pic: 2007 Game Piece Hint [Archive]

Sachiel7

09-02-2006, 19:57

Ok, I know this is going to sound wierd, but that is exactly what I expected this year's game piece to be after the game hint came out.
PVC game pieces....Return of the Tetras! :ahh:
:D

Nuttyman54

09-02-2006, 21:33

WOOHOO! BATONS! quick, everyone start finding EVERY reference to batons EVER MADE and index them so we can find them when the clue comes out next year!

MattK

09-02-2006, 22:16

Andy Baker

09-02-2006, 22:21

I hear that Dave has about 116 of these buried behind his garage. Each one contains a 1/2 dozen Krispy Kremes.

This year... do don't want "Dave says That's Pimp" buttons... we want sealed KK capsules, autographed by Dave.

Right?!? Who wants one? If I am lucky enough to get one, it's getting buried in my back yard for safe keeping.

AB

Mike Schroeder

09-02-2006, 22:32

Eugenia Gabrielov

09-02-2006, 23:07

I'd be happy to taste test the donuts to make sure they're not poisoned by some kind of Mars microbe. You know, just as a security precaution. I'll take one (or a few half-dozens) for the team!

MissInformation

09-02-2006, 23:13

Now, he was overheard muttering something about designing a game around that piece. Since he always seems to be muttering, I wouldn't take it seriously... except for that smile... that smile is kind of evil... and he said he would do it if he ever did this... (http://www.factorfantasy.com/Photos/tuit.jpg)

Heidi

p.s would it really be possible to make those pieces larger and then fill them with a liquid or sand that would swish back and forth as moved and if so, would that change the balance that much?

Sachiel7

09-02-2006, 23:22

Wait, something here tells me this has to do with Herndon's bot....
Those PVC "capsules" look about right for rolling a ball, and in that second pic, that extension-looking device sitting next to him looks like it'd fit a pile of those down it to roll balls...
Sounds kinda like our loading and conveyor system:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43639

Hmm...just a thought...

Stuart

10-02-2006, 00:26

I think your all wrong its going to involve water bottels, or chairs . . hmm what would they have us do with chairs . . posibly stack them . .and mabey clean up spilled waterbottels. . . I know its a janatoral competition . . well probly have to mop up throwup too. man these guys are good

dubious elise

10-02-2006, 00:30

Hmm, I hope the Wisconsin VEX participants are thinking what I'm thinking...

"Who's Got the Uber Tuber?"

:) I would be excited

GeorgeTheEng

10-02-2006, 07:34

I know what that really is... Dave is working on either a very powerful sedative for those students that are driving him nuts after almost 5 weeks or a mega dose of valium for some of the advisors :D

Either way, it looks hard to swallow... (I'm making an assumption its a oral medication... :yikes: ) Maybe next year we need to make a shrink machine! Or we continue with the shooter idea and next year is something vaguely bullet shaped...

Taylor

10-02-2006, 08:25

Perhaps the game piece is not the object being held, but rather the person that is holding it.

petek

10-02-2006, 08:28

From looking at that picture, at least we know he's on the level! Well, next to it anyway.

Cyber Punk 234

10-02-2006, 09:00

From looking at that picture, at least we know he's on the level! Well, next to it anyway.

lol

b-rant

08-11-2006, 17:45

i love the one fish two fish red fish blue fish idea so i decided to go check it out.
http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/pr...=BK_LILI_000375

Who am I?
My name is Ned.
I do not like
my little bed.

This is no good.
This is not right.
My feet stick out
of bed all night.

so i believe the bed is just a platform that doesn't have a ramp so robots will have to learn how to climb into bed and the robot in the picture is trying to be like the fish so i said hmm..... banana fish.... maybe but any way i came up with this page http://images.google.com/imgres?img...6lr%3D%26sa%3DG which is a crib bedding set and the crib is just a bed (platform) that is smaller than the platform from last year so some of the robot may hang of the edge like ned's feet.

he's sitting on it

Chief Samwize

08-11-2006, 19:08

That actually could be a very interesting object to manipulate… ya know what would really be fun? If you had objects similar to those on the field that were of different colors, you could pick up both colors but your robot would have to autonomously sort the two different colors into two different holdings area's of the robot. Somehow at the end of the match you would be scored on how many objects you had and if you correctly separated them.

I think you may be on to something, who's to say that the three colors have to do with lights. It could be game color pieces, or even (my hopes) a third allaince color. That would spice things up a bit :ahh: !

jakk

08-11-2006, 19:24

"Who's Got the Uber Tuber?"

Is that savage soccer you are talking about? that game was tough to score for. confusing. The tube doesn't look like it'll stand up anyway.

I really hope it's not like Botball 2006 where you had to sort things like 'trash' or 'recycle' things.

Andrew116

08-11-2006, 21:12

O god possible game hints giveing me headaches!!

I wonder how heavy these will be?

Gboehm

08-11-2006, 22:58

I see a ball on the floor....

Fuzzy

08-11-2006, 23:02

What's that emblem on his shirt, NASA related?

teh_pwnerer795

09-11-2006, 11:40

Maybe, dave... is trying to distract us? .... if u look behind him... you see chairs? ... maybe for ppl to sit down and watch.. BUT... there is a chair beside him.... on the level field... and also a ball underneath it.....

also maybe the water bottle beside him... also represents the water scene??

roflmao .... i dont noe .. maybe im wrong :eek:

underwood

09-11-2006, 11:57

actually, the water scene is a very good theory. earlier game hints, like that one with the fish, show water, and that is a sealed pvc capsule. it floats. *dun-dun-duuuuun!* so maybe a challenge involving getting floating pvc capsules out of the water.

