Official FIRST Stronghold Teaser!

[Darkseer54]

Originally Posted by Caio

Maybe it'll be the first year where instead of Teams vs Team, we have Team vs Field.

If it was Team Vs. Field would there be bumpers? I wouldn't think so, but maybe house robots?

[Sami07]

The blueprints could be the field design.

[Darkseer54]

Apparently the blueprint shows the field... or what appears to be the field.

http://imgur.com/shetTkI

[itsjustjon]

Originally Posted by Darkseer54

Apparently the blueprint shows the field... or what appears to be the field.

http://imgur.com/shetTkI

Both sides are racing to put up their flags in the middle of the field at their own respective towers.

And possibly race to take down the other team's flag?

[Gaff_Tape]

The video reminds me of those advertisements for various medieval-themed free-to-play games.

[Cam_Team 2619]

I imagine that the tower that was shown with the golden rod on the top will be an endgame of sorts - teams have to try and climb to the top to get the rod; whoever summits the tower first gets lots of points.

[OpalStone]

I'm considering the flag element may be similar to 2011 Logomotion with the minibots. Thoughts?

[Poseidon5817]

Originally Posted by OpalStone

I'm considering the flag element may be similar to 2011 Logomotion with the minibots. Thoughts?

That was my first thought. The flag is also included in the FIRST Stronghold logo, and based on past experiences, game pieces are almost always in the logo (except for Recycle Rush). More than likely, we will see the flag on the field somehow.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Poseidon1671

That was my first thought. The flag is also included in the FIRST Stronghold logo, and based on past experiences, game pieces are almost always in the logo (except for Recycle Rush). More than likely, we will see the flag on the field somehow.

Ya know, maybe they'll step away from the color-coded bumpers and go back to the flags of '06-'08 for alliance identification.

[Darkseer54]

I think it might be a single flag bearing robot with two defenders/offenders on each side, and end up with something similar to king of the hill. I feel like flags would be a very difficult gamepiece though b/c of entanglement.

[Trey178]

Originally Posted by EricH

Ya know, maybe they'll step away from the color-coded bumpers and go back to the flags of '06-'08 for alliance identification.

Bumpers were confirmed to return a few weeks ago. It's unlikely they'll be different from its many previous incarnations. But for all I know they could color the team numbers and have a solid, neutral color for the cover.

[Gibso23]

Originally Posted by EricH

Ya know, maybe they'll step away from the color-coded bumpers and go back to the flags of '06-'08 for alliance identification.

I was thinking the same thing until further looking at the video and there seem to be a hint that there will be bumpers in the game

[Darkseer54]

Originally Posted by OpalStone

I'm considering the flag element may be similar to 2011 Logomotion with the minibots. Thoughts?

Either that or a similar climb to 2010.

[Tom Line]

There is a red flag, and a blue flag. Two alliances. We already know substantial changes to the field size and shape are highly unlikely because of gym requirements at a lot of districts.

Pretty clear that the robot has the flag on it and they're all staring at a tower with no flag.

I think it's a game piece transference game, where the flag raises as additional weight in the form of game pieces are added to a platform of some type. I suspect there will be a rule against de-scoring or the field will simply prohibit it. Points awards to how high your flag is at the end of the match, with some bonus if you make it before time is up.

Those game pieces are universal, so both teams can take as many as they can get, but robots can only carry 1 game piece at a time.

Same style of scoring as last year though, where you're not competing with the other team - aggregate scores determine ranking.

[Trevor1523]

What we saw this year with the announcement of the 2015/2016 FTC game was that it was much more complicated than the previous years. With all the strings, pulleys, etc..

We may see the same pattern carry over to FRC... I'm ready.