--- title: Double Trouble tags: frc_games --- {% include TODO %} Double Trouble was the 1999 FRC game. It was the first game to feature alliances of two teams. ### Official Game Summary[[1]](https://web.archive.org/web/20150316194933/http://www3.usfirst.org/sites/default/files/uploadedFiles/Who/FIRST_History/FRC_Game_Summaries_Photos.pdf "https://web.archive.org/web/20150316194933/http://www3.usfirst.org/sites/default/files/uploadedFiles/Who/FIRST_History/FRC_Game_Summaries_Photos.pdf") Points are scored by positioning “floppies,” robots, and the “puck” on the playing field. Floppies are light weight, pillow-like objects with Velcro-loop material located in the center and around the perimeter. Each alliance has ten color coded floppies located on the playing field and at the player stations. At the end of each two minute match, points are awarded as follows: Each two-team alliance will receive one point for each of its floppies that is at least 2” over and not touching the playing field surface, and less than eight feet above the surface if the playing field. Each alliance will receive three points for each of its floppies eight feet or higher over the surface of the playing field. Any robot that climbs onto the puck will multiply its alliance’s score by three. ## Official Documents[[2]](https://web.archive.org/web/20000305080913/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/Documentation.html "https://web.archive.org/web/20000305080913/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/Documentation.html")[[3]](https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0B_NPAkx7sAJAVFlsT0FnTFM0R3M "https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0B_NPAkx7sAJAVFlsT0FnTFM0R3M")[[4]](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0By2bYoKVZHVTMVRKelFxVm1fakk?usp=sharing "https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0By2bYoKVZHVTMVRKelFxVm1fakk?usp=sharing") ### The Manual [Dean and Woodie's Letters](https://web.archive.org/web/20000531130438/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/Manual/DeanandWoodieLetters.pdf "https://web.archive.org/web/20000531130438/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/Manual/DeanandWoodieLetters.pdf") [Game Manual](https://web.archive.org/web/20000605181043/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/Manual/TheGame.pdf "https://web.archive.org/web/20000605181043/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/Manual/TheGame.pdf") [The Robot](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By2bYoKVZHVTaTBFNjk4NHRTX1U/view?usp=sharing "https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By2bYoKVZHVTaTBFNjk4NHRTX1U/view?usp=sharing") [The Robot - Appendix H Part 1](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By2bYoKVZHVTX3RLTVlFT1BTRkU/view?usp=sharing "https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By2bYoKVZHVTX3RLTVlFT1BTRkU/view?usp=sharing") [The Robot - Appendix H Part 2](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By2bYoKVZHVTUTcyUlhUM0dTbmc/view?usp=sharing "https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By2bYoKVZHVTUTcyUlhUM0dTbmc/view?usp=sharing") [Administrative Details](https://web.archive.org/web/20000522210620/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/Manual/AdministrativeDetails.pdf "https://web.archive.org/web/20000522210620/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/Manual/AdministrativeDetails.pdf") [Events](https://web.archive.org/web/20001003030439/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/Manual/Events.pdf "https://web.archive.org/web/20001003030439/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/Manual/Events.pdf") [Awards](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_NPAkx7sAJAeElBMXVuUGg5NGM/view?usp=sharing "https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_NPAkx7sAJAeElBMXVuUGg5NGM/view?usp=sharing") ### Playing Field The Field (File not found as of 3/5/17) [Field BOM](https://web.archive.org/web/20000116113344/http://www2.usfirst.org/Field/FieldBOM.pdf "https://web.archive.org/web/20000116113344/http://www2.usfirst.org/Field/FieldBOM.pdf") [BOM for Blue Floppy](https://web.archive.org/web/20000116045624/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/Field/BOMforBlueFloppy.pdf "https://web.archive.org/web/20000116045624/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/Field/BOMforBlueFloppy.pdf") [BOM for Red Floppy](https://web.archive.org/web/20000527155330/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/Field/BOMforRedFloppy.pdf "https://web.archive.org/web/20000527155330/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/Field/BOMforRedFloppy.pdf") [Fabric Pattern](https://web.archive.org/web/19991010230629/http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/firstrobots/1999/Fabric_%20pattern.pdf "https://web.archive.org/web/19991010230629/http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/firstrobots/1999/Fabric_%20pattern.pdf") [Floppy Construction](https://web.archive.org/web/20000602001405/http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/firstrobots/1999/Floppy_construction.pdf "https://web.archive.org/web/20000602001405/http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/firstrobots/1999/Floppy_construction.pdf") [Velcro Disc](https://web.archive.org/web/20000708235523/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/Field/Velcro_disc.pdf "https://web.archive.org/web/20000708235523/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/Field/Velcro_disc.pdf") [Velcro Strip](https://web.archive.org/web/20000308180146/http://www2.usfirst.org/Field/Velcro_strip.pdf "https://web.archive.org/web/20000308180146/http://www2.usfirst.org/Field/Velcro_strip.pdf") ### Kit of Parts Album [Gray Container Album](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By2bYoKVZHVTRzctZXB2c01KVms/view?usp=sharing "https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By2bYoKVZHVTRzctZXB2c01KVms/view?usp=sharing") [Green Container Album](https://web.archive.org/web/20001003030615/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/KitAlbum/GreenContainer.pdf "https://web.archive.org/web/20001003030615/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/KitAlbum/GreenContainer.pdf") ### Kit Checklist [Kit Checklist](https://web.archive.org/web/20000306193123/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/kickoff/KitChecklist.pdf "https://web.archive.org/web/20000306193123/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/kickoff/KitChecklist.pdf") ### Control System [Default Control Program](https://web.archive.org/web/20000305180535/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/Manual/RXSLAVE.BS2 "https://web.archive.org/web/20000305180535/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/Manual/RXSLAVE.BS2") ### Team Updates[[5]](https://web.archive.org/web/19990914002421/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/TeamUpdates/ "https://web.archive.org/web/19990914002421/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/TeamUpdates/") Team Update #1 (File not found as of 3/5/17) Team Update #2 (File not found as of 3/5/17) [Team Update #3](https://web.archive.org/web/20001003030647/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/TeamUpdates/tmup3.pdf" https://web.archive.org/web/20001003030647/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/TeamUpdates/tmup3.pdf") [Team Update #4](https://web.archive.org/web/20001003030642/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/TeamUpdates/tmup4.pdf "https://web.archive.org/web/20001003030642/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/TeamUpdates/tmup4.pdf") [Team Update #5](https://web.archive.org/web/19991003103326/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/TeamUpdates/tmup5.pdf "https://web.archive.org/web/19991003103326/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/TeamUpdates/tmup5.pdf") [Team Update #6](https://web.archive.org/web/19991003125241/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/TeamUpdates/tmup6.pdf "https://web.archive.org/web/19991003125241/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/TeamUpdates/tmup6.pdf") ### Autodesk Updates[[6]](https://web.archive.org/web/19990914000319/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/AutodeskUpdates/ "https://web.archive.org/web/19990914000319/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/AutodeskUpdates/") 1999 Autodesk Technology Workshop Presentation (File not found as of 3/5/17) Nik Grant's Tips for Output to Video (File not found as of 3/5/17) [Ted Boardman's Tips for Animating with 3D Studio MAX](https://web.archive.org/web/20001003030724/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/AutodeskUpdates/Tednote.pdf "https://web.archive.org/web/20001003030724/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/AutodeskUpdates/Tednote.pdf") [1999 AutoDesk Award Judging Criteria](https://web.archive.org/web/20001003030730/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/AutodeskUpdates/Criteria.pdf "https://web.archive.org/web/20001003030730/http://www.usfirst.org/1999comp/AutodeskUpdates/Criteria.pdf")