2017 Game Speculation

[bdaroz]

Originally Posted by frcguy

Just saw this on the website for the Silicon Valley kickoff:



What could the tubes and the small package be?

Nice scoop! Sent an email to our team to get the braintrust working on it.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by frcguy

Just saw this on the website for the Silicon Valley kickoff:



What could the tubes and the small package be?

No inside knowledge, but I'm guessing FIRST heard the cries about the field from this last year, and is giving teams part of a key field element.

[s_forbes]

If this year's KOP is like last year's KOP, those 4 tubes will be aluminum stock: https://firstfrc.blob.core.windows.n...rate-items.pdf

[RobotsQ]

Originally Posted by frcguy

Just saw this on the website for the Silicon Valley kickoff:



What could the tubes and the small package be?

Any chance you could link the site?


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[jprapacki]

My latest thought is a blimp shaped object suspended from a wire. Game pieces are gears and cogs which, when placed, form a mechanism for translating the blimp across the field on the wire. Game pieces that move the blimp faster have higher points value, but are more difficult to place. End game is the blimp reaching the destination first - a red alliance and blue alliance have their own blimp. I look at all the watch pieces in the artwork and think "They've got to mean something". Field has a 19th century feel to it with brick buildings as obstacles. The submarines in the art work represent a hidden danger, perhaps a random obstacle or indicative of active defense allowed during the game.

[jprapacki]

Oh, and add a cobblestone playing field surface.

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by jprapacki

Oh, and add a cobblestone playing field surface.

And, of course, gaslight.

[frcguy]

Originally Posted by RobotsQ

Any chance you could link the site?

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Here ya go: http://www.firstsv.org/?page_id=104