1058 is excited but a few of us have some other news for one of the activities at the social on Saturday night.
Brandon, Jay, Emile, and myself will be running a Catalyst tournament.
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WHAT:
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Catalyst@WPI
Back in 2012 & 2013, FIRST worked with DBS to develop simulators for that year’s challenge. The 2012 game Rebound Rumble was the first and later released on Xbox Marketplace for $2.99 as a 2v2 game. Every so often we arrange it as a fun team activity in the summer to run a mock tournament and this year we are bringing it to the WPI social.
WHEN:
7PM-third floor of the Campus Center
TOURNAMENT:
Alliances will sign up as a group of two people. Come as a group or come alone and we’ll help find you a partner.
As teams sign up, you’ll be assigned an alliance number and a division (Archimedes, Curie, Galileo, or Newton). Each division will have five alliances who will face off in a round robin tournament against each other (five matches each) and the top two alliances will face each best two of three (or single match time permitting). We’ll run two divisions (one on each console) until a winner comes out and start the next two divisions afterwards (approx. 7:40pm). Once we have four winners we’ll condense to one console to play semis and finals until we have one winner and open up the other console for free play so stick around! Winners will receive a BC shirt and winning alliances get some bags of sugar so its a win win!
To keep the game moving quickly so we can open the game up to more players, each alliance will use two pre-determined robots each match. You can decide which player uses which robot and which robot moves during the autonomous period. Controllers will be labelled so you know which is which.
Robots:
Option 1: Tank
- Drivetrain - 8 Wheel Skid *can cross the barrier in the middle of the field
- Hopper - Layup
- Turret - Long Range 4
- Bridge Lowerer - Bar
Option 2
- Drivetrain - Mecanum
- Hopper - Tall Shooter *receives from the human player station
- Turret - Long Range 4
- Bridge Lowerer - Bar
Both of these robots are easy to use and the game is easy to pickup on so anyone can play!
RULES:
Rebound Rumble Rules/Penalties apply:
- Don’t touch an opponent in their Key (semi circular zone the robots start on) 3pt penalty
- Don’t touch an opponent in their Loading Lane (zone marked from their bridge to their human player station) 3pt penalty
- Don’t touch an opposing bridge 9pt penalty
These penalties are counted automatically in the game and we’ll observe for larger ones such as pinning or physical contact. Just play and have fun! 
The Co-Op bridge (white bridge in the center) does not receive any rank or point bonus if you balance on it at the end of a match. Round Robin matches are ranked similar to Einstein WLT/RS.
The only game rule is robots can’t start moving or shooting in autonomous until the timer displays** 13 seconds **.
If you have any questions feel free to message either of us between now and Saturday or feel free to find us in person for more information! Definitely check the game out on the Xbox Marketplace if you have time!
