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When you take a look at the two sites. They both say what's major about the cities. Rockford is known as the "Forrest City" and Colchester is where Coal was discovered in he 1850s

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When you Goodle 8234, the first result is a NI part ID. 5761126 comes up with a Digikey part number... Not getting anything on the other two, though, so can't be sure....

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That could be possible. Also maybe we could try using the comma as a decimal point like done in Spanish?

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Interesting idea...
That would give us 4.6049332943431415x10^-16

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You weren't kidding...... This is getting ridiculous:)

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Brilliant! :) Reminded me of my middle school teacher!

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Okay how about we all think to the some of the past games. They all had to deal with the number three. Since the numbers are in three different groups. It probably has to deal with something with the number three. Maybe they changed the shape of the field? Or it has to deal with something with the number three. ::rtm::

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I really like the google earth results with the first set of values 8234/57 and the 25% weight reduction. 8234/57 is a fraction in irreducible form. If you simplify the remaining 2 values you get 4702/151 and 31163/7903 in simplest form. Can someone try the google earth trick with these new values? I am in the computer lab and can't get administrative privileges to try it until I get home. :(

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So how about a NASCAR race in Dec 1963 that was really part of the 1964 circuit...

http://m.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar/story?storyId=10172235

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So entering 61126 (with or without the 1963) in Google Maps points you to Harrison Avenue, in Rockford, IL (presumably, this is because it's the main street of Rockford, which is the city that contains ZIP code 61104). What's at 1963 Harrison Avenue?

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=1963+...RPB2IZlC5wXyCA

Bearings, V-belts, roller chain drives? Sounds like robot parts to me!

I tried something similar with the 3rd set of numbers, but there's no Street View in that area... Maybe someone can go there? :cool:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=15806...s+62326& z=15

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Jim Henson made a short Film in 1963 titled the robot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivJNNwTGDcw

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Jim Henson's 'Robot': 1963 Short Film For The Bell System Released (VIDEO)
http://news.moviefone.com/2012/01/27...63-short-film/

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

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No. It will be the 2018 game, played early.

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So I'm new to this whole kick-off game hint thing but I'm super pumped for the game this year and this hint has been keeping me up...:yikes:

I took a little more of a mechanical look at it rather than trying to connect it to a certain type of game or sport or certain numbers. I took some of other people's ideas and formulated an idea by googling the numbers with "Robotics" after it separately... ::rtm:: This is what I got:

8234 Robotics: Ethernet cable number, Server
57 Robotics: First Japanese writing (AD), error code (could pop up with new coding)

61126 Robotics: Rockford (city), Radiator Drain Ock, Solder RA Thru-Hole Tray, Surgical Arm Number

1963 Robotics: Kennedy Assassination, Hula-hoop patented, Sketch Pad (drawing software) patented, THE FIRST COMPUTER CONTROLLED ROBOTIC ARM IS CREATED.

62326 Robotics: Arduino robot number (computer on wheels)

15806 Robotics: Sensor for brain surgery? Patent number for leak detection system, Roller unit number (possible change in KOP system?)

What did I get from this? Well...

There's a lot of info pointing to an arm game... Along with the triangles that people are posting and spheres and rectangular prisms, I'm thinking it's going to be a sorting game with the logo's pieces but they're 3D (like boxy-er I get that everything in the world is 3D, I meant like... more). Plus, with all of the hints in that picture (even though it says there's no clue...) I think that the end game will be somehow climbing one robot onto the other two.

Just an ideaaaa from a tonnn of research, but yeah. Shoot down as you will. :)

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LMAO--that awkward moment when your source is a video game...