[FRC Blog] The 2017 FRC Season Teaser and More!

[FrankJ]

It is all about the Bass

[tjf]

Originally Posted by frcguy

Microsoft, I'm begging you, please have a Hololens for each drive coach...

There was a video floating around the internet of one of the Field Crew using a Hololens (not quite sure who, sorry) to monitor field stats like robot comms status & battery for all 6 teams on the field. I can *definitely* see how it'd be cool / useful.

[Daniel4547]

They will rework the 2005 game and use "Star" objects (really similar to Vex) to fit the sci-fi theme.

[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by tjf

There was a video floating around the internet of one of the Field Crew using a Hololens (not quite sure who, sorry) to monitor field stats like robot comms status & battery for all 6 teams on the field. I can *definitely* see how it'd be cool / useful.

https://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/s...9&postcount=46

It happened at the Gitchi Gummi Get Together last month.

[tjf]

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

https://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/s...9&postcount=46

It happened at the Gitchi Gummi Get Together last month.

This was *exactly it!* Thanks so much!

[bobbysq]

HoloLens would be cool, but I don't know how much it'll be used by teams.

(hopefully it turns out better than the Kinect though)

[Doug Frisk]

Originally Posted by bobbysq

HoloLens would be cool, but I don't know how much it'll be used by teams.

(hopefully it turns out better than the Kinect though)

As cool as it would be, I can't see it happening right now. The dev units are $3000 each and I've heard the actual unit cost to build them is more. Even if they could make enough of them, the cost would be in the millions of dollars.

Maybe in 2 or 3 years when they are commodity devices.

[ctt956]

Originally Posted by bearbot

I believe that this year bring backs the FIRST logo . Pizzas are cut in triangle or into squares. Fried pickle chips are usually round. Makes perfect sense having the logo make it back into the game. Wings are similar to Elipse which could bring footballs or rugby balls as game pieces

Pizzas are usually made in the shape of a circle. Sometimes they're made in square shapes, not just cut into squares. Though pizzas and slices of any shape don't have holes in the middle...maybe Logo Motion pieces without the donut holes?

Originally Posted by tjf

Personally, I think they'll try and have a Space game without the pitfalls of Lunacy (long before my time, but I've heard regolith thrown around.)

Best of luck to Frank and the GDC. Hype boosters now at ~15.01%.

Maybe Mars or another planet themed?

Originally Posted by Drakxii

Sci-Fi... Greasy food... Lunacy 2.0?

And the whole leg of mutton thing this year...futuristic food?? This is making me hungry...

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

The first section, before all the sci-fi stuff, is rather interesting. The header is "The 2017 FRC Season Teaser", with content "is coming". It seems to me that the actual teaser might be the words "is coming". As in "Winter is coming". Winter = cold = ice... a hockey game! I'm thinking a Lunacy/Breakaway cross... trying to control and shoot a ball, while driving on regolith, without being able to extend past the frame perimeter (except briefly) or draw the ball in past the frame perimeter... that would be some challenge!

Possibly some truth to that. The "Security Breach" video was the hint this year, but the hint was the title, not the actual video. The real hints are in the least obvious places.

Originally Posted by Sperkowsky

So I am thinking its going to be a Wild West game.

Interesting.

Originally Posted by Daniel4547

They will rework the 2005 game and use "Star" objects (really similar to Vex) to fit the sci-fi theme.

After noticing the similarities between FRC and Vex games, that's a real possibility. And there's an asterisk after "is coming" in the post. Asterisks are also called stars. Stars are in space. Space game confirmed?

P.S. Congrats to tjf for beating Hallry to the CD post!

[tjf]

Originally Posted by ctt956

P.S. Congrats to tjf for beating Hallry to the CD post!

I'll be honest, it was pure luck. Besides, I think their ASP.NET server broke anyways.

https://i.imgur.com/iorR3oz.png

[messer5740]

Originally Posted by Drakxii

Sci-Fi... Greasy food... Lunacy 2.0?

Not going to lie- totally geeking out right now about the sci-fi element!

[pandamonium]

I totally read that blog differently then most it seems. I think he is not telling us that the theme is sci fi. I think he is saying that we basically have already accidentally predicted it. What game theme and elements has the community been predicting? Seems to me like one of those odd shape games inflatables or footballs? When I think of pizza, wings, and fried pickles I totally think of watching football.

[ctt956]

Originally Posted by pandamonium

I totally read that blog differently then most it seems. I think he is not telling us that the theme is sci fi. I think he is saying that we basically have already accidentally predicted it. What game theme and elements has the community been predicting? Seems to me like one of those odd shape games inflatables or footballs? When I think of pizza, wings, and fried pickles.

Wait...I think you're on to something there...Here's what I've predicted and seen other people predict:

• Cubes
• Stars or something with points/spikes
• Inflatables
• Mobile goals/scoring locations
• Denim
• Water
• Tight spaces on the field
• Mostly open field(maybe something in the middle like 2014?)
• Not many obstacles
• Maybe a maze-like structure?

For themes:

• Space
• Ice/winter
• Football
• Water
• Wild Wild West

So which combinations is it?

[Doug Frisk]

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

https://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/s...9&postcount=46

It happened at the Gitchi Gummi Get Together last month.

Interestingly enough, just yesterday I got Microsoft Band integration working in the Field Monitor app.

Now, in 8 circumstances it will send a vibration and display a text on the band.

- When the match Prestarts, because FTAs want to know.

Then there are 6 standard "error" messages. One for when the FMS reports a robot is E-Stopped. The other six cover Driver's station Ethernet unplugged, DS not responding, Radio not responding, RoboRIO not responding and Robot code failure.

When one of those events happens the Band does a haptic and displays something like:

Red 1 6543
Driver's Station not responding

That way, the FTA can watch the field rather than the field monitor but still be alerted immediately when there's a problem. Well, at least the FTAs that have a Microsoft Band and a Windows 10 phone or laptop.

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by ctt956

Wait...I think you're on to something there...

So which combinations is it?

I predict that huge chunks of kickoff dialogue will be borrowed from Firefly and Serenity.

[Richard Wallace]

• So in Frank's picture, the 2001 Discovery crew is headed for Jupiter. That's in the movie; in the book they headed for Saturn. This is fiction, albeit excellent fiction.
  
• Real discoveries are still being made by exploration rovers on Mars.
  
• I wouldn't want to replay Lunacy -- the Moon is a harsh mistress!
  
• Venus is hot, caustic, and generally not a place to go unless you breathe carbon dioxide and drink sulfuric acid.
  
• Mercury? Well, deep underground you might commune with a Harmonium, ala Sirens of Titan. More fiction.
  
• Neptune and beyond, things get too distant and dark.

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All things considered, I think Mars is the best extraterrestrial setting for an FRC game theme. Maybe Phobos, home the Leather Godesses? (Yeah, I had that game back in the days of 5.25" floppies.)