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By: Chris is me
New: 15-04-2013 18:30
Updated: 15-04-2013 18:30
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We recently discovered our blocker configuration when practicing this past weekend. How many years of game pieces are in this photo?
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15-04-2013 18:58
Travis Hoffman
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Clearly, the answer to your question is "not enough". 
15-04-2013 19:14
dodar
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Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman
Clearly, the answer to your question is "not enough".
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15-04-2013 19:17
Timz3082
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A soccer ball could have easily been implemented, though I doubt you could fit a trackball 
15-04-2013 19:21
Andrew Schreiber
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Originally Posted by Billfred
Are those...floppies?!
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15-04-2013 19:32
CENTURION
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Originally Posted by dodar
Need more cowbell.
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15-04-2013 19:34
Madison
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Originally Posted by Billfred
Are those...floppies?!
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15-04-2013 19:35
Travis Hoffman
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Originally Posted by Madison
Those things are practically antiques. I can't imagine there are many surviving examples of those left these days.
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I'd pay to acquire a free range floppy, however.
15-04-2013 21:19
Akash Rastogi
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Just wondering Pinecone, will you guys be posting the CAD up for this one? I'd love to check out some of the features.
15-04-2013 21:27
EricH
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Do I get a bonus for naming them all? Or just a "you've been here too long"?
2x floppies (1999's Double Trouble)--and how you saved 2 I'll never know.
1x basketball (2012's Rebound Rumble)
1x Orbit Ball, moon-rock class (2009's Lunacy, AKA "the OTHER game that shall not be named")
1x white ring inner tube, which is most likely from 2011's Logomotion but could theoretically be from 1997's Toroid Terror. (The game piece type was also used in 2007, but only in red and blue.)
5 game pieces from 4 different years. And the robot is designed to handle none of them.
15-04-2013 21:29
fb39ca4
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The question is, how does a team formed in 2006 have a game piece from 1999?
15-04-2013 21:30
EricH
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Originally Posted by fb39ca4
The question is, how does a team formed in 2006 have a game piece from 1999?
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15-04-2013 21:32
dodar
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Originally Posted by EricH
Do I get a bonus for naming them all? Or just a "you've been here too long"?
2x floppies (1999's Double Trouble)--and how you saved 2 I'll never know. 1x basketball (2012's Rebound Rumble) 1x Orbit Ball, moon-rock class (2009's Lunacy, AKA "the OTHER game that shall not be named") 1x white ring inner tube, which is most likely from 2011's Logomotion but could theoretically be from 1997's Toroid Terror. (The game piece type was also used in 2007, but only in red and blue.)And red/white, blue/white, and black. 5 game pieces from 4 different years. And the robot is designed to handle none of them. |
15-04-2013 21:38
Akash Rastogi
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Originally Posted by fb39ca4
The question is, how does a team formed in 2006 have a game piece from 1999?
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15-04-2013 21:44
KrazyCarl92
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Originally Posted by fb39ca4
The question is, how does a team formed in 2006 have a game piece from 1999?
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The real takeaway here is that those game pieces are older than some freshmen on FRC teams
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15-04-2013 22:12
JackS
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I believe there are 2-3 more floppies at the field along with a few 2006 poof balls, a 2008 track ball, and a few other goodies.
15-04-2013 22:12
Peyton Yeung
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The great thing is at the Technokat's shop we have at least 4-5 floppies, some original sterilite tubs, a couple of tetras, a bag of aim high poof balls, a bin of unused rack n roll tubes, 1.5 trackballs, a christmas tree 5 feet by 6 feet made of orbit balls, ~5 logomotion tubes intact, 15 rebound rumble balls, and 15 frisbees. The only cool game piece we lack are corn and tennis balls
15-04-2013 22:26
ehfeinberg
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Originally Posted by Tubatroopa
1.5 trackballs
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449 has a big bag of unused poofballs. By big I mean 20-30 still in the bag.
15-04-2013 22:44
Chris is me
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EricH was right on with the game pieces. Not shown are two frisbees loaded into the robot to prevent our automated hopper from running. I was thinking of wrapping the whole robot in an Overdrive trackball, but then you wouldn't be able to see all the other cool game pieces.
As Akash pointed out, we do share use of a practice field with 20 at the RPI Tech Park. We practiced together this Saturday so that 20 could prepare for the Championship. Between our Colson drive and our tall arm to block their shots up close we could play strong defense on 20. However, we needed some padding. Since 20 keeps almost all of their robots on display at the field, we just grabbed some game pieces straight out of their 1999 hopper and taped them on. The Logomotion circle took most of the hits.
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Originally Posted by fb39ca4
The question is, how does a team formed in 2006 have a game piece from 1999?
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15-04-2013 22:48
Ian Curtis
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Originally Posted by ehfeinberg
Story?
449 has a big bag of unused poofballs. By big I mean 20-30 still in the bag. |
The floppies are also now as old as the freshman!
15-04-2013 23:08
KrazyCarl92
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Originally Posted by Chris is me
We practiced together this Saturday so that 20 could prepare for the Championship. Between our Colson drive and our tall arm to block their shots up close we could play strong defense on 20. However, we needed some padding.
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We shouldn't tell them we've been practicing with defense
15-04-2013 23:10
Joe Ross
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The bin in the background appears like it could be a 2003 game piece.
And of course, the 2014 game piece in the background, the traffic barrels.
15-04-2013 23:14
EricH
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Originally Posted by Joe Ross
The bin in the background appears like it could be a 2002 game piece.
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15-04-2013 23:21
KrazyCarl92
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Originally Posted by EricH
Two of the '03 bins, possibly. Though I don't remember them being that dark, that could just be the viewer. Could also be a couple of KOP bins.
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16-04-2013 01:31
TheMadCADer
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That robot looks like it could use some corn as ballast.
16-04-2013 11:57
Dominick Ferone
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True question is why doesn't it pick up all of those
I converted our logo motion bot to pick up basketballs tubes soccer balls I will make it pick up tetras an orbit balls and frisbees
16-04-2013 13:13
Lil' Lavery
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Originally Posted by Madison
Those things are practically antiques. I can't imagine there are many surviving examples of those left these days.
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16-04-2013 13:31
NXTGeek
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Someone awesome should totally create a blocker from an ubertube that uses compressed air to extend to the max defensive height xD
16-04-2013 14:33
PVCpirate
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Originally Posted by Dominick Ferone
True question is why doesn't it pick up all of those
I converted our logo motion bot to pick up basketballs tubes soccer balls I will make it pick up tetras an orbit balls and frisbees |
16-04-2013 15:49
Gary Dillard
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Couldn't you have just used a big sheet of regolith? It's not good for anything else.
16-04-2013 16:05
BobbyVanNess
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Originally Posted by Gary Dillard
Couldn't you have just used a big sheet of regolith? It's not good for anything else.
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18-04-2013 13:24
Matt C
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We used a bit of our "regolith" on our robot this year.
18-04-2013 13:25
KrazyCarl92
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Originally Posted by bobby5150
Actually, I'm pretty sure we got rid of the last of our regolith last year, although it did make a good key for the rebound rumble field!
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