Game Hints?

[Noah]

Well, my team and another SoCal team were comparing notes recently, when we noticed that we each somehow had different hints for the 2004 game. Anybody care to tell us what is going on?

We heard (from FIRST, according to the team member that recieved the e-mail) that there are "Shrink-wrapped red and blue totes, waiting to be filled."

Another team told me that the hint that they were told by FIRST is that we should "Find the sliding coefficient of dry ice."

Is one of us losing our minds?

[sanddrag]

Where is the official game hint? I mean, we're getting pretty close here. Last year they gave us the official hint before it got this close.

[Wetzel]

Hocky pucks on some either a flat surface, or going down a luge-like tube.


Wetzel
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Me: Did you ever flashy-thing me?
Dave: No.
Me: I ain't playing, Dave. Did you ever flashy-thing me?
Dave: No.

[Mike Soukup]

Originally Posted by Noah

We heard (from FIRST, according to the team member that recieved the e-mail) that there are "Shrink-wrapped red and blue totes, waiting to be filled."

That isn't a game hint. It's FIRST telling us that they were getting ready to pack the two totes with each team's 'kit of parts'.

[Noah]

That does make more sense, doesn't it. Thanks for that clarification. Anybody else hear about dry ice?

[miketwalker]

Originally Posted by Noah

That does make more sense, doesn't it. Thanks for that clarification. Anybody else hear about dry ice?

Heh, FIRST has a funny sense of humor, and so does the person who told you that probably. Because, dry ice... expensive. It degrades, weighs alot to ship... it wouldn't be practical for testing purposes during the 6 week building period. Someone's just pulling your leg probably.

[Warren Boudreau]

On top of the expense, dry ice is frozen carbon dioxide. When it sublimates to a gas, the arena will fill with CO2 and put everyone to sleep.

[Madison]

...maybe it's just a field covered in fog or something neat like that.

[dez250]

also you need to be extremly cautious when you handle dry ice, because with just a few seconds of direct skin to dry ice contact can leave perminate cold burns and nerve damage. Along with the pressure it causes when contained in a close container, i have seen gernades made with dry ice and soda bottles...
~Mike

[Rickertsen2]

Originally Posted by dez250

also you need to be extremly cautious when you handle dry ice, because with just a few seconds of direct skin to dry ice contact can leave perminate cold burns and nerve damage. Along with the pressure it causes when contained in a close container, i have seen gernades made with dry ice and soda bottles...
~Mike

Fun times.

I really doubt that we will see anything with dry ice, and really doubt that anyone knows anything about what the game will be this coming year. Not to throw this thread off topic but what have the "game hints" from previous years been.

[rees2001]

Come on? "Dry Ice" You are looking at it too literally. Besides where did you hear this hint?

[Ryan Albright]

we can all guess at what it will be but i just cfant wait 12 more days untill my girlfriend gets to see me in between robotics breaks. 12 days till my grades go down. 12 days till my parents file a missing persons report cause i will never be home. 12 days till my cologne is axle grease ooo i cant wait

[Noah]

Originally Posted by Rickertsen2

what have the "game hints" from previous years been.

Only one I know is from last year:
"ax(2)+bx+c"
Which is, of course, the general quadratic equation. This was used to calculate the optimal stack height for a given number of boxes... sort of. So, really, it was mainly there to throw everyone onto the path of "OooH! Projectile motion!"

[Marygrace]

Originally Posted by M. Krass

...maybe it's just a field covered in fog or something neat like that.

That would be so awesome!

[JAH]

A field covered in fog seems like a long shot to me. A large part of the competition is watching other robots compete, along with your own. If the field was covered in fog, it would make it not only difficult for the drivers(which would be the reason for the fog, a bit more of a challenge) but the spectators wouldn't be able to see the action as easily. Fog would be cool...but, as it has happened at our school, if you put out too much fog(they were doing it for play practice), you can set off the fire alarms. That all would be neat though.