Woodie's Game Hint @ Atlanta

[njamietech]

ok heres my idea

What if the field was a pool (water would represent jello in the hint as jello is mostly water) and in the center of the rectangular pool is a wall. Now on that wall are bullseye targets with 5 lights above them. These lights represent the point value of the target. Teams would score on these targets by shooting ping pong balls at them. this wall would be double sided of course and the alliance on the other side is trying to do the same thing. now the trick to this is that the targets are always changing their values so that you have to shoot rather quickly to hit them at their top score. (this represents the stock market)

Now to make it more difficult there are 3 floating orbs that make it more difficult for the teams to move around. (these represent the gerbils). these orbs would be repositioned every match.

The scoring structure would look like Knex (self explanitory).

Now to protect the field crews, the battery on the robots would have to be on top. that way if the robot sinks the battery isn't wet. a gfci tripper would be mandatory on the robots. also poles at the base of the robot prevent the robot from tipping over and getting the battery wet.

a possible bonus would be that teams would have to drive to a ramp and hook on to a hook that would pull the robot up out of the water. if the team gets all three up they get the bonus.

i forgot to add that for saftey reasons the pool would have to be a certain depth so that if the robot sinks the battery at the top wont get wet.

(please note this is just a fantasy of mine not actually truth)

Anyway thats just my idea.

[sleeping143]

How about the gerbil clue being that we will need to build a robot with legs? That could be really cool. And they did emphasise those various legged robots in their presentations in atlanta. There was a video about a robotic cockroach, there was the hex bug challenge, etc. It would open up a lot of possibilities for game design, too.

[65_Xero_Huskie]

Originally Posted by sleeping143

How about the gerbil clue being that we will need to build a robot with legs? That could be really cool. And they did emphasise those various legged robots in their presentations in atlanta. There was a video about a robotic cockroach, there was the hex bug challenge, etc. It would open up a lot of possibilities for game design, too.

Im going with either...

1. A wheel you have to use/interact with

2. Or balls as the game piece.

[Chief Samwize]

My guess...

Stock market rises and falls (possibly stacking)
Gerbils like in a cage shaped like a box.
Jello comes in a box.
K'nex BLOCKS.

It seems as though we could see a return of stack attack maybe?

-Sam

[hipsterjr]

Originally Posted by Chief Samwize

My guess...

Stock market rises and falls (possibly stacking)
Gerbils like in a cage shaped like a box.
Jello comes in a box.
K'nex BLOCKS.

It seems as though we could see a return of stack attack maybe?

-Sam

That's brilliant I think you might be right. It has been awhile since we worked with boxes.

[Katusha]

What do gerbils, jello, and knex have in common???

They all come in boxes?!?!

So i think that it's obvious that the game piece has to be square.
That's all for now.

Team 168 Board.

[Mrpalmere]

Looking back at previous games, the clue from this spring is typical and not very telling. One can observe though that in 2003, a stackable box or the 3d square, 2004 a game with balls or a 3d circle, 2005 tetras on tetras or 3d triangle, 2006 back to ball -3d circle, 2007 tubes, a special 3d circle in 2 directions.......WOW here is my guess.....

A combination of two of the components of the FIRST logo like.....

circle and square yield a cylinder or column or pool noodle.......cylindrical object

circle and triangle yields a cone shaped object like a traffic cone (which has a square base) yielding the use of all three components.........

cool huh?

[synth3tk]

A lot of people insist on the traffic cone theory which I like, though has nothing to do with the clues. But that doesn't mean we're not due for it. It'd be challenging and fun at the same time. Who knows?

[hipsterjr]

Woody and Dave have been quite....too quite. Usally they chime in by now. But I'm starting to get worried, lol.

[Andy Baker]

Originally Posted by hipsterjr

Woody and Dave have been quite....too quite. Usally they chime in by now. But I'm starting to get worried, lol.

Woodie never posts on these forums, so don't expect anything here from him. He is a reader only.

Dave, on the other hand, is due for some hints.

Andy B.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Andy Baker

Dave, on the other hand, is due for some hints.

Andy B.

ut-oh

[EricH]

He has a point. Dave has been almost suspiciously quiet this year. Maybe he's learned something, though--looking back at the 2006 game hint thread (for Dave's hints), it's scary how close we came to figuring out the game. Worse, he almost gave it away, but nobody thought to see why he was picking on someone else.

I'd suspect that Woodie gave an unofficial red herring, and Dave's silence is another.

[edit] I took a look, and he has dropped a few possible "hints", but I only found about three or four. None is particularly obvious.[/edit]

[JaneYoung]

Well, whatever the reason for Dave's semi-silence, it has saved us all from some really bad pun-ishment from Mr. Cokely.

[njamietech]

Waiting for another hint or january 5th is killing me

I've had to try to keep myself occupied by scouting, starting robotics projects, ect.

I will be really dissapointed if FIRST does not give another more official hint.

Or maybe Dave could give us another false lead to keep us occupied.

Oh well...

Back to waiting

[bobdahaxor]

How about there are times where you want to put the pieces in and times where you don't want to. I really think the game pieces are going to be balls that move on their own and you have to put them in wheel type bin. in certain periods You can score more points by placing the balls in that time frame where as at certain points it may cost you points. The wheel may even move itself! I think they may change the style of game play so it is a free for all, but not too sure about that. There will definitely be less defense and more offense though, that is for sure!