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Originally Posted by IKE
Scoring, I was thinking like Aim High but use a field goal instead of a hoop. Possibly have two lower goals like aim high also.
It is totally derivative of the OCCRA game last year, but the football was a really neat and challenging game piece.
yeah the end bonus would be if you crossed Sumo with a Rugby Huddle (I forget teh name). 2 to 8 bots trying to occupy the same 6' circle for the bonus. With it being 6', this would make it too difficult for a team to take in the first minute without taking a line fault penalty.
I love the idea of bonus weight playing pieces! Maybe have several 16LB of bowling balls out there that teams could use. Really available, toungh, and difficult to handle. Or you could have a bowling ball ( hard and round so it will be dynamic)(16 lb), a box of rocks (partially filled for a shifting CG piece) (20 lb), and a kevlar bag of sand (heavy and amorphous) (40 lb).
You could be light and agile during the first minute, and then put one your robot Sumo suit (bag box and ball would add 76 pounds!).
What if the center circle was a different material than the carpet?????
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I really like the idea of heavy, unwieldy game pieces. It would be great if they didn't have to be handled to make points, then that would allow more bot designs, if there was another aspect to the game. Only problem is that 40 lb. Kevlar bags of sand and 20 lb. bags of shifting rocks would be incredibly difficult for teams to get for personal practice.
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Originally Posted by IKE
I will talk to the organizers. I really liked their game last year. It was a lot of fun to watch. They couldn't do footballs 2 years in a row, but I am sure we can find an equally interesting game piece.
I am still holding out for a game with CONES!!!!
Picture a stadium full of cone-heads.....
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Heh, that would be funny. It would be like this year, all of the people with the hats made of white and pink trailer pole jawns.