Thread: 2008 Midwest Vex Programs: CONEFUSION
View Single Post
  #1   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 14-09-2008, 10:31
Kevin Kolodziej's Avatar
Kevin Kolodziej Kevin Kolodziej is offline
Operator in 100+ matches
AKA: Yngwie Kamen's roadie
FRC #1675 (Ultimate Protection Squad)
Team Role: Engineer
  
Join Date: Apr 2002
Rookie Year: 1999
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Posts: 629
Kevin Kolodziej has a reputation beyond reputeKevin Kolodziej has a reputation beyond reputeKevin Kolodziej has a reputation beyond reputeKevin Kolodziej has a reputation beyond reputeKevin Kolodziej has a reputation beyond reputeKevin Kolodziej has a reputation beyond reputeKevin Kolodziej has a reputation beyond reputeKevin Kolodziej has a reputation beyond reputeKevin Kolodziej has a reputation beyond reputeKevin Kolodziej has a reputation beyond reputeKevin Kolodziej has a reputation beyond repute
Send a message via AIM to Kevin Kolodziej
Exclamation 2008 Midwest Vex Programs: CONEFUSION
The 2008 Midwest Vex Programs Challenge has been released: CONEFUSION

Teams will play 2v2v2 and must manipulate soccer cones and ball pit balls to create stacks of cones. Balls are used to multiply the cone stacks. Cones on top of pedestals are worth the same, but multiplier are added exponentially, increasing your score very quickly. Corner platforms provide bonus point opportunities for robots, and the centerpiece is a fully autonomous "Shy-Goal 5000" which runs away from other robots on the field. Balls placed into the Shy-Goal 5000 score bonus points, and getting the Shy-Goal 5000 to end the match in your zone earns a significantly larger bonus. An alliance's final score is the sum if its opponents base scores (cone stacks) minus their own base score plus their own bonus score. Its just that simple!

Special thanks to Chief Delphi and Joe Johnson for providing the inspiration and documentation for the scoring concepts. I personally thought the 2001 CDI game was one of the best games of all, and I hope that translates to Conefusion as well.

Visit www.midwestvex.org for full details, images, and an animation about this game. We are expecting nearly 60 teams from the Milwaukee area and beyond to participate in various leagues and tournaments this fall, but anyone else that is interested in playing this game is welcome to. We are working on ways to make game fields available to local teams/tournaments, but we certainly don't want to exclude not so local teams either - just contact us if you're interested.
__________________
Team 71: 1999, 2000 (Driver), 2001-2002 (Driver, Animator) // Team 1064: 2003 (Co-founder, Coach), 2004 (Coach) // Team 1714: 2006-2007 (Mentor, Coach)
Team 1675: 2005-2007 (Mentor, Coach), 2008 (Mentor), 2009-2017 (Mentor, Coach)
FLL: '04 (Judge), '05 (Ref), '06 (Ref), '07 (Ref), '08 (Judge, Ref), '09 (Judge), '10 (Ref), '16 (Judge Advisor) // Ref: '05 (IN, IRI), '06 (IN, IRI), '07 (IN, IRI), '08 (WMR, Curie)
WI RPC: 2006 - 2016 // FRC Inspector: '07 (WI), '08 (WI, IL), '09 (WI, IL), '10 (WI, CMP), '11 (WI, IL, CMP), '12 (WI), '13 (Northern Lights)
2007 WI Woodie Flowers Award Finalist // 2011 Wisconsin Regional Outstanding Volunteer // 2011/2013 Midwest Regional Chairman's Award
Reply With Quote