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Re: Misdirected E-mail Unveils 2001 Game 3 Days Early...
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 |
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