'Flash' discussion

[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by om23

Nothing FIRST does is unintended.

You clearly haven't been in FIRSt long enough to see unitended rule change consequences in 2002, 2005, 2006, 2010...

Originally Posted by EricH

I've got it. Bill is actually making a prediction as to the winner of the Championship with all this talk about "flash" updates.

FRC1319, Golden Flash, from South Carolina. I remember they made Einstein a few years back, but I don't remember with whom or what year.

They were Galileo champions in 2007 With RAGE (173) and Exploding Bacon.

I believe the game will be called "Flash Flood" because the field will be flooded with smaller spherical gaming objects (SGOs) in a flash flood/dump like in 2004.

[bhaidet]

hm... this reference to "Flash" after I just read another CD thread about "Luminary". A light will be a central theme to this game. Maybe a tower with a light (the "Luminary") in the middle of the field and it "flashes" different colors for a king-of-the-hill type game?

The link to GH#1: Maybe this central indicator is turned on by firing a ball through something sensed by "IR" and a "very high speed counter"?

Did anyone else see some text from FIRST anywhere involving references to light?

[om23]

[quote=Did anyone else see some text from FIRST anywhere involving references to light?[/QUOTE]

in the first hint there's a lot amount of lights things compared to years in the past. then comparing that to "flash" we've been guessing LIGHTS LIGHTS LIGHTS..... we're all to excited and can't wait till kickoff!

[Ninja_Bait]

On the other hand, Bill's post about the field indicated that it was not light at all... we know for a fact it is unusually heavy!

[bhaidet]

maybe the weight is in the mountings for the lights? or the uUu ramp?

I just realized that "flashpoint" would make a great game name.

[Peter Matteson]

Since I haven't posted my usual "wiseguy theory" for this years clues...

Flash, hmmm...,
The Flash is the favorite superhero of Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory...
Sheldon is a theoretical physist focusing on quantum mechanics and string theory...
String theory is just a smokescreen for string cheese which is Bill Miller's favorite snack.
Hmmm... snack makes someone my age think of the snack pack pudding containers we ate when we were kids.
I have it!

The game will be called Bazinga! and be played on a field of pudding. The goal will be to harvest string cheese from said pudding.

[Jared Russell]

Know what you can make FLASH?

One of Dean's lightbulbs.

[mdiradoorian]

Originally Posted by Jared341

Know what you can make FLASH?

One of Dean's lightbulbs.

good one.

[Steven Sigley]

Based on the number of control tower lights in amber compared to the other control tower lights, and the flashing reference, I have a strong hunch this game is a flashback to 2008.

[RoboMom]

I hope the game includes lots of Queen song references. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNf9rEPoc8Q

[Ninja_Bait]

Originally Posted by Steven Sigley

Based on the number of control tower lights in amber compared to the other control tower lights, and the flashing reference, I have a strong hunch this game is a flashback to 2008.

Game name, anyone? Maybe a mash-up of a few different classic FRC games?

[Bjenks548]

Lots of light references, combined with a heavy field, the new kinects to play with and the lack of a rack since 2006 on the field (not counting the 2010 bumps). I think the end game will be a kick of the hill thing like 2002 with a twist. In the last ~30seconds the divers view is blocked out by a curtain or similar (loss of light to the drivers). The human players in control of the kinects are still able to see the field and must drive there robots to the top of the ramps. No idea what were doing for the other 1:45 but this would be a very interesting end game.

[Grim Tuesday]

Originally Posted by Steven Sigley

Based on the number of control tower lights in amber compared to the other control tower lights, and the flashing reference, I have a strong hunch this game is a flashback to 2008.

Thats an interesting idea. I doubt they would do a throwback, especially since they passed it over for their 20th anniversary. However, something with speed and a racing starting sign, the style you had, could be very interesting and highly probable. Only problem is it breaks the 'balls/no balls' pattern, as well as the heavy gamepieces hint.

[Ninja_Bait]

I don't understand the obsession with the ball-no-ball rule. 2008-2009-2010 were all ball games, so the pattern has already been broken.

[Grim Tuesday]

2009 wasn't an inflatable ball, and didn't really have the same properties as most balls.