2011 FRC Game Hint #2

[penguinfrk]

http://usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/....aspx?id=18713

A low resolution picture of the FIRST logo.
There was a post on the game hint 1 thread about the dimensions of the picture (the Comic Sans post )

Hmmmm

[BrendanB]

1. Either all three shapes will be used in the game OR:

2. Something from the 1st FIRST game will be used.

[806Blacksmith]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

2. Something from the 1st FIRST game will be used.

I was thinking the same thing Something along those lines would be possible. It would maybe be some recreation of the 1st FIRST game since it is their anniversairy. Another thing is that it could be a linakge game because of "Little Eva" and her song "Loco - Motion". Possibly all teams on the alliance's robots are connected together to do some sort of race, or an obstacle course, considering Robot locomotion is the study of how to design robot appendages and control mechanisms to allow robots to move fluidly and efficiently.



Hope to give some people ideas

[cbeavers6790]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

1. Either all three shapes will be used in the game OR:

2. Something from the 1st FIRST game will be used.

i think the 1st one is a possibility becuase they have used it in FTC games with goals and those types of things though it could be game pieces

[funggiss]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

1. Either all three shapes will be used in the game OR:

2. Something from the 1st FIRST game will be used.

the first game had tennis balls and a sand box
tethered robots
and you had to collect the tennis balls and hold them

[rcmolloy]

Anyone else have a severe headache right now?

[cbeavers6790]

Originally Posted by rcmolloy

Anyone else have a severe headache right now?

Originally Posted by Andy Grady

I will say it because no one else has. Red, white, and blue alliance. 2 v 2 v 2.

i dont have a headache it actually went away because i got so happy and excited about the new game hint
and to andy grady- i dont think they would do that becuase that would make the whole alliance thing into just a pair thing and plus it would screw up the field (try and fit a triangular field into most places and still have room to put stands) also if they are saluting first they wont switch a thing that has been around for quite a while

[zachmartin1806]

Originally Posted by cbeavers6790

i dont have a headache it actually went away because i got so happy and excited about the new game hint
and to andy grady- i dont think they would do that becuase that would make the whole alliance thing into just a pair thing and plus it would screw up the field (try and fit a triangular field into most places and still have room to put stands) also if they are saluting first they wont switch a thing that has been around for quite a while

It wouldn't have to be a triangle it could be a square field with an alliance on three sides of the sides and the control table on the fourth. That could be the square part of the logo, use tertras or cones as the game pieces (the triangle), and a cylinder that you stack the game pieces on, hence the colum in the 1st hint.

[Brianna]

I think the end game is going to have all three alliance partners hook up together (Locomotion, and the FIRST shapes that are hooked together.) They would have to do something, like drive in a circle or have the first robot pull the rest.

[Sean Raia]

Originally Posted by Brianna

I think the end game is going to have all three alliance partners hook up together (Locomotion, and the FIRST shapes that are hooked together.) They would have to do something, like drive in a circle or have the first robot pull the rest.

That sounds like a great end game.

[Brad1413]

It could be possible that we are using pieces from older games in each shape,for example, the tetras from triple play, the bins in stack attack, and the balls from aim high.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Brad1413

It could be possible that we are using pieces from older games in each shape,for example, the tetras from triple play, the bins in stack attack, and the balls from aim high.

I am hoping for that but I'd rather see the return of the trackballs. Love those things.

[Brad1413]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

I am hoping for that but I'd rather see the return of the trackballs. Love those things.

I agree with you on that but i just don't see how FIRST would use them.

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

I am hoping for that but I'd rather see the return of the trackballs. Love those things.

Trackballs would be awesome as some sort of end game objective. Drop Two of them onto the field in a way similar to the kick balls from 2004 in the last 20 seconds of the match or so and that'd be one heck of a twist.

I can imagine it now...

[JaneYoung]

Can you imagine the storage demands for bins, tetras, and trackballs?!