2006/2007 FVC speculation?

[Billfred]

Well, after a chat with certain folks today, I hear that the FVC game for this coming season is largely designed. Anyone want to speculate as to what they could possibly create after Half-Pipe Hustle?

My theory? Lavery's more likely to see inflatable clowns in FVC size.

[Greg Needel]

Originally Posted by Billfred

Anyone want to speculate as to what they could possibly create after Half-Pipe Hustle?

three words......"Full Pipe Hustle"

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by Greg Needel

three words......"Full Pipe Hustle"

Two things came to mind within seconds of each other:

1) There's no way that could be spectator friendly.
2) Man, Art Dutra's mini-Triple Play robot suddenly seems more useful than ever.

I wonder what would happen if some LED throwies (look around online) were incorporated into the game. They seem FVC-sized, if you could protect them a bit.

[Donut]

Hey, would handling jello be easier for FVC than FRC?

[Kyle Love]

Hopefully something with less banking and have automode integrated with the real match.

[dlavery]

Three words: Jello the Clown

[Rich Kressly]

Originally Posted by Greg Needel

three words......"Full Pipe Hustle"

Greg's been crashing the meetings again...
Once we got the hang of getting one field to sit on top of another, the rest was gravy.

Originally Posted by Donut

Hey, would handling jello be easier for FVC than FRC?

I can hear Blair now. "The red alliance scoops up the lemon meringue mold and races across the field with time winding down..."

Originally Posted by Billfred

1) There's no way that could be spectator friendly.

Think super-human powers like x-ray vision

Originally Posted by Kyle Love

Hopefully something with less banking and have automode integrated with the real match.

Note to self. Regardless of the 90-degree incline, find out if banking is the proper term to use since this isn't an asphalt oval and turns aren't always to the left.

Originally Posted by dlavery

Three words: Jello the Clown

Quiet Dave!!! You told me you'd shut up until we figured out how to incorporate the soft little bunny.



you started it Billfred
so little time, so many ways to mess with people...

[Jeremiah Johnson]

I think paint chips would be fun to handle. Or grease. Yes, yesterday I had to dismantle a giant servo motor at work without getting paint chips in the grease between the shaft and collar.

Or, Stack Attack V(ex)2. Now that would be fun to see Vexed.

[skimoose]

Originally Posted by dlavery

Three words: Jello the Clown

Does that mean the game pieces are Jello AND bunny pellets?

[Rich Kressly]

Originally Posted by skimoose

Does that mean the game pieces are Jello AND bunny pellets?

Game pieces or NASA approved freeze-dried space snack. I can't remember exactly the way Dave said it...

[Dan Zollman]

Jello? Clown? Bunny? Jello bunny...an animal with a consistency similar to Jello.

Hey, I know it! Well, I think I know what the game pieces are. For a couple months I've been making fun of Chuck for his game idea, but it really IS going to be a FARMING GAME!

Also, the clown is wearing yellow. Jello, yellow. Yellow is the third color, if we didn't already know that.

[Rich Kressly]

Kickoff is coming next week. Somebody, wake up Dave's clown

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by worldbringer

Jello? Clown? Bunny? Jello bunny...an animal with a consistency similar to Jello.

Peeps

[Rich Kressly]

Originally Posted by Rich Kressly

Greg's been crashing the meetings again...
Once we got the hang of getting one field to sit on top of another, the rest was gravy.


I can hear Blair now. "The red alliance scoops up the lemon meringue mold and races across the field with time winding down..."


Think super-human powers like x-ray vision


Note to self. Regardless of the 90-degree incline, find out if banking is the proper term to use since this isn't an asphalt oval and turns aren't always to the left.


Quiet Dave!!! You told me you'd shut up until we figured out how to incorporate the soft little bunny.



you started it Billfred
so little time, so many ways to mess with people...

Don't say you never got any really good game hints, and so long ago too ...

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by Rich Kressly

Think super-human powers like x-ray vision

Alright, I'm thinking this might be some sort of hint. (For those that don't know, Kres was part of the GDC for this year's FVC game.)

As one of the autonomous referees in Atlanta, I can say from experience that autonomous matches were just not that exciting. There wasn't much to them--the better ones might get their one starting ball into the center goal and hopefully hit the pad.

So perhaps instead of an autonomous match, this year's game will have an element that can only be done (or done well) with the use of sensors. Call that one how you'd like.