[Official 2007 Game Design] OK, so YOU design the 2007 game...

[Jeff Rodriguez]

I was going to break it down by section but, I changed too much on the fly. I do not envy the game design committee.

Same size as last year. Across the middle of the field (the short way) is a 4" platform seven feet wide. In the center of the field is goal. The goal is made of vertical pipes and is 10 feet tall with a bin on the top and a bin in the middle (at the 5' mark). At each end of the field (the long way) 25 footballs are placed along the field border. Red ones on one side, blue on the other. 10 more footballs are also placed in each alliance station.
In opposite corners of the field there are 'interaction zones' (think '99) where robots may interact with the human players, either depositing balls or receiving balls.
The game is 2v2 with a 3rd partner that must play once in a series (like 02, 03, 04). The alliances start with their robots next to the platform on the opposite side as its footballs Each robot may also start with an additional 5 footballs.

Points are scored by placing footballs into the goal, or by ending with you robot on top of the platform.
1 point is awarded for each football of your corresponding color between the floor and the bottom of the middle bin.
2 points are awarded for each football of your corresponding color between the middle bin and the top bin.
5 points are awards for each football of your corresponding color in the top bin.
15 points are awarded for having the most footballs of your color in the top bin of the goal.
5 points are awarded for 1 robot on top of the platform at the end of the match.
15 points are awarded for 2 robots of the same alliance on the platform at the end of the match.

Basically robots collect and/or score footballs in the center goal, and fight for the platform, earning as many points as possible.