Will we ever get a hint #2?

[xSAWxBLADEx]

Originally Posted by Sean Raia

On topic: Still no hint?? I really hope there's one tomorrow. I want something (new) to speculate on!

I still havent completely solved the official Hint #1...it's a lot to soak in (maybe the GDC thought we needed more time on this one because it's so big)

[Peyton Yeung]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

Patience, grasshopper.

I didn't think he was from team 95

[xSAWxBLADEx]

Originally Posted by Tubatroopa

I didn't think he was from team 95

I wish there was a like button on Chief Delphi. -hits like button-

[bibleboy932]

What was the 1st Hint anyway?
By the way Water + Electricity = Bad Magic Smoke

[pfreivald]

Originally Posted by bibleboy932

What was the 1st Hint anyway?
By the way Water + Electricity = Bad Magic Smoke

And bad magic dancing participants.

[xSAWxBLADEx]

Originally Posted by bibleboy932

What was the 1st Hint anyway?
By the way Water + Electricity = Bad Magic Smoke

The list of materials from rockwell

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Peter Matteson

The minibot you could see a few pictures and know most of the stuff we tested endlessly to figure out.

The flip side of the coin is that many teams, for whatever reason (i.e. not fundraising enough) simply did not have a budget big enough to really work on minibots. I know we copied entirely because we wanted to have something vaguely competitive without sinking $60 every time we made any kind of mistake. We didn't budget for that and we certainly couldn't add that unexpected cost to our budget once the season began.

So basically, the teams that could afford to really participate in the minibot challenge didn't get to keep their advantage, and the teams that couldn't afford iterative design could either develop a substandard minibot or blindly copy others.

[pfreivald]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

The flip side of the coin is that many teams, for whatever reason (i.e. not fundraising enough) simply did not have a budget big enough to really work on minibots. I know we copied entirely because we wanted to have something vaguely competitive without sinking $60 every time we made any kind of mistake. We didn't budget for that and we certainly couldn't add that unexpected cost to our budget once the season began.

So basically, the teams that could afford to really participate in the minibot challenge didn't get to keep their advantage, and the teams that couldn't afford iterative design could either develop a substandard minibot or blindly copy others.

We spent about $100 total and had the highest-scoring minibot at FLR. Sure, it wouldn't compete at Championship, and both 340 and 2053 had faster, but it was very, very consistent.

Instead of killing motors and buying loads and loads of new ones, we (a) bypassed the inductor once we'd burned them out and (b) put lower fuses in our electrical system. Then, when we finally had what we were happy with, we swapped out for COTS motors.

[Mr_I]

Originally Posted by pfreivald

We spent about $100 total and had the highest-scoring minibot at FLR. Sure, it wouldn't compete at Championship, and both 340 and 2053 had faster, but it was very, very consistent.

Instead of killing motors and buying loads and loads of new ones, we (a) bypassed the inductor once we'd burned them out and (b) put lower fuses in our electrical system. Then, when we finally had what we were happy with, we swapped out for COTS motors.

We spent a bit more than that, but that's mostly because none of us had any experience with Tetrix parts (and the "fragile" motors).

I honestly hope that we do have something similar to the mini-bots this year. It was a fascinating variation on the game, and introduced a new line of thinking. And, yes, I hope that the mini-bots will be intelligent, although I would hope that they don't limit us to Tetrix; those can be expensive.

[Mr. Mike]

I have wondered if this was some kind of hint
Bills Blog August 23, 2011

I enjoyed the chance to talk to a number of suppliers and had an interesting conversation with NI about the benefits and challenges of wrapping the new cRIO FRCII in shrink wrap. My thanks to everyone who helped make the summit possible.

[ratdude747]

Originally Posted by Mr. Mike

I have wondered if this was some kind of hint
Bills Blog August 23, 2011

antistatic shrinkwrap?

or for teams who are celebrating xmas, gift wrap? (anybody else dream about finding one under the tree?)

[bearbot]

Just my two cents being an alumni now their have been several hints throughout BIlls blog the steep hill the kinect a heavy fields althought its prolly not a water game it will have an Automonus teleop and kinect phase for the ending and for the kinect im guessing you use hand motion to coontol ur robot up a hill and massive scoring element in the middle

[FIRSTtm134]

Bill hasn't posted yet this week. Expect one very soon..

[Sean Raia]

STILL no hint #2? This is madness.

[stundt1]

Originally Posted by Sean Raia

STILL no hint #2? This is madness.

im guessing later today. He usually releases it later in the day I think.