Preferred Scoring Element

[dirtbikerxz]

Originally Posted by CMBrandon

If you only knew what we were planning...

If only you knew what you just did.... sigh ... LET THE RUMOR THREAD FOR THE COOLER MASTER 2017 GAMES BEGIN (water game, with shooting baton shaped corn dogs)

[cadandcookies]

Since both FTC and VEX had ball gamepieces last year, I'd love to see what you could cook up around a baton or a hockey puck. I could think of a few different cool ideas around each of those elements.

Sidenote: I'd love to see FTC do a "real" shooting game. We've been teased for the last few years.

[dmorewood]

I could see the game actually including hockey pucks next year. It won't be any sort of a round ball because the trend for the past few years has been round balls every other year. In my opinion the most likely scoring candidtates for next years game is either hockey pucks or footballs.

[Edxu]

Balls are great, especially if they keep their form well so teams with high compression don't screw over teams with low compression shooters.

Seconding the $100 bills idea as well.

[CMBrandon]

Originally Posted by dirtbikerxz

If only you knew what you just did.... sigh ... LET THE RUMOR THREAD FOR THE COOLER MASTER 2017 GAMES BEGIN (water game, with shooting baton shaped corn dogs)

2017?

[frcguy]

Favorite scoring element? A buoy.

[theawesome1730]

Originally Posted by cbale2000

Can't speak for FTC/VEX, but imo some of the best FRC games have been games where there were a LOT of balls on the field AND no limit to how many a robot could hold at one time (see 2006, 2009, etc).

"Best" and "2009" are not to be used in the same sentence.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by theawesome1730

"Best" and "2009" are not to be used in the same sentence.

"2000" and "best" work, though. And possibly 2004.

[GeeTwo]

Of the options given in OP, balls are of course my favorite, with the PVC baton being both "most interesting" and "hardest". Of the elements I'd prefer to score, 79 would be a good start, though 78 would be even better. #6 in a tetrahedral crystal would be utterly boss.

[orangemoore]

Originally Posted by CMBrandon

2017?

2016?

[cbale2000]

Originally Posted by theawesome1730

"Best" and "2009" are not to be used in the same sentence.

Oh come on, take away the Regolith and the plastic wheels and you actually had a pretty decent game.

[adciv]

Originally Posted by cbale2000

Can't speak for FTC/VEX, but imo some of the best FRC games have been games where there were a LOT of balls on the field AND no limit to how many a robot could hold at one time (see 2006, 2009, etc).

If there is no limit, you have to ensure its not possible for a single robot to hold every singe piece simultaneously. This occurred in ftc one year and the teams won or lost in auto.