Omni Mania

[dlavery]

Originally posted by KenWittlief
since we have no idea what the game will be this year
we have no idea what type of drive or powertrain will be optimum for this years game.

One danger here: if you put a lot of time and effort into developing an omni drive now, then you will be likely to use it on this years bot, even if its not a good match.

... and then there is always the possibility that people involved with the design of the game for next year actually read through these posts, looking for ideas...

Just imagine if the following hypothetical conversation were actually true:
W: "hey, it looks like all the veteran teams are building "Team Whizz-Bang"-style drive systems this year. They are all spending all summer building prototypes and perfecting the designs. All those poor rookies are going to be left in the dust!!!
D1: "well, won't they be surprised when they see the new game and see that "Team Whizz-Bang"-style drives are absolutely useless when driving across a platter of cooked rice." All that time and effort spent working on the wrong problem! And after we TOLD THEM not to make any assumptions about the next game!
D2: "heh heh heh heh!"

But, of course, none of the game designers actually read the CD posts, and even if they did, they wouldn't be that devious...