FRC Blogged - Photo from Kickoff Filming

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Posted on the FRC Blog, 11/25/13: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/Photo-From-Kickoff-Filming

**Photo from Kickoff Filming
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**Blog Date: **Monday, November 25, 2013 - 10:51

Over the weekend, Dean, Woodie and Don did some taping of their portion of the Kickoff video. Check out this photo:

http://www.usfirst.org/sites/default/files/uploadedImages/Robotics_Programs/FRC/Game_and_Season__Info/2014/Kickoff-Filming.jpg
2014 Kickoff Filming

(Photo credit: Kate Straus, Events Inc.)

Frank

Well this *obviously *must be a game hint. :rolleyes:

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I know I saw 3 bottles sitting in from of them…

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Just to get it out of the way…bottles of water! There, it’s out there and no more needs to be said about water games…forever I hope.

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Green background. There will be a green alliance.

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I was thinking about a game with 3 alliances playing.

It would solve the problem of not getting enough matches in per regional/event

Having 9 teams play every round would increase circulation.

A 3 color alliance game would be detrimental to our reversible bumpers though, but perhaps the concept could be applied to make triple reversible bumpers lol.

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Looking at the metadata for the picture, the artist and camera model is set to “There Are No Game Clues In This Photo”. Typical GDC trolling… :rolleyes:

Also, maybe it’s just me, but the red light on the right side of the picture looks a bit weird. Probably not relevant though.

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clearly the chairs their sitting on are the game pieces

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I know… we have virtual game pieces! The robots will operate in front of a green screen, and we’ll have to interact with game pieces the same way a weatherman does, by looking at a monitor to see where they are!

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Seriously? Woody’s in a tie and waistcoat.
That’s your hint right there!

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So like…a simulation? :stuck_out_tongue:

I’m a little worried now I might actually be right.

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That’s under-dressed for Woody. http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/16118

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I beg to differ. Check out his (lack of) sneaks.

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What’s the thing in the back that has a “3” written on it sideways?

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Is that a banana that is reflected in Woodie’s eyeglasses?

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Enhance!

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It’s a banana for scale

Anyway, I think FIRST has gone downhill lately, going all CGI. We won’t even have real, physical robots this year!

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What are those little red and blue box looking thingies on the ground in the front next to the water bottle?

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And it looks like Woodie got a haircut???

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If only the photo was bigger… I’m surprised no one has said to enhance their phones (there’s paper underneath) or to enhance their eyes to see what the monitors have on them… I guess we’ll know more January 4th :wink:

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Here is what we can legitimately infer from this picture

Whatever background they are standing (sitting and Dean) against, green-screen is cheaper than either:
-building a set
-or flying them out to location

The background itself, however, could be:
-a CGI world
-projecting a camera image/footage behind them to spoof a location
-or a generic background with just the FIRST logo or something