A Trend in the FRC Games?

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Alex Dinsmoor

But the weasel is the best part! Imagine teams driving around trying to catch a giant weasel! You know you want to see it, admit it .

Well, so what do you do after you catch the weasel?

Pop it?

(Ever heard of the song, Pop Goes the Weasel? Many many years ago, I had a little jack-in-the-box that popped up to Pop Goes The Weasel...loved that thing.)

[EricH]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

Pop it?

(Ever heard of the song, Pop Goes the Weasel? Many many years ago, I had a little jack-in-the-box that popped up to Pop Goes The Weasel...loved that thing.)

Round and round the cobbler's bench, monkey chased the weasel...

[Leav]

just wanted to remind you guys of the quantum problem you are facing here....

by posting to CD about next year's game you have in fact informed the GDC (via Dave) that you know about their pattern....

CD poster:

Next Year's game will use boxes.

Dave Lavery:

Oh no! they are on to us! let's use balls again!!

but you can rest assured: I have restored the balance by letting the GDC know that I know that they know that you know they have a pattern.

then again.... if they know that you know that they know that you know they have a pattern they might just ignore the fact that you know they have a pattern all together.....

()

-Leav

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Leav

just wanted to remind you guys of the quantum problem you are facing here....

by posting to CD about next year's game you have in fact informed the GDC (via Dave) that you know about their pattern....

Dave will feed us a steady diet of red herrings before he goes in for the kill.
The game has just begun!

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Dave will feed us a steady diet of red herrings before he goes in for the kill.
The game has just begun!

He hasn't launched one yet. Not even the traditional "You design the game!" threads. He must be in hibernation.

[Blue_Mist]

Originally Posted by EricH

Round and round the cobbler's bench, monkey chased the weasel...

Round and round the '09 field, the robot chased the weasel...

Sorry, couldn't resist! But it would be cool if we had an ice field and robots chasing weasels. Ah, that would be hilarious, but may result in some non-FIRSTers not taking us seriously...

[Big Kid]

Originally Posted by Blue_Mist

Round and round the '09 field, the robot chased the weasel...

Sorry, couldn't resist! But it would be cool if we had an ice field and robots chasing weasels. Ah, that would be hilarious, but may result in some non-FIRSTers not taking us seriously...

And not to mention some possible increase of needed pit time. Robot + Ice + KOP wheels = disaster

better give us some nice tire chains in that KOP

lol, jk

[acdcfan259]

Heres my idea. Theres a ball like in '05 that you have to hit over, that triggers the pancake batter pouring into the pan. The robots race over to the pan, wait for it to cook, flip it. Race the pancake over to the judges table and place the pancake on the judges plate. The judges judge each robots pancake on its taste, texture, and appearence. Now there would be the bonus chocolate chip pancake batter ball on a 10 foot pedestal.

[Big Kid]

Originally Posted by acdcfan259

Heres my idea. Theres a ball like in '05 that you have to hit over, that triggers the pancake batter pouring into the pan. The robots race over to the pan, wait for it to cook, flip it. Race the pancake over to the judges table and place the pancake on the judges plate. The judges judge each robots pancake on its taste, texture, and appearence. Now there would be the bonus chocolate chip pancake batter ball on a 10 foot pedestal.

And then an extra 50 points if the robot can make the coffee. and maybe another 10 for putting the judge's choice of syrup on the pancake

[acdcfan259]

Originally Posted by Big Kid

And then an extra 50 points if the robot can make the coffee. and maybe another 10 for putting the judge's choice of syrup on the pancake

I like how you think.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Big Kid

And then an extra 50 points if the robot can make the coffee.

I recently met one of the parents on our team who has a son in junior high. She told me about a robot that he is working on that will fetch and deliver coffee. She says right now the robot wants to move diagonally but I'm sure he will have all of that worked out by the time he is a freshman. Can one develop a code that says: 'drive straight to Jane'?

[KarenH]

Originally Posted by acdcfan259

Heres my idea. Theres a ball like in '05 that you have to hit over, that triggers the pancake batter pouring into the pan. The robots race over to the pan, wait for it to cook, flip it. Race the pancake over to the judges table and place the pancake on the judges plate. The judges judge each robots pancake on its taste, texture, and appearence. Now there would be the bonus chocolate chip pancake batter ball on a 10 foot pedestal.

Oh, the poor judges! Unless they could all eat pancakes the way Dave Lavery can eat donuts!