WCP CADathon 2024: DunkTank

We are excited to present our first CADathon! Our goal is to use this as an opportunity to connect with the community in a fun and exciting way!

Signup Link: https://forms.gle/eZKkdfr7hXy9Vkad6
Game Manual Live!

The CADathon will begin on 10/04/2024 with the game manual reveal for WCP DunkTank at 12:00pm PST. Teams will have about one week to design a robot for the game, as well as create documentation describing their strategies and robot functions. Submissions will be due on 10/13/2024 at 11:59pm PST. Our judges will evaluate the submissions and the results will be announced on November 1st at a time TBD.

Important Dates:

  • Announcement: 9/30/24
  • Start Date(Game Reveal): 10/04/24 - 12:00pm PST
  • Due Date: 10/13/24 - 11:59pm PST
  • Results Date: 11/01/24 - Time TBD

WCP Prizes:

  • 1st place: An invitation to join teamwcp as a sponsored team for the 2025 FRC season
  • 2nd place: $250 WCP Gift Card
  • 3rd place: $150 WCP Gift Card
  • People’s Choice: Swag Bundle

Partnered Prizes:

Onshape_boxed

  • Best Onshape Submission: Guaranteed PTC Grant for 2025 season + Onshape swag pack

fabworks_boxed

  • 1st place: $100 Fabworks Gift Card
  • 2nd place: $50 Fabworks Gift Card
  • 3rd place: $25 Fabworks Gift Card

Special thanks to @Andrew_L for the game design. For more information visit our site @ CADathon – WestCoast Products

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This is so cool! I’ll look into having our team compete! thank you for the opportunity!!!

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Our team is so hyped for the Dunk Tank CADathon! We know it’s the right move, but we’ve been hesitant about diving into OnShape. This event is the perfect chance to take the plunge together. Huge thanks to FRC Design for helping us make the dunk – can’t wait to see what we create through this opportunity! Thanks @R.C and teamwcp for everything!

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Will the CADathon allow for creative uses of the new expanded bumper rules?

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Yup! I’ve added an allowance for the new 2025 bumper rules into the game manual, reflected in R07.

Also, to share our excitement of the game releasing tomorrow, we’ve decided to post a game hint!

Good luck teams! Kickoff is 24 hours away!

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~3 hours until game release! Remember you can register your CADathon team at any point throughout the competition. We’ve got some exciting prizes we’re hella stoked to give out, and at the end of this we’ll have a new member of the TeamWCP family!

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soon

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Andymark must be very happy…

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We’re thrilled to announce DunkTank! We’ve been amazed by the overwhelming number of teams that have signed up. We can’t wait to see the creative designs your teams will come up with.

Game Manual

Here is a quick reminder of the event dates:

  • Announcement: 9/30/24
  • Start Date(Game Reveal): 10/04/24 - 12:00pm PST
  • Due Date: 10/13/24 - 11:59pm PST
  • Results Date: 11/01/24 - Time TBD

Remember to get your submissions in on time.

Submission form: https://forms.gle/ST37Eeq7Z9z4Nkk87

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tis time to cook

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Teams have 2 minutes and 15 seconds to dunk BASKETBALLS and use ELECTROLYTES to advance their performance.

Best themed game ever

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I’m proud to say my CADathon team is the only one participating thats sponsored by BRAWNDO, the thrist mutilator.

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G08: A ROBOT’S horizontal dimensions may never exceed 18” beyond its FRAME PERIMETER.

does this have any restrictions, ie: only 1 direction at once or is it 18" per side, and what about corners of the robot, also what about rounded frame perimeter areas

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dune-stilgar

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Huge fan of the linked core calculator. This is something FIRST could easily do and should take note of.

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Question: can a robot control a basketball and electrolytes simultaneously or only one or the other?

Related rule:

G15: A ROBOT may only be in possession of 1 BASKETBALL at a given time. There is no limit on the number of ELECTROLYTES that can be in a ROBOT’S possession.

    Violation: TECHNICAL FOUL
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Reminder that this forum post is the best place to ask game questions! I know some of the concepts take a few reads to wrap your head around, especially the hoop stacks and how clearing works, so anyone has any questions please ask them here and I’ll try my best to respond as quickly as I can (I am driving to SoCal this afternoon but I’ll be able to answer questions intermittently throughout the drive).

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