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http://frcdirector.blogspot.com/2012/01/flash-update.html
Here you go!
Good Evening Teams,
The Decryption Test page is ready. http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/2012DecryptionTest
The encrypted game manual is now available to down load. http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/competition-manual-and-related-documents?id=452
4 days until Kickoff
See you then!
Steven Donow
03-01-2012, 17:51
:eek: No hint.
Also they don't seem to have a file posted that is the whole manual in one-it's only got the separate sections, unless I'm missing something :confused:
:eek: No hint.
Also they don't seem to have a file posted that is the whole manual in one-it's only got the separate sections, unless I'm missing something :confused:
I was looking for the exact same thing. Figure they'll put it up later.
-RC
anyone got or working on the encrypt code
anyone got or working on the encrypt code
Hmmm ... I wonder how Graciously Professional it would be to post the decryption code ... ;)
plnyyanks
03-01-2012, 18:14
anyone got or working on the encrypt code
Nope, as that would extremely un-GP and against the ChiefDelphi rules
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anyone got or working on the encrypt code
The only way to break the encryption is to guess the password or brute force it. Neither of which is likely. This is the same encryption used by our government to protect Top Secret information. Nuclear codes and the like.
Grim Tuesday
03-01-2012, 18:16
Nope, as that would extremely un-GP and against the ChiefDelphi rules
(emphasis mine)
Thanks for saying this; the issue wouldn't be sharing the code, nor really breaking CD rules if one were to guess it. It's the moral implication of it.
Andrew Lawrence
03-01-2012, 20:41
Anyone notice the title of the post? "Flash Update" sounds like it's a small but quick update, like it's not the real thing to come. Maybe it mean's there's another update coming within the next 24 hours, or just for the heck of it, it could mean our robots have to do something with flash, such as weird lighting, need to go really fast like the superhero the flash, or maybe something more subtle, like "No flash photography at events".
Doubt it's an actual hint, but the name is interesting at least.
Akash Rastogi
03-01-2012, 20:46
Anyone notice the title of the post? "Flash Update" sounds like it's a small but quick update, like it's not the real thing to come. Maybe it mean's there's another update coming within the next 24 hours, or just for the heck of it, it could mean our robots have to do something with flash, such as weird lighting, need to go really fast like the superhero the flash, or maybe something more subtle, like "No flash photography at events".
Doubt it's an actual hint, but the name is interesting at least.
No, I think it means you're bored.
msimon785
03-01-2012, 20:47
We have to build a laser cutter! because "The Wooden Beams have Started Creaking" and we have a "Flash Update", we will be building a laser cutter which machines our manipulator out of plywood in the autonomous period of each match.
/sarcasm.
Anyone notice the title of the post? "Flash Update"
Flash = Quick, like Flash Flood...
WATER GAME!
BrendanB
03-01-2012, 20:55
anyone got or working on the encrypt code
I do but CD rules say I can't post it. I booted up my kickoff super computer and it decrypted the code while I was at work all day. Hopefully next year I can invest more into it to eliminate the time by a fraction.
Interesting game, building the elements now! No water for all you believers!
it decrypted the code while I was at work all day.
You must work the night shift then, since it was only released at 5:39 pm EST tonight ::ouch::
I do but CD rules say I can't post it. I booted up my kickoff super computer and it decrypted the code while I was at work all day. Hopefully next year I can invest more into it to eliminate the time by a fraction.
Interesting game, building the elements now! No water for all you believers!
Do the game rules say anything about releasing the code before kickoff? (or are you just trollin...)
Andrew Lawrence
03-01-2012, 23:01
Do the game rules say anything about releasing the code before kickoff? (or are you just trollin...)
Seems legit.
Anyone notice the title of the post? "Flash Update" sounds like it's a small but quick update, like it's not the real thing to come. Maybe it mean's there's another update coming within the next 24 hours, or just for the heck of it, it could mean our robots have to do something with flash, such as weird lighting, need to go really fast like the superhero the flash, or maybe something more subtle, like "No flash photography at events".