Schnabel

09-11-2006, 14:43

Does anybody notice the wooden chair behind the chair on the lower level? It is black and hard to see.

Mike Starke

09-11-2006, 15:41

Has anyone noticed Wetzel's signature? When we first saw the thread in our Robotics class, we noticed the signature, looked up the lyrics and blasted the song. The song is "Sunday Bloody Sunday" by U2. We weren't quite sure if theres anything specific in the song, but it's something to look in to. And would anyone know what the "GPO" means at the end of his signature? I looked it up, and the biggest meaning i found was "Grand Postal Office". Remember the mailboxes (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41123&highlight=mailboxes) from last year? putting the capsules in the mailboxes...?
hmmmm....

TubaMorg

09-11-2006, 16:15

Am I the only one that sees a resemblance to the unabomber? :eek: :D

http://archiwum.wiz.pl/images/duze/1998/01/98012605.JPG
http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/01/17/86/image_4686171.jpg
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1965000/images/_1967778_unabomberarchive.jpg

Josh Goodman

09-11-2006, 17:25

it looks like he's sitting on stairs....

Kevin Kolodziej

09-11-2006, 20:01

Is that savage soccer you are talking about? that game was tough to score for. confusing. The tube doesn't look like it'll stand up anyway.

Both. WI had a VEX competition that was based on Savage Soccer game using the "uber tuber", but it was a completely different game known as "Who's got the Uber Tuber??"

To those unfamiliar with either game, the scoring object was a small piece of PVC with caps on the ends, though the caps weren't close (it looked like a dumbell seen here (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/22388) ).

These are much bigger. Can the cold cathode lights be run off of portable batteries? Put some cathode lights in these puppies and watch them glow (the wall thickness would have to be a bit smaller, but just think if the color could be remotely changed.....MWAHAHAHAHA).

jakk

09-11-2006, 20:28

These are much bigger. Can the cold cathode lights be run off of portable batteries? Put some cathode lights in these puppies and watch them glow (the wall thickness would have to be a bit smaller, but just think if the color could be remotely changed.....MWAHAHAHAHA).

Glowing field elements and 3-4 colors.....anyone up for "Glow-in-dark FIRST"? that would be cool to see.

65_Xero_Huskie

15-11-2006, 09:04

Maybe the chair in the back represents the black ps3 thats coming out. Maybe Sony is only releasing 400k of them on release because FIRST has bought half a million of them to use as game pieces.
wouldnt it be cool to have the game be
:PS3 CHALLENGE:
Make your robot play Ridge Racer 7 for the ps3.

just a thought :)

Big_Dale

03-01-2007, 20:09

Thread created automatically to discuss this image in the Picture Gallery.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/pics/bin/113953243824.jpg (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pictures.php?&action=single&picid=12716)

does anyone notice the poof ball down under the stage/platform dave's on top of over on the right??? could it be a repeat of 2006 with the poof ball?:ahh:

Imajie

03-01-2007, 20:35

You have to keep in mind that this was posted originally during the 06 build season. 2/09/06

RoboDriver1718

04-01-2007, 18:03

This is so confusing. i am very mind-boggled about all of the different clues i have seen. this one just does not make sense:ahh: . i wonder if this is a peice of something or something by itself all together. if any one knows anything else post=it please cuz i would love to know. THANX :cool:

legotech25

04-01-2007, 18:22

Hmm, I hope the Wisconsin VEX participants are thinking what I'm thinking...

"Who's Got the Uber Tuber?"

:) I would be excited

That's the first thing I thought of... to do a large uber tuber challenge would be sort of bizarre... certainly a challenge!!! ^_^

mtaman02

04-01-2007, 20:13

Ok, I know this is going to sound wierd, but that is exactly what I expected this year's game piece to be after the game hint came out.
PVC game pieces....Return of the Tetras! :ahh:
:D

or goals

DonRotolo

04-01-2007, 21:44

Actually, what Dav's holding is NOT the clue - see that level sitting at the left side???

:D

trilogism

04-01-2007, 22:03

I've figured it out!

Its just a random picture of Dave Lavery, holding some random pieces of PVC!

hallk

04-01-2007, 22:55

That's the first thing I thought of... to do a large uber tuber challenge would be sort of bizarre... certainly a challenge!!! ^_^

No please no. We are done with all things uber. If only I designed those vex games to make sure nothing like that will ever happen, oh wait.

Cyberguy34000

07-01-2007, 00:05

Obligatory, shameless plug... (http://cyberguy34000.googlepages.com/home2)

Elgin Clock

07-01-2007, 00:24

Thread created automatically to discuss this image in the Picture Gallery.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/pics/bin/113953243824.jpg (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pictures.php?&action=single&picid=12716)

Awesome hint. Too bad no one saw the connection.
Wait.. What?? What do you mean you still don't see the connection? :ahh:

Well obviously the shape of the canister matches the shape of the cut out in the wall for the tubes to pass through.

Well done Dave!!!! :D ;) :rolleyes:

Another clue which is "right there" but yet, "so far away".