Is there anyone excited for tomorrow??:)

[Kyle Love]

I'm kind of sad about tomorrow, I guess I officially become a mentor and not a student. I'll miss it, but hey, it will still be fun to help the students build a robot!

[Freddy Schurr]

I will be at the NJ Kickoff- Skillman to witness the reveal of the 2008 game. Also my bday is will start in 4 minutes.

So Kickoff+ My Birthday: WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[beemgruem]

Originally Posted by Freddy Schurr

I will be at the NJ Kickoff- Skillman to witness the reveal of the 2008 game. Also my bday is will start in 4 minutes.

So Kickoff+ My Birthday: WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hAppY biRtHdaY from Now!! (My English not so good but hey) I hope you and your team can solve the problem easily and I think it would be the best gift for ue birthday

[sanddrag]

Alright, just for kicks, based on the clues, I'm going to post my final prediction.

There will be one large tetrahedron shaped object that will give substantial bonus points to whichever alliance has it on their special place at the end of the match.

Autonomous mode will be in the beginning again.

There will be 4 goals. These goals will have changing red and blue lights indicating which alliance hey count for. Lights will change by time periods, or by robots sending signals to them.

Game Pieces will fit over the goals, not into them.

Other than the large bonus tetra, there will be 3 ways to score. Getting the game piece onto the goal, getting the game piece into a certain area, or positioning your robot on top of a field element at the end of the match.

There will be a slight incline slippery ramp with a sharp vertex located midfield.

One, two, or three pipes will be used in the field's construction.

[JoeXIII'007]

Bad news: I will sadly not be making it to the local kick-off in Novi due to a very late family gathering for XMAS out in KZoo... (first time in 3 years... grr)

That said, I will probably be thinking about the game tomorrow night when I get home.

Otherwise, I go into build season with very few pre-kickoff conclusions as to what the game will be, just interpretations of the three hints.

Good Luck to everyone, and may it be a great season for all!

-Joe

[=Martin=Taylor=]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

...there will be 3 ways to score. Getting the game piece onto the goal, getting the game piece into a certain area, or positioning your robot on top of a field element at the end of the match.

There will be a slight incline slippery ramp with a sharp vertex located midfield.

One, two, or three pipes will be used in the field's construction.

Gee, thats a big prediction. Like that doesn't describe EVERY FRC competition

Originally Posted by blaxbb

9:36:30 left

Sweet Gorilla of Manila the torment!!!11!1 MAKE IT END! MAKE IT END!

[Swttrt224]

only 8 hours and 46 minutes to go...

AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MUST SLEEP! MUST NOT THINK ABOUT GAME ANYMORE TONIGHT!!!!

it's going to be a long night....not to mention an early morning...

[AndyB]

9:27:35

[whytheheckme]

Tomorrow is the most exciting day of the year!!!!!


-Except maybe PI day. Maybe. MAYBE-

[Barry Bonzack]

Originally Posted by Kyle Love

I'm kind of sad about tomorrow, I guess I officially become a mentor and not a student. I'll miss it, but hey, it will still be fun to help the students build a robot!

I have actually enjoyed FIRST significantly more since graduation. You'll see.

Let the stress fest begin.

[blaxbb]

9:36:30 left

[3DWolf]

It's currently 4:46 AM EST (I woke up and can't sleep, I'm so excited) and I'm just waiting for it to be time to head over to my school then head for kickoff!

I CAN NOT WAIT!!!!!

[Bomberofdoom]

Man....I've been waiting for like...what? 6-7 months?

shoot, it was a long wait, but DANG!!!!

We're allready here!!!!!!!


GAHH!!!!!!!

YAYYYY!!!!!!

OH NOOOOOOO!!!!!

YAHHOOOOO!!!!

So many expressions for this wonderful moment about to come again!

Alas, the wait has finished. Behold the new challenge of 2008!

BTW,
To express my excitment I take the lyrics from Wierd Al's (my favorite):
"I can't wait no, (no I) I can't wait (oh when)
When they gonna open up that door?

I'm goin' (yes I'm) goin', I'm a-goin' to the
Goin' to the (hard) ware I'm goin', really goin' to the
Goin' (hard) I'm goin' to the (hard) oh yes, I'm goin' to the -"

FRC KICK-OFF!!!!!!!!


5 HOURS TO KICK OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[chaoticprout]

I can't sleep either its 2 in the morning PST and I need to get up in 4 hours for the webstream and the worst part is my Internet connection is out so here I am on the iPhone with surprisingly fast edge speeds compared to what I get in the day. Alright wish me luck as I attempt to sleep for the 20th time.

[Tach'ko]

Bomber-Dude, you are my new best friend.

Just kidding.

Maybe.

In about 15 minutes, I stop pretending I'm asleep, and get ready to get ready to go to the train to go to the place where I'll wait some more to wait for them to announce that they're going to announce the stuff and then I'll have to wait even more while they talk about things I'll probably sleep through and end up missing kickoff becuase of all this waiting!

The flow of time before kickoff can be expressed as f(x)=1/x, where x is the amount of time in minutes after 24 hours before kickoff, and f(x) is the amount of time that passes relative to one normal minute. As the day before kickoff continues, and x increases, f(x) decreases, but has a limit as f(x) approaches infinity, of zero, so that while time never stops, 25 hours and 59 minutes after the day before kickoff begins, the ratio of real time to percieved time is 1:7.5*10^-4.

That was fifteen minutes well spent.