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Posted by Patrick Dingle at 05/14/2001 5:02 PM EST


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


In Reply to: Next years game.
Posted by nick237 on 05/11/2001 10:31 PM EST:



48 feet by 24 feet, like last two years.

Just a rectangular arena, nothing in the middle. No bars, no bridges, no ramps, no goals.

However,

One thousand (1000) Floppies piled up in the middle of the field (500 red, 500 blue), in such a way that you cannot cross without going through a 5 foot high pile of floppies. Three robots start from each end of the field (as two competing alliances). The sole goal is to transfer floppies of your color to the opposite end of the field (say a 6 feet endzone).

Patrick

: Last year we were all predicting about this past years game, I had mentioned in " jest " about a teeter totter, and bingo we had a bridge that tottered. SORRY. So just for ha-ha's I was wondering if for next year we would all like to come up with an idea.
: So hear is mine........ A ferris Wheel in the center of the field. where the pasangers would sit is a hopper that can hold each 4-13" balls, there are 6 hoppers total. The hoppers are color coded and each colored hopper is worth multipliers x 1 x2 x3. each pair of teams have their own color balls and their own three hoppers on the ferris wheel. However a ball in the opossing teams hopper will double the multiplier.
: Teams can try to block and stop the other teams from scoring but as the ferris wheel can turn on its center axle the whole ferris wheel can be rotated on its base. Wont that be fun, think of the strategy and defensive roles that could be played.
: Who likes this idea.
: Oh did I mention the KILL SAWS.
: NICK237