Each year, the FIRST Game Announcer Tool team creates a cheat sheet to help the Game Announcers quickly identify field/game elements and to have a handy reference for the scoring. We would like to share it here for general use, and we hope it is useful.
(sheet updated 1-7-2024)
crescendo-cheat-sheet.pdf (566.4 KB)
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The harmony calculation in the cheat sheet says “>1 robot on single chain, per robot”, but it’s really per additional robot, i.e only 2 extra points for a 2-robot harmony
Maybe the additional was the intention in the cheat sheet, but it’s a confusing rule that will keep being confusing if sometimes wording includes additional, and other times doesn’t
Good catch. I’ll adjust and repost in the morning.
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extremely minor, but the PDF itself has an old title (“Infinite Recharge Cheat Sheet”)
i dont know how to change it in whichever software you use but i know it is not the file name that is incorrect
Odd, when I download the file, it opens as last year’s game sheet, dated April 2023. This is a new computer, so now way it is somehow pulling last year’s file somehow.
I have updated the metadata to reflect the current season, and have added in the additional robot language for HARMONY. The link in the original post has been updated.
That I cannot answer. Did you download directly from here or from the resources table?
Lol, are you kidding! Somehow I managed to sneak in and download it in the few minutes between file updates. Thank you for this by the way, very handy reference sheet.
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The PDF metadata comes directly from the InDesign file metadata, which I had not updated. Now, it’s better, along with the keywords for indexing.
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Can someone please translate the A-H items on page 46.
Those seem to say we get a staging point even if we are just touching the upright truss legs, but not the chain. Also please clarify item H. Does this mean if I am just touching an opponent robot out on the field I get a point? Or Item E says I am staged if I am touching a game piece. These items are really confusing us.
To qualify for ONSTAGE points, a ROBOT may only be contacting:
A. truss legs (pink shaded elements in Figure 6-3) via ROBOT BUMPERS,
B. GAME PIECES,
C. chain-facing vertical surfaces of the core (with regards to the chain used by the ONSTAGE ROBOT, green shaded elements in Figure 6-3),
D. carpet facing surfaces of the core (blue shaded elements in Figure 6-3), and
E. a single STAGE chain (highlighted in orange in in Figure 6-3),
F. another ROBOT qualified for ONSTAGE points,
G. another ROBOT awarded the ENSEMBLE RP because of a G424 infraction, and
H. an opponent ROBOT.
This does not say carpet, so if you are touching a carpet, you are not ONSTAGE.
It says that your bumpers can touch the truss, but it does not say a climbing mechanism. Therefore, you cannot climb the truss without letting go of the truss before the end of the match, if you want to be ONSTAGE.
The intent of the rule seems to be saying that you need to be hanging from a chain and not touching the ground. Interestingly, there is no language about supporting this year, so it could be possible to be hanging from a chain with the wheels of the robot on top of a NOTE or another robot, which is on the carpet. So long as your robot is not touching the carpet and is in contact with a chain, it appears to be scoring configuration. We’ll see what happens after the first revision.