‘Water game’ talk comes up every year. I even suggested it to FIRST years ago. For the most part now I just roll my eye’s now when it gets mentioned because I know the cost of setting up, tearing down, and transporting such a field would be astronomical. Not to mention the liability should it leak.
However the November 18th Bill’s blog and an interesting paragraph… "Filming for the 2010 game reveal at Kickoff will begin at headquarters this coming Monday. No, I’m not going to tell you how long I expect it will take to fill the pool for filming. I’m not going to give you any hints at all. Ok, the Kickoff may look a little different this year, but that’s all I’m saying."
Why would a pool be used for filming kickoff video? They used one as a teaser to the 2007 game which used pool inner tubes as scoring elements. I’m curious to hear opinions/speculation from others. Is there a pool/fountain at headquarters that make a nice backdrop?
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Have you seen the spotlight quote about how 3 of the GDC members are evil geniuses and the rest are evil too? That applies here, if it is a game hint we will know in 52 days, if it isn’t we will know in 52 days, if we guess right we can start building our robots in 52 days and if we guess wrong we can start building our robot in 52 days. They are just messing with us. (I am prepared to eat my words on this theory should I be wrong provided someone gives me a spork)
I am not sure what they are filming, but if I am right, they are filming the teams introducing speakers at kick-off, like we had this year. The pool probably refers to the limited spots for teams to appear in the kick-off webcast.
Can someone provide a description of HQ or perhaps, a link? Many of us have never been for a visit and don’t know what it is like. I was there a couple of years ago but only saw one area of it and didn’t spend any more time outside than necessary. It was a mite cold. If there was a pool or fountain, it was frozen. The waterfall on the way up to Dean’s house was frozen. I’d never seen a frozen waterfall before. It matched my toes.
[quote] “Filming for the 2010 game reveal at Kickoff will begin at headquarters this coming Monday. No, I’m not going to tell you how long I expect it will take to fill the pool for filming. I’m not going to give you any hints at all. Ok, the Kickoff may look a little different this year, but that’s all I’m saying.”
On the field are 15 balls, about half the size of the track balls, 7 red numbered 1-7 and 7 blue numbered 1-7, and one solid black ball. Surrounding the field are six scoring “holes”, one on each corner and two on the sides raised up on a ledge. At the beginning of the game, three of the holes are randomly selected as “red scoreing zones” and three as “blue scoring zones”. Each alliance gets at least one of the middle raised goals. The object of the game is to score all the numbered balls in order of 1-7. If a ball is scored out of order, it will be returned to the field. If the black ball is scored, all balls that enter the goal the black ball is in will be returned to the field, basically voiding that goal for 20 seconds, where at the end of 20 seconds, the black ball is returned to the field. Once all the balls are scored, the robots may return to a partular starting zone and turn off their robots for a time bonus.
Every year everyone says ‘water game’ and then of course there is no water game!
And then the next year it happens again, and then again the following year, and again and again.
By now of course everyone says “oh no, it isn’t a water game, it never is because it never has been”.
And that is why it will be the ultimate surprise this year because everyone has convinced themselves that it couldn’t possibly happen because it never has.
Actually, the Wikipeida article is really interesting. 6 feet. What can the GDC do with six feet? Also…“The name derives from the Old English word fæðm meaning embracing arms or a pair of outstretched arms.”
