2007 Game Thread

[Tetraman]

Look at the link in my Sig if you haven't already. It's what I think next year should be.

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Tetraman

Look at the link in my Sig if you haven't already. It's what I think next year should be.

The field images are interesting. So when do we get to see the animation, or at least a text game description?

[Starke]

after watching the hints at the 2006 Championship, i would have to say that there will be 3 alliances per match (red, green,and blue). now whether that means 3 alliances of 3 or 2 is another story.

[Tomasz Bania]

Originally Posted by Starke340

after watching the hints at the 2006 Championship, i would have to say that there will be 3 alliances per match (red, green,and blue). now whether that means 3 alliances of 3 or 2 is another story.

For the people that wern't there, what hints are you talking about?
Yes, I know, stupid question.

[lukevanoort]

Originally Posted by Tomasz Bania

For the people that wern't there, what hints are you talking about?
Yes, I know, stupid question.

From what I saw on the webcast, the hints that are being referred to, are the many times they incorporated red/green/blue lights into the introductions on Einstein .

[RoboticsPhyre]

They made a joke, saying that the lights in Auton would be Red i believe, then change to blue for the next two rounds, then in the final round, flicker between all three.

[JackN]

They made the same joke at Western Michigan and probably other regionals. Everyone from WM were all saying the same thing good one Dave.

[Pavan Dave]

Originally Posted by Tetraman

Look at the link in my Sig if you haven't already. It's what I think next year should be.

Dude u own at autodesk?...

Make a video showing us what the points in the game are what you have to do etc etc..




Pavan

[Starke]

Originally Posted by Tomasz Bania

For the people that wern't there, what hints are you talking about?
Yes, I know, stupid question.

i apologize, i should have known that there was a large majority that were not at the Championship. the MC of the Einstein field had a teaser for us all. it was a handheld board that had red, blue, and green lights on it.

he stated that FIRST has decided that the game was too easy for the robots on the field. so that in autonomous, the "green" light would turn red. then during the first period, it would turn blue. the next period it would be green. then in the final period it would flash between red and blue. he said, your cameras have the ability of reading all of these color, but will they? everyone thought he was serious at this point, and you could that the teams on the field were thrown back.

then he revealed that it was a joke. everyone was relieved. but he said, "there is always next year!" he also said this a couple other times between matches. so, my first explanation behind the three alliances from the three colors comes from event at the Championship.

[Tetraman]

Originally Posted by Richard

The field images are interesting. So when do we get to see the animation, or at least a text game description?

When I finish it. It will take a little bit longer than I expected, but thankfully I'm going to borrow the 174 autodeck computer back in the high school to finish it if I can't finish the animation here at college. Like a week or so, I'll let people know when it is done.

And I know I'm ok at Autodeck, but I don't own...yet...

Topic: I think, the best possibily when it comes to if there was a hint, is the importance of color. There has been many games where the color of something or the placement of certain colored objects matters more than just placeing them there. To have a game where there are more instances of color, like sorting, placeing, and divideing away from other colors.

Also, I think maybe he means wait till next year so I can pull off another joke on you guys and you'll never know it.

Or that they will make the Finals harder next year.

[Cactus_Robotics]

Originally Posted by Starke340

after watching the hints at the 2006 Championship, i would have to say that there will be 3 alliances per match (red, green,and blue). now whether that means 3 alliances of 3 or 2 is another story.

I think instead of 3 alliances there will still be 2 but maybe the green color would be a bonus light (i.e. perhaps when lit green the points are double) or something to that effect, I hate guessing cause I'm never close, there is one thing for sure and that that at least one robot will be on the field...

[Faith]

Maybe they will test teamwork and make it so the driver can only see half the field the the human player job is to direct them in some way... That would stretch the limits on something other than the robot.

[lukevanoort]

Originally Posted by Plooshiska

Maybe they will test teamwork and make it so the driver can only see half the field the the human player job is to direct them in some way... That would stretch the limits on something other than the robot.

Its already almost like that. If your team goes to an offseason event give driving a shot, it can get really hard to see what on Earth you're doing. Anyway, I think the triple alliance would be cool, but to keep pushing the CMUcam, they'd need another color for it to track, I don't see one that would contrast enough with red, green, and blue as well as event lighting.

[Melissa Nute]

90 second matches - 15 seconds of which are autonomous
I like the idea of having matches be shorter. It allows for more matches to be played.

Floppies.
They are harder to handle than a typical ball.

Multiple levels for the robots to go.

[Laura 1547]

Something that keeps coming into my mind. The FIRST logo is a triangle, circle, and a square. In 2005 we had a triangle, in 2006 we had a circle...2007 = square? Possibly...but i can't think of any game piece that would be a square