Thoughts on the field...

[jajabinx124]

Originally Posted by IronicDeadBird

Did anybody else look at the field and say "This looks like one half of the field from last year"...
Has anyone done what the price of a fully functional field costs?

I had that feeling too. The material and look of the defense platforms look a lot like the scoring zones from last year. (they are made of the same material- HDPE)

[3a11]

As a team we were able to construct 5 platforms, all 9 defense types, one castle, and one human player station out of plywood, 2 x 4's, 4 x 4's, and some HDPE plastic for around $500 worth of product (Home Depot was kind enough to sponsor this construction). This works out to be about a "half field". We did already have the skeleton of a player station already built though.

[mrnoble]

Originally Posted by 3a11

As a team we were able to construct 5 platforms, all 9 defense types, one castle, and one human player station out of plywood, 2 x 4's, 4 x 4's, and some HDPE plastic for around $500 worth of product (Home Depot was kind enough to sponsor this construction). This works out to be about a "half field". We did already have the skeleton of a player station already built though.

What? All today??

[GreyingJay]

Originally Posted by mrnoble

What? All today??

I was thinking that too. Wow. Some teams are already well underway in constructing their field elements.

Our team focused on strategy and gaming it out, we will start field element construction very soon.

[engunneer]

I've been on teams in the past where a few parents build the field elements to the plans so the students and mentors can get started on understanding everything else. It's a huge help, and can usually be done before the kickoff weekend is over.