2011 FRC Game Hint #2

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by JesseK

Cones have a square base, a rounded shape, and a triangular side-profile view.

And they stack.

Lord help us all...

And there are two traffic cones visible in this picture of Dave's summer vacation...

[Jack Jones]

Originally Posted by skebhners2

Lets combine two thoughts here.

Game Hint #1 and Game Hint #2. Maybe its that simple. This could verify the concept of having to link to our alliance, due to the fact that the FIRST logo is linking a triangle and square.

Hint #1: Locomotion
Hint #2: A Logo

#1 + #2 = Logomotion

My guess: It's a shooting game but with moving FIRST Logo targets.

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

Multiple game pieces = cargo.

"Cargo" was a newly-defined term in FLL rules this year.

It seems to me that they have violated their own logo rules here. Maybe a game with no rules penalties? We could only hope.

[806Blacksmith]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

2. Something from the 1st FIRST game will be used.

I was thinking the same thing Something along those lines would be possible. It would maybe be some recreation of the 1st FIRST game since it is their anniversairy. Another thing is that it could be a linakge game because of "Little Eva" and her song "Loco - Motion". Possibly all teams on the alliance's robots are connected together to do some sort of race, or an obstacle course, considering Robot locomotion is the study of how to design robot appendages and control mechanisms to allow robots to move fluidly and efficiently.



Hope to give some people ideas

[pandamonium]

Introducing the White alliance

actually I am going to go with the game piece idea

Tetras, totes and tubes-Balls

[skebhners2]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

How would scoring work?

Scoring could be based on teamwork, until a divided end game begins.

[rabridges]

Originally Posted by penguinfrk

http://usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/....aspx?id=18713

A low resolution picture of the FIRST logo.
There was a post on the game hint 1 thread about the dimensions of the picture (the Comic Sans post )

Hmmmm

In the first hint of little Eva, her face, shoulder and pole make a triangle. Her buttons are circles and the picture is itself is almost square.

[synth3tk]

Originally Posted by Jared341

And there are two traffic cones visible in this picture of Dave's summer vacation...

And now we're flying somewhere...

[TD912]

Maybe it has to do with Coopertition? Maybe you have to work with the opposite alliance?

Or maybe linking and unlinking to a rail?

Linking to another robot? Meaning some part(s) of the robot may extend outside the bumper zone?

A third alliance...? (Don't think so)

Hmm...

EDIT: By the time I typed and posted this, it seems a bunch of other people also posted my ideas. Sorry if I repeated things.

[skebhners2]

Originally Posted by TD912

Maybe it has to do with Coopertition? Maybe you have to work with the opposite alliance?

Or maybe linking and unlinking to a rail?

Linking to another robot? Meaning some part(s) of the robot may extend outside the bumper zone?

A third alliance...? (Don't think so)

Hmm...

Though, a 3rd Alliance-White Alliance, would be quite interesting...

[BrendanB]

Haha! The two plastic totes we get with the kit could be a game piece!

[Robert Cawthon]

Originally Posted by Robert Cawthon

Perhaps a reference to coopertition? Your alliance cannot do something till the other alliance has done something? That way the play is linked together.

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

How would scoring work?

For example, there is a ball dispenser in the middle of the field. One set of red balls and one set of blue balls. Neither set of balls is released until a red button and a blue button is pushed unless one of them is pushed in autonomous mode, then the both drop. I am sure others will have better ideas, but this is just spur of the moment.

[Grim Tuesday]

I doubt that they would ever actively link robots, considering how many simply end up not working, possibly crippling an alliance. Maybe the linking is metaphorical--your score is tied to that of your opponents:

An extremely coopertition heavy game.

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by Grim Tuesday

I doubt that they would ever actively link robots, considering how many simply end up not working, possibly crippling an alliance. Maybe the linking is metaphorical--your score is tied to that of your opponents:

An extremely coopertition heavy game.

Linking field objects is an idea.

[thefro526]

Crap. There was a second hint after all, looks like I was wrong...

I really, really, really hope this means that there are going to be multiple scoring objects or objectives. That would be too cool.

Or another Alliance. That'd be cool too.