[Joke] 2010 Game Hint

[Greg Needel]

Good Morning Teams,

If you are interested in finding out about the new game then you must consider the text below......

23 Days until Kickoff
See you then




Haha made you look!:D


Just 23 More days!



If you looked at this thread post that you were caught so we can get more people.:yikes:

[Andrew Schreiber]

Haha made you look!:D


Just 23 More days! If you looked at this thread post that you were caught so we can get more people.:yikes:

Really? I thought this (http://onepebble.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/mailbox.jpg) was the game hint.

[Taylor]

didn't fool me.

[ehochstein]

I was really confused because I went to BB right before I came here >.<

[JohnBoucher]

I don't expect a game hint this year :rolleyes:

[Chris is me]

I think one day, Greg's game hint thread will get him the necessary "evilness" he needs to join the GDC.

[Greg Needel]

I think one day, Greg's game hint thread will get him the necessary "evilness" he needs to join the GDC.

No thanks, I would not want that pain.

[Andrew Schreiber]

I don't expect a game hint this year :rolleyes:

I don't WANT a game hint this year. I almost kicked off my GameHint2010-Workflow. (Modify /etc/hosts file to redirect CD to my local host.)

[rees2001]

I was really confused because I went to BB right before I came here >.<

I had done the exact same thing & wondered who could be so evil as to post a fake hint.

I suspect Greg has a nice big bullseye on him now. As if he didn't already have one.


Nice one Greg.

[rtfgnow]

Getting anxious Greg?

[JaneYoung]

For your reading pleasure (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50602). This isn't the first time that Greg has pulled this stunt. Maybe the first time for a [BB] but not a CD. He's a big tease. :)

I suspect that it takes more than evil trickery to be on the GDC.
*sigh* I'm not even sure why I said that. *sigh*

[Jon236]

He's a big tease. :)

I suspect that it takes more than evil trickery to be on the GDC.
*sigh* I'm not even sure why I said that. *sigh*


His mom is pretty good at that herself. Ask Greg what she did at the Tel Aviv Regional a while back!

[Nick Lawrence]

Fooled me.

I guess I'm getting anxious.

-Nick

[IndySam]

Can you get a case of blue brain?

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Haha made you look!:D


Just 23 More days!



If you looked at this thread post that you were caught so we can get more people.:yikes:

Greg Needel is now officially on the naughty list.

[BrendanB]

HAHA! Very funny Greg :(

I think you just wasted 2 minutes of my life! And I second that he goes on the naughty list.;)

EDIT: Very nice wayne! \/

[Wayne TenBrink]

'Twas the calm before kickoff, in the whole CD house
The keyboards were silent. No one clicked their mouse.

The FIRST page was open and watched with great care
In hopes that the game hint soon would be there

The students with iPhones monitored threads
While visions of moon-fish danced in their heads

And I in my office working through year-end crunch
Had opened the browser while eating my lunch

When out on the home page there arose some new matter
I clicked on the subject to join in the chatter

Into the posting I tore like a flash
Hoping my browser would not crawl or crash

The words at the top of the newly shown page
Made me feel like a chump, but didn't enrage

BECAUSE IT WAS A FALSE ALARM!!

Oh, well. I'll keep watching and waiting...

[Richard Wallace]

Caught.

[Ted Weisse]

I was really confused because I went to BB right before I came here >.<


Me too

Nice try...

[IKE]

hook, line, and sinker. Caught like a moon-fish.

[Jessica Boucher]

Back in the day we made our own game hints (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11839). And now that I'm re-reading the thread, we didn't have regionals in Seattle or Manchester, either - completely forgot about that.

(Every time I pull this thread out I remember how old I am...)

[Steve W]

Plagerism does not become you Greg. You are usually more gracious in your attempts to lead us down the garden path. I see a law suit coming your way you naughty boy.





BTW why do you have so much time on your hands?

[Madison]

You can tell it's fake because there have been only a handful of replies over several hours. A real hint would have escalated into the hundreds of replies by now.

[Bob Steele]

GREG NEEDEL CAUGHT AND EATEN BY ALIENS

Maybe I should start this thread...

caught

[Andy Baker]

Silly me, caught in this trap.

AB

[DavidGitz]

Greg, come on! Coming to St. Louis again this year?

[DMetalKong]

Caught.

[RogerR]

Back in the day we made our own game hints (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11839). And now that I'm re-reading the thread, we didn't have regionals in Seattle or Manchester, either - completely forgot about that.

(Every time I pull this thread out I remember how old I am...)

...or the year "FIRST" cancelled nationals (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15118)

[Akash Rastogi]

dang it :p

[bduddy]

I always mouse over threads before I click them :cool:

[dlavery]

Oh crap. He even caught me. I saw the thread title and got all excited, and was about to call Bill and ask why he released it a day early. Then I read Greg's post. Doh! Should'a known better.

-dave



..

[Andrew Schreiber]

Oh crap. He even caught me. I saw the thread title and got all excited, and was about to call Bill and ask why he released it a day early. Then I read Greg's post. Doh! Should'a known better.

-dave



..

Dave, I think if FIRST wanted to achieve its ultimate goal of ruining families it should hold onto that game hint for at least a week extra.

[Akash Rastogi]

I always mouse over threads before I click them :cool:

Game Hint Threads > Logic

[Justin Montois]

...was about to call Bill and ask why he released it a day early....

-dave
..

Soooo, Game hint tomorrow then? :ahh:

[JaneYoung]

Soooo, Game hint tomorrow then? :ahh:

Justin...
Dave posted in Greg's thread. This makes for very bad game hint karma. Very bad. Awful. As in, run - run far far away - awful.

