2014 Game

[Christopher149]

Originally Posted by Kevin342

On the right side of that Sept. 27 blog photo is the old style FIRST logo. That hasn't been used since "FIRST Frenzy" in 2004.

Oooh, 2014 will be ten years after 2004, and Tom Baker was the fourth doctor, so it's clearly a replay of '04. The 3's are just red herrings. Also, there is certainly something impressive on that field, and it wouldn't be another shooting game.</wild guesses>

[Anthony4004]

Ok, so I’ve spent like 3 hours on chief Delphi looking through possibilities for the 2014 game (don't you go judging me), and here are my final proposals:

Hockey-based game due to the winter Olympics, FIRST seems to make a game over a year that has a sporting event

Tennis-based, 100th anniversary of tennis is 2014

Frank had quoted saying about Tom baker, the fourth doctor, in a post. and in the September 27th post, there was obvious the field on a comupter screen that is being covered up, as well as the old FIRST logo last used in 2004, which was 10 years ago. So possibly something in relation to picking up objects. We’ve had two years in a row of a shooting game, no way that will be the case again, its time for another game where you have to be able to pick or move objects.

The glow in the dark based game. There was a student who made his way into the Dean's List room at worlds, and one of the FIRST officials had stated that next year it will be a good idea to get a glow in the dark measuring tape. Also, Andymark just released a LED drive base kit to make your robots GLOW!

I would see how making a dark field would make it no fun for the audience, so what about a game where the robots are "in the dark" so-to-speak where they have no camera? or vision processing? or maybe the drivers will have to make their way through some tricky obstacle without seeing? IDK.

[HumblePie]

Originally Posted by tondogone

Ok, so I’ve spent like 3 hours on chief Delphi looking through possibilities for the 2014 game (don't you go judging me), and here are my final proposals:
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We don't judge here, and 3 hours browsing the rumor mill is what many of us would call a "Great Start".

Welcome to the board!

[xXTHEGUARDIANxX]

i am seeing a great amount of ideas which is great but i think we should start pulling evidence and focusing on a smaller amount of ideas and see which shoe fits

[Libby K]

Originally Posted by Kevin342

On the right side of that Sept. 27 blog photo is the old style FIRST logo. That hasn't been used since "FIRST Frenzy"in 2004.

Speculate all you want, because -why not-?!

But just so you know, that's more than likely just desk decoration. FIRST is full of old artifacts from old seasons & games that frequently make their way into people's offices/cubes to help jazz up the place.

For the two summers I was in the office as a Marketing intern I had quite a few game pieces, old event posters, and photos around my desk. I even got a denim jacket with an old logo to drape over my chair (took that one with me).

Lots of old logos around HQ - the original, as drawn by Jack Kamen. A wonderful tribute to the almost-25-years of history FIRST has.

[E Dawg]

There have been lots of things pointing towards something to do with the number "3". On the surface, we could consider this to be a confirmation of Half-Life 3. However, this is far to superficial.

1. Half-Life = Black Mesa
2. Aperture Science > Black Mesa
3. Something to do with Aperture Science

Portal guns are attached to the robots.

P.S. The game involves running away from a homicidal AI.

[Kevin Thorp]

Originally Posted by E Dawg

P.S. The game involves running away from a homicidal AI.

Sounds like our 2013 robot testing...

[Team3266Spencer]

I actually wouldn't be surprised with another shooting game. The publicity and excitement towards spectators has been beneficial to FIRST. Both 2012 and 2013 produced some of the best games of all time as well (in my opinion).

I would also not be surprised to see multiple game objects on the field. We've done soccer, and Frisbee, and basketball, and racing, but what about a combo?

And of course, I would not be surprised to see a football.

[Chadfrom308]

Originally Posted by Kevin342

Sounds like our 2013 robot testing...

Sounds like our robot all the time

[Chadfrom308]

Originally Posted by Whippet

Oh my goodness, no. The team I was on in 2012 didn't have a competitive robot that year specifically because they couldn't get the mecanum wheels to work correctly. Mecanums should only be used by those teams who are experienced enough in frame building and programming to make them work correctly.

That's why we did the mecanum/regular drivetrain



It wasn't too hard to program mecanum... especially in labview, you can tie in a gyro and you are good to go! (if you have a decent gyro)

[wilhitern1]

I keep coming back to someone's post... What if there were 3 alliances on the field at once. It just seems so intriguing! Perhaps a trigional field design. 3 ways of playing the game.

I know there's a lot of money invested in the current field design. So it will never happen. SAD!

Neal

[Whippet]

Originally Posted by wilhitern1

I keep coming back to someone's post... What if there were 3 alliances on the field at once. It just seems so intriguing! Perhaps a trigional field design. 3 ways of playing the game.

I know there's a lot of money invested in the current field design. So it will never happen. SAD!

Neal

Every time someone says that something will never happen, the GDC adds it as a possible game.

[Chadfrom308]

Originally Posted by rsegrest

Impressive item on the field...

isn't that impressive enough? I mean who else can say they stacked their robots on top of their alliance partners who are on top of an elephant on a turtle?

Seriously though...this one broke my brain...

Check this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvmye...afet y_mode=1

I thought it was so cool, I had no idea that that was even possible

Bravo.

[Oblarg]

Originally Posted by Christopher149

Oooh, 2014 will be ten years after 2004, and Tom Baker was the fourth doctor, so it's clearly a replay of '04. The 3's are just red herrings. Also, there is certainly something impressive on that field, and it wouldn't be another shooting game.</wild guesses>

It would also use balls, which is in line with the strict ball/not ball alternating pattern we've seen over the past decade or so (assuming you don't count 2009's orbit "balls" as balls, which they arguably weren't).

[Martian86]

Originally Posted by tondogone

so what about a game where the robots are "in the dark" so-to-speak where they have no camera? or vision processing?

That sounds a lot like my team's robots already. I guess we get an advantage!