BattleCry@WPI 7!

[ahecht]

All WPI network services were offline today as the power systems in the server room were being updated. Everything should be back online now.

As to visibility of the vision target, remember that the middle target will be made of clear lexan.

[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?

[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by Meli W.

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.

Not A 15 minute walk, 10 at most to the farthest point on campus (Stoddard Hall). I lived in a fraternity house directly in front of it for 4 years, so I know the walk well. Follow the 112 year old rut through the park to the back of Fuller Labs. Walk up the stairs on the left of the building and go around Salisbury labs, and follow the bricks to the main parking lot.

Pete

[skimoose]

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.

Woot! Its the Pendulum of Doom reincarnated. The POD was a great idea!

[Daisy]

is it going to be hanging off the ceiling or on the floor?

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[Ken Stafford]

[quote=Daisy]is it going to be hanging off the ceiling or on the floor?

Happy to see all the interest the new bit generated. The wording in the original Tactical Update was purposely vague--we hadn't decided upon 3 competing designs. Here's what I can say--the target is transparent except for a colored ring around the outside, it will hang from above, it will always stay in the center of the field. If you check the recent wording in the Rules of Engagement you will notice that we corrected an earlier typo to indicate indeed that back-bots could effect the change in their alliance favorable direction. Yes, the inspiration was last year's Pendulum of Doom from WPI's Savage Soccer Vex Tournament!

See you at WPI!

Ken

[aztech75]

dose any1 know if there is a video archive from battlecry and how i can access it?

[ahecht]

Originally Posted by aztech75

dose any1 know if there is a video archive from battlecry and how i can access it?

From this thread:

Originally Posted by BrianBSL

It may be a few days or weeks until we have all the matches online, as we are waiting for the WPI media server to have its storage space upgraded. I have put up "unofficial" copies of the opening ceremonies from Friday and Saturday, as well as the last finals match and the closing ceremonies on Saturday at http://users.wpi.edu/~brian/bc7/ .

[Ian Curtis]

Do you guys (ie 190 and company) have an idea of when BC7 video will be available, as it has been over a month since the event? Or will it be a repeat of last year?

[dk5sm5luigi]

It is not going to be a repeat of last year. It should be a matter of a week or two before we get it up. Currently the WPI media server is full and they are in the process of upgrading it to have 4Tb of hard drive space not including the redundancy. Once that is up and running we will be putting the videos up. The videos are already cut so the hard part is already done.

[aztech75]

Originally Posted by dk5sm5luigi

It is not going to be a repeat of last year. It should be a matter of a week or two before we get it up.

I guess thats not the case???

[dk5sm5luigi]

Originally Posted by aztech75

I guess thats not the case???

The files are online right now we just need to link to them. Just a few more days.
-Nick

[Greg Marra]

Originally Posted by dk5sm5luigi

The files are online right now we just need to link to them. Just a few more days.
-Nick

I will settle for a raw directory listing