2006 game hints?

[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by Petey

I kind of hope they go back to 2x2. I wasn't a huge fan of the congestion in 3x3.

Good point above on analysis of "fox in the henhouse".

Furthermore, CD is getting marketing spam from these eLabtronics guys--somebody must have found that we're discussing CoreChart on here. One of them emailed me and was asking if my team would like to take advantage of their technology. This is strange, because it implies CoreChart will not be shipped with the KOP, as my sources had indicated it would be.

Of course, he might not be privy to the FIRST-eLabtronics relationship the way my source is.

Man. This is frustrating. I know Dave's hints are usually obfuscatory, but this is bad. "You already have it" has got to be the most obscure hint ever. Er, congratulations, Dave?

--Petey

I have to disagree with you about the 3x3 games. A 3x3 game is soooo much more exciting - especially for the drivers/coach. You have to keep track of more robots, you have to coordinate you actions with your alliance better (i.e. three robots that all want to go to the two human tetra loaders at the same time), and overall, six robots at a time makes the game so much more interesting.

About the "marketing spam" part, I would not say that someone who is posting the specs about a programming software application for FIRST is spam. These guys are working hard to help even the playing field, and create a software to help non-programmers learn C easier. How is this any different than promoting any of the AndyMark tranmissions here? Many teams may not have full CNC facilities, so designing their own shifting transmissions is out of the picture. So purchasing an AndyMark transmission or wheels may be very beneficial to them, in the same way that CoreChart would help people without a knowledge of C programming to get their robot programmed.

Both AndyMark and eLabtronics are doing a wonderful job to help FIRST - as well as every other company that is donating resources/time to FIRST.