2021-22 VIQ Game Predictions

[SCFarrell]

VRC has their thread, so to liven up the space, I thought I would ask, what are you guys looking forward to in next year’s game? I believe someone did a guess based on the price of each object, I will try to find that.

[Kajunii42]

I really want a game, kinda like next level and squared away mooshed together. With pyramids that you must flip over in order to put a ball inside of them, then score them on horizontal scoring posts. You also how to shoot balls into a bin in the center, like bank shot. There would also be a bar hanging out from two sides of the bin which robots have to hang onto.

[SCFarrell]

When I saw Rise Above, I thought that there was no way that a team would score 27 elements in 60 seconds. Guess I was wrong about that.

I wonder how in person would have gone this year because with the in-person teamwork field being so mixed up, riser wise, the biggest challenge of the season would definitely have been game planning and communication.

I don’t know if Vex will ever find a ‘non-maximizable’ game, but will be interesting to see them try.

[kevjar]

I don’t know if you’re just talking about IQ games, but many VRC games have been impossible to max in skills. Just look at Tower Takeover with 66 cubes on the field.

[Golf]

I think there might be a large mass of objects deposited somewhere.

[FRC973]

@SCFarrell

I believe someone did a guess based on the price of each object

Yeah, looking back on that, I think that I might have been wrong in that there may be exclusively balls. Here’s my post about that a while ago if anyone wanted it:

@FRC973

Some more random ideas and thoughts about next years game (for VEX IQ). So 2 game elements cost $5. Assuming that there is only one kind of game piece (which could be an incorrect assumption), that makes each game element $2.50. Since the entire game element kit for the whole field costs $120, 120/2.5=48. This means 48 game pieces. But I’m sure there will be other things on the field too, so assuming that about $40 is spent on other stuff to put on the field, that means $80 for game pieces which is 32 game pieces. Although there is close to this many risers, I think they won’t put that big of game pieces on the field, meaning smaller game pieces (possibly balls). This is probably just a runaway idea, but it is an interesting one, given the information.

Also, something to keep in mind is that the VIQC games have pretty much always been somewhat similar to the VRC/V5 games in any given year. I have a feeling that they may keep that trend for the coming years as well…

[mtaylor]

I’m looking for the same thing I was hoping last year - scoring that wouldn’t be “undone” by a touch of careless driving.
Next Level was borderline criminal in that, particularly with high-performing teams, anything less than perfection often ended in tragedy.
Crossover, Bank Shot, and Ring Master were pretty good in that once items were scored, they were pretty secure.