what objects do you think would be fun to play - Page 3

Nuttyman54 · #1 24-09-2006, 21:26

What if the robots had to manuver such that the field elements moved and/or manipulated the robots?

Éowyn · #2 24-09-2006, 22:34

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Originally Posted by Nuttyman54

What if the robots had to manuver such that the field elements moved and/or manipulated the robots?

Yeah! "FIRST: Indiana Jones style!" Only the penitent shall pass...

Dan Petrovic · #3 23-09-2006, 21:07

WEEBLES!

Tall hollow objects with a round bottom that weighs a considerable amount more than the rest so they can't tip over.

How awesome would that be? There's a field of them and you drive over them and they just spring back up.

Qbranch · #4 24-09-2006, 22:37

no no no... if you really want to have fun... transporting the HUMAN PLAYER has to be part of the game...

-Q

AndyB · #5 25-09-2006, 00:22

We so need to go to bumble balls. Anyone know what I'm talking about? Those were sweet.

Now who can't say that wouldn't be awesome.

Koko Ed · #6 25-09-2006, 04:12

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Originally Posted by AndyB

We so need to go to bumble balls. Anyone know what I'm talking about? Those were sweet.

Now who can't say that wouldn't be awesome.

I already had and they already did .
I still think they would be great.

Peter Matteson · #7 25-09-2006, 08:26

The barrel comments remind me of the good old "barrel o' monkeys" I had when I was little. I think it would be interteresting to have a game obeject along that lines when you hang the object to score but longer chains were a multiplier.

I have thought that a water or sand score by weight type of game would be interesting, the concept never seemed practical though. Using the robots themselves as scoring objects would be interesting. Laps around the field, entering a certain area, triggering touch sensors to "own" areas of the field.

That said however I think this year is a football or a cylinder. I was thinking frisbee but they aren't easily manipulated for a fast paced game, which has seemed to be an important trend the last few years.

JaneYoung · #8 25-09-2006, 15:57

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Originally Posted by Koko Ed

I still think they would be great.

I wonder if bumble balls might make repair/reset crews just a little crabby..they are a whole lot of fun.

Koko Ed · #9 25-09-2006, 16:08

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Originally Posted by Jane

I wonder if bumble balls might make repair/reset crews just a little crabby..they are a whole lot of fun.

How many did they use in Best per game?

JaneYoung · #10 25-09-2006, 16:12

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Originally Posted by Koko Ed

How many did they use in Best per game?

Let me research it a little, Ed....
One thing I'm thinking about is the difference in size and power of the robots.
I'll be back.

Back but not very helpful - 24 per round for Bumble Rumble, high maintenance little fellas with their battery - dead battery stuff. So backup, replacements were probably costly and time consuming with people needed to replace the batteries. Also, to my knowledge, the body is hard plastic though the 'nubs' are not - if they crushed, cracked, it would be plastic shards. High maintenance game pieces. When they played Bumble Rumble in 1994, there were 23 teams total in BEST. When they played Warp X in 2002 which also had bumble balls as one of the game pieces, there were 475 teams, I believe.

amos229 · #11 25-09-2006, 19:03

only thing with bumble balls is that they suck up batteries. every two matches would need new batteries. now dead bumble balls would still be fun to play with.

Koko Ed · #12 25-09-2006, 20:02

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Originally Posted by amos229

only thing with bumble balls is that they suck up batteries. every two matches would need new batteries. now dead bumble balls would still be fun to play with.

I'm sure somebody in FIRST could come up with an inexpensive, relaible power source.

JaneYoung · #13 26-09-2006, 10:26

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Originally Posted by Jane

I wonder if bumble balls might make repair/reset crews just a little crabby..they are a whole lot of fun.

I just got an update from some folks who participated in 1994. They said the Bumble Rumble is still one of the most talked about and is one of the most fun games to date. Also, there are a 'lot' of 'new' mini bumble balls that were to be used for a demo that did not happen. They are stored and a good price could be negotiated. I have no idea what a 'lot' is but...if anyone is interested, lmk.

Koko Ed · #14 26-09-2006, 16:52

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Originally Posted by Jane

I just got an update from some folks who participated in 1994. They said the Bumble Rumble is still one of the most talked about and is one of the most fun games to date. Also, there are a 'lot' of 'new' mini bumble balls that were to be used for a demo that did not happen. They are stored and a good price could be negotiated. I have no idea what a 'lot' is but...if anyone is interested, lmk.

Are you listening, Dave?

Lemaymk 237 · #15 23-09-2006, 20:53

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Originally Posted by nuggetsyl

. Wayne has said he thinks this years game may have barrels. I think that would be pretty cool.

dude...if there were barrels..it would have to be fun

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