2006 Official Game Hint Discussion

[sanddrag]

I'm going with the pool noodle idea, but I think they definitely will not be a game piece. They are too lightweight.

Instead, I think they will be affixed to a base of some sort (toilet flange?) that will be attached with velco to the carpet playing filed surface. There will be many of these all over the field sticking up vertically. You can maneuver around them, or have the ground clearance to drive over them.

In the center of the field will be an elevated structure of surface HDPE or Lexan. Not all robots will be able to fit on this structure.

At the center of this structure will be an infrared beacon, and a goal of some sorts.

You will be able to score in and descore from this goal.

That is what I predict.

PS. Has anyone heard where from great Car Nack? We are nearly a month overdue for some wise words.

[Safarley2901]

That's an interesting Idea, Not something I would have thought of but it is very plausible. Ground clearance may be a problem though, All I've ever seen as far as ground clearance is 5 inches max. That introduces some more design challenges that would be interesting to mess around with.

[Alex Burman]

maybe we are looking at the idea of game piece the wrong way
maybe its new kit parts
i was doing this Google image search

I came across this
maybe there will be new a new kit motor. since snow blowers could be considered mechanical shovels.

With that in mind, we can now look to the last line and see that the camera is back. Because of the and used, it combines the idea with the previous idea. If you take my first idea as truth then the 2nd line would be referencing the kit of parts also. Since it refers to seeing green, it implies the camera.

Now you may think that because the and is used that it is referring to just one thing but think that since it is broken up over 2 lines its referring to 2 things.

[killerofkiller]

Dave Lavery's latest Away msg:

"With a one-on-one-on-one-on-one-on-one game it would be really easy..."

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by killerofkiller

Dave Lavery's latest Away msg:

"With a one-on-one-on-one-on-one-on-one game it would be really easy..."

so i guess the question is...are his hints reliable? Save for the offical game hint, i'd be skeptical about anything he says...
on the other hand, this is so vague (in typical Dave fashion) that it might just be true...DARN YOU DAVE!!!!

[TheDrWho22]

Just a thing about the pool noodle ideas....

Remember in the '04 Game. The goals had pool-noodle-like-things that made the goals for the balls to be thrown or dropped into. Maybe the pasta is in reference to the goal. Maybe you have to get past the noodle like things to get to the goals (tangle it up).

[Revolverx7]

Thinkin about 2v2 with a nuetral robot, or 2v3 with a defense/offense type gameplay coud be cool.

[Alex Burman]

I think if there was a neutral robot that wasn't controlled by one of the FRC teams, spectators would start associating it with battle bots and such more because of there "house robots"

[Kristian Calhoun]

Originally Posted by JP_1163

The game would consist of an uneven alliance moving through a tangled web of pieces with a camera aiming at a target on top of a mound. Thus King of the Hill on a slippery slope with obstacles that can only be cleared through partnerships.
Whoo, I'm tired already.

suppose that the "pasta" is supposed to be an obstacle in the way of our goal on the climb to the object at the top of th e hill. if the pasta are pvc tubes, which would roll down and around the hill/mounds on the field, you would have to try to push them up the hill, which could prove to be quite a challenging task ...

[Arkorobotics]

Idea!

five 'bots tangling with pasta >>>> POOL NOODLES!! There flexible and you can buy nearly anywhere. >> http://www.poolcenter.com/pooltoys_n...water_logs.htm

a game piece obsessed with a shovel's show>> pool noodles piled up infront of you like the shovel show picture? > http://www.philadelphiawriters.com/a...ire_shovel.htm

and seeing Montana's green heights >> ????

[Nuttyman54]

I just want to get an idea of how sure we are on stuff, so here's what i've come up with for the most likely aspects of the 2006 game. comments are welcome

1. Uneven Field: it seems the general consensus is that we won't be having a flat field this year

2. CMUcam: from other threads and the clue, it seems the CMUcam is back, by popular (or unpopular) demand

3. Odd-shaped scoring objects: looks like no 4-square balls this time. batons, footballs and pool noodles are the favorites

That's all that i'm relatively confident about...anyone else with me?

[Joel J]

historically, the (now) annual game clue has been been figured out within the first 4 pages of the discussion thread. I'll read through later to see what everyone is thinking.

[Safarley2901]

Originally Posted by Calhounian

suppose that the "pasta" is supposed to be an obstacle in the way of our goal on the climb to the object at the top of th e hill. if the pasta are pvc tubes, which would roll down and around the hill/mounds on the field, you would have to try to push them up the hill, which could prove to be quite a challenging task ...

I was sort of hoping the "Pasta", for lack of a better name. would be metal, it would make it much easier for manipulating the game peices. Provided we'll have to build something or put them in a goal a certain way.

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Originally Posted by Nuttyman54

I just want to get an idea of how sure we are on stuff, so here's what i've come up with for the most likely aspects of the 2006 game. comments are welcome

1. Uneven Field: it seems the general consensus is that we won't be having a flat field this year

2. CMUcam: from other threads and the clue, it seems the CMUcam is back, by popular (or unpopular) demand

3. Odd-shaped scoring objects: looks like no 4-square balls this time. batons, footballs and pool noodles are the favorites

That's all that i'm relatively confident about...anyone else with me?

Thats about all i have come up with, Though I wish people would read the entire thread, instead of posting things over and over again. (Not referring to you Nuttyman54). As far as the game pieces are concerned, I'm almost positive its going to a baton of some type. The main reason is that one of Dave's "Hints" Included a baton. Though I doubt we are going to have an incline hill though as far as the uneven field is concerned. Again the reason for my thinking, is the feasibility of it. Its a lot harder to have an inclined plane, than just a box on a floor. So most likely, it wont be a drastic height differentiation on the field.

I don't think there is anything we have missed.

[Alex Burman]

Originally Posted by Nuttyman54

I just want to get an idea of how sure we are on stuff, so here's what i've come up with for the most likely aspects of the 2006 game. comments are welcome

1. Uneven Field: it seems the general consensus is that we won't be having a flat field this year

2. CMUcam: from other threads and the clue, it seems the CMUcam is back, by popular (or unpopular) demand

3. Odd-shaped scoring objects: looks like no 4-square balls this time. batons, footballs and pool noodles are the favorites

That's all that i'm relatively confident about...anyone else with me?

what about the idea of an additional alliance
other then that yes that seems to be the consensus

[Arkorobotics]

Originally Posted by Grayswandir-75

what about the idea of an additional alliance
other then that yes that seems to be the consensus

If 5, then maybe a pentagon shaped field..