Hey guys! Hope you had a wonderful holiday season!! I'd just like to give a quick FIRST update. Kickoff is a week from tomorrow and everyone is psyched for it! We're all patiently waiting for the game, and while we wait the Game Design Committee (or GDC) has given us a little clue as to what the game will be. Every year the GDC releases clues to stir up conversation in the FIRST environment. This year, the first clue was a picture of Little Eva, the singer of locomotion. Although there has been a lot of speculation on what this could mean, I have two favorite ideas. One is that the correlation between locomotion and the game is that our robots will be towing something. Possibly a cart? Anyways, that's an idea that a lot of people believe. I also have a long shot idea. On the robotics forum "Chief Delphi", there was one person who posted an idea that everyone kind of disregarded. He said, "EVA can also stand for Electronic Video Assistant. Couldn't it be possible that it has something to do with robot vision? they've been trying to get teams to do more with vision for awhile now, maybe we're required to do it in endgame or something. Or better yet, earlier people were mentioning a major game change before end game but after auto, maybe the screen darkens in front of the drivers and they have to use their vision code to see what's going on." I really think this statement has some merit. There has been discussion in FIRST about wanting to make the game more interactive, making teams utilize video feedback. Granted this idea is a long-shot, and we won't know until the game comes out, but I think it has potential. So any FIRST-ers out there reading this, comment and let me know what you think! I'd love to hear ideas :) Until kickoff, happy waiting!
Information from: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88030
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