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[FRC Blog] International Teams -- Game Piece Option
Posted on the FRC Blog, http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...e-piece-option
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Re: [FRC Blog] International Teams -- Game Piece Option
Please give this to US teams also. Please. Please please please.
We will send cheesecake. |
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Re: [FRC Blog] International Teams -- Game Piece Option
I second this, especially if the game pieces are easy to break...
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Re: [FRC Blog] International Teams -- Game Piece Option
We'd also love this!
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Re: [FRC Blog] International Teams -- Game Piece Option
This is their payback for NASA grant U.S. exclusivity.
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Re: [FRC Blog] International Teams -- Game Piece Option
Quite simply, thank you! This will be a huge help to so many international teams.
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Re: [FRC Blog] International Teams -- Game Piece Option
I'm surprised that no one else has mentioned the implication, that is, that it doesn't appear that the game piece this year will be something universally available such as a soccer ball.
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Re: [FRC Blog] International Teams -- Game Piece Option
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Even when the game piece is "universally available" such as 2010, many teams were unable to obtain the specific ball (which had a unique texture which greatly affected gripping it). |
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Re: [FRC Blog] International Teams -- Game Piece Option
Totes were fairly common, but you needed to have the correct size tote in order to properly prototype and practice the game. Same thing would probably go for say a soccer ball or football etc.
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Re: [FRC Blog] International Teams -- Game Piece Option
LOL! I agree though, US teams too please!
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Re: [FRC Blog] International Teams -- Game Piece Option
Ditto, give this an option to all teams.
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Re: [FRC Blog] International Teams -- Game Piece Option
Hmm. "Kickoff Kit’s worth of game pieces" and a "set of game pieces". So that usually means >1 game piece in the kit. Does that mean there will be many game pieces (like 2013) on the field vs. few like 2014?. Or will there be two or more distinct types of game pieces, like 2015?
But a 'set' can also be a set of one, and maybe 'set' was used so as not to give it away that their will be only game piece in the standard kit. Also, the value of a set of game pieces is 30% of the FIRST Choice credits, wo we have a rough cost of the game piece. So many hints, so much time... |
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Re: [FRC Blog] International Teams -- Game Piece Option
Almost every year I can think of the game piece wasn't universally available. It's not like there's only 1 brand and model of soccer ball, or basketball, or frisbee... and depending on mechanism and goal, even the slightest difference in material, size, shape, or weight could have a huge impact. Having the exact brand and model of the game piece really is important.
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Re: [FRC Blog] International Teams -- Game Piece Option
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The one year it wasn't all THAT important was 2009--but part of that was because teams did some reverse engineering on the limited supply available and came up with their own knockoffs that worked all right (but weren't the real thing). That being said, I do think that this is something that should be expanded, IF this test works as planned. I don't trust that gamepiece X will be a common, everyday, "found in your local WalMart" item regardless of what anybody says (again, 2009 memories). |
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Re: [FRC Blog] International Teams -- Game Piece Option
I worry that they're offering this only to international teams in part because they won't have enough available to make it available to all teams.
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