FRC Game Hint #4? [Archive]

finaldark

04-01-2008, 22:19

can we get some validation on this please?

Its 100% legit, it was in my e-mail from first.. maybe they only sent it to me because im the only one who should know..

1086VEX

04-01-2008, 22:22

anyone else gotten this e-mail???

Kevin Sevcik

04-01-2008, 22:23

I call shenanigans. Our contact didn't get it, I'm going to bet no other contacts got it, and it's just silly and not properly formatted. Unless someone else steps forward REAL soon, this should be deleted. Also, last year's picture was linked off the FIRST site, not blasted to several thousand people who would have to forward it onwards, etc.

finaldark

04-01-2008, 22:25

I call shenanigans. Our contact didn't get it, I'm going to bet no other contacts got it, and it's just silly and not properly formatted. Unless someone else steps forward REAL soon, this should be deleted.

Why would i want to go through the trouble of posting all this.. I swear its in my inbox now.. why would first lie about it.

geeknerd99

04-01-2008, 22:27

:rolleyes:

This could get interesting.....

Where are the mods?

Katie Reynolds

04-01-2008, 22:28

I'm a main contact and I didn't get this. The FIRST E-Mail Blast forum is to be used as an information source for official FIRST emails only. I'm moving this thread to Rumor Mill unless a more credible source (like the FIRST website) comes along.

SSMike

04-01-2008, 22:29

Why would i want to go through the trouble of posting all this.. I swear its in my inbox now.. why would first lie about it.

Sorry if I'm reluctant to believe you but seeing as no one else seems to have gotten this hint, could you please verify this? A simple screen shot of the e-mail with the correct FIRST address will do.

Joe G.

04-01-2008, 22:31

I call fake.

With less than 12 hours to go, what would be the point, really?

legomaster3945

04-01-2008, 22:33

I call fake.

With less than 12 hours to go, what would be the point, really?

who knows this year is the first year for more than one hint so y not
i think its 100% official
just hope at the kickoff they are not like "and the next hint is..."
jk

Bryan Herbst

04-01-2008, 22:35

I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume that FIRST has plenty of hosting space and bandwidth, and they don't need to host images on imageshack.

Nice try though.

finaldark

04-01-2008, 22:36

For those of you who don't believe me you can go to the first site and check it out:

http://www.usfirst.org/community/frc/content.aspx?id=678444 (http://surrealgx.com/first/game4.html)

Jeff Rodriguez

04-01-2008, 22:36

If it was official there would be a 'Go Teams!' at the end. Every e-mail from FIRST I've seen has it.

And your link wouldn't sed you to http://surrealgx.com/first/game4.html

CraigHickman

04-01-2008, 22:39

For those of you who don't believe me you can go to the first site and check it out:

http://www.usfirst.org/community/frc/content.aspx?id=678444 (http://surrealgx.com/first/game4.html)

Nice fake site. If you weren't dealing with the smartest youth around, a false attempt like this might work. Seriously, inputting your own hint is childish, and Anti GP.

sanddrag

04-01-2008, 22:39

Yeah ok last time I checked usfirst.org didn't exist at surrealgx.com. Nor did it have a page full of non-clickable links.

EDIT: Okay wow like 3 people beat me to it.

geeknerd99

04-01-2008, 22:40

For those of you who don't believe me you can go to the first site and check it out:

http://www.usfirst.org/community/frc/content.aspx?id=678444 (http://surrealgx.com/first/game4.html)

:mad:

Honestly, what on earth are you trying to pull on us here? I'm not even gonna bother clicking that link, because it doesn't link to what you're trying to make it think its going to.

If you think we're easily fooled, look further. You're trying to pull a fast one on some of the brightest high school students in the world, along with a good portion of that community.

...Go Teams!:p

finaldark

04-01-2008, 22:41

to see you guys struggle over it, lol that was fun. ok im done now.

finaldark

04-01-2008, 22:42

to see you guys struggle over it, lol that was fun. ok im done now.

You see what i have to live with? Waiting for the kick off.. Im soo bored and i cant sleep, im depressed, turning emo, my life is ending, I NEED THE KICK OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!

CraigHickman

04-01-2008, 22:43

to see you guys struggle over it, lol that was fun. ok im done now.

Tip for next time you decide to be annoying: don't put your team number in. No matter that you think, having that team number and posting things like this reflects badly onto your team.

Also, if seeing people struggle makes you happy, you probably shouldn't have posted this here, as there was no struggling involved. Every single post was us calling you out on a bad fake attempt.

geeknerd99

04-01-2008, 22:43

to see you guys struggle over it, lol that was fun. ok im done now.

Go find something better to do with your time, please. Like sleep. In about 12 hours (including Dean Kamen's complimentary naptime), the sheets will be pulled off of the game field.

