anyone have any ideas about next years game?

[davidthefat]

Or maybe I just over analyzed everything

[cd5696]

what if the robots hung down from a structure built above the field?

[PAR_WIG1350]

the structure could impede the view of the spectators

[Burnley]

Wow,I can't wait too!I hope it comes as soon as posssible!

[Jester Jackster]

when are they going to give out the clues?

[Kimmeh]

Days, weeks, months, who knows!

Well, considering there's a month until Kickoff, it's probably not months away. However, anything else is possible!




Bonus points to anyone who got the Eeyore reference!

[Robert Cawthon]

Originally Posted by MarkoRamius1086

(Im not good at this guesstimate stuff so dont riddicule me if im way off what everyone else is thinking.)

None of us are, really. Sometimes the person that is way off eveyone else's thinking is the one closest to the mark. I am thinking of the person that came up with a Zamboni from one of the clues dropped by Dave before Lunacy. He said that it indicated a game played on ice. Not very many people thought that it was on track, but, with the 1/6 gravity simulation, driving on ice was a fairly accurate approximation. Riddicule should never enter into this thread (except maybe those who will not give up the thought of water games and continue to expouse it but even then, some do it just to be funny) since we are all taking shots in the dark.

[HumblePie]

Since few really know, just thinking out loud.......

Except for the Lunacy year, our playing surfaces have typically been indoor/outdoor carpet. It's highly practical in terms of installation, teardown, and wear during the competition season. If the GDC wanted to mix things up a bit, how about taking a rubber-backed carpet and install it upside down??? We've had a slippery surface, so why not a sticky one? It might make wheel and drivetrain selection interesting. It might also bear some relation to the first red herring we all saw.

[sircedric4]

Originally Posted by andgordo558

That seems like a great idea, however the cameras don't seem to be up to speed yet (ours sent back approx. 1 frame per 10 sec. of time...)

I thought about this in the off season, and as an alternate for the curtain across the whole driver station, keep a little bit at both ends open so that the human players can see the whole field.

The human players can then try to relay information if the camera isn't working. It'd be a mess for sure, but challenging and what I would feel is a good "bonus round".

[tonystark_23]

Couldn't we use a different camera than the one provided to us in the KOP?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by tonystark_23

Couldn't we use a different camera than the one provided to us in the KOP?

Ask again when the rules come out in January. Last year, you could.

But the problem is getting the information to the driver's station fast enough for it to be useful. If you couldn't get it better than a couple frames a second or so, it's pretty much useless. And you can't use anything other than the standard equipment to get the info over there.

[indubitably]

Originally Posted by HumblePie

Since few really know, just thinking out loud.......

Except for the Lunacy year, our playing surfaces have typically been indoor/outdoor carpet. It's highly practical in terms of installation, teardown, and wear during the competition season. If the GDC wanted to mix things up a bit, how about taking a rubber-backed carpet and install it upside down??? We've had a slippery surface, so why not a sticky one? It might make wheel and drivetrain selection interesting. It might also bear some relation to the first red herring we all saw.

That is actually a great idea, it would push people away from the standard 4 or 2WD and would give teams considering swerve a lot to think about; 4 wheel independent would be much more effective over any crab drive in this case.

[Portnoy]

Wow,I think it's a little early!

[unionylibertad]

well we already got our first game hint!

[Kage]

wow, CD is quite mellow haha, I remember last year and the year before that, there was a FLURRY of activity on the day the first game hint came out!
I'm coming back as a first year mentor this year, so I hope the game is challenging
I get to teach all the youngens the ins and outs...