2007's game

[c-cavender]

Originally Posted by raymaniac

I would say that we should take the opposite of everything he has told us about the game this year, but I don't think he would make it that easy for us

maybe he's just hoping that we'll think that.

[Kyle Love]

How long until we get another moving turn table or something like that, or something realllllllly big on the field? I also hope we go back to 2vs2 with a back up 3rd bot. Bumpers are a must, lol. I also want to see multiple scoring objects.

[b-rant]

Originally Posted by rurouni_MOE

I was told "think frisbees"

what about boomerangs?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Eric W. Jones

Besides, I'm sure Mr. Lavery needs a good laugh every once in a while.

I'm not sure that all of December and most of the rest of the fall every year counts as once in a while....Not counting the pranks at kickoff and competitions in the spring, of course.

[Mike Schroeder]

Now I know what you are thinking 2 meters, thats impossible even for a computer, but fear not Wedge Antilles, I used to shoot wamp rats in my T-16 back home and they are not much bigger than 2 meters.


why i am saying this, well all i have to say is look at this :

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA08278


and tell me that Dave hasn't left us all a huge game hint on the NASA webpage

[Eric W. Jones]

Does this mean the targets, whatever they are, are going to be very small this year?

[Scott358]

Originally Posted by ydnar90

i heard from a very reliable source that the 'rubber fish' are actually chickens, because everyone knows that rubber fish aren't very awesome, whereas rubber chickens are sweet. the statement about nuts and bolts actually means that we can't use nuts and bolts to fasten anything to the robot, and that the entire frame must be held together using ONLY zip-ties and duct tape (what can't u hold together w/ those things?). Nuts and bolt-heads are 6 sided, so there will be 6 robots, 3 teams of 2 just to make things more interesting for those not playing. Nuts and bolts are threaded, so there will be a platform in the center of the field which may only be ascended by the sets of curving ramps (like the threaded portion of a bolt) The final portion of my intel is a secret, the price being your life....you have been warned
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The chickens are the secret portion of this game, you must collect as many of the live chickens as possible. You get extra points if your robot can hit another robot with one of the rubber chickens that is lying around specifically for that purpose.

I think the chances of the game involving catching live chickens is as likely as another Rocky movie. Since one is coming out, here goes...

This year we'll need to collect live chickens that have been painted 3 different colors (red, white, and, blue). There will be 20 red, 10 white, and 1 blue chicken, worth 5, 10, and 50 points respectively. Catching a chicken in auto mode is worth 2x (making the blue chicken in auto worth 100pts!!!!). In order to score, the chickens must be placed in a coral at the home end of the field.

The following isn't confirmed, but I've heard you may be able to steal chickens from the other team, but that's just a rumor.

They didn't forget the human element, as after the robots play for 2 minutes, the human players take over and play the same game for 1 minute.

I can't wait for the game, or to see Sly Stallone at the kick-off!!!

[Eric W. Jones]

How on earth are they going to take care of live chickens? Clean up after them? Make sure that they aren't squished by a 120 lb robot? I just don't think that a "chicken" game is logistically possible, at least with live ones. ydnar90, who is your "very reliable" source? I just can't see live chickens in a FIRST competition.

[raymaniac]

Originally Posted by Eric W. Jones

ydnar90, who is your "very reliable" source? I just can't see live chickens in a FIRST competition.

I think we now have another person trying to mess with our heads.

As for hitting robots with rubber chickens, unlikely, but it would be fun to watch.

[sheltie234]

Originally Posted by Eric W. Jones

Does this mean the targets, whatever they are, are going to be very small this year?

donuts!

[raymaniac]

Originally Posted by sheltie234

donuts!

We'll have to keep Dave in a seperate room. With very thick walls

[Eric W. Jones]

Originally Posted by raymaniac

We'll have to keep Dave in a seperate room. With very thick walls

We just can't use Krispy Kremes.

[raymaniac]

Originally Posted by Eric W. Jones

We just can't use Krispy Kremes.

Or at least make him think they're not Krispy Kremes.

[Eric W. Jones]

Originally Posted by raymaniac

Or at least make him think they're not Krispy Kremes.

We can't trick him. He just knows that sort of thing.

[raymaniac]

Originally Posted by Eric W. Jones

We can't trick him. He just knows that sort of thing.

In that case...

Off to Dunkin Doughnuts!