2007 Official FRC Game Hint / Email Blast

[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by JB987

Hmm...130 lbs. @ 15 fps + inner tubes = ? Seems like massive carnage of game pieces and not a logical candidate for speculation, right?

It's been done before...


http://www.firstwiki.org/index.php/Toroid_Terror

[Alex Burman]

I think I may have it figured out. Putting all 3 things together. The light display at the championships, the official picture, and dave's new hint.

I think its about different terrain on the field.

On the image the background looked ripply, like water. But when I thought about one of dave's previous posts I thought about ice. That would lead to the blue light on that part of the field.
Then this talk about fire made me think of volcanoes and all the rough terrain around them. That would lead to the red light.

The green light could be one of 2 things depending on what the game may be. I haven't fully made up my mind as to what it may be.

The green light could be for grass, a 3rd, normal part of the field. If this is so then the game, i would guess would be a time trial like we had in the past. 5 robots would be going around. the diamond plate discs could be like slalom gates or obstacles.

My other thought was that the field would just be split in half and the green light would highlight game pieces. The diamond plate discs could be the places where you put the game pieces to score.

I haven't paying much attention to the speculation so please don't get mad if I took your idea. please let me know what you think.

[gizmoman1089]

Originally Posted by InfernoX14

And I don't think that's true. The FIRST logo goes Triange, Circle Square.

2000 - Circle
2001 - Circle
2002 - Circle
2003 - Square!
2004 - Circle
2005 - Triangle!
2006 - Circle

but what was the game piece shape in 1999, if it was a triangle, than it would have a pattern.

[savage301]

The 1999 piece was floppies according to FIRSTWiki. So I guess thats a circle. After reading all of these posts I like the idea of five goals. One in each corner and one in the center. To make the game 3 vs. 2 or 4 vs 1 would make the competition just that much harder to administrate. I have no real idea but I'm just going to try and wait the 6 days 5 hours and 39 mins and rest up for the build season.

[Dan Petrovic]

Originally Posted by gizmoman1089

but what was the game piece shape in 1999, if it was a triangle, than it would have a pattern.

I believe 2003 was the first year that didn't involve circular game peices.

[BandChick]

Originally Posted by gizmoman1089

but what was the game piece shape in 1999, if it was a triangle, than it would have a pattern.

1999 was floppy disks. So, no, they were circular.

[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by gizmoman1089

but what was the game piece shape in 1999, if it was a triangle, than it would have a pattern.

Sorry, it looks like you're out of luck. The 1999 paying field piece was a "floppy", which resembled a beanbag coated with rings of Velcro on it. Here's the "pattern" - or lack thereof - of all playing field objects going back to the original year of 1992:

1992: Ball
1993: Ball
1994: Ball
1995: Ball
1996: Ball
1997: Torus (inner tube)
1998: Ball
1999: Floppy (beanbag thingamajig)
2000: Ball
2001: Ball
2002: Ball
2003: Boxes
2004: Ball
2005: Tetra
2006: Ball

[burkey_turkey]

my best guess, taken from part of theories i really liked from this thread, is that the field will be layed out like the 5 of diamonds, some sort of tower or scoring device on each corner, and in the center a free spinning circle (made of diamond aluminum) on a platform. points for being on the platform at the end. possibly a hanoi tower type game with innertubes on the 4 towers? this clue really cant get you to do anything but throw out a crazy guess based on what your subconcious would like to see the game as.

one week to kickoff!! woot!

[SamC]

I still think that there are absolutely NO patterns in FIRST games. I have a theory that when the GDC (or maybe Dean alone) has their first "meeting" they come up with a new(or old) concept in engineering, technology, etc... And then they build a game around that concept in order to teach/introduce students, and even mentors, about this idea.

This has absolutely nothing to do with any theories about what means, but that is my idea on the thinking of the GDC...


Maybe the 5 has something to do with the number of periods in each match. Or maybe the time interval between colors changing for the CMUCam...

[monkofevil]

Perhaps we are to use 5 covers to cover 5 lights...

[lallamavolador]

looks at the 5 key on your keyboard, it has a slight indernt coming out of it, its in the center, maybe their is a rising platform in the center...

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by lallamavolador

looks at the 5 key on your keyboard, it has a slight indernt coming out of it, its in the center, maybe their is a rising platform in the center...

No plateau on my 5. But there is a percent symbol.

Maybe you are 5% right?

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

No plateau on my 5. But there is a percent symbol.

Maybe you are 5% right?

I have a little plateau.
edit: (5 is also in the center surrounded by the other numbers, creating a square.)

With all the little people and the plateau, volcano - I can't help but think of an old movie, Close Encounters of The Third Kind, with Richard Dreyfuss. He made one out of mashed potatoes. When they begin try to communicate, they use a bar with lights and sounds (5 tones) - I don't have the correct terminology but it is way cool.

[Noah Kleinberg]

I haven't read the whole thread so this might have been said before, but there's definitely a fish in the lower right hand corner...

[Cody Carey]

Originally Posted by dlavery

Just out of curiosity, what is the spacing between the wheel sets? Is it sufficient to cross a 20-inch wide, 16-inch deep, water-filled moat, should that capability ever be necessary?

-dave

hmm...