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

[BrendanB]

Haagen-Dazs is definitely a big hint. But it is packaged the same as other ice-cream like Ben & Jerrys and in paper form, not plastic so WHAT Haagen-Dazs does different or support that other companies don't could be a clue.

Only thing I could dig up while searching their sit is that they love bees. And no, not team 33.

http://www.helpthehoneybees.com/

Darn, I told myself that I wouldn't think about the game hints this year! Oh well.

[Chris is me]

Maybe it's just that most food is sold in recyclable containers and that there's really n relevance to the game from that perspective. I'm hard pressed to think of 3 consumables not in recyclable containers.

What if... the GDC just likes Haagen Daas?

[JaneYoung]

Has the resizing of the carton (and the reasoning behind it) for Haagen Dazs been discussed yet?

[Zflash]

ice cream is to carton as robot is to crate.

From Bill's Blog
"Heads up, Section 4 of the competition manual (Robot Shipping) may change this year. FRC is working with a FedEX packing engineer to review our current crate criteria in an effort to improve efficiency in shipping."

Perhaps the crates will get smaller and perhaps the robots will get slightly smaller in size as well.

[BrendanB]

And as if the 5 foot rule wasn't hard to fit into. Well, changing crate sizes and Haagen-Dazs cartons seem plausible.

[a kenny03]

Originally Posted by Karibou

(though I really would like to see a toaster used as a game piece - toast game? called it.),

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

haha. me want buttered toast! yum!!!!
so, i guess i should keep playing my tetris, then.
and what about pokemon puzzle league? is better than tetris!

[Team1710]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

Has the resizing of the carton (and the reasoning behind it) for Haagen Dazs been discussed yet?

Yeah I have to agree. Especially since the resizing is occurring in January. Maybe the robot must fit in tight places in order to place something. So we have to have the same functionality of a full size robot all within smaller constraints like Haagen Dazs is just reducing the size instead of reducing the quality.

[Chris is me]

This would be completely consistent with the "10 matches for every team by using a 4v4 field and smaller robots" theory from another thread. Brilliance!

[alectronic]

Much of what i saw initially on the Haagen-Dazs website right away (and the one about helping the bees) was like the "go green" and recycling type stuff... and this is similar to one of the recurring themes of the FLL games too. maybe what they meant was simply a theme of sorts for the game, like moving different shapes to different places, similar to recycling.
just a thought

[a kenny03]

hmmm... making a smaller robot... well there have been years when our team has just made the footprint

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

And as if the 5 foot rule wasn't hard to fit into. Well, changing crate sizes and Haagen-Dazs cartons seem plausible.

I for one wouldn't mind them saying we have a smaller base foot print if they give us the ability to expand. I wouldn't mind adding a bit of weight too. Similar to 2007 where a 4' robot weighed x a 5' weighed x-10 and a 6' weighed x-20 (I can't remember x but I think it was 120)

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

I for one wouldn't mind them saying we have a smaller base foot print if they give us the ability to expand. I wouldn't mind adding a bit of weight too. Similar to 2007 where a 4' robot weighed x a 5' weighed x-10 and a 6' weighed x-20 (I can't remember x but I think it was 120)

Correct, 120 sans battery and bumpers.

That was actually one of the most-liked size/weight patterns. The surprising thing was how many actually went for the higher height limit with less weight.

[a kenny03]

i never heard of that rule. but with a smaller robot and the recycling theme, i would guess they would have to give us expansion capibilities.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by a kenny03

i never heard of that rule. but with a smaller robot and the recycling theme, i would guess they would have to give us expansion capibilities.

This was a rule a couple years back. But FIRST doesnt HAVE to give us anything, they could come out and say we have an 18" by 18" by 18" cube we have to fit in, cant expand outside it. Have fun.

[a kenny03]

they could... but FIRST isn't that maen...ok wait, changed my mind. (grrr stupid moon rocks!!!) but they have always been around the same footprint size, so why change it that radically? the going green strategy is a nice thing, but its not worth it to change it that much...