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A spreadsheet on the characteristics of all past FRC game pieces, 1992-2016. I researched them by reading Wikipedia and watching match videos. Anything with a question mark I'm unsure about. As for the "FILLER" column, it lists what is inside of the game piece(s). "NONE" means it's empty/hollow, and "AIR" means the game piece is filled with air at pressure greater than that of the ambient air, i.e. inflated. "CIR", "SQ.", "TRI", and "CYL" are abbreviations for "circle", "square", "triangle", and "cylinder", respectively. Spheres are the most common game piece, while "sphere like" objects and squares are the least common. The ball-lifting-ball-unusual pattern can be seen here.
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06-10-2016 16:25
Ari423
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I like this table, but I have one problem with it. In both the size and weight categories, there are big differences within the categories and crossover within the categories. For example, I would say that a stack of totes is much larger than a trackball, even though the trackball is labeled XL and the totes are only L. If you were referring to only one tote, then I would definitely not say that it weighs the same as a tetra. Maybe for better clarity, you can give approximate weight and volume as a number instead of a category. Just a suggestion
06-10-2016 16:40
MrForbes
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2009 game piece was about the same size as 2016. I would not call it XS.
06-10-2016 16:42
Andrew Schreiber
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Originally Posted by MrForbes
2009 game piece was about the same size as 2016. I would not call it XS.
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06-10-2016 16:47
MARS_James
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Wouldn't 06, 12 and 16 be Foam not NONE, I know you call them a foam ball later on but you define none as meaning empty/hollow and those were definitely not hollow
06-10-2016 16:50
ctt956
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Originally Posted by Ari423
I like this table, but I have one problem with it. In both the size and weight categories, there are big differences within the categories and crossover within the categories. For example, I would say that a stack of totes is much larger than a trackball, even though the trackball is labeled XL and the totes are only L. If you were referring to only one tote, then I would definitely not say that it weighs the same as a tetra. Maybe for better clarity, you can give approximate weight and volume as a number instead of a category. Just a suggestion
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Originally Posted by Mark McLeod
2000 and 2002 were filled with air.
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Originally Posted by MrForbes
2009 game piece was about the same size as 2016. I would not call it XS.
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Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber
In that case the S does not stand for small. It stands for a word I'm not allowed to put on here.
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06-10-2016 16:51
ctt956
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Originally Posted by MARS_James
Wouldn't 06, 12 and 16 be Foam not NONE, I know you call them a foam ball later on but you define none as meaning empty/hollow and those were definitely not hollow
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06-10-2016 16:56
billbo911
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Originally Posted by ctt956
...The ball-lifting-ball-unusual pattern can be seen here.
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06-10-2016 17:08
Chris is me
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The 2005 tetra and 2008 trackball both weighed roughly 7 pounds, if I remember correctly.
06-10-2016 17:17
troy_dietz
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It should be noted that 1997 was also a tube.
1997 and 2007 are probably the most similar games in terms of scoring objects and field elements. (tubes on a spinning rack)
The main differences were the number of robots and the shape of the field, but those were the standard format at the time.
06-10-2016 18:42
Koko Ed
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Originally Posted by ctt956
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06-10-2016 19:03
EricH
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Originally Posted by Koko Ed
We have most of them. The 1999 pieces make for good impromptu pillows for those all-nighters.
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BTW, 1997, 1999, and 2007's elements are not circles, they are toruses, or if you want to be less technical, donuts. Otherwise, I do believe that all those "sphere" elements get to be classed as "circle".
06-10-2016 19:25
ctt956
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Guys, I was not around in FIRST 1992-2015 regular season. I have seen some of the game pieces from previous years, some outside of FIRST. Thanks for filling me in on the stuff I missed. I spent a long time researching this, and all of that information isn't clear from Wikipedia articles and older YouTube videos. 
06-10-2016 22:33
GeeTwo
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Great start on this list!
Two additional columns I would have added are "Scoring" and "Number", which are how you score them (throwing vs placing at a minimum), and how many you are allowed to carry/score at a time.
For shape, I would call 1997 and 2007 "torus" and 2011 "toroids", or torus with an asterisk. 1999 is "disc-like", and 2013 is "disc". For 2005, nothing but "tetra" (or tetrahedron) really says it.
07-10-2016 00:27
DaveL
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This table is great.
Can you add the floor or barrier conditions?
Dave
07-10-2016 01:30
EricH
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Originally Posted by GeeTwo
1999 is "disc-like", and 2013 is "disc".
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It's also the floppiest game piece FIRST has ever given (yes, including the pool noodles), pun fully intended.
07-10-2016 06:23
GaryVoshol
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I thought we were going to see a picture of someone's actual collection of game pieces. Shucks.
07-10-2016 11:42
Cothron Theiss
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Originally Posted by GaryVoshol
I thought we were going to see a picture of someone's actual collection of game pieces. Shucks.
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07-10-2016 17:48
Peyton Yeung
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Originally Posted by GaryVoshol
I thought we were going to see a picture of someone's actual collection of game pieces. Shucks.
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We moved out of our old build facility and had game pieces from every game since the team first competed in 2000 including fresh frisbees, basketballs, and inner tubes.
10-10-2016 15:04
OccamzRazor
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I had something very similar to this I shared with the team but it also included goals, field topography, and other game elements besides the scoring pieces. There is a certain trend the games all follow to help you predict minor aspects of the next game.
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