Get rested now while you can.

1086VEX

04-01-2008, 22:43

:( :(

Akash Rastogi

04-01-2008, 22:43

For those of you who don't believe me you can go to the first site and check it out:

http://www.usfirst.org/community/frc/content.aspx?id=678444 (http://surrealgx.com/first/game4.html)

Yea...see, that crap doesn't work on here. Nice try though, and everyone please, let's not continue this thread any longer.
pleeease.

finaldark

04-01-2008, 22:45

ok what a waste of time, you got entertainment with a few posters calling you a hoax artist?

you didnt even do a good job on the fake page!

hey.. i did it in about 10 seconds. Want to have a photoshop battle? Seriously lets do it, you name the contest.

CraigHickman

04-01-2008, 22:45

I think he's had enough, folks. We should probably let the mods close this down, and stop giving attention to him.

Bryan Herbst

04-01-2008, 22:46

Nice feeble attempt at making us believe we are on the FIRST site. Are you going to grow up to be a phiser?

ACTUAL url he posted- http://surrealgx.com/first/game4.html

Cory

04-01-2008, 22:46

Guys, chill out.

The only reason this thread is still open is because a moderator for this sub-forum isn't online right now. Everyone needs to stop flaming each other, and stop posting in this thread.

hipsterjr

04-01-2008, 22:47

While every one is ticked at you, I must give you props. While you could have done better forging it, you dropped water into the clue feeding frenzy around here. While not GP, it is flat out funny. You had a few of them going! Bravo my friend:D, ..... never do it again.

finaldark

04-01-2008, 22:48

I think he's had enough, folks. We should probably let the mods close this down, and stop giving attention to him.

Yea now im just getting pissed off, it was supposed to be a good laugh.. not some crazy believable thing to make you all mad. "water" yea its funny ok the joke about the water game is funny. If your all anti-fun, well thats your problem

finaldark

04-01-2008, 22:49

finaldark

04-01-2008, 22:51

hahaha...not funny!!!!!!!!!! oh and one thing, why didnt you just copy the HTML source code from the usfirst website and change it?

idk i thought it would be faster to make an image... i forgot one of the game hint #3s.. i did it too fast..

geeknerd99

04-01-2008, 22:51

All right folks, show's over here. Move along, move along.

(Until a Mod does it for real)

CLOSED

finaldark

04-01-2008, 22:52

Lol? nice mod without powers. Its not closeable.. its such a good laugh.

Kevin Sevcik

04-01-2008, 22:53

Yea now im just getting pissed off, it was supposed to be a good laugh.. not some crazy believable thing to make you all mad. "water" yea its funny ok the joke about the water game is funny. If your all anti-fun, well thats your problemLaughs go in the Rumor Mill where this now is. Official FIRST communications go in the Blasts Archive. Would it be funny if someone posted a fake Blast that told teams ship date had been pushed back two days? Honestly, blatantly misusing forums should be bannable, but there are nicer people than I in charge here.

lukevanoort

04-01-2008, 22:54

I dunno, I think it had potential to be a decent joke. Some lessons on execution from the masters of Chief Delphi pranks, John "Check out Andy's Ipod" V-Neun, Joe "Oops, I found out the game early" Johnson, and the creator of probably the most successful CD prank ever, Joe "Nationals Canceled?" Ross would probably have made it both funnier and more realistic.

EDIT:
Kevin, while I agree that it would have been better to put this in the rumor mill originally, I don't think that comparison is fair; kickoff is in a couple of hours and this is a false game hint. A fake ship date is a completely different thing.

Schnabel

04-01-2008, 22:54

This thread has been reported to the mods. Please do not post beyond this.

finaldark

04-01-2008, 22:54

Laughs go in the Rumor Mill where this now is. Official FIRST communications go in the Blasts Archive. Would it be funny if someone posted a fake Blast that told teams ship date had been pushed back two days? Honestly, blatantly misusing forums should be bannable, but there are nicer people than I in charge here.

I would laugh.. i guess none of you cheifdelphi forumers have no sense of humor.. Geeze wrong place to come. Sorry ill go back to the other forums..

finaldark

04-01-2008, 22:56

I'm seeing a trend, all the old mentors are saying how horrible this is, and it doesn't follow GP, blah blah.

All my fellow GP students think its a good laugh.. Is there a student only section? parents these days, the internet, technology.. oh wrong generation sorry.

JoeXIII'007

04-01-2008, 22:56

"This is a triumph...
I'm making a note here... huge success.
It's hard for me to express my satisfaction..." -GLaDOS

It's the night before kick-off, and seeing that we all will prolly be facing a whole day of brainstorming followed by ~6 weeks of intense work: this joke was certainly well appreciated... at least by me.

Well done!

