[kjohnson]

I remember that snow too - it was weird to see snow on top of the bus in Richmond in MARCH. I sure hope Dave was joking about that, but maybe he could mean a blizzard: the driver's vision will be blocked but they will have someone else (like the human player at the corner of the field this year) to tell them where to go.

Other that that kind of blizzard, I seriously doubt FIRST would make any kind of game involving something that could so easily damage an expensive robot. Even if something was falling from above, the robot would need to be completely sealed (And that starts a problem with heat not being able to escape properly). And like Rickertsen2 said, the playing fields will need to be somewhat easy to transport and not extremely expensive because teams will want to practice under competition conditions.