an unusual observation

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Is cursing at Michiganders who party in your hotel parking lot in the middle of the night a sport (probably more like a hazard)?

That depends on where in Michigan they are from.

[Cyberphil]

Originally Posted by IKE

In all seriousness, this year should be a non ball game. Not likely to be tetras, boxes, innertubes,....hmmmm? I bet the game piece looks like a jax piece.

That would be extremely interesting. I wonder what the game would be.

[IKE]

Originally Posted by Cyberphil

That would be extremely interesting. I wonder what the game would be.

I would call it Jax in a Box.
Teams would start (spring) from a boxed and walled initial footprint just large enough for 3 machines.
Numerous standard sized blue and red Jax would be used as playing pieces. Pieces would be scored by placing them in boxes. Most boxes would be large enough for them to easily fit into (2 points), however each team would have a bonus box that the Jax would just barely fit into if oriented just right (10 pts).

As a bonus teams would have to fit their robots into a box just barely larger than the start configuration. 1 machine 5 points, 2 machines 10 points, 3 machines 25 points.

[Cyberphil]

Originally Posted by IKE

I would call it Jax in a Box.
Teams would start (spring) from a boxed and walled initial footprint just large enough for 3 machines.
Numerous standard sized blue and red Jax would be used as playing pieces. Pieces would be scored by placing them in boxes. Most boxes would be large enough for them to easily fit into (2 points), however each team would have a bonus box that the Jax would just barely fit into if oriented just right (10 pts).

As a bonus teams would have to fit their robots into a box just barely larger than the start configuration. 1 machine 5 points, 2 machines 10 points, 3 machines 25 points.

I like it.[seriously]
Did you send this to Dean? Cause you probably should, if they're running out of ideas.[/sarcasm]

[IKE]

Originally Posted by Cyberphil

I like it.[seriously]
Did you send this to Dean? Cause you probably should, if they're running out of ideas.[/sarcasm]

I am sure that either an FRC or FTC will or has done something like this. I think it would be a fun game to do the everybody crowd into a phone booth finish. Have the judges come out with the slider to see who is in and who is out of the box.

[Cyberphil]

Originally Posted by IKE

I am sure that either an FRC or FTC will or has done something like this. I think it would be a fun game to do the everybody crowd into a phone booth finish. Have the judges come out with the slider to see who is in and who is out of the box.

But how would you know who put them in? Would you have jacks for your alliance? Or just jacks for everyone? or would you have to put the jacks into your teams "box?" I still think its a good idea.

[IKE]

Originally Posted by Cyberphil

But how would you know who put them in? Would you have jacks for your alliance? Or just jacks for everyone? or would you have to put the jacks into your teams "box?" I still think its a good idea.

Red and Blue Jax. Think similar to Triple Play (one of my favorite games). Two loader stations. 1 people loader for the human player (disables the robot), and 1 Autoloader that the robot can get a game piece from the side of the field.

[Andrew Schreiber]

If we are talking about Jacks, isnt there a ball involved in that game? Bring back the track balls and make us use them. Have a single trackball on the field, the field split into two halves. Only allow teams to score while the trackball is on their opponents half the field. Except for the last 30 seconds. If there is a rule about not being able to HOLD the ball (only bump) we wouldnt see teams shutting everyone out.

The benefit would be having two radically different pieces would mean students would learn that specialization is important. Also, it allow teams who can just make a box on wheels valuable in that they could control the ball.

[kamocat]

so what do you do when the ball's off the ground, say, being thrown over to the other side?

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by njamietech

has anyone noticed that this forum is unusually quiet for this time of year?

Last month (August) there were 25% more page views then August 2007. You can see all kinds of statistics here: http://stats.chiefdelphi.com/


As for rumors, I heard there is going to be a new control system next year...