Water Game 2017

[Tharioth Pillow]

Dean wants us to promote a bill.
Platypi have bills.
Platypi frequently swim in water.
Dean wants us to promote platypi.
Dean wants teams to build platypus robots.
Water Game Confirmed.

[kyle_hamblett]

This thread seems a bit late... IIRC, there was a water game thread floating around after kickoff last year...

[Shrub]

Originally Posted by kyle_hamblett

This thread seems a bit late... IIRC, there was a water game thread floating around after kickoff last year...

The excitement concerning a water game comes in waves.

[Lobão]

I hope to be alive when it happens
Since 2004 I wished or a flying or a water game

[C.Lesco]

2017, tugboat tumble!

[rich2202]

I just heard from the GDC that, due to safety concerns, with the water problems they are having in the Flint/Detroit area, there won't be a water game next year.

[rich2202]

Originally Posted by Lobão

I hope to be alive when it happens
Since 2004 I wished or a flying or a water game

There should be a mini-bot flying drone end-game next year.

[TehSwegGey]

#GDCLeak https://goo.gl/ijJHpx

[ShadathChow]

Originally Posted by rich2202

water problems they are having in the Flint/Detroit area

Sorry to have to point this out. Detroit doesn't have water problem. Flint, on the other hand, does have water problems. Flint is an hour away from Detroit. The problem arose when they decided not to drink Detroit water. Just for your future reference.


That being said. Houston and Detroit are port cities. River race game confirmed.

[ctt956]

Originally Posted by euhlmann

Right there inside the moat, obviously.

Then why wasn't our robot wet after passing through it? The "Bad Lip Reading" video had Woodie Flowers talking about mangoes. Mangoes are 83% water...

[s_forbes]

PSA: Water games already exist, and they are more fun than you think! Check out Robosub and MATE, for starters.

Team 842 will be competing in the Robosub competition for the 6th year in a row now. The team gets to go up against universities from around the world (Canada, Turkey, Russia, Japan, China, Singapore, India, Sweden...) in a week long pool-side competition on the beach of San Diego in the summer. Cheaper than FIRST, cash prizes, loads of career contacts, and you get to wear a swimsuit and play in the water.

Most top teams that compete in FRC can easily walk away with top finishes at these events. I'm not gonna take the hype for a water game seriously until you all start building some swimming robots!

[bobbysq]

The FIRST Stronghold theme song is called "Master of Mists.

Coincidence? I think not.

[scott.smith]

Honestly, there is no way that they would have a water game. It is a fun thing to think about, but it will never happen. Next, did anybody hear when the people talking in between Einstein matches totally hinted that there would be minibots next year? I feel like I am the only person that heard. Do you think they were being serious?

[tcjinaz]

3853 wants a water game!

[Prestochangeo1]

At the closing cerimonies of Worlds, they said 2017 would be a water game.

More specifically, They were talking in general about what next years game is going to be, but it 'slipped out' that it was going to be water related.

FIRST hasn't in the past given out so many hints or what not, but this year the have. For example, they gave out an official hint video and the game name, intentionally. The never have (to the best of my knowlage) done that before.

Anything is possible.