For Teams
Welcome
Teams,
Hello and welcome to the 23rd running of the AMD Jerry Sanders Creative Design Competition. If you are a returning team, the JSDC committee welcomes you back and hopes you enjoy the new challenges set before you. If you are a new team, you are in for an exciting experience. JSDC strives to put engineering know-how acquired in the classroom into practice through a fun hands-on application. We hope you enjoy this year's game. If you have any questions about the game or rules, please post to our forum or email at eoh-jerrysanders@ec.uiuc.edu.
-Jon Hansen
JSDC Committee Head
Game Overview
This year's game will again emphasize finesse and strategy. Teams will move weighted, air-filled balloons and helium-filled balloons tied to a string to play a large game of tic-tac-toe. Instead of Xs and Os, teams will play with colored balloons. Each team will be assigned a color of balloon to score with. To unlock their balloons, teams will have to perform varioius actions. Once released onto the field, teams can score by placing an air-filled balloon into a box or floating a helium-filled balloon into a net located above each goal box. Once scored in, a space will remain under the team's control until another team takes control by scoring in that space.
Points will be awarded for scoring a balloon in a box or net. Additional points will be awarded if a team gains control over an entire line in the tic-tac-toe grid. Points will be taken away for popping a balloon, so teams will have to be careful when handling balloons.