Official FIRST Stronghold Teaser!

[liquidmetal9015]

I took a look at the blueprints: I removed the lines and highlighted the important parts.

[Citrus Dad]

Originally Posted by liquidmetal9015

I took a look at the blueprints: I removed the lines and highlighted the important parts.

Can you highlight the game field boundaries? Those are the lines I'll bet are the actual field set up.

[MxMarkov]

The teaser has castles. Castles mean moats. Moats mean WATER GAME!!!!

[lewislongbottom]

Originally Posted by MxMarkov

The teaser has castles. Castles mean moats. Moats mean WATER GAME!!!!

And moat rhymes with goat...

[Robosparks2926]

Originally Posted by Andromeda One

If it really is capture the flag related it is going to be an interesting game this year.

possibly capture the flag

[EricLeifermann]

Not sure how this video is supposed to get the general public interested and excited about FIRST......

[logank013]

Originally Posted by EricLeifermann

Not sure how this video is supposed to get the general public interested and excited about FIRST......

It could go either way. I shared this with my good friend who isn't involved in first. She watched it and was a little confused. Then I told her "it's the game hint for the 2016 game" and she then responded saying how she now understands why I'm so excited. So just explain its a game hint and the non foresters can understand the point of the video.

[jakehansen451]

Just a thought, I believe that the alternating trend of even years being ball games and odd years being non-ball games has been in place since 1996-1997, and hasn't been broken since 2001 (arguably 2009). I might be wrong on that, but it seems to me there's a pretty good chance that the main game piece will be a ball.

[Sierra3883]

I still cannot figure out why they decided to release the game name. Especially that they released it so early, should we be scared or excited for this game?

[Tom Line]

Originally Posted by Sierra3883

I still cannot figure out why they decided to release the game name. Especially that they released it so early, should we be scared or excited for this game?

Games are done well in advance of the season.

[Sierra3883]

Originally Posted by Tom Line

Games are done well in advance of the season.

Yes but my point is why release it? The fun of kickoff is finally figuring it all out at once yet for them to release a big part like the name in video form, it takes fun away from kickoff and creates wonder in all of us. Why would they choose this year to release their first game hint with the name itself. In past years it's been jumbles of numbers that none of us can solve yet why this year are they telling us all so soon?

[Jay O'Donnell]

Originally Posted by Sierra3883

Yes but my point is why release it? The fun of kickoff is finally figuring it all out at once yet for them to release a big part like the name in video form, it takes fun away from kickoff and creates wonder in all of us. Why would they choose this year to release their first game hint with the name itself. In past years it's been jumbles of numbers that none of us can solve yet why this year are they telling us all so soon?

The goal was to get more excitement outside of FIRST people. A normal hint has no chance to get people into the game, but a teaser video might.

[James1902]

Originally Posted by Jay O'Donnell

The goal was to get more excitement outside of FIRST people. A normal hint has no chance to get people into the game, but a teaser video might.

You know what might get people excited about a robotics competition...video of robots competing.

I don't understand FIRST's obsession with promoting everything but the fact that FIRST is freaking ROBOTS PLAYING SPORTS! We don't need themes to make people think that's cool, we need more stuff like RoboLeague. The drama comes from the competition, not the theme.

All that aside: Cool game name, interested to see what it turns out to actually be.

[Jay O'Donnell]

Originally Posted by James1902

You know what might get people excited about a robotics competition...video of robots competing.

I don't understand FIRST's obsession with promoting everything but the fact that FIRST is freaking ROBOTS PLAYING SPORTS! We don't need themes to make people think that's cool, we need more stuff like RoboLeague. The drama comes from the competition, not the theme.

All that aside: Cool game name, interested to see what it turns out to actually be.

Agreed. If they were trying to appeal to adult engineers and high school students, this wasn't the best way to do it.

[GeeTwo]

Stronghold was the protagonsist's family name in Disney's Sky High. I think that this year's game will favor Technopaths (the Stronghold Family's arch enemy is Royal Pain, a tecnopath, an individual who can control technology through mental processes). Maybe you need to build a pacifier to turn everyone into infants...

OBTW, do you know who did the video? - yes, Disney! Finally, if anyone doubts Disney's resolve at pulling wild back-references, look at the scene where they show the old Sky High yearbook. The photo of Pere Stronghold is very clearly borrowed from The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, a Disney movie from the late 60's.

The primary alternative to technopathy is that the robot will be required, like Will Stronghold, to have both super-strength and the ability to fly.

Good Luck, teams!