anyone have any ideas about next years game?

[Wildcat]

Originally Posted by rcmolloy

Well I am thinking in news and sports for my information. Last year was the lunar landing anniversary. This year is the World Cup. Next year there is nothing that sticks out to me yet. Although, if we are looking for answers I am pretty sure we should check them first or second.

seeing as how the past couple of years honored the X anniversary of an event, i just did some googling and found that 2011 will be the 2500th anniversary of the Marathon, the international year of chemistry and the 100th aniv. of Marie Curie's nobel prize for chemistry, AND the 150th aniv. of the Battle of Gettysburg if these spark any ideas

[Karibou]

Originally Posted by Wildcat

seeing as how the past couple of years honored the X anniversary of an event, i just did some googling and found that 2011 will be the 2500th anniversary of the Marathon, the international year of chemistry and the 100th aniv. of Marie Curie's nobel prize for chemistry, AND the 150th aniv. of the Battle of Gettysburg if these spark any ideas

Well then, chemistry seems to be a trend. I wonder what FIRST could do with that? (that's not even sarcasm: I really do wonder how FIRST could involve chem with a robot competition)

[EricH]

Two battles, but we all know that every time FIRST puts out a game, there's a bit of a battle on the field...

[blackiceskier]

Well we can wait for the FTC game to be announced. Generally this gives a hint to what the FRC game will be like. Face Off and Lunacy both had different driving surfaces than normal. Hot Shot and Break away had a ball return or holder plus the end game made a large difference. So if we wait until September we can get a tiny glimpse into FRC

[JohnFogarty]

As being part of the FTC World Winning alliance i'd say you are right FTC gives some hint to what the FRC is going to be like

[TomH]

Originally Posted by blackiceskier

Well we can wait for the FTC game to be announced. Generally this gives a hint to what the FRC game will be like. Face Off and Lunacy both had different driving surfaces than normal. Hot Shot and Break away had a ball return or holder plus the end game made a large difference. So if we wait until September we can get a tiny glimpse into FRC

You are right there. For the past two years, when I looked at the FTC games, I tried to figure out what relation they had to that years FRC game. The only thing is that the relation was not something that would make the game stick out, such as that there was a ball holder in Hot Shot and there was a ball holder, in Breakaway there was a ball return. So the relation is that there was something in both games that let balls onto the field. There were differences too though. So there may be a relation between both, but it seems that it wouldn't be that big similarity.

Edit: Also, what would be an anniversary of something soccer/football related, or anything that is related to Breakaway?

[hg273]

Originally Posted by TomH

Edit: Also, what would be an anniversary of something soccer/football related, or anything that is related to Breakaway?

See above,
the World Cup takes place this year in South Africa (Breakaway)
Last year was the anniversary of the moon landing (Lunacy)
2008 was the 60th anniversary of NASCAR (Overdrive)

see a trend?

[PAR_WIG1350]

Whatever it is, the GDC will get creative with it, if they follow a trend for too long it might get predictable and that wouldn't be good.

[bassoondude]

My prediction is that it will have something to do with the Civil War. I don't know how this will play out (possible water game with the Star of the West?) but i think it would be something vastly different than the past few years, while still keeping to the same theme of anniversaries.

[Wildcat]

Originally Posted by Wildcat

seeing as how the past couple of years honored the X anniversary of an event, i just did some googling and found that 2011 will be the 2500th anniversary of the Marathon, the international year of chemistry and the 100th aniv. of Marie Curie's nobel prize for chemistry, AND the 150th aniv. of the Battle of Gettysburg if these spark any ideas

in addition to what i previously mentioned i oticed its also the 20th aniv. of FRC

[Karibou]

Originally Posted by Wildcat

in addition to what i previously mentioned i oticed its also the 20th aniv. of FRC

Well then, are there any other special 20th anniversaries coming up in 2011?

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Wildcat

AND the 150th aniv. of the Battle of Gettysburg if these spark any ideas

err, Gettysburg was 1863. But the Civil War / War Between the States started in 1861.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

err, Gettysburg was 1863. But the Civil War / War Between the States started in 1861.

Drat. This one's going to be a long one, then--I bet the 5-year plan was the game...it'll be played for 5 years, or until everyone gives up.

[TomH]

Could we see the return of an older FIRST game with some different but not major changes?

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by TomH

Could we see the return of an older FIRST game with some different but not major changes?

I've always wanted this to happen on a Vex scale.

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