BattleCry@WPI 7!

[ahecht]

Originally Posted by Ogre

So, is this like a tug-o-war style (more times you hit it is better) thing or a possession (last ball to hit it) thing?

The latter.

[Daisy]

can you still see the green light from the other goal (can't open the WPI website, probably being flooded w/ FIRSTers, so I'm just going off of info here)?

[skimoose]

There will be an additional scoring opportunity in the middle of the field. It shall consist of a 2 ft diameter flat Lexan target centered 8 1/2 ft above the floor facing the field ends. It has a neutral starting position but, through ball contact, may be activated to favor either the Red or Blue alliance. (E.G., contacts made by balls thrown towards the Red home zone will tend to move the target to favor the Red alliance.) Its status at the end of the match determines which alliance, if either, gains the 10-point bonus. There will be real-time feedback throughout the match to indicate if and when the target is favoring a particular alliance. It may be engaged anytime during a match by either alliance. There will NOT be any vision system target above it. While it may be engaged by a human player or back-bot, ball shots from either of these would tend to move the target in favor of the opposing alliance.

Woot! Its the Pendulum of Doom reincarnated. The POD was a great idea!

[Daisy]

is it going to be hanging off the ceiling or on the floor?

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[Ryan Foley]

Originally Posted by Ken Stafford

Expect some special guest appearances as well as a rather interesting new potential for scoring smack in the middle of the playing field... .

Ken Stafford (CRUD: "Blackhole")

So it won't be removing the HP/ center goal penalty, or adding another center goal.

Maybe they put the ramps in the middle of the field. That could make for some great 2003-style King of the Hill battles.

[Jeff Rodriguez]

Originally Posted by Ryan Foley

So it won't be removing the HP/ center goal penalty, or adding another center goal.

Maybe they put the ramps in the middle of the field. That could make for some great 2003-style King of the Hill battles.

While it would make it interesting, it would also cut down the room to maneuver.
One of the nice tings about this years game is the open field. It allows a good driver to really use their skill and out maneuver opposing robots rather than just sitting and blocking a lane.

[K.Shaw]

Originally Posted by Ryan Foley

So it won't be removing the HP/ center goal penalty, or adding another center goal.

Maybe they put the ramps in the middle of the field. That could make for some great 2003-style King of the Hill battles.

though it would be coool they would have to think about the robots attending. though we don't do this some teams have to climb the ramp in order to score in the center goal, this would be quite unfair for those teams.


when they first said something about scoring in the middle i thought maybe HPs would be able to score in the center goal. this would be awsome.

[aztech75]

I have heard alot of talk about a ramp being put in the middle of the field... but has any1 realized that if there is a big ramp or goal sitting in the middle of the field, a lot of teams will lose their automode.

Most of the time we shoot from the middle of the field ( not saying that the only place we shoot from) but it is an inconvinence for many teams in or out of auto mode so it will be interesting to see how they plan this out.

see u guys in a few weeks,

Tom

[Greg Marra]

Originally Posted by K.Shaw

though it would be coool they would have to think about the robots attending. though we don't do this some teams have to climb the ramp in order to score in the center goal, this would be quite unfair for those teams.

Maybe there will just be so many ramps you won't know what to do