Saturday (8:45-7:00+)

The Broadcast (9-10:30)

  • About one hour after the adds
  • Watch the field video tours as well

Read That Manual! (10:30-12)

  • 8 Groups
  • Complete rules worksheet
  • Note questions for further discussion
  • Skip sections 1 & 2, start at “Game Overview”

Rule Regroup (12-1)

  • Mentors Check rule worksheets
  • Present questions, entire teams answers
    • May publish to FIRST Q/A
  • Rules test

Lunch (1-2)

  • Stragglers finish rules quiz??

Match Strategy (2-3:30)

  • 4 groups
  • “What should we be doing during a match”
  • Use da spreadsheet
  • Groups should be ready to present a few strategies to the team

Present Match Strategies (3:30-4:30)

  • Each group presents 2-4 strategies
  • Confirm time estimates
  • Discuss strategies

Strategy Go-Backs (4:30-5:30)

  • Modify strategies according to group discussion
  • Further research to prep for decision time on Sunday

Free-Form Ideation (5:30-END)

  • Ustructured time to discuss anything related to the game
  • Crazy strategy ideas
  • Mechanism Ideas

Sunday (9-10:30+)

Initial Strategy Determination (9:30-10:30)

  • Small groups present changes to strategies
  • Team Discussion & Decision: Primary Gameplay Strategies
  • Team Discussion & Decision: Subsystem Prorities
  • Create mechanism brainstorming groups

Mechanism Brainstorming (10:30-12:30)

  • Each new small group discusses the “how” for each subsystem
  • Deliver: A few concepts which accomplish primary robot strategy
  • Sketches, Crayon CAD

Lunch (12:30-1:30)

Mechanism Regroup (1:30-2:30)

  • Each group presents concepts
  • Decide what to prototype immediately

Prototyping (12:30-END)

  • Groups make shit IRL