Doubt it's an actual hint, but the name is interesting at least.
Make sure you have the latest version of Adobe Flash Player. The Manual will contain a 3-D, interactive game field.
On a side-note, that would be totally awesome. A 3 dimensional, interactive game field within the manual? Sheer awesomeness! I want.
Tetraman
03-01-2012, 23:36
Confirmed only one game hint this year.
"And you will have everything you need for the 2012 FRC Kickoff"
A link to the first game hint is posted in the pdf. It's a little late for game hints, but yeah. that's about it.
The only way to break the encryption is to guess the password or brute force it. Neither of which is likely. This is the same encryption used by our government to protect Top Secret information. Nuclear codes and the like.
Related: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=771154&postcount=11
Grim Tuesday
04-01-2012, 00:00
Confirmed only one game hint this year.
"And you will have everything you need for the 2012 FRC Kickoff"
A link to the first game hint is posted in the pdf. It's a little late for game hints, but yeah. that's about it.
You don't need a hint, so that's just a question of semantics.
And they label it hint #1, which implies a hint # 2, does it not?
QED.
ratdude747
04-01-2012, 00:15
You don't need a hint, so that's just a question of semantics.
And they label it hint #1, which implies a hint # 2, does it not?
QED.
nope. not at all.
it is like the classic scheme of letting 3 animals tagged #1, #3, and #4 loose in a town and then everybody spends the rest of the day looking for the non-existent #2.
so no, being labeled #1 doesn't necessarily imply other hints to come.
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as for flash, I wonder if maybe animations this year may be submitted as a flash movie?
Wait a minute.. Flash.. The amazing number of LED lights from the first hint.. It's not a water game.. It's a flying game. The flashes are from runway lights we have to land between :D
Andrew Lawrence
04-01-2012, 00:23
Wait a minute.. Flash.. The amazing number of LED lights from the first hint.. It's not a water game.. It's a flying game. The flashes are from runway lights we have to land between :D
Or relate to something about lights. Different lighting, more lighting, turning lights on/off, there's a ton of possibilities, and we won't know for sure until kickoff, or until they release another game hint, and we all unanimously agree on something, and then show up to kickoff to find something completely different. :) Either way, we'll find out in less than 3 days.
Grim Tuesday
04-01-2012, 00:52
So have we concluded that the second hint is, indeed, "Flash Update"?
EDIT: Quotes added for clarity.
Andrew Lawrence
04-01-2012, 00:53
So have we concluded that the second hint is, indeed, Flash Update?
No.
sanddrag
04-01-2012, 01:16
This game will have a dark grey and red window that pops up with an 'Install' button the robots must press. Rookie teams may opt for the "Remind me later" path of game play. I heard this season is being sponsored by Adobe.
JohnSchneider
04-01-2012, 02:58
^ Teams can use different operating systems on their drivers stations but each has its distinct flaws. Windows users have to take a 5 second penalty every 30seconds, OSX users have to play a more simplified game with lower scoring... and Linux users wont even pass inspection
gyroscopeRaptor
04-01-2012, 07:52
^ Teams can use different operating systems on their drivers stations but each has its distinct flaws. Windows users have to take a 5 second penalty every 30seconds, OSX users have to play a more simplified game with lower scoring... and Linux users wont even pass inspection
iPhones won't even work in the venues.
Android phones get a 70 point bonus, and free whatever dessert corresponds to the version of Android you're using for your entire team. :D
BrendanB
04-01-2012, 18:34
You must work the night shift then, since it was only released at 5:39 pm EST tonight ::ouch::
Ouch got me there! Forgot that I needed to wait a few hours! :p
Do the game rules say anything about releasing the code before kickoff? (or are you just trollin...)
Just kidding. Every year someone asks if the encryption key is out.
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