2013 Game?

[Walter Deitzler]

Originally Posted by Siri

rough surface for all/a lot of the field is worrying though: sounds expensive, at least for those of us practicing on the same tile, gym floor or donated carpet every year. (Plus people would dislike it just because it resembles the L-word.)

What if it is tiled rough terrain? Each tile would be the same, and then they would give you some in your KOP. Then you wouldn't have to have an entire floor of terrain, just the tiles that you got. And then you could practice on them!

[Siri]

Originally Posted by LedLover96

What if it is tiled rough terrain? Each tile would be the same, and then they would give you some in your KOP. Then you wouldn't have to have an entire floor of terrain, just the tiles that you got. And then you could practice on them!

Certainly better than buying regolith sheets! But again, it's less about having whole floors available and more about supplying 2,500 driving surfaces that are noticeably rough (but meet all other requirements) -- somebody's paying for it, whether there's samples in the KOP or not. It's an interesting game design challenge.

Just issue everyone triangular wheels (or cover the floor with really big corn kernels)

[Anupam Goli]

Originally Posted by Siri

Just issue everyone triangular wheels (or cover the floor with really big corn kernels)

everyone will be screaming in torment, saying "Wasn't Regolith an Lunacy wheels enough?!?!?"

[bduddy]

I was just looking up some trends, and since 1996 (the year before the first game not involving balls), every game in an even-numbered year has included a ball as a main game piece and every game in an odd-numbered year has not*, bar 2001, which is widely considered the worst FRC game ever. We all know the GDC loves bucking trends, but will they dare to break this pattern again? I doubt it....

* and 2009, but those orbit balls weren't really "balls", right?