2015 HINT DISCUSSION

[magnets]

Originally Posted by Michael Hill

What if by "change", he means money?

I would be okay if he was telling us that money is coming

[Michael Hill]

Originally Posted by magnets

I would be okay if he was telling us that money is coming

Maybe they found a way to drastically reduce the cost of running a regional and are going to refund everyone $1000!!! I'll take it.

[HelloRobot]

This might be a stretch... but he was standing on the game field, so maybe human players can get be in the field at some point in the game? I know a lot of fouls were called last year because of human players reaching in. So it's just a thought.

Anyway, I think maybe it's got something to do with 3D printing. Several teams got environmentally-friendly 3D printers from Ekocycle, right? And a lot of the discussion has been focused around triangles, yes? Maybe the game pieces will require a specialized "grabbing" or "loading" mechanism that might not be as widely-available, so we have to design it ourselves. It gives the CAD crew a chance to shine, like how auton is kind of the programmers' claim to fame.

I feel like they wouldn't do anything too complex and outrageously different, like change the field design.

Oh,

Originally Posted by Wayne TenBrink

9) The DJ's will not be allowed to play "Cotton Eyed Joe", "YMCA", or "The Chicken Dance"

(*Jams out to Cupid Shuffle, Sandstorm, and La Macarena)

[Oblarg]

Originally Posted by HelloRobot

This might be a stretch... but he was standing on the game field, so maybe human players can get be in the field at some point in the game? I know a lot of fouls were called last year because of human players reaching in. So it's just a thought.

Due to safety concerns, I can pretty much assure you this will never happen.

[Christopher149]

Originally Posted by Wyatt Jordan

Also for the 2001 game Diabolical Dynamics the subtitle was "Robots race against the clock" you're telling me none of the challenges before that had a time limit? How did they end? Can someone check this for me, did you have to score a certain amount to end the game?

In 2001, the faster you finished the match, the more points you got. I think this is what it means.

Originally Posted by Oblarg

Due to safety concerns, I can pretty much assure you this will never happen.

In 2003 (Stack Attack), human players walked onto the field for 10-seconds pre-match to set up stacks.

Edit: very ironically ninja'd just above.

[Brennan4256]

(real opinion) First loves the number 3. A three part logo etc. So i am also on this triangle bandwagon. whether that means "delta" in the name or triangle games pieces. The change may not be huge. I mean some of the changes they list are minor.

(false opinion) water molecule is the shape of a triangle-- thus a water game

[Rangel(kf7fdb)]

Something that stood out to me was the recycling bin and the fact that safe zones were not mentioned as a game change. Have safe zones always been in the games because it seems like it is something that became popular in mostly the recent games except for 2014? If I had to go on a long shot, I would guess a version of stack attack but with safe zones so that stacking is actually the goal of the game.

[theawesome1730]

Did anyone else catch that the video is in 4:3 aspect ratio? FIRST has posted 16:9 videos for a while now. 4:3 could be a throwback to older games?

[Mike Marandola]

Originally Posted by theawesome1730

Did anyone else catch that the video is in 4:3 aspect ratio? FIRST has posted 16:9 videos for a while now. 4:3 could be a throwback to older games?

They probably just didn't want black bars for 3/4s of the clips.

[Duffy509]

Originally Posted by theawesome1730

Did anyone else catch that the video is in 4:3 aspect ratio? FIRST has posted 16:9 videos for a while now. 4:3 could be a throwback to older games?

43 seconds is 2012, rebound rumble in which there where 4 nets and a 3pt line.
4 times 3=12

[arizonafoxx]

In 97 and 99 was the field and game piece really the same. In the video it looks like the exact same game. The camera shot is even almost the same. Field size appears to be the same. Can someone verify that played those years.

[RegaCaska]

Originally Posted by arizonafoxx

In 97 and 99 was the field and game piece really the same. In the video it looks like the exact same game. The camera shot is even almost the same. Field size appears to be the same. Can someone verify that played those years.

Looking at the video you are right.

Also, looking at old videos on youtube for those years, it looks like 1999 is wrong based off of this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0CDop_IwW8

[Duffy509]

Originally Posted by RegaCaska

Looking at the video you are right.

Also, looking at old videos on youtube for those years, it looks like 1999 is wrong based off of this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0CDop_IwW8

Could this just be a mistake that they used the 97 game for 99 clip, or is this supposed to direct us back two years aerial assist?

[Poseidon5817]

I was just going to point that out. Why use that wording? None of the other captions say FIRST TIME or SINCE 1992. May I point out that the part about the carpet field is in section 2.2.1 of the 2014 manual. He was on the second page, and then he seems to put back a page...

And on that note, has anyone noticed the white floor at the very end of the video?

in 2005, they introduced 3v3. with the way the program is growing, i would not be at all surprised if they change it so alliances now have 4 teams each...4v4??? yikes.

That could happen, what with alliances having 4 teams and all at nationals.

[Abhishek R]

Originally Posted by Poseidon1671

And on that note, has anyone noticed the white floor at the very end of the video?

Don't do this to us FIRST...please...