***THE GAME OFFICIAL: AIM HIGH***

[Rob36]

Dont post rumors here, this is what we know of the game....
Wow a Noodle used as a ring to shoot balls into....
AIM HIGH
10 seconds auto, 10 balls in each robots possesion at beginning if they choose. 10 point bonus for highest scorer at auto
1 robot cant cross line in center?
looks very interesting.... beware of flying balls in the stands!!!
25 points if all 3 robots are on ramp at end of game i believe
also one point for ever low ball scored in the enemies side... AMAZING GAME this should be very interesting, it switches between offense and defense,,, wow
Penalties when offense crosses line, human players get a chance to throw balls or shoot or whatnot?
seems fun yet confusing lol
Violations... hmmm offsides, height violations lol what else?!

[Dested]

Wait wait, hight limit the entire game?!?


Im also rather confused why the human players were throwing balls. Can anyone clear this up?

[Rob36]

i'm not sure! at elast it appears heihgt violation when youre on offense, they didnt talk about defense, but i think that it will be for the entire game

[Dested]

Originally Posted by Rob36

i'm not sure! at elast it appears heihgt violation when youre on offense, they didnt talk about defense, but i think that it will be for the entire game

Yeah, no more than 60inches the entire game..

[Rob36]

Anyways things for sure:
Teams that get most points in auto get extra 10 points
Then the team that scores the most in auto becomes defense for the first period, offense the second and the last is for the ramp?
SHIP DATE: FEB 21st
***Humans can outscore robotics***
a human scoring in center goal is 5 point penalty althought they can score in lower goals
ROBOT CAN NEVER grow more than 60 inches tall, but can expand up to 5x5

[Rob36]

pretty cool that we get a digital camera, anyways lets win a regional or technical award, so we get published in the robotics book
THE PASSWORD FOR THE MANUAL: um please tell me lol that went too fast!

[107Dexter]

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[DCA Fan]

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[whakojacko]

height limit will make it interesting ....no dunking

[Joel J]

Good game.

[Greg Perkins]

Something that kind of confused me was, how do they calculate the balls? Do they count the total at the end of the match, and if so, how do they tell whose balls are whose???? I'm so confused!

[whakojacko]

It seemed that the balls put in the corner goals were then shot by team members, which would indicate that those balls are scored as the game goes on. Not sure about the center goal though

[Greg Perkins]

From watching, I saw that the balls that went in the center goal were not touched, but the side goals the human players were taking balls from the hopper and putting them back on the playing field...(from the animation). If thats the case how do you tell whose are whose and are the total amount at the end of the match your points??

1pt side goals, 3pts center goal, ramp point: 1-5pts, 2-10pts, 3-25pts, 60" HEIGHT REQUIREMENT FOR THE ENTIRE MATCH, and centerline penalty.

Does the centerline mean if one robot stays back, and another comes back across, that other robot is now eligible for going on...offense??

Confusing....haha!!!, yeah right....

[JoshuaFreier]

[quote=Greg Perkins]From watching, I saw that the balls that went in the center goal were not touched, but the side goals the human players were taking balls from the hopper and putting them back on the playing field...(from the animation). If thats the case how do you tell whose are whose and are the total amount at the end of the match your points??
QUOTE]

What I saw wandering around the field after the kickoff in Manchester was that the scoring in this game looks automated. There are cameras in the lower ball chutes and another sensor in the high basket. There are no Red or Blue balls - scoring is based on which side of the field a ball enters a goal on.

Balls shot into the high basket will be dropped down into a bin (a metal garbage can in Manchester) via a tube and Human players can take them out of there like any other hopper.

Joshua

[Aburame Shino]

The event this year looks like a ton of fun, although the fact that robots will be throwing balls around the arena kinda makes it dangerous. That means I might have to bring a shield or something to the Regionals to block flying balls. <.<