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Originally Posted by psyco_klown
as for the you needing an ice rink you don't need one there is are companies that makes super slippery delrin material for ice skaters and they get put together like tiles. plus i would like to see what teams would come up with for drive trains
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Using a non-carpet surface is the easiest method for FIRST to create a hockey-based game, but it doesn't need to be an expensive material. You could use squares of masonite screwed onto the subfloor. Sure the field will get some scars, but if one square gets significantly damaged, it can quickly be replaced.
I would love to see any game that increases interactivity within the alliance, rather than just against opponents. A fast-paced hockey based game could do that.
Also, street hockey pucks are a great design for this game, but they may be too low to the ground and get underneath disabled robots. You would have to account for this in some manner. There have been a number of posts about "pushing a tipped robot up the ramp for points" this year, and we wouldn't want a robot, already unable to move, get beaten to shreds as other robots fight to get a puck stuck underneath them.