And besides, it's probably another one of those .-...//--./.. things. Did I spell anything?:p

[Andrew Schreiber]

Soooo, Game hint tomorrow then? :ahh:

If you believe that I could sell you some lovely riverside property in Brooklyn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Bridge#Cultural_significance).

[johnr]

Very funny. Now i have to explain to the wife why her monitor is punched in and the dog won't come out from under the bed.

[rtfgnow]

Now since Dave posted that and we don't believe it, that only means it will be posted tomorrow, but since I said that, it will be postponed even more. OR with the cruelty of the GDC we might be able to expect it out today. [/crazy rant that ends with be being dragged to the nut house.]

This is probably a dumber thing to say, but has anyone looked to see if a game hint was posted anywhere?

[Travis Hoffman]

If you believe that I could sell you some lovely riverside property in Brooklyn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Bridge#Cultural_significance).

Or some oceanfront property in Indiana (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=75486&postcount=10).

Wait, I forgot - this is going to be true in a few years due to global warming and polar ice cap melting. Andy Baker is truly a visionary. I'm going to start buying up Indiana cornfields.

[Justin Montois]

Yikes. I guess I was blinded by my optimism of a game hint possibly coming out soon lol

[mikecombes]

I was caught......you made me happy then crushed me in a matter of seconds

[GaryVoshol]

Well of course I look. But then, I look at most threads.

[Zach O]

RAWR! I was all excited to see a game hint... But I am excited, only 23 days!

[EricH]

I was suspicious at the start...

I might suggest a trip into a nearby fountain as suitable punishment.

[yodameister]

I was caught as well

[Katie_UPS]

Uncool. :)

[Mr. Pockets]

I was forewarned by my more observant comrades. I'm more disappointed with myself for missing this thread last time I came on. When the real game hint is revealed, I assure you that I will be the last to hear about it ;)

[Karibou]

I was forewarned by my more observant comrades. I'm more disappointed with myself for missing this thread last time I came on. When the real game hint is revealed, I assure you that I will be the last to hear about it ;)

Lies; you were not forewarned. Mark and I just laughed and eluded the "IS THERE A GAME HINT!?" question.

[Joe Schornak]

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[Bomberofdoom]

Kudos... *claps slowly at Genius Greg* =:-|

But really, I am going to be soo surprised if FIRST doesn't give a hint next week, which should be the mark for half a month to the Kick-Off. The hint, as we all can see, take a significant role in our lives in FIRST. Without it, the game is nothing... The sense of being fooled into water games (insert link to previous discussion)....

[Katie_UPS]

When's the hint coming?

[BrendanB]

When's the hint coming?

Part of me is doubting that there is one. Hey at least none of us have died from nohintafobia!

[rtfgnow]

I suspect they sent it by snail mail to one team that is not on chief delphi or connected to any other team. Cruel much?

[Karibou]

Part of me is doubting that there is one. Hey at least none of us have died from nohintafobia!
...yet.

[Nick Lawrence]

Should have just simply posted this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

-Nick

[NickE]

When's the hint coming?My suspicion is one of the following:

There is no hint.
Somebody complained about the hints being too distracting to students' as they try to finish their schoolwork, so they'll release it in the next few days now that they are sure everyone's done with school.
Somebody complained about the hints being too distracting to everyone's family plans in the holiday season, so they'll release it after the holidays are over.
It's already been posted publicly online and the GDC is shocked nobody's found it.
As rtfgnow suggested, they may have sent it to a small group of teams as a social communication experiment.
Instead of a hint with coordinates, as in 2008, the game hint is simply physically placed in a location of significance to the game. Nobody's figured it out yet.

I'm speculating about game hints instead of the game. Wow...

[rtfgnow]

My suspicion is one of the following:

There is no hint.
Somebody complained about the hints being too distracting to students' as they try to finish their schoolwork, so they'll release it in the next few days now that they are sure everyone's done with school.


And six weeks of building a robot is called what exactly?

[EdwardP]

And six weeks of building a robot is called what exactly?

Not during finals...

[NorviewsVeteran]

And six weeks of building a robot is called what exactly?

A learning experience. Or something positive like that.

[JaneYoung]

It's very simple really. The hint is full of so much mind-boggling confusion that they had to use more wrapping paper which meant they needed more tape which meant that the ribbon was just short of long enough to tie into the perfect bow which meant they had to start over which meant that they are making elves look like they are moving in slow-motion. Simple.

[rtfgnow]

Not during finals...
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?p=889708#post889708

[EdwardP]

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?p=889708#post889708

Wow. That's has to be really tough...

[NickE]

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?p=889708#post889708Even so, it only takes a few people complaining about something to make a change.

[qc1967]

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?p=889708#post889708

We also have finals the same week. It’s tough because we lose a good 20 hours of build during the weekend leading up to finals, and there’s no way really to regain those hours, unless we wanted to burn out the whole team before the end of the 6 weeks. But I look at it this way, robotics is a choice and a commitment that my teammates and I have chosen to make :)

[Ted Weisse]

And six weeks of building a robot is called what exactly?

The hardest fun you'll ever have!

[MarioGal56]

No hints? yall are killin me. I'll die of anticipation. Bury me by the GA dome, please.

[Ziaholic]

... and so it begins ... Happy Holidays!!!


http://usfirst.org/uploadedImages/Community/FRC/Game_and_Season__Info/2010_Assets/1st%20Clue.jpg

[rtfgnow]

... and so it begins ... Happy Holidays!!!


http://usfirst.org/uploadedImages/Community/FRC/Game_and_Season__Info/2010_Assets/1st%20Clue.jpg
Can we have a new thread for this please?