Did FIRST underestimate us?

[JDFirefox11]

Originally Posted by tkwetzel

Hmm....idea just clicked in my head...play stack attack again...but replace the bins with tetras...the game would completely change. The robots would need to be different, the strategy would need to be different, and the game would be different. I think it would be awesome, any other thoughts?

I don't think much would change other than the arm to grab the tetras. I mean the basic idea of the game pretty much remains the same. But then again I wasn't the biggest fan of Stack Attack becuase it just seemed so easy to push a stack off the red or blue carpet onto the grey neutral area. But hey, thats just me

[Collin Fultz]

FIRST always talks about grandmothers and making them proud.

My grandmother was at BMR this weekend and said that this is her favorite game by far. She's sen three year's worth of games.

So FIRST---you made my grandmother proud.

If I could have made a suggestion (which i couldn't) I would have made the home zone worth more points. But, whatever.

Personally (on a side note) I liked last year's game best.

[the_short1]

we had the camera and we had it to stop when it got x cm from vision tetra.. also to track it around the room and follow (me running around with it in hand). .. the thing taht stoped us ? we had 119.95 weight wihtout stickers . . . yea.. so we had to cut some stuff out and we managed to get it to 119.0 for competition <so we had a little extra.. but not enought for the CAMERA and MOUNT.. . so we had to scrap it . .

we have 2 robots. .. but u see the second robot (practice) has an olderversion robot controller.. and little we knew till too late.. hey its PBASIC! .. we managed to get it running for pratice driving and boom etc.. but no autom.. yea..

[Dorienne]

Anything is capable of happening in FIRST. They know by now not to underestimate us. Like Tiki said, it's an extra little unsaid challenge they are giving us. C'mon, you gotta' have some surprises...that's what FIRST challenges are all about! =D

[BandChick]

FIRST didn't underestimate us. If they had, every match would be high scores over one hundred. It would be perfect split of rows between blue and red. Each robot would successfully make it back EVERY match for the ten point bonus. There's so many possibilities, it's impossible to catch every one.

[Mike33]

i dont think FIRST underestimated us. There are still imperfections. plus not many teams can stack that high. but when they are that high and it tips over, it kinda looks like slinkey if they fall over the right way.

[mathking]

Did I succeed in capping a vision tetra? No. Did FIRST inspire me, and lead me to ponder programming tasks that I'd never even dreamed of? Absolutely, and I'm thrilled about it. It's fantastic that a very small group of teams have mastered the technology, but I wouldn't say that the teams that at least made an attempt (probably a sizable number... anybody remember the thread complaining about how easy programming was going to be this year?) have failed.

This is exactly the attitude I hope for in my students and what FIRST strives to promote. Bravo. (And CMU should be happy to be getting you next year.)

[Rick TYler]

Twenty-three posts and not a single person has suggested that FIRST should have included a water element to make Triple Play more challenging.

I'm disappointed, people.

[JohnnyB]

Originally Posted by Rick TYler

Twenty-three posts and not a single person has suggested that FIRST should have included a water element to make Triple Play more challenging.

I'm disappointed, people.

Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!