anyone have any ideas about next years game?

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Originally Posted by Coffeeism

Its not the first time they used soccer balls.

I still want to see a dodge ball game where you can get points by hitting a robot or catching a ball thrown at you by another robot(but you can only hold one ball). If you get hit you get disabled for a certain amount of time. If you catch a ball your teammates get re-enabled.

Either that or some sort of capture the flag game.

I'm trying to picture it but I cant see how dodge ball would work out. The picking up and throwing part would be easy, but the catching would be a whole different story. Not to mention, compared to humans, FRC robots aren't all that agile.

Capture the flag on the other hand is really intriguing. Robots would have to travel to the other alliances side of the field capture the flag and travel back, all while overcoming various obstacles. Maybe something like a tunnel so the robot would have to dip the flag that they're holding in order pass through. or bumps and steps. Another idea is that robots would have to help each other to get the flag. For example, robots are only allowed to extend to 5 feet, but the flags are on top of a 7 foot platform.

Capture the flag is one of those games that the GDC could really let the imaginations run wild with. Which we all know they're good for...