The Not So-Secret Secret End-Game

[BBray_T1296]

It just seems incredibly strange that half the game name is a complete lie

[Oblarg]

Originally Posted by BBray_T1296

It just seems incredibly strange that half the game name is a complete lie

Maybe the secret post-Ri3D twist is that your robot has to be a helicopter.

[antibody]

At first I was thinking this was just a conspiracy theory cooked up by those veterans who were disappointed that the game was forcing them to collaborate with other teams.

However.... the more I read the other comments, the more I'm open to the possibility that FRC could change things up mid-build season. The one factor that gives me pause is the proliferation of the Ri3Ds this year. If FIRST is looking to force more innovative approaches, introducing an end-game mid-way would be a way to do that.

One other point that hasn't been mentioned yet is that changing requirements mid-stream is extremely common in the real-world. It is pretty much how most of the software projects I've worked on pan out. It is very good skill to learn how to adapt and improvise. Frustrating -- you bet. But it can also be extremely rewarding when the team pulls it together at the last minute.

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[Rynocorn]

Originally Posted by BBray_T1296

It just seems incredibly strange that half the game name is a complete lie

You could say a lot of the names are lies though... I mean rebound rumble didn't really have a lot of rebounding or surprise earthquakes. And breakaway means nothing ( to my knowledge ) so I think the same is just catchy.

[Grim Tuesday]

Originally Posted by Rynocorn

You could say a lot of the names are lies though... I mean rebound rumble didn't really have a lot of rebounding or surprise earthquakes. And breakaway means nothing ( to my knowledge ) so I think the same is just catchy.

I always thought the rebound was a basketball doing a rebound(didn't happen but fit the theme), the rumble was the movement of the bridge. Breakaway fits soccer in the same way that rebound fit basketball- it's a term from the sport but not in the FRC game really.

There is no sport to pull aerial from and doesn't really seem to be a major part of the game.