2010 Game Hint #2

[Kage]

Originally Posted by jamie_1930

That's all that need be said.

This perfectly exemplifies the two opposite types of people
*serious people
*not serious people

haha, this made me laugh

[EricH]

I'm with Art on the side paneling. I distinctly remember a robot in AZ 2003 running on practice day, and something went haywire in automode. The robot went up the ramp, over the top, took a left on the other side, and right between the top and bottom rails of the field. It ended up under the bleachers before someone got to the E-Stop. Fortunately, nobody was hit.

Every year since then, there has been a shield of some form (wire or plastic) to prevent that. It isn't always shown on the drawings, though.

The amount of carpet outside the field is irrelevant, and even so, there isn't half the field shown. Usually there's no more than about a yard outside on either side, left from putting two rolls side-by-side and centering the field on them. That's no more than about a 3-4-yard section there total, at an unknown area of the field. It may in fact be the corners, or it may be the middle. Just as a note, those support pillars can (technically) go into just about any joint on the field border that isn't on the ends. And I think your angle is skewed; the ramp doesn't go into the field. Rather, there is a cutout in the lower part of the field border which can give that perception.

The key element is this: there is a gate in the side of the field. Next to that gate is clear of obstructions at the time shown in this CAD. Somewhere else on the field is the item in Hint #1. That is all we know at this time;usually, the rest of the hints come out on Saturday during Kickoff right before the curtain comes down.

[jerry w]

OK. Lets look at what is not there!
The track from hint #1 is not in hint #2.
so where is it? Well if the field is symmetrical then we can multiply the hint#2 view by 4. we are now seeing almost 1/3 of the total field surface. The area we cannot see is the middle and the two ends.
The track from hint #1 seemed to want to be attached to other pipe. Thus the long pair of pipe must be somewhere we cannot see. I suggest it be against the ends of the field. Because the lexan frame that holds the pipe would need to be mounted to some support.

[ATannahill]

Originally Posted by jerry w

OK. Lets look at what is not there!
The track from hint #1 is not in hint #2.
so where is it? Well if the field is symmetrical then we can multiply the hint#2 view by 4. we are now seeing almost 1/3 of the total field surface. The area we cannot see is the middle and the two ends.
The track from hint #1 seemed to want to be attached to other pipe. Thus the long pair of pipe must be somewhere we cannot see. I suggest it be against the ends of the field. Because the lexan frame that holds the pipe would need to be mounted to some support.

Your forgetting a third dimension.

[delsaner]

Originally Posted by artdutra04

The yellow plates are on the outside of the field, and are there to keep people from tripping. They are polyethylene (plastic) panels. I'm guessing the reason they are flat in the second game hint is because they were too lazy to actually model the curve. They have hook Velcro on the bottom, and are stuck to the carpet just by putting pressure down on them, as they bend quite easily.

Would this mean that the game hint isn't about the yellow pads? If they have been around in previous years and they are back this year, then that doesn't really seem like anything new.

[Katie_UPS]

I believe the robots will have to ride unicycles. The wider gates are for the EMTs to pick up any robots that get hurt.

[BrendanB]

Arrive in Florida, get a free suite, and there is another game hint, NICE!

From the looks of a more open field, I'm thinking that the scoring is either A: on the left and right and left side of the field much like 2006 or B: in the middle of the field like in 2007.

Oh and I see much more carpet than in previous years!

[carolynn4848]

Originally Posted by TD912

Unless they are giving us different wheels this year... Or the GDC threw us a curveball and the field will be grey colored regolith... >_>

I personally think that would be awesome. I loved driving on the regolith.

[Yin-Yang]

the Grayish mass on the top could be interpreted as a WALL if u focus your eyes differnet

[bduddy]

Originally Posted by Yin-Yang

the Grayish mass on the top could be interpreted as a WALL if u focus your eyes differnet

Interesting idea, but it appears to be just the same background FIRST used for the first hint. In any case, if that was a wall, it seems highly unlikely that the gate would still be structured in the same way...

[LavastormSW]

The yellow platforms look like they may be on hinges, allowing the gray handle to rest on the field, causing the yellow platforms to be vertical. Perhaps we have to design robots to shoot the platforms down.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by LavastormSW

The yellow platforms look like they may be on hinges, allowing the gray handle to rest on the field, causing the yellow platforms to be vertical. Perhaps we have to design robots to shoot the platforms down.

As noted previously, those yellow "platforms" happen to be trip guards on field support units, and the gray "handle" happens to be the field border. Ask any other member of your team, or see the pictures earlier in this thread.

[LavastormSW]

Originally Posted by dustinjeremy2k

This was my second observation, but again, I think it's a mistake (like the yellow trip hazard plates that should be bent instead of flat).

On the contrary, I think that making those yellow plates straight and not curved was deliberate. It doesn't seem like they would make a simple mistake like that.

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

They cover the field wall supports so people don't trip.

Originally Posted by DUCKY

The Yellow squares in the drawing are to prevent/identify tripping hazards around the fields. All fields had them... maybe not all were yellow... but they were there.

Then why wouldn't they be curved down to touch the floor in the picture? These look like they're there to serve some other purpose.

[LavastormSW]

Originally Posted by EricH

As noted previously, those yellow "platforms" happen to be trip guards on field support units, and the gray "handle" happens to be the field border. Ask any other member of your team, or see the pictures earlier in this thread.

I don't think they're trip guards. If they were, they would be curved down to touch the floor. It doesn't seem like they would make a simple mistake like forgetting to curve them.

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by LavastormSW

I don't think they're trip guards. If they were, they would be curved down to touch the floor. It doesn't seem like they would make a simple mistake like forgetting to curve them.

Because they are not manufactured curved. The curve comes from the velcro that holds then to the floor.