BattleCry@WPI 7!

[kevin.li.rit]

Originally Posted by Master Dictator

Yea I was planning on trying to convince my team to travel from PA to go but its already full

Maybe they'll up it to 60 or something next year =)

[dk5sm5luigi]

Originally Posted by Coffeeism

Maybe they'll up it to 60 or something next year =)

Although it is full does not mean your team can not go. Often a few teams drop out once the money is due allowing teams from the Ready Reserves to be bumped up.

[Daisy]

OR maybe the change will be that the green light will be red-blue-green!!!

THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!!!

[KathieK]

I'm looking forward to BattleCry 7 - lots of energy, great camaraderie, fun on Friday night!

Please let your team mentors know that there will be a NEMO (Non-Engineering Mentor Organization) meeting on Saturday at lunchtime in the Morgan Room in the Campus Center - I'd like to see some new faces join our discussion this year!

[KathieK]

Originally Posted by KathieK

Please let your team mentors know that there will be a NEMO (Non-Engineering Mentor Organization) meeting on Saturday at lunchtime in the Morgan Room in the Campus Center - I'd like to see some new faces join our discussion this year!

So far I only have two mentors signed up for the NEMO workshop on Saturday and will only be holding it if I get ten mentors to sign up... so please, if any of your team mentors are interested in attending have them e-mail me with their name, FIRST program, team name and number, and the topic(s) of interest they'd like to discuss. Kathiek@firstnemo.org

[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by BattleCry@WPI 7 Rules of Engagement

During the eighth-final rounds, each alliance matching will meet up twice. The alliance that scores the most points in the 2 match-ups will progress to the quarter-finals. Eighth-finals will ONLY go to a 3rd match in the unlikely event of a tie.

Did anyone else notice this? It does not matter who wins or loses the matches in the eigth-finals, just which alliance has the highest combined score.

I love the idea of adding the new pendulum to the center of the playing field. It certainly spruces up the game, and throws a monkey wrench into the plans. Since you have to be the last person to hit the panel, and since you have to shoot at it facing towards your home zone, then this adds a new challenge: should I try to score on the center panel, or should I go for the ramp?

I love this, as it reminds me of the challenge of last years game of deciding on where to score each tetra to maximize the bonus points for each row. Kudos to WPI for this awesome addition to the game.

[Daisy]

greg, I think that the goal will face both ways. Probably going to be standing there, and if you are on one side (say the red offensive zone) and you shoot TOWARDS the middle goal, then the 10 points are towards the BLUE. because remember no ball is actually going into the goal, just hitting it, and bouncing off.

So, I guess here's my question, is only the goal made of lexan, and covered by another type of material (like say wood), or is it a piece of lexan with a round goal on it.

my guess is that you can still see it, but it's just going to be really far away....

[edit] Even with a foot and four inches clearence will you be able to see the goal from that far away?