Yes, 150 seconds. I guess I was in a hurry to get to lunch... Steve On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Phil Smith III <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Those are metric seconds :-) > > No, you're right, it's 2.5 minutes. > > -----Original Message----- > From: First Lego League in Virginia and DC [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jason Wu > Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2012 12:22 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [VADCFLL-L] Cardiovascular Exercise Mission - 36 trips? > > Sorry if this is a stupid question, I am a rookie coach, I thought the FLL match is 2.5 minutes (150 seconds). But Mr. Stave Scherr said this is a 250-second match (below), is this a typo? Or I misread? > > Thanks > Jason > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Sep 25, 2012, at 12:56 PM, VA/DC Referee Advisor <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Also see Robot Game Update 3 at >> http://firstlegoleague.org/challenge/robotgameupdates. [The Updates >> are really important--more important than any of the other Robot Game >> documents.] >> >> "Every year there's one mission that's supposed to make the challenge >> impossible to finish" >> >> In fact, it is not believable that any robot will score 118 points out >> of the Cardiovascular mission. Even if the robot did no other >> missions, in a 250-second match the robot would have to average 7 >> seconds for each trip. And the trips get progressively less >> worthwhile (with one notable exception.) >> >> I hope that your teams won't think that just because they cannot >> achieve all the mission points, that the mission isn't worthwhile. It >> is designed for teams of all skill levels to be able to continuously >> improve. Does your team have 20 seconds left over in the match, where >> the robot will just be sitting around? Then send it to the cardio >> machine and earn 5 more points! (Or 3) (or maybe 13, but I doubt that >> I'll see more than one of those...) >> >> Newer teams that cannot score on other missions will probably be able >> to do this one several times. >> Experienced teams that want to maximize their scores will look for >> ways to do it faster and squeeze one more click into their match. >> All teams will have to weigh the risk of trying for one more cardio >> click versus allowing enough time to earn points on the Transitions >> mission. >> >> With the introduction of the "unending" or "infinite" missions, the >> Robot Game is more open ended, and introduces more strategy and >> decisions for teams to make, as well as allowing all teams the >> opportunity to keep scoring points during the match. >> >> Steve Scherr >> VA/DC FLL Referee Advisor >> >> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Emler, Paul <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> Watch the video. This is the mission created this year to separate the top >>> teams. It is a time killer. It was designed that way. >>> >>> >>> >>> From: First Lego League in Virginia and DC >>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ram Boreda >>> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 11:59 AM >>> To: [log in to unmask] >>> Subject: [VADCFLL-L] Cardiovascular Exercise Mission - 36 trips? >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> To score the full 118 points on Cardiovascular exercise >>> missions, does the Robot need to make 36 trips to the Base? Since the Robot >>> can only turn the pin wheel 90 degrees at a time and it needs to go back to >>> base before it touches the pin wheel again, we would need to click the wheel >>> 36 times. Our team is thinking about 6-8 runs in total and is concerned that >>> they will be able to get only a small number of points from the Cardio >>> machine. >>> >>> >>> >>> Are we mis-understanding or mis-interpreting something here? >>> Your insights will be highly appreciated. >>> >>> >>> >>> Best Regards, >>> Ram Boreda >> >> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". >> >> -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to subscribe. > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". > > -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to subscribe. > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". > > -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to subscribe. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to subscribe.