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efoote868 05-12-2013 12:48
Re: is this another game hint?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gemmendorfer (Post 1308852)
I'm pretty sure it's safe to say there is an overwhelmingly high chance all future games will have some sort of three involved, whether it alliances or scoring...
Three atoms in a molecule of water... WATER GAME!

:rolleyes:

E Dawg 05-12-2013 16:10
Re: is this another game hint?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by LedLover96 (Post 1308580)
A note on the three thing:

In almost any game, even after discounting 3 robots per alliance, there is something to do with 3. Examples:

2013: Three point goal, Three goals, three pyramid levels,
2012: 3 bridges, 3 point vales for hoops
2011: Three levels of racks, three shapes
2010: Drawing a blank
2009: 3 types of balls

Overall, it is VERY likely that the game will have to do with the number 3.
This was the third post. It also has the highest frequency of 3's per post in this thread.

Further indication that 3 will be radically important.:D

The_ShamWOW88 05-12-2013 16:45
Re: is this another game hint?
 
I feel like there's so much to do with 3 in FIRST as others have pointed out to believe there's much to find in it being a "hint". I wouldn't waste too much time reading to far into it.

rwkling1 05-12-2013 16:46
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Yeah, I agree, there are so many possibilities that the number 3 could be, it's been different every year and unless someone sees someone see something that goes with the number 3, it won't really mean anything until kickoff.

cadandcookies 05-12-2013 19:30
Re: is this another game hint?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris is me (Post 1308859)
Or we are all obsessing over coincidental glitches.
If we weren't, this wouldn't be CD!

Also, noticing that the official FIRST twitter has been posting pictures of previous years' games. That could compound on the "climbing... again!" theory.

Andrew Schreiber 05-12-2013 19:52
Re: is this another game hint?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gemmendorfer (Post 1308852)
1992: three different valued tennis balls
1994-1998: three robots per match and the amount of sides fields had were multiples of three
1996: three ways to score
1997: Triangular pyramid goal with three pegs extending from three edges
1999: Floppies 8 or more ft. high are 3 points and robot on the puck multiplies their end score by three
2002: Three zones and three goals
2004: Beginning of three team alliances

I'm pretty sure it's safe to say there is an overwhelmingly high chance all future games will have some sort of three involved, whether it alliances or scoring...


You forgot 2003 ooh, nvm found it.

Ok, now I'm just being silly.

EricH 05-12-2013 20:00
Re: is this another game hint?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gemmendorfer (Post 1308852)
2004: Beginning of three team alliances
Sorry, gotta call you on that one. 3-team alliances were in play in 2002 for sure, maybe in 2000 (2001 was a 5-team alliance). But only in eliminations (play 2, sit 1).

3-team alliances in regular play wasn't until Triple Play in 2005.

Joe Ross 06-12-2013 01:32
Quote:
Originally Posted by EricH (Post 1309065)
Sorry, gotta call you on that one. 3-team alliances were in play in 2002 for sure, maybe in 2000 (2001 was a 5-team alliance). But only in eliminations (play 2, sit 1)
1999 was the first year of 3 team alliances in eliminations, but only after 2*3 regionals had been completed. At the Great Lakes regional (last regional of the year), teams voted to allow a 3rd alliance member for eliminations, and that was carried through to championships.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...68&postcount=1

DampRobot 06-12-2013 01:44
Re: is this another game hint?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Ross (Post 1309183)
1999 was the first year of 3 team alliances in eliminations, but only after 2*3 regionals had been completed. At the Great Lakes regional (last regional of the year), teams voted to allow a 3rd alliance member for eliminations, and that was carried through to championships.
It's pretty cool that FIRST let teams decide something like this by voting.

Imagine, reducing the minibot points or changing the climbing rules by popular vote...

MichaelBick 06-12-2013 03:04
Re: is this another game hint?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DampRobot (Post 1309185)
It's pretty cool that FIRST let teams decide something like this by voting.

Imagine, reducing the minibot points or changing the climbing rules by popular vote...
I would not enjoy this because engineering should not be based on voting. Imagine if 469's 2010 robot was outlawed by popular vote? Furthermore, teams strategize based on these constraints. For example, many teams did not pursue a climbing mechanism this year because they felt that climbing was too hard for the point benefit. If all these rules could be changed on a dime late in season these teams would be burned really badly.

GaryVoshol 06-12-2013 06:15
Re: is this another game hint?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by EricH (Post 1308763)
The last time the number 3 was significant in a game hint, we had Triple Play.
I always liked Triple Play.

Quote:
Originally Posted by MichaelBick (Post 1309192)
Imagine if 469's 2010 robot was outlawed by popular vote?
I resemble that remark. ;)

Mike Schreiber 06-12-2013 13:11
Re: is this another game hint?
 
If three is a huge hint to something fundamental to the game I doubt it is 3 minutes or three teams.

Large foam cutouts in the shape of the number 3.

Or three sided robots.

Or third place, as in the teams who lose in the semifinals play each other for a bronze medal.

Ok fine, I doubt it is any of these...

SingerandDancer 23-12-2013 17:25
Re: is this another game hint?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by LedLover96 (Post 1308580)
A note on the three thing:

In almost any game, even after discounting 3 robots per alliance, there is something to do with 3. Examples:

2013: Three point goal, Three goals, three pyramid levels,
2012: 3 bridges, 3 point vales for hoops
2011: Three levels of racks, three shapes
2010: Drawing a blank
2009: 3 types of balls

Overall, it is VERY likely that the game will have to do with the number 3.
Well, ofc they like the number 3

Woolly 23-12-2013 22:12
Re: is this another game hint?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by MechEng83 (Post 1308742)
It's clearly a hint that the Holy Hand Grenade be the game piece...
Well, I guess that means that team 1939 is a lock for 2014 FRC World Champions.

holygrail 23-12-2013 23:28
Re: is this another game hint?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Woolly (Post 1316547)
Well, I guess that means that team 1939 is a lock for 2014 FRC World Champions.
Or if we build another Killer Rabbit, it could mean we will be blown up near the entrance to a cave by a guy that has a hard time counting to three.

Whoa. There's another three!

I like your idea better! World Champions sounds good.


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