New Game Hint? - Crackerjacks, Haagen-Dazs cups and Diet Coke cans?

[NalaTI]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

I'm trying to figure out what any of those have to do with using one's head. Hmmm..... Any ideas?

I figured that there was something (a cross beam or bar) in the air and he hit his head on it while trying to duck under it...

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

I'm trying to figure out what any of those have to do with using one's head. Hmmm..... Any ideas?

You can eat the contents of the containers.... maybe he wanted to make sure that this years game pieces can be recycled from other common household items meaning no Walmart not stocking orbit balls YAY!!!

Man that doesn't make sense, but at least there is less than 4.5 months left until we find out what it is. Maybe i should pack these items for lunch during kickoff for good luck.

[Karibou]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

You can eat the contents of the containers.... maybe he wanted to make sure that this years game pieces can be recycled from other common household items meaning no Walmart not stocking orbit balls YAY!!!

I can really see them going green this year, and trying to cut back on costs. Maybe not quite to the point where we can make game pieces from common household items (though I really would like to see a toaster used as a game piece - toast game? called it.), but where the game pieces are more eco-friendly, or something of the sort.

Diet coke cans can be recycled You can even get money from them! Hmm...kind of sounds like a variation of this year's Super Cell to me.

On the subject of a Tetris game...the 8 hours a week I wast--err, spend playing tetris might come in handy

[SCROSSLEY-GCEC]

Ice cream + head = brain freeze

ice game

[Robert Cawthon]

Originally Posted by SCROSSLEY-GCEC

Ice cream + head = brain freeze

ice game

Sometimes I think that is a normal state of mind for me!

[MiniNerd24]

Originally Posted by Karibou

Diet coke cans can be recycled You can even get money from them! Hmm...kind of sounds like a variation of this year's Super Cell to me.

I think you just struck the nail on the head there. Recycling has been a big theme lately, especially for FIRST, the insight about it resembling last year's empty cell was a nice touch too! I think the game will be related to a variety of shapes that need to be exchanged with bigger points for different shapes collected, recycled, and played. Perhaps we'll need to use camera code to sort out the game pieces by color or shape.

[Dragonos]

Robots will have to sort recycling! Put Aluminum in the aluminum box, paper in he paper box, or shoot plastic over a goal for bonus points!
You will have to find ways to detect these objects.
1 Aluminum Magnets.
2 Lasers to catch the paper on fire.
3 Advanced particle analysis.
4 Light sensors
5 Cameras AKA fancy Light sensors

[Mr. Pockets]

Originally Posted by dragonos

You will have to find ways to detect these objects.
1 Aluminum Magnets.
2 Lasers to catch the paper on fire.
3 Advanced particle analysis.
4 Light sensors
5 Cameras AKA fancy Light sensors

Well, I have a few ideas about where quite a few rookie teams will be spending Dean's donation.

You know though, if they really want to push a recycling theme what if they made a game with two ways to score. One way would be very easy to pull off, but would only provide lower point scores (sort of like just throwing stuff out). The other way would be slightly more time consuming, but would yield greater rewards (along the same lines as recycling). If you factor in varying point values for different shaped game pieces...

[Karibou]

Originally Posted by Mr. Pockets

You know though, if they really want to push a recycling theme what if they made a game with two ways to score. One way would be very easy to pull off, but would only provide lower point scores (sort of like just throwing stuff out). The other way would be slightly more time consuming, but would yield greater rewards (along the same lines as recycling). If you factor in varying point values for different shaped game pieces.

That sounds awfully similar to what happens in FLL...you put in the extra effort, and get more points for it.

[lady lighting]

i still think the theme is going GREEN

[rcmolloy]

WALL-E style robots anyone? Lol

[swarm420]

Hmm... perhaps its a food competition?
Robots need to deliver the specified food to a human player, who must then eat the food. The team witht he most food eaten wins.

I CALL DIBS ON THE HAAGEN DAZ!

For all we know, could they just realease hints, have us talk about it on here, and then get the contest from one of us?

[FIRSTtm134]

Due to last years 3D animation being that you had to use something from the environment and all of the items being recyclable, I would have to agree the robots are going to have to sort things, maybe not small things like cans but maybe a larger item such as large plastic barrels or maybe since when you flip a Haagen Dazs carton over it looks like a cone we might have to do something with traffic cones?

[andrew348]

Maybe we are just building vending machines

[Mr. Pockets]

Originally Posted by Andrew348

Maybe we are just building vending machines

Dang it!
I was honestly just watching someone repair one earlier today.
So much for getting a head start ^_-