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Misdirected E-mail Unveils 2001 Game 3 Days Early...
Posted by Joe Johnson at 1/2/2001 10:34 PM EST
Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems. 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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