2002 game prediction contest!!!

[mike o'leary]

i was thinking that they might go back to direct competition after last year, but now that i thnk about it, in light of recent events and deans explanation for the 4vs0 at nats, i dont think it will happen, though im still hopeful.
balls are definately out. theyve been around for too long now. im thinking itll be lots of little things, like...ok, we all remember those little thins we all used to play with as kids (ok, so maybe some of us still do...)...jaks...im thinking therell be like 1000's of little jaks in the field that the botsll have to do somethign with.
im also thinking that the field will not be a uniform level: itll be something more like this:
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where the bots would have to go over a drop off, then climb a ledge.
the jaks will be on the side opposite from where we start, in little dixie cups. there would be 15 dixie cups. well have to take the jaks out of the cup, and leave them in that dredged out section.
oh, and to throw in another little twist, you start on one side and if you end there its worth an extra 20%. so you go, put the jaks in the hole, then cross back over the jaks (remember, these are very little things...definately not something youd want to run the bot across.
each of the jaks would be worth one point. of course we dont want to count them, so if 150 jaks is 1 pound, then 1 pounld would be worth 150 points.
and the jaks would be in the dixie cups, but you cant just pick the dixie cup up and dump it out. theyd be tethered to the far wall. but if you take the cups and put them upside down, then each upside down cup would be worth 5 points. and if you put one cup upside down, and then another one right side up on top of that one, then that arangement would be worth 15 points and a x2 multiplier. every dixie cup that is left completely full (hasnt had any jaks taken out) is worth -3 points.
if youre bot can un-do the tether (untie it. cleanly. no harm done to the tether) then you CAN dump the jaks. also, if you can un-do all the tethers, put the dixie cups in the hole thing, without losing any jaks, then each cup is worth 8 points, plus a 10% multiplier and a x3 multiplier.
oh. and did i mention? all this in 2 minutes.
use all of the time allotted: there will be no time multipliers this year.