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Originally Posted by VulcanXP
FIRST is trying to make the games fairly simple so that people who are unfamiliar with the game and FIRST can walk into an event and walk out understanding the game and somewhat understand FIRST.
The "five 'bots tangling with pasta" does not mean that there will be only five robots on the field, but instead five robots that are "tangling with pasta", while a sixth robot is not tangling with pasta, and that the game remains 3v3.
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You've come the closest to what I think is simple-- 2nd grade math (subtraction):
6-1=5
There will be 6 robots in each match, playing King of the Mountain (Montana/height). Only one can be on top, leaving 5 'bots below.
I like the idea of pool noodles. Surely they can't be any more fragile than the Stack Attack containers, and they're cheaper. Plus, no assembly required! But there would be a new rule: no Tug-Of-War with the pool noodles! They'll be a challenge to drive over, though. (Transportation note: they can bend easily to fit inside just about any vehicle or crate.)
Here's another possibility involving pasta of any shape: The human players will have
an eating contest! Pasta instead of Krispy Kremes. (My cat ate an entire piece of Alberstons Essensia gnocchi last night, so it must be so. It was kind of rubbery, like a football skin.)
Shovel's show--I prefer the interpretation of the part of the shovel that's showing. This could be a simple stick protruding up from a broader base. Or it could be a shovel handle with the perpendicular grip loop at the top. In any case, it could protrude up from the top of the mountain. Maybe the loop part would be big enough to put something through or in. Maybe that's where the mailbox will be (if you believe that rumor).
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Originally Posted by drew.fineberg
and seeing Montana's green heights:
Montana's mountains aren't green, they are white because they are covered in snow
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They are green in summer--dark green, covered with pines and firs (hey--like the shovel handle??).
With all the negative things Dean Kamen has said about our culture's obsession with sports, I'm not sure I like the idea of FIRST using obscure sports facts in game hints two years in a row. Last year was baseball, then this year football? Hmmm... So I prefer to think of Montana as the state, not the athlete.
About the 2000
mailbox rumor: Do you really believe that an employee is going to risk his job sharing confidential information about customer orders on the Internet? Even if this is the case, a search for 200 Bedford Street turned up:
--Manchester Historic Association (Millyard Museum)
--University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension
--St. Mary's Bank/The Mortgage Center
--Science Enrichment Encounters
--New Thalian Players (lists 2nd floor of FIRST admin offices as a "venue")
--Holliday Picture Frames Inc. (in PA)
--SEE Science Center
--WEE PLAY SCHOOL INC
I'll leave it to others to guess why any of the above might want 2000 mailboxes.