new game

[VinceT]

Originally Posted by IMDWalrus

Random thought: what if the clown idea was combined with the drum idea?

Then we'd have inflatable clowns to put in drums! That sounds like fun...

clowns in drums..... sounds like the makings of a good ol rodeo!

[Jeff_Rice]

This year's game is also going to double its fun because it will lower the cost of using the facilities at regionals. The field will be standard size, and will be half carpet, half wood. There will be some office furniture made of plywood, carpeting, and strengthening 2x4s. There will also be two roll around office chairs for the referees! Dirt and various messes will be put on the floor and the robot will try to get the most dirt and clean up the most messes, and then polish the wood floor. After each day is over, teams will volunteer their robot to clean the facilities, thus taking away the need for the facility to bring in a bunch of extra janitors.

After the regionals and nationals, teams could sell their robots to big companies where the robots would autonomously assist the janitors.

[charlie_grr]

we will have to build life size ninjas to fight in an arena, oh but wait, thats not in the spirit of first....sooooooo, they'll have to "strategically disable" the other ninja

[Mike Schroeder]

they are refering to the changed topic of all the ramps that the astrodome required to manuver through to get to the playing field

[ZACH P.]

Originally posted by KenWittlief
Ok, this is totally secret, so dont tell anyone I told you

but I got it straight from DK

this years kits of parts will use nanotechnology

the playfield will be 1mm long and 0.5 mm wide

and we will have to build nanobots - max size: 24nM by 26nM by60nM

and the whole game will be played under an electron microscope!

[now remember, you didnt hear this from me - I was never here!]

now i just have to figure out how to fix my school's electron microscope....

[KenWittlief]

they are talking about the ramps between the pits and the playfield

I wasnt there, but apparently you had to pickup your bot and carry it to get over obsticals at the championship last year.

[KenWittlief]

Originally posted by ZACH P.
now i just have to figure out how to fix my school's electron microscope....

when they quit working, 95% of the time they are out of electrons

try filling the hopper

[miketwalker]

Originally posted by grillachief05
i thought the ramps or anthing has'nt been unvailed yet so how do you guys know what the ramp are gonna be like

We're not talking about the game, we're talking about the walking distance to get back and forth between the pits and the competition at nationals.

[Tytus Gerrish]

Originally Posted by miketwalker

We're not talking about the game, we're talking about the walking distance to get back and forth between the pits and the competition at nationals.

Thats right, Walker cant tell us "ducks" anything about the game

[BandChick]

basically, for those of you that weren't there. the pit area was set up in the astrodome. to get out of it, you had to take your robot along a series of 5 or 6 long semi-steep cement ramps. once outside of the building, you had to walk over the 500 ft or so to Reliant Stadium and then again, follow a series of 5 or 6 cement ramps down to the playing field. it was bothersome and difficult when you were with the robot, but as a person you could generally avoid them

(sure glad i was robot-less...i think i only walked the ramps about 200 times during nationals)

[ZACH P.]

Originally posted by KenWittlief
when they quit working, 95% of the time they are out of electrons

try filling the hopper

Its not that simple im afraid, a pipe broke over the summer, and the entire room it is in was soaked, it needs major, major repair works.

[Wayne C.]

Originally Posted by ZACH P.

Its not that simple im afraid, a pipe broke over the summer, and the entire room it is in was soaked, it needs major, major repair works.

You lost all your electrons?- are you positive?

sorry if you get heated over this silly post but I couldn't resist

WC

[Aignam]

Originally Posted by Wayne C.

You lost all your electrons?- are you positive?

sorry if you get heated over this silly post but I couldn't resist

WC

I saw this one coming. ::shakes head:: At least this one wasn't a hot dog joke.

[Soukup]

Originally posted by BandChick
(sure glad i was robot-less...i think i only walked the ramps about 200 times during nationals)

and don't forget the GIANT RAMp from outside into the pits. It dropped about 1 ft down fro every 1.5 feet forward. With 10000 people cramming down this ramp on thursday morning, its safe to say that it wasnt fun. And the ramps were all terrible because they tried to use golf-carts to transport the robot the first day, but that ended up in a terrible hang-up. I heard a rumor thata couple robots fell off the golf-carts.....

basically, it was a good idea, but a poor set-up

[Dan 550]

The game will involve true human-robot interface - midgets as scoring devices! Drop the midget in the keg! Whoo!