anyone have any ideas about next years game?

[PAR_WIG1350]

Originally Posted by delsaner

As for the reality, I would love to see a game piece that is not a ball, but balls are easy to use and we have used up all other shapes in previous years. Cylinders may be a possibility, I cant think of any items that would be large enough and sturdy enough for robots to handle. I am imagining baseballs or basketballs. I cant relate to bacon however (I looked up bacon history, saw that Europe was mentioned, looked up popular sports in Europe, and soccer came up, and I doubt its soccer next year, so yea... no luck there ).

Frisbees, traffic cones, shipping tubes, wheels, footballs, Throtons, etc

[Wildcat]

Originally Posted by Mr. Tech Vike

i have a feeling it might revolve around current events. but what i really hope for is a multi-platform feild, something like king of the hill see what robot stays on the longest.

i foresee a problem with that, im picturing it now: two teams are going to get into a shoving match trying to push each other off the platform, by some coincidence both teams are going to have VERY high traction drive trains, one of their drive trains if not both are going to get completely destroyed

[PAR_WIG1350]

Originally Posted by Wildcat

i foresee a problem with that, im picturing it now: two teams are going to get into a shoving match trying to push each other off the platform, by some coincidence both teams are going to have VERY high traction drive trains, one of their drive trains if not both are going to get completely destroyed

thats why you design it so the wheels slip before this happens

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Wildcat

i foresee a problem with that, im picturing it now: two teams are going to get into a shoving match trying to push each other off the platform, by some coincidence both teams are going to have VERY high traction drive trains, one of their drive trains if not both are going to get completely destroyed

If there is a mechanical (rather than current draw / voltage / electrical) failure in your drivetrain during a pushing match, you built your drivetrain incorrectly.

[pwnageNick]

Here is next year's game. Two cylinders 5 feet tall are spaced apart in the center area of the field. There are balls that shoot out of the cylinder at a high rate. There are 40 in each cylinder, each either red or blue. The objective is to end up with as few of your alliances blocks on the ground. At the end of the field on each alliance side, there's a bin where robots can put balls that came out of the cylinder. Each cylinder is 5 feet in diameter. There is a 20 foot diameter circle around each cylinder according to each alliance color. Only one robot is allowed inside the tape perimeter at a time. The other two robots are in charge of collecting the runaway balls. There is also a line going down the center of the playing field dividing each alliance side. A robot can drive anywhere on the field besides inside the circle around the cylinder. In the last 30 seconds 10 balls for each alliance will come out of the cylinder that are worth 5 times the value of a normal ball. One detail: Robots cannot cover up the cylinder opening, but they can try to catch the balls or deflect them back into the cylinder. A normal ball on the floor is 1 point. A ending ball is 5 points. The game will be called Breaking Point (BP)

In case you couldn't tell, this game is based off of the BP Oil Spill lol.
At first I was laughing at my idea myself, but now that I'm looking at this, I think this might actually be pretty cool.

[Garret]

I think a game in which the playing field is covered in a layer of sand would be an interesting challenge.

[ttldomination]

Originally Posted by Garret

I think a game in which the playing field is covered in a layer of sand would be an interesting challenge.

And a dirty one....

Next year's game is going to involve vuvuzelas...I can just feel it.

[iblis432]

this may have already been said, i havn't been keeping up with this post, but here's some food for thought.

400 years ago (7 Jan 1610)
Italian scientist and astronomer Galileo Galilei discovered Jupiter’s four largest moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto

100 years ago (13 Jan 1910)
The first public radio broadcast – an experimental live transmission from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, USA, where several famous opera singers, including Enrico Caruso, were performing

For Galileo all I can think of is four scoring elements: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. But what these actually are and what you do with them is beyond me. something to do with rotation perhaps?

I dont know what you can do with the first radio broadcast, but it's an interesting scientific tidbit they might throw in.

[rcmolloy]

By now the GDC could be thinking of anything. I know that next years game is going to be outrageous but extremely fun. The best thing to do right now, like iblis432 said, is to look at events and past games for hints. I have a strong feeling regolith will be included in next years game with a feature that resembles a hockey like game.

[apalrd]

Originally Posted by rcmolloy

...regolith will be included in next years game.....

NOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooo!!!!! I hate regolith.

[rcmolloy]

Originally Posted by apalrd

NOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooo!!!!! I hate regolith.

Haha! Regolith is the death of me as well. Although, if it is a hockey based game like I think it could possibly be, I can guarantee that the regolith will be used as "ice". Let's just hope that the GDC actually knows appreciates how annoying regolith was during Lunacy.

[Bjenks548]

Originally Posted by rcmolloy

Haha! Regolith is the death of me as well. Although, if it is a hockey based game like I think it could possibly be, I can guarantee that the regolith will be used as "ice". Let's just hope that the GDC actually knows appreciates how annoying regolith was during Lunacy.

Just imagine regolith bumps on a field

[rcmolloy]

Originally Posted by Bjenks548

Just imagine regolith bumps on a field

Personally, I wouldn't play the game hahaha.

[lim shi hao]

ERR.... even though singapore is not involved in the game, but i agreed that its best that you wait, meanwhile do some test and prototyping, possibly some practice to keep the team in good shape for next year.

[548swimmer]

Originally Posted by lim shi hao

ERR.... even though singapore is not involved in the game, but i agreed that its best that you wait, meanwhile do some test and prototyping, possibly some practice to keep the team in good shape for next year.

This happens every season. With the absence of a game to focus our efforts on, we take guesses as to the next years game.