2013 Game?

[swwrobotics]

This is a completely random guess, but I think the game this year is going to be dodge ball, where you can hide from your opponent behind tall cubes, and for the endgame you have to climb on top of the cube to score points. I think that would be a fun game, but probably not to likely if they're continuing the pattern of a sport, no sport, sport etc this year.

[dellagd]

Another thought. Because I believe the kinect will be more favorable for use next year (The GDC will make it so), The Game might have somehting to do with seeking out objects on the field or avoiding them. Kinect would be useful for both. Maybe the game is to do something WITHOUT knocking over stacks, since the stacking seems to be a popular guess this year?

[Coach LeGate]

Maybe this year's game will have the drive team not on the field. Maybe you will have to use the Kinetic to detect obstacles and use the video to drive by or find objects. The game piece a tub, crate, or tetra and you have to stack them some how.

[PVCpirate]

Originally Posted by Coach LeGate

Maybe this year's game will have the drive team not on the field. Maybe you will have to use the Kinetic to detect obstacles and use the video to drive by or find objects. The game piece a tub, crate, or tetra and you have to stack them some how.

I really don't see a radical change like this happening anytime soon. FIRST is all about growth right now, and this kind of thing(extensive autonomous or programming heavy games, if I get what you're saying) is very tough on rookie teams, and would probably discourage them. Stacking is cool though.

Edit: or did you mean just that the players just can't see the field and have to use video to do so?

[Bryce Paputa]

I predict stacking and/or very small game objects (similar to the FTC balls this year). Last year's FTC game involved bridges, and so did this year's FRC game. I think this will happen again. There are also the Tetras.

[Ravage457]

A stacking game sounds about right, cuz the last one was with tetras in 2005, and the kinect would work real well with this type of game

[dag0620]

*Get's on SoapBox*

I swear this thread shows up earlier and earlier each year.....

[DominickC]

Originally Posted by dag0620

*Get's on SoapBox*

I swear this thread shows up earlier and earlier each year.....

I don't see this as being an issue

[TimSchley]

Originally Posted by dag0620

*Get's on SoapBox*

I swear this thread shows up earlier and earlier each year.....

Next year it'll start during build season.

[RMiller]

Originally Posted by TimSchley

Next year it'll start during build season.

And the 2015 Game thread will start about this time next year.

[dag0620]

Originally Posted by TimSchley

Next year it'll start during build season.

Now that is a scary thought

[sand500]

so um, what do you think will be the 2014 game? maybe integration with android or google glasses.
I think a game where the alliance has to work together to assemble a structure would be good.

[lorem3k]

Call me a doubting Thomas, but I don't really think Google Glass is really going to take off.

[coalhot]

We should go back to the basics. 1992 game, tennis balls on a sand surface. T'would be fun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-m1Q...feature=relmfu


*totally wastes too much time on Andy Baker's youtube channel*

[lorem3k]

It would be pretty interesting to do a field with a non-uniform surface like sand or gravel... or water