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TinEye gives back zero hits.

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Dang, been "Rick rolled" again!

"Never Gonna Give You Up"

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One other thing too. Andymark just released a new wheel they will be rolling into their warehouse on their Facebook page.

Quoted from Facebook Page:
"We have a new wheel rolling into our warehouse four you!"

Picture of wheel:
http://i.imgur.com/YY1fM.jpg

This could easily have nothing to do with next year's game but still.

I'm also seeing the word "roll" a lot as well.:D

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Looks like the Lunacy wheel material.

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Without increasing the size of the field (which would potentially have major venue problems for established regionals), I don't think we'll ever see 3v3v3 - the field can already get cramped (at times) with only 6 robots!

that said, 2v2v2 is possible. You could even fit 4 stations on one side of the field, and two on the other - in other words, there would be minimal need to change the field design/layout, which would help reduce costs.

I could see that leading to an interesting strategy game... Coopertition points for all 3 alliances if at least two alliances do X together, but if 2 alliances do it, it gives the third alliance an advantage in scoring. That could create an interesting dynamic between trying to score a lot of points and needing to get coopertition points for seeing placement (if seeding went with the same win/loss/coopertition structure as this year). Would we see a situation where the three alliances agree to coopertate ONLY if all 3 participate equally, given the scoring advantage to no one?

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3rd alliance? Lunacy-looking wheel? Rick Astley? The GDC is trolling us.

Or at least...I hope they are.

Edit: They know the rules...and so do I. ;)

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The photo is an original. Taken at 9:42 (Eastern) this morning, in New Hampshire, with an HTC Evo 4g smartphone. Good old exif.

(my code is compiling, give me a break)

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I don't think so. You can see a bit of rubber that spilled from the mold towards the top left. The material from a lunacy wheel wouldn't do that. And why would they make a wheel with no traction in the same form of as a high traction wheel. I'm not sure what the deal is with the color change, but I think that's a 4 inch wheel.

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Screenshot is from about 3:00 into the music video. Welp, that's it. Third alliance confirmed.

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It is another hint first stealthily gave us, 2v2v2 alliances with a larger lunacy goal and it is played like Zone Zeal where everyone has a home zone. (Hence the color and the high traction to assist in pulling the goal.)

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A reoccurrence of the number 3 can mean anything, and even then, it could just be a big troll. 3 could relate to the field, a game element, a rule, etc.

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I'd hate to state the obvious here...but I believe that we all just got Rick-rolled...

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GDC, you guys do so little to manipulate all of our minds. :)

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As far as an actual interpretation, my current bet is on the earlier idea of "You know the rules, and so do i". Maybe a close rehash of a previous game with some added coopertition thing.

edit: Rick N' Roll