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Agreed. I'm thinking a matte pushpin with a beveled edge.

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Well, I don't know that this guess at the clue actually has anything to do with what the game will be, but I've figured out how the dinner missed fits in. Eagles catch their prey by diving to the surface of the water and grabbing it with their talons. Rather than prey, this eagle is holding an anchor, and if he's busy holding an anchor, he won't be able to grab food, and will miss his dinner. I'm thinking it's a bit of a stretch since I don't see how this could be a game, but no one ever knows.

Also, I'm pretty darn sure we're all getting new Kinects since I remember hear a lot of FIRST people wanting to improve how it was used in the game, and a lot of people agreed that it was basically useless. Just look at this at world champs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaOiaC0I8pY

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I noticed also that on that linked URL, the favicon is different from the standard FIRST favicon. Is that showing up for anyone else?

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I hadn't noticed that before, but now that you mention it, I do. I checked, the FIRST logo is there for the main website, the blog, the game manual and documents... but not this. Not sure if it is significant in any way, but it is different.

Of course, we are assuming the picture is a hint, and not just the GDC messing with us...

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Just to tell you guys, the Navy Seals now sponsor FIRST. Dean Kamen did have a meeting with them back in 2012 and have struck an agreement with them. Look it up on Youtube, i saw a video of most of the speech there. I will post a link later. I don't think the Navy Seal thing may be too far off.

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Browsers (sorry, at least Firefox) always just compress down a jpg image and stick it in the favicon spot. At least Im just seeing a compressed Rick in the icon spot.

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I am going with the guess we are going to see traffic cones with something balanced on top

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Team 1522 - The Defenders of the Multiverse - is thinking that the Rick Astley photo is not a rick roll. As mentioned above "3" is meaningful and the three colored push pins signify 3 alliances - red, yellow & blue. The position of the pins corresponds to starting positions or driver stations. The forth red pin which seems different is likely a hybrid bot controlled by the red alliance with the Kinect.

This bot will never be given up, let down and the red alliance is never gonna run around and desert it.

DINNER MISSED - missing out on points b/c you're defending the red hybrid bot - HOLDING WEIGHT

Think about this while watching the video (coincidently 3:33 long)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

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Coincidentally, here's a cute safety animation created by the FEDS (Team 201): http://youtu.be/Z-j-UAeZ7rM

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If this is true, our Navy Seal guess seems plausible. We can all agree that the first two lines refers to the artist Seal, and his hit song "Kiss from a Rose". But the meaning of the second two lines is posing to be more of a challenge. I think this Navy Seal idea makes logical sense both in the context of the riddle and in the context of FIRST politics.

Also, I think the Pi cypher is very important. The Raspberry Pi has been gaining popularity over the past several months, and I think FIRST recognizes this. The KOP mentions a "Separate Idem" thats 4" x 1" x 1", and I think this could be the Pi.

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If the box is 4x1x1", the Raspberry Pi (which is 3.37x2.2x.82") couldn't possibly fit inside of it.

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A few thoughts

1) in regards to this being hint #1. I remember last year they outright gave us a hint saying that the kinect was going to be important to this years game. Maybe not in those words exactly.

2) 4" x 1" x 1" sounds like it could be a smaller kinect?

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Unless it's bigger on the inside.... :D

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Do they make those? If they do, it could be for vision tracking purposes instead of robot control purposes.

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:)