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Posted by matt shanley.

Other from cornell university.

Posted on 9/12/2000 5:59 PM MST


In Reply to: an idea posted by Kyle Huang on 9/12/2000 12:22 AM MST:



of course that leads to the idea that it doesn't have to be the balls switching colors. imagine driving your robot around in the middle of a match, maybe helping out your alliance partners, when suddenly the blue light that was flashing on your robot goes off and the red one comes on. better make some new friends quick.





: i was at a toy store today, and i saw a big inflatable ball for sale - looked very much
: like the balls from the '98 competition, but with one major difference. they were
: multicolored. it got me thinking...

: if there could be a way to make the balls change color in the middle of a match,
: wouldn't that add a little bit of a challenge? say a computer changes the colors
: randomly. not too frequently (maybe the there's a layer of LCD underneath a
: translucent layer of rubber of plastic), and once a ball is picked up and/or
: scored it can't change anymore, and while balls are at the human player
: stations they can't change colors either...

: some cons i can think of right now, are:
: how to make the color change
: balls would be expensive
: what if they fail, or something goes wrong? half blue half red ball?
: controlling the colors - how?

: well, i dunno, it's just a crazy far fetched idea, but whaddya think? i think it'd be
: a helluva fun game to watch, if possible!!