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Posted by Patrick Dingle at 05/14/2001 6:37 PM EST


College Student on team #639, Red B^2, from Ithaca High School and Cornell University.


In Reply to: Misdirected E-mail Unveils 2001 Game 3 Days Early...
Posted by Joe Johnson on 1/2/2001 10:34 PM EST:



Does anyone have any information about the Seattle regional that is mentioned in this message? We are interested in going to the Seattle regional next year.

Thanks
Patrick

: Hi all,

: This message was too hot not to post on this Forum.

: I am not sure how it happened, but somehow a message
: from Dean to a potential supporter of FIRST got BCC'ed
: to my mailbox by mistake! Once the genie was out of
: the bottle, I just didn't feel right keeping it to my
: own group of FIRSTers.

: Read it and weep...

: Joe J.

: Dear Jeff,

: Thank you for your commitment to sponsor a FIRST
: regional in Seattle in 2002. You will not be
: disappointed in the return on your investment.

: I am extremely excited to hear that you will be
: attending the Nationals as a judge in April. Again, I
: believe you will find it a worthy investment of your time.

: If I must say so, the game we have cooked up for the
: FIRST teams this season is the best we have ever
: designed. There is a lot to explain, but basically,
: the game is played 2 on 2 on a field about the size of
: a tennis court. There are 7 HUGE balls on the court,
: each about 3 feet in diameter weighing approximately 5
: pounds. Of the 7 balls, 3 are blue, 3 are red and the
: last one is white. In addition to the 4 robots on the
: field (2 playing red, 2 playing blue) and the 7 balls
: there is a sort of playground structure at where the
: net would be on a tennis court. The structure looks
: similar to a multi level fence with ramps and
: underpasses that provide various levels of difficulty
: in either getting over it or under it depending on
: where one tries to cross to the other side.

: The primary feature of the structure however mounted to
: it's center, right in middle of the field at about eye
: level (assuming I am seated in my I-BOT in 2 wheel
: mode) is large ball corral that can rotate like a Lazy
: Susan.

: The object of the game is 3 fold: Get your balls in the
: corral, Get your robot off the ground by hanging from
: special bars mounted radial from the ball corral, Have
: the white ball in the corral with its center on your
: side of the field.

: We are still working out the exact details concerning
: what point values are associate with each of these
: feats, but the basic idea will be the same as always;
: to make teams unsure of exactly which design path they
: need to follow without adding too much confusion to the
: untrained fan in the stands.

: The game may seem a bit difficult to explain with
: words, but rest assured, it is a very simple, yet
: exciting game to watch.

: I will have more to say when I see you next week. I
: will have pictures of the field with me at that time.

: Dean