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Re: I'm back with some advice
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...87&postcount=6
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I think its probably safe to say no sand and no water. They're not going to put the game in an environment that will be detrimental to electronics, gearboxes, and motors.
Corn would be a clear choice if an alternate playing surface was going to be used. However, I feel this blurb is more to stop teams from beginning their builds early, which IIRC is against the rules. /haven't been involved with FIRST in a while //its good to be back |
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I'm on board with this. I just hope that the GDC didn't set their sights to high and say "we're giving them all these new libraries, it'll be easy" like they did with the camera in 2004. I hope they applied some common sense and made the major change the control system and left the game to something manageable. There are going to be enough challenges with the new control system. Give us a year to figure out how to use it to its potential before throwing something insane at us.
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I agree that it's the standard "don't anticipate" warning. In spite of my joking above (which I fear may have been taken too seriously), ya never know what will come out of GDC. Maybe a climbing or a hanging game, maybe ramps or floor bumps, maybe another race game like 2008. Maybe not real water, but change of surface -- your robot can be on one surface or the other. Like either you're a ramp-bot or not.
And if you think about it -- all the games have been simple (well, all the ones I've seen for the past couple of years). There have been "add-ons" that make parts of the game more difficult, as well as simpler alternates for letting everyone get to play. They actually used corn in the "Maize Craze"? When I saw Andy Baker's old video of a match I was wondering what was all over the floor. Then it hit me -- maize -- corn. Corn?!? Wow -- how did the robots perform with all that corn in the gears? |
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Personally, I think we should look to the FTC for direction. I think we may see the addition of 'rough terrain' areas on the playing field.
Sadly, something gives me the feeling there will not be water involved. ![]() |
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I'm voting against the entire field being some sort of crazy, difficult to navigate surface, be it sand, bumps, water, or a mobility denial system. All of the really difficult mobility challenges in the past 5 years were optional. Plus FIRST has gone to a lot of trouble the past several years putting out a kit-bot that guarantees everyone should have a robot capable of at least moving around the field. I can't really picture the GDC wanting to return to the heady days of rookie bots hobbling around the field getting high-centered on 2" pipes, having wheels fall off, etc.
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Now the next year 2010, Katie bar the door.............. ![]() |
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If they do add something to the field, it won't be something like a Mobility Denial System. Something a lot simpler.
Personally, I think Bill is trying to scare us. |
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Time to dig up those old RC helicopter drawings I have stashed away... |
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Keaton Last edited by KF987 : 15-10-2008 at 13:34. |
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Still don't buy it. Every kickoff, Woody's going on about how we've provided teams with this easy to build kit-bot, flexible programming environment, etc. This plus the new controller make the push towards more interesting programming clear. Forcing teams, any teams, to struggle to move removes the focus from programming and showing off the new control system. I'm with Cory on this. The game will be just as "simple" as years past, with added emphasis on autonomous and programming.
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3 years ago, they introduced the vision system. This year, they will be unveiling a smelling system.
Mark my words. |
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The chassis is discussed in more detail here. |
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That bin of balls is the playing field. That kid is your robot. ![]() or maybe he's the game peice? ![]() |
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