Pool Noodles

[ttldomination]

Originally Posted by Steven Sigley

What if the game has the robots separated in partitions of the field.
Without robot against robot action, bumpers might not be required.

Just an idea.

Not a bad idea. I'd really enjoy seeing the VEX clean sweep style game applied at the FRC level.

However, surely one has to take into account that many rookies, and even some vets, sometimes field a driving base because that's all they could manage. But raising a partition and essentially eliminating defense, you really take all of these bots out of the game.

- Sunny G.

[Ekcrbe]

I'm going to butcher this, but I believe it was Jim Zondag who said something like, "If FIRST wants FRC to be considered a real sport, then the GDC needs to start treating it like one." I think they have started down that path, and creating a game with no defense would push FRC in the other dierection. Not only does it make the game less strategic to play, it's also less fun to watch.

Sorry, back to the topic now.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Ekcrbe

[...] and creating a game with no defense would push FRC in the other dierection. Not only does it make the game less strategic to play, it's also less fun to watch.

They won't do that again. You didn't hear about the chorus after 2001? Few people actually liked that game... the most fun part about it was "Can they balance before they hit the E-stop?"

[Jenn Feathers]

Originally Posted by EricH

I was going to say, that settles it. On-water game. (As opposed to Under-water game.) The pool noodles are there to help keep the robot upright.

Hmmmmm... How about a Formula - 1 Power Boat Racing-ish type game???

[Bill_B]

Many comics have pointed out various aspects of the use of the name sport for some of our recreational activities. According to some, golf is not a sport because there's no one trying to keep the ball out of the hole. Fishing is not a sport because it relies on fooling a vastly less capable nervous system that food is available. Weightlifting - pick up a heavy weight, put it down again. Not sport - it's indecision!

I'm not sure going after a sport metaphor is as desirable a goal as is possible.

[Ekcrbe]

Originally Posted by EricH

They won't do that again. You didn't hear about the chorus after 2001? Few people actually liked that game... the most fun part about it was "Can they balance before they hit the E-stop?"

That's a decade before my time, but I've heard stories and seen videos that would point to that conclusion.

To take the hypotenuse (sorry, inside joke), it looks like bumpers are here to stay--water game or not--so get ready.

[Alexandro8100]

Originally Posted by ttldomination

Not a bad idea. I'd really enjoy seeing the VEX clean sweep style game applied at the FRC level.

However, surely one has to take into account that many rookies, and even some vets, sometimes field a driving base because that's all they could manage. But raising a partition and essentially eliminating defense, you really take all of these bots out of the game.

- Sunny G.

I'm totally agree with you.You'r 100% good here that surely one has to take into account that many rookies, and even some vets, sometimes field a driving base because that's all they could manage.
You really take all of these bots out of the game.

[Hallry]

Referring back to the OP....now is a great time to stock up on pool noodles for bumpers. I just bought out the entire supply at the local A&P; they were only $0.50 each!

[Daniel Felix]

We have a bulk sized box buried away some where as well as an apparatus we threw together to help make bumpers. Can't imagine we wont have enough for the next year, but now that I think about it...
Redoing beaten and torn veteran robot bumpers,
Next years robot,
Teams looking to redo bumpers at regionals...
Now that I think about it tis the season!