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Another game idea:

2x2 robots (red and blue alliances)

Two minute matches

Playing field: 22'x44' (same as this year)

In the center of the field, a perimeter made from 4x6 boards, 15' square. Around the top of this perimeter, aluminum tubing, with about a 12" gap between. (This is the same "wall" as the barrier in 2001.) Call this "no man's land."

In the center of "no man's land," a movable goal. The goal cannot be moved outside the fence.

At each of the two edges of "no man's land," on the short side of the field, a teeter totter bridge, about 32"-36" wide. Initially, one bridge is tottered "red's" way and the other is tottered "blue's" way.

The area in front of the blue alliance station is the blue zone. The area in front of the red alliance station is the red zone.

Also in the blue zone are several red "balls" and a blue "flag." In the red zone are several blue "balls" and the red "flag." The flag would be a movable object, perhaps a heavy one. (A "ball" could be a soccer ball, a football, a traffic cone, a frisbee, a rubbermaid container...)

If you want a human player, you could put several blue balls in blue's player station and several red balls in red's player station.

Scoring:
At the end of two minutes, after everything has settled, the score would be:
Red Alliance:
1 point for each red "ball" in the goal
15 points for the blue flag in the red zone
5 points for each blue robot in the red zone

Blue Alliance:
1 point for each blue "ball" in the goal
15 points for the red flag in the blue zone
5 points for each red robot in the blue zone

Note: robots and flags do not count for either team when on the bridges or in no man's land.

Overview:
All points for either team are held in the opponents' zone. In order to score anything, you have to go to the opponents' zone and either get your "balls" or capture your opponents' flag. But, when you are over there, you count for them.

Another diabolical idea:
It would be great if the balls were in a dispenser and the robot had to toggle the dispenser in order to get a ball.

Rough drawing of playing field

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b = blue robot.......................|.b...b..............F F.........................|
FF = blue flag........................|..................... ..............................|
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x = red balls..........................|xx................ ...............................|
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............................................|BBB.. .....||....................||.......bbb|
............................................|BBB.. .....||.......GG........||.......bbb|G = goal
bridge - toggled to red........|bbb........||.......GG........||...... BBB| bridge - toggled to blue
............................................|bbb.. ......||....................||......BBB|
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............................................|..... ..........................................xx|
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............................................|..... ..................FF................r....r.|
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