Ideal FRC Game

[JJackson]

You could even use a roomba as the puck... as long as you don't have bridges.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3FzCCJaJi0

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by JJackson

You could even use a roomba as the puck... as long as you don't have bridges.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3FzCCJaJi0

I think Roombas would make great game pieces (they certainly aren't very good at cleaning). They just need to make them move faster and add evasive programming.

[Flimsor]

Originally Posted by JJackson

You could even use a roomba as the puck... as long as you don't have bridges.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3FzCCJaJi0

I remember something like that happening at a regional

[cmrnpizzo14]

Originally Posted by JJackson

that's where the tetras and rubber maid bins came in handy. FIRST could also just use the kop totes as a game piece

I was not on an FRC team in '05, were tetras easy to make out of PVC or something? And I think the KOP bins might be tough with the lids. Maybe something similar to FTC where it is an open-top bin that you load pieces into?

[Cuog]

Originally Posted by cmrnpizzo14

I was not on an FRC team in '05, were tetras easy to make out of PVC or something? And I think the KOP bins might be tough with the lids. Maybe something similar to FTC where it is an open-top bin that you load pieces into?

Yes, the kit came with very easy instructions and I don't remember there being any issues with places running out of PVC since the quantities most teams needed was pretty small compared to use in construction etc.

My ideal game: projectiles and exciting end game, that's really all I want

[CalTran]

Originally Posted by Cuog

My ideal game: projectiles and exciting end game, that's really all I want

I always thought basketball would make an interesting game...perhaps then an end game where the robots could flip either way. Teeter-totters would be an interesting challenge.

My ideal game would be something easy to explain to the audience, have short enough segments that a quick match segment would explain the game, but challenging enough that significant thought would have to be put in by the teams to compete at the top level. And even though it breaks the game, a hidden choke hold strategy would be nice. It makes for an interesting robot every now and then.

[Walter Deitzler]

A lot of bot on bot action would be nice. An open field with few safe zones, and intense defensive possibilities.

[dellagd]

Originally Posted by LedLover96

A lot of bot on bot action would be nice. An open field with few safe zones, and intense defensive possibilities.

Agreed. I wish defense was more "allowed"

[Tristan Lall]

Originally Posted by dellagd

Agreed. I wish defense was more "allowed"

I'd be happy to see vigourous defence being allowed in the game again. That way we could at least get some use out of the bumpers.

An ideal implementation would include defensive opportunities with skill/capability required, and meaningful strategic tradeoffs. (For example, goaltending allowed if the defending robot is not making contact with anything inside a certain safe area, or if the defender is entirely supported by something precarious.)

I'd like to see another game where teams can hold an infinite number of game pieces, but make it so that handling more than 1 is natural (ie it was awkward for most handling two tetras in 2005).

[z_beeblebrox]

Originally Posted by SuperNerd256

I'd like to see another game where teams can hold an infinite number of game pieces, but make it so that handling more than 1 is natural (ie it was awkward for most handling two tetras in 2005).

I second that. You haven't been able to hold a large number of game pieces since Lunacy and it seems fun to design a high-capacity robot. I think that 1-2' pieces of 1' PVC pipe could be fun. Maybe some kind of defensive end-game.

[Tetraman]

I have two simple wishes.

1. Water Cooler barrels as game pieces - most of them empty, some with a gallon of water in them, and two or three completely filled.

2. The game element that robots must score is parts of the field. Such as teams must "capture" parts of the field, and are given a score at the end of the game equal to the percentage of the field they owned at the end of the match.

[ChristopherSD]

Originally Posted by LedLover96

A lot of bot on bot action would be nice. An open field with few safe zones, and intense defensive possibilities.

Safe zones are for the weak.

[Damiaen_Florian]

Honestly I would just like to see 2011 again

Except allow descoring of the tubes (probably could get pretty messy, but I would still like to see some concepts that teams could come up with)

Oh and make the minibots worth less points, what I was thinking was 20pts. for 1st, 15 - 2nd, 10 - 3rd and 5- 4th, oh and maybe a little less value on coopertition as well

[gyroscopeRaptor]

Personally I would like an endgame like 2004 in the sense that all robots cannot possibly do the endgame and an alliance can move to deny the opposing alliance of the endgame.