2006 game hints?

[Henry_Mareck]

i seriously doubt there will be a 100% water game this year.
However, there may be an extra "area" or something with special points for being able to go across a moat of some sort, like hanging in 2004 or there could be extra scoring thingies on the other side. while im at it, maybe there will be floating batons in the moat as well as batons on the bottom woohoo?).
This way, experienced teams could have some fun building an amphibious robot , and the rookie teams could compete and not have to worry about submerging thousands of dollars of electronics.
on a second note:
Did FIRST start in 1996? If so, water would be an amazing 10 year aniversary.
(Im guessing 1996 becuase thats the earliest "rookie year" i have seen on CD)

[scitobor 617]

Originally Posted by Henry_Mareck

Did FIRST start in 1996? If so, water would be an amazing 10 year aniversary.
(Im guessing 1996 becuase thats the earliest "rookie year" i have seen on CD)

No, I think it started in 1992.

[Madison]

FIRST was founded in 1989. The FIRST Robotics Competition began in 1992.

[Henry_Mareck]

well there goes the second half of my theory
the first half is still good, right?

[Freddy Schurr]

Anybody hear any good rumors lately?

I heard it was going to be completely autonomous this year.

YeaH RigHT!!!!

[KenWittlief]

Originally Posted by M. Krass

FIRST was founded in 1989. The FIRST Robotics Competition began in 1992.

[Kramer voice] Well thats weird! [/Kramer]

what did FIRST do from 1989 to 1992, if there were no competitions ?!

[Madison]

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

[Kramer voice] Well thats weird! [/Kramer]

what did FIRST do from 1989 to 1992, if there were no competitions ?!

I believe at that early stage, FIRST Place in Manchester was all there was to the organization. They hold educational programs throughout the year.

[Swampdude]

Here's a little PM bantering between Dave and I:

Dave: You forgot at least one

Me: meh, perhaps I give you more credit than that - but I don't think you lack that much creativity.... Besides what would I do with this giant crate of batons I just ordered?

Dave: Maybe play a big game of "Pick Up sticks"???

Me: See, I knew you'd think of something. I never could twirl the darn things, and I wouldn't look right in a sparkly leotard.

Dave: Oh wow, there is a mental image I didn't need!

So there is it, pick up sticks! But no metal on the robot!?!?!!

I seriously doubt FIRST will have anyone hosting a FIRST competition risk a big spill of water on their gym floors etc. So stop with the water guesses people!

Looks like the only thing learned here was the programming. Thanks for that, I like it.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Swampdude

But no metal on the robot!?!?!!

In that case, I know what the human player's job is: He is inside the wooden robot(or plastic or whatever) manually operating everything. The drivers are pushing the robot and the coach is yelling at them across the field.

[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by EricH

In that case, I know what the human player's job is: He is inside the wooden robot(or plastic or whatever) manually operating everything. The drivers are pushing the robot and the coach is yelling at them across the field.

That kind of sounds like the "I,D'oh-Bot" from The Simpsons....

[EricH]

You mean nobody else has picked up on the hint about next year's game being called "Whack the Billfred"? Dave just gave it away in post #18 (after Billfred figured it out in the post just before)!

[artdutra04]

Whoa!!!!!!

What's this?

[Henry_Mareck]

thats really, really cool
where is that image from?

*edit*
nevermind, you can click on it!

[Petey]

Originally Posted by Henry_Mareck

thats really, really cool
where is that image from?

*edit*
nevermind, you can click on it!

Pay it no mind. It's a hoax.

It may link to ifirobotics, but it's hosted at imageshack.com

FIRST wouldn't italicize FIRST on an image like that, anyway. And there's no reference to "Nautilus" nor "underwater" anywhere on the ifirobotics.com site.

Had me fooled for a second, though. I will give you that.

--Petey

[Andrew Blair]

Haha, why is there a blade missing on "waterproof fan"?

I guess Petey beat me to it, but you wouldn't believe how dumb I felt after looking through ifi for 2 or three minutes.