kolodziej]

First, a quick grammar note. The way the comma was used ("...Pi, You and Me.") is acceptable according to some style guides. I disagree with it (1,2, and 3), as does the English department at MSOE, but the MSOE newspaper uses the comma in the way that the quote does.

On to my thoughts!

I really like that idea of two hexagonal fields, each with their own alliance, but the scores work together somehow. It reminds me of an idea I had last year for a game that is still untold to most...

What I get out of the hint is this:

Amethyst = purple, which to me means the red and blue alliances combine somehow. I think there could be a purple, or neutral, zone in the middle of the field that counts for nothing (the center is out????)...OR, how about this: the points in the blue zone multiply the points in the red zone, which gives both alliances the same base score. The points in the alliance's zone then get added to that base score. FOR EXAMPLE: 5 points in red, 10 points in blue. Base score = 50, red gets 55, blue gets 60.

I don't think the shape of the field will change. My early FIRST history is rusty, but was the hexagon field used for 5 years? The square field of '99 certainly was not =)

There is plenty of room on the current field for three teams per side and six robots on the field at once. As far as the radio is concerned, aren't there 14 channels (4 dipswitches)? I don't know much about the controller..so I could be very wrong. One way or another, it worked for the CDI competitions (3v3), so I don't see why it wouldn't work for regular FIRST. I really hope that it is 3v3 because those CDI matches were the best matches that I ever participated in or watched.

Pi leads to circles, and what is in the middle of Pi you and me?

PIYOUME -> center letter is O...what I'm getting at are INNERTUBES! Cirlces extruded about circles =)

Kev