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Unread 22-03-2005, 23:28
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Re: Noticed any patterns?

I think any pattern between games is because even when you have people as creative as FIRST does running things some ideas tend stick around and become recycled. I think we alternate between circles squares and triangles frequently because...well you mentally put them in a strong connection with FIRST. I think most of these patterns are from people looking at a game and saying "what could we do differently" and you kind of bounce between opposites.

If I had any chance to guess at the game next year I would go for cheap, durable and accessible field components...mostly because I really want to see it and so I pretend it will happen

It is probably roughly the time that they will give us a blocked field again. Either a bar to go under or a barrier to go over...or something to climb up... This year there was nothing in your way aside from goals and last year we had a fairly open field as well (at least more open than 2003 or 2001.)

I don't think there will be so many people so close to the robots again...it made too many penalties. If they had something like a box with an open lid actually in the field they could have the back of the box open for loading...and have it just be in the rules that if any robot is within 5 feet of the box (maybe a semicircular line at that point) the box won't reload. It could be strategic too if you could control when a team gets parts to load

I'm hoping that we get a taller driver's station because at the Pacific Northwest Regional we came awfully close to capping a driver.

I bet you next year's base code will be very complete and detailed.

I bet you next year's autonomous will not be any harder but it will probably be longer.

And I bet you I'm totally wrong...but sounding smart/making noise is far to much fun to not do it.
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