How far ahead is FIRST in Game Design

[Starke]

wow, that is far back. Rees does remember things after all . 2002 was the year were they used soccer balls to shoot in movable goals. maybe FIRST was experimenting with different kinds of round balls and finally decided to stick with soccer balls. i could be wrong, but that sounds reasonable to me.

[Rich Kressly]

I've heard the game is fully planned through 2009 and in the 2010 game FRC and FVC robots will be working together to cut Dave's hair, mow his lawn, and serve him dinner.

[RoboMom]

Originally Posted by Rich Kressly

I've heard the game is fully planned through 2009 and in the 2010 game FRC and FVC robots will be working together to cut Dave's hair, mow his lawn, and serve him dinner.

Don't forget the little guys. Those NXT's will be on a mission to bring a tall cool drink to the hammock. And the Jr. FLL'ers will be linking the pathway to the hammock.

[nuggetsyl]

I am still waiting to see clowns on the feild.

[Metalhugginman]

No, way! I don't think they even consider what the game will be until Thanksgiving. That way, Dave can spend sleepless nights doing the animation.
Rumor has it here that "pool noodles" will be used next year.

[John Gutmann]

Originally Posted by Gil Huggins

Rumor has it here that "pool noodles" will be used next year.

Maybe they will use pool noodles next year when it is finally a water game!!!

somebody please stone me to death for saying that!

[sanddrag]

Or, maybe every year we actually guess the game correctly and then the few days before kickoff they have to redo the whole thing because we already guessed it.

[Ian Curtis]

I'd be willing to bet that when the make a game, they think, "And here's what we can do next year!" Does it strike anyone else funny that this year we're chucking spherical foam balls? FIRSTERS have been asking for footballs for a long time, maybe next year, or perhaps the year after that, we get to chuck footballs? Or maybe I'm just an optometrist ?

[Joe O]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Or, maybe every year we actually guess the game correctly and then the few days before kickoff they have to redo the whole thing because we already guessed it.

Maybe they give us cryptic clues, see what we come up with, and then use it! Everybody come up with a water field!

[Rick TYler]

Originally Posted by nuggetsyl

I am still waiting to see clowns on the feild.

So, you think it's going to be a rodeo game? Robot barrel racing? Human player robosteer roping? A Wildstang bucking competition? Robots that ride bulls?

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by Rich Kressly

I've heard the game is fully planned through 2009 and in the 2010 game FRC and FVC robots will be working together to cut Dave's hair, mow his lawn, and serve him dinner.

Will Dave even *have* hair in 2010? I wonder what that would look like....perhaps an expert Photoshop artist could provide us with a look into the future.

[nuggetsyl]

i would like to see clowns stuffed into cars

shaun

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by Rich Kressly

I've heard the game is fully planned through 2009 and in the 2010 game FRC and FVC robots will be working together to cut Dave's hair, mow his lawn, and serve him dinner.

Wrong again, Kressly! You had already been told that the 2009 game will be scaling and cleaning all the fish caught during the 2008 underwater game. The robots don't get to cut my hair until 2011.

-dave

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by dlavery

Wrong again, Kressly! You had already been told that the 2009 game will be scaling and cleaning all the fish caught during the 2008 underwater game. The robots don't get to cut my hair until 2011.

-dave

Dave, I haven't been negative about any FIRST game yet, but scaling and cleaning fish in 2009 that were used in 2008 is going to stink. Literally.

On a less-joking note, what is the rough timeline for the GDC?

[Andy Grady]

Eh...funny thing...

That post when I made it was completely made up. A hoax in an attempt to get people talking about the possiblities of using slinky's. (Joke was on me because everyone figured to talk about Poof balls instead.)


FIRST may plan ahead that far...but this isn't actual evidence of it.