BattleCry@WPI 7!

[Greg Perkins]

Anybody think it would be ok if i slept in my car in the parking lot?

[ahecht]

Originally Posted by BobC

Does anyone know the name of any hotel or motel within walking distance of the event?
Bob

Lodging information, as well as a complete list of all area hotels, can be found on the BattleCry website at http://www.wpi.edu/News/Events/Battl...ttlefield.html

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Meli W.

The two closest hotels are:

Crowne Plaza Hotel Worcester
10 Lincoln Square, Worcester, MA, 508-791-1600, 800-227-6963, Fax: 508-791-1796

Courtyard by Marriott Worcester
72 Grove St., Worcester, MA, 508-363-0300, Fax: 508-363-3563

Both are about a 15 minute walk to campus though.

Thank you very much that's the answer I was looking for.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Greg Perkins

Anybody think it would be ok if i slept in my car in the parking lot?

Do you have a shower in that car also??

[Greg Marra]

Originally Posted by BobC

Does anyone know the name of any hotel or motel within walking distance of the event?
Bob

WPI offers dorm rooms for participants staying at Battlecry. I am not sure the exact details, but you should contact them about that. It's also much cheaper than a hotel, from what I hear.

[ahecht]

Originally Posted by Greg Marra

WPI offers dorm rooms for participants staying at Battlecry. I am not sure the exact details, but you should contact them about that. It's also much cheaper than a hotel, from what I hear.

Again, all the information is available at http://www.wpi.edu/News/Events/Battl...ttlefield.html

[BobC]

Originally Posted by ahecht

Again, all the information is available at http://www.wpi.edu/News/Events/Battl...ttlefield.html

I was not going to say anything but now I must.
1. Thank you to everyone that did give me the info that I was looking either here or by email.

2. Yes the link for hotels from the web site does list a bunch of hotels, motels, ect. The list does not tell you how far from the event they are which was what the info I was looking for.

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by BobC

2. Yes the link for hotels from the web site does list a bunch of hotels, motels, ect. The list does not tell you how far from the event they are which was what the info I was looking for.

The address of WPI is:

100 Institute Road, Worcester MA

The map I used (Google maps) pinpoints that almost exactly .25 miles from the Gymnasium.

Should be good enough to calculate mileage.

[Kyle Fenton]

http://www.wpi.edu/News/Events/BattleCry/rules.html

It appears that goal in the middle of the field for Battlecry. Sounds like a cool idea. I wonder how it will affect games.

[Jeff Rodriguez]

Originally Posted by Rules of Engagment

There will be an additional scoring opportunity in the middle of the field. It shall consist of a 2 ft diameter flat Lexan target centered 8 1/2 ft above the floor facing the field ends. It has a neutral starting position but, through ball contact, may be activated to favor either the Red or Blue alliance. (E.G., contacts made by balls thrown towards the Red home zone will tend to move the target to favor the Red alliance.) Its status at the end of the match determines which alliance, if either, gains the 10-point bonus. There will be real-time feedback throughout the match to indicate if and when the target is favoring a particular alliance. It may be engaged anytime during a match by either alliance. There will NOT be any vision system target above it. While it may be engaged by a human player or back-bot, ball shots from either of these would tend to move the target in favor of the opposing alliance.

So, is this like a tug-o-war style (more times you hit it is better) thing or a possession (last ball to hit it) thing?

[aztech75]

its deff gonna be hard shooting toward yourself with no green light or anything.

it will be interesting to see what kind of affect this will realy have on game play.

[Sam Lipscomb]

Originally Posted by Greg Perkins

Anybody think it would be ok if i slept in my car in the parking lot?

If I had a car that would definitely be my plan. As of now I am still trying to figure out how to get up there Friday night. It will happen though!

This floating target thing seems to be quite interesting as well. Does it just keep moving in favor of one alliance? Is there a certain point where it becomes futile to try to change what side it's on? Or is that where GP comes into play and the human players start moving the target back to the center

[ahecht]

Originally Posted by Ogre

So, is this like a tug-o-war style (more times you hit it is better) thing or a possession (last ball to hit it) thing?

The latter.

[Daisy]

can you still see the green light from the other goal (can't open the WPI website, probably being flooded w/ FIRSTers, so I'm just going off of info here)?

[Greg Marra]

Originally Posted by Rules of Engagement

While it may be engaged by a human player or back-bot, ball shots from either of these would tend to move the target in favor of the opposing alliance.

I am confused. The backbot and the human players are on opposite sides of the target. The back-bot remains on the offensive side of the field, and the human players are on the defensive side of the field.

Which way does the target face?

Also, I too am concerned with being able to see the vision target at the opposite end of the field, especially from the center alliance station. Those targets are important to know when human-control has started and who won autonomous mode. I already sort of have to duck to see it from behind the line. I, too, can't get on WPI's site, so I guess we will just have to wait and see.