FIRST STRONGHOLD Discussion

[Mike Marandola]

Originally Posted by billbo911

Best game I have seen since starting in 2005!

Definitely in my top 9 favorite games since Overdrive.

[An Outlier]

Not a water game???!?!?

[swaxman12345]

Well guys, time to start drilling for weight.

[carpedav000]

Originally Posted by Cyberphil

Audience selecting the final defense is going to be interesting...

I honestly think this will come into play during alliance selection early-midway through the season (loud teams as 2nd/3rd picks).

[Drakxii]

Originally Posted by An Outlier

Not a water game???!?!?

It does have a moat field element...

[Cyberphil]

Originally Posted by XaulZan11

It reminds me of 2012 and I predict it will play out similarly. Smart teams should have a significant advantage early as they will be focusing on barriers and scoring low while non-experienced teams will likely be attempting to score high.

Though it is somewhat similar to 2012, one team on an alliance can get 4 ranking points while another team has the possibility to get 0 (not winning, not damaging the defense, not capturing the tower).

This is very different from 2012 where if cooperation happened both alliances received ranking points.

[Ubiquity]

Really challenging, especially for rookie team to build one or two practice field elements. Difficult to build a an uberbot that can both get across multiple barriers against defense, and then be able to attack tower. a simple boxbot can defend against an uberbot. Even a well established team would have trouble constructing multiple field elements to test against. I'll predict there will be a lot of pre-competition co-op to build practice field and discuss strategies.

Can Anyone put up an alternated site for the manual and field drawings? I can't get them from FIRST - timeouts. The webcast was perfect. I was ROTFL. Now go bring me a shrubbery!

[LGummy]

My god the foam balls are expensive

[XaulZan11]

Originally Posted by Cyberphil

Though it is somewhat similar to 2012, one team on an alliance can get 4 ranking points while another team has the possibility to get 0 (not winning, not damaging the defense, not capturing the tower).

This is very different from 2012 where if cooperation happened both alliances received ranking points.

Agreed. I was more referring to that fact that ranking points can be earned by ways other than winning matches, like 2012. (It is possible for a team to win a match and be passed in the rankings by a team they just beat).

[jaimem263]

How many boulders can we carry after the autonomous code?

[blazingbronco18]

Originally Posted by jaimem263

How many boulders can we carry after the autonomous code?

Robot may be in possession of only one boulder at any given time.

[jajabinx124]

Originally Posted by jaimem263

How many boulders can we carry after the autonomous code?

Originally Posted by blazingbronco18

Robot may be in possession of only one boulder at any given time.

Rule below. Just if anyone was confused about what possessing or controling was.

G38 ROBOTS may not control more than one (1) BOULDER at any time.

Violation: FOUL per extra BOULDER

Moving or positioning a BOULDER to gain advantage is considered

“control.”

Examples include, but are not limited to:

A. “carrying” (holding BOULDERS inside a ROBOT)

B. “herding” (intentionally pushing or impelling BOULDERS to a desired

location or direction)

C.“trapping” (holding one or more BOULDERS against a FIELD element

in an attempt to shield or guard them)

D. “launching” (shooting BOULDERS into the air or throwing in a forceful

way)

Examples of interaction with BOULDERS that are not “control” include,

but are not limited to:

A. “bulldozing” (inadvertent contact with BOULDERS while in the path of

the ROBOT moving about the FIELD)

B. “deflecting” (being hit by a BOULDER that bounces into or off of a

ROBOT).

If a BOULDER becomes lodged in or on a ROBOT, it will be considered

controlled by the ROBOT. It is important to design your ROBOT so that

it is impossible to inadvertently or unintentionally control more than the

allowed maximum.

[Ccody_]

It's lit!

[DWCEagles228]

Originally Posted by MooreteP

Field Reset Hell.

Refree job is hell even more

[asid61]

This looks incredibly difficult. Takes the award for "Most Complex FRC game" from Recycle Rush (or perhaps Diabolical Dynamics).