[BB] Got any plans for Saturday?

[AndyB]

Good Morning Teams,

If you’re attending a kickoff, consider bringing a dolly or hand truck with you to make kit of part pick up easier on your back. Also, heads up. While you are picking up the kit this year, you will be asked to open a security tag on one of the plastic totes and confirm the classmate computer is inside. I suggest you bring your own clippers or wire cutters. This process might slow down the line, so please be patient. We want to make sure everyone goes home with everything they need.

The encrypted chapters are now available here http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...nt.aspx?id=452

Did you know planning for the 2010 game started at a meeting of the GDC the afternoon of the 2009 kickoff? It’s true. And while you’re brainstorming robot designs after kickoff this Saturday, the GDC will be discussing the 2011 season. My thanks to all of them for their hard work to create this year’s game. It’s your future.

Did any of you notice that I wore the 2009 Championship Alliance Captain hat during the Kickoff last year?

Oh and there might be a good reason to monitor the FRC landing page of the usfirst.org website today…

3 days until the 2010 Kickoff
See you there!

[NickE]

Originally Posted by AndyB

Oh and there might be a good reason to monitor the FRC landing page of the usfirst.org website today…

Sounds like another hint is on the way...

[ehochstein]

Great now I'm going to have to monitor the usfirst website all day today!

[JesseK]

Like a hint this close to kickoff will do us any good...

[Taylor]

Lucky thing we've already got a thread prepared.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by JesseK

Like a hint this close to kickoff will do us any good...

I kind of like the way things have lined out.

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by AndyB

Oh and there might be a good reason to monitor the FRC landing page of the usfirst.org website today…

... and so the madness begins.

[johnr]

"I suggest you bring your own clippers or wire cutters"
That is like telling a police officer to bring his gun to work.

[sanddrag]

FRC landing page? Lunar landing? FRP is back? Darn. Err wait, no, a landing is a place where a boat docks right? Water game?

[Greg Needel]

Originally Posted by Bill's Blog

Did you know planning for the 2010 game started at a meeting of the GDC the afternoon of the 2009 kickoff? It’s true. And while you’re brainstorming robot designs after kickoff this Saturday, the GDC will be discussing the 2011 season. My thanks to all of them for their hard work to create this year’s game. It’s your future.

I bet that's the name of the game.


Also why would he mention the alliance selection hat in this blog post?

[MikePres]

Maybe he tries to tell us to pay attention to the kick-off itself, there gonna be a lot of hints there before the actual revealing (it's every year like that).

[Rob Colatutto]

Originally Posted by Greg Needel

Also why would he mention the alliance selection hat in this blog post?

He would mention that because there is possibly/maybe a change in the alliance structures this year. Remember he said to make sure everyone reads the tournament document, big changes seem to be in place.

I am feeling we will be going to 4 vs 4 or 3 vs 3 vs 3 (or maybe 2 vs 2 vs 2 vs 2? but I dont see them reducing the total per alliance) I seem to recall a lot of discussion about offering everyone more matches. Easiest way to me seems to have more active robots on the field at once.

Just a thought....

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Greg Needel

Also why would he mention the alliance selection hat in this blog post?

The way you put that makes me think of the Hogwarts Sorting Hat.

[Karibou]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

The way you put that makes me think of the Hogwarts Sorting Hat.

Me too.

"Hrm...the GDC...very cunning, I see, and very bright too...must be...SLYTHERIN!"

I've never seen or heard of the alliance captain hats before. If they're just regular baseball hats without special designs for each year, I don't think that there's too much to interpret with that, other than the possible clue about changing alliances. He might just be telling us that they'll once again be dropping hints during the broadcast, and we could pick something up from the hints.

[Peter Matteson]

Picture of the Alliance captian hats for those who are interested.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/24836