-Joe

ps: don't do it again for another x years. 'x' can be any number... choose wisely.

finaldark

04-01-2008, 22:58

lol thanks joe see everyone, calm down.

finaldark

04-01-2008, 22:59

then your not a fun person.

Uberbots

04-01-2008, 23:00

If someone on our team were to do this, they would probably get removed for anti-GP behavior.

i am very disappointed.

finaldark

04-01-2008, 23:01

That's it i give up.. to many of you smart nerds dont laugh at real humor. Ok ban me if you want im gone anyway. Peace

mormannoob

04-01-2008, 23:02

Guys back off the kid it was a harmless joke
if there was any harm done i would love to hear what it was the site almost had me fooled till i saw the next post its a joke everyone lighten up were gonna be stressed as it is with build season comming up lets relax while we can

Dean K.

04-01-2008, 23:05

I call shenanigans.

finaldark

04-01-2008, 23:06

I call shenanigans.

Thanks dean, sometimes i think you remind me of George Bush..

mormannoob

04-01-2008, 23:08

Thanks dean, sometimes i think you remind me of George Bush..

1) how is he bush

2) ha the only post by the great dean k and its a bad one about the thread lol

Dean K.

04-01-2008, 23:09

http://mortenlund.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/redherring.gif

StephLee

04-01-2008, 23:10

I was called, IN MY SLEEP, by a team mentor for this...gahh.

mormannoob

04-01-2008, 23:11

lol

legomaster3945

04-01-2008, 23:11

guys with it being the night before kickoff we all need a good laugh
anyway
A day without laughter is a day wasted
(my favorite saying)
lighten up it was all in good fun

Chuck Glick

04-01-2008, 23:11

For those of you who don't believe me you can go to the first site and check it out:

http://www.usfirst.org/community/frc/content.aspx?id=678444 (http://surrealgx.com/first/game4.html)

the actual url for that is http://surrealgx.com/first/game4.html...
also none of the links are working.

Fake.

and if you look it clearly says gamehint #3 in the nav bar

edit: just noticed the whole 4 page thing...lol.

finaldark

04-01-2008, 23:12

the actual url for that is http://surrealgx.com/first/game4.html...
also none of the links are working.

Fake.

and if you look it clearly says gamehint #3 in the nav bar
Yea i think we know that already, its only on almost the 5th page and weve mentioned this how many times?

Brandon Holley

04-01-2008, 23:14

chiefdelphi congratulations on overreacting on a harmless prank

everyone should go get some sleep anyway kickoffs less than 12 hours away

Cory

04-01-2008, 23:15

As a moderator, please stop posting in here.

As I said before, this thread should be treated as being closed. There are very few moderators who moderate the extra discussion forum, and as such clearly none are online. That is the only reason this thread hasn't been closed.

He thought he was playing a funny joke, and it wasn't funny... no need for people to further bash on/flame him. Just let this thread die a quiet death.

Kevin Sevcik

04-01-2008, 23:15

EDIT:
Kevin, while I agree that it would have been better to put this in the rumor mill originally, I don't think that comparison is fair; kickoff is in a couple of hours and this is a false game hint. A fake ship date is a completely different thing.Luke, I realize it's a childish joke, but childish joke belong in Chit-Chat or the Rumor Mill or somewhere similar. Posting this in the Blast Archives and attempting to defend it repeatedly when it's obviously false is a malicious act even if it's "only" a fake hint. Mild forum abuse is still abuse. And his intent at this point and from the beginning by his own admission was to annoy people. Even Joe had the good taste to cancel nationals intelligently and in the Rumor Mill. And didn't bother lying to peoples faces when exposed.

legomaster3945

04-01-2008, 23:17

What happened to you being gone?

No offense but I cannot get over the immaturity you have, and the fact you keep on posting things that become more and more rude without realizing that everything you say is representing the team you belong to. You should have stopped posting a long time ago.

If you don't care about how you are being seen, then do your own team a favor and stop posting "smart" comments.
wow after u said this i looked at the team # and relized that this is a member of my team
i am highly disapointed in you whoever u are
not even sure if u belong to my team but u represent us all so so some respect
-a REAL robostangs member

finaldark

04-01-2008, 23:18

Luke, I realize it's a childish joke, but childish joke belong in Chit-Chat or the Rumor Mill or somewhere similar. Posting this in the Blast Archives and attempting to defend it repeatedly when it's obviously false is a malicious act even if it's "only" a fake hint. Mild forum abuse is still abuse. And his intent at this point and from the beginning by his own admission was to annoy people. Even Joe had the good taste to cancel nationals intelligently and in the Rumor Mill. And didn't bother lying to peoples faces when exposed.

If it would have been in the rumor mill.. it just would have been a rumor, and been stupid... no...