Originally Posted by Jarren Harkema (Post 1607944)

The two quotes are:

"Woody say's this is FIRST Priority!"

"This is important stuff! Answer your phone!"

I love Dr. Flowers and all, but what in the world are these doing in this promotion pack and why were they created? They seem very out of place, and I couldn't ever see myself or anyone I know in FIRST using these.

Originally Posted by SharonO (Post 1607847)

Isn't kick-off January 7 this year? 1/07

Originally Posted by JayNico (Post 1607871)

So steampunk is typically in London right
So
13:08 would be August 13th in their date system right
So

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_13
Tying back into London and UK, on that day "1913 – First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley."
Going back to water speculation, "1895 – István Barta, Hungarian water polo player (d. 1948)" was born. Coincidence? :cool:
The alliances are going to be three robots each, "29 BC – Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes."

Now that's all very interesting, but what exactly happened during the year 1308?
Well, "approx. date – Dante Alighieri begins to write the Divine Comedy." In that book, there are 9 circles of Hell, which indicates that there will be three alliances on the field at once, but they will each be three teams as usual if you recall the August 13 in 29 BC.

But! There are 4 circles on the wall in the workshop (clock, 2 gears, and some smooth one). The fourth circle of Hell is Greed. Teams are going to have to steal game objects from other teams. This ties in with the ninth circle of Hell, which is Treachery. In the end game period, that's when this element will come into play. The game length will be divisible by nine. HOOOOOLD UP though. As my friend just pointed out, 9 is also 1 plus 8, or the clock time.

Not done yet though. As someone in the thread pointed out, the clock is in Roman Numerals. Let's take it back to good ol August 13th, this time in 582. "582 – Maurice becomes Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire." After our good friend Maurice became Emperor, he fought against the Sassanid Persians. When he succeeded, he abolished the extensive taxes that the Romans had been required to the Persians in order for peace. Remember the fourth circle of Hell?

You thought I was done with Maurice, didn't you. "In 602, a dissatisfied general named Phocas usurped the throne, having Maurice and his six sons executed." That's a whooole bunch of treachery, innit?

Well, that's all I got for now. :cool: Watch the skies.

Originally Posted by bobbysq (Post 1608035)

Did anyone notice that the narration was mostly a ripoff of the narration in the Stronghold teaser? Could this game just be Stronghold 2?

Originally Posted by Jardanium (Post 1607971)

After hearing the shovel ringtone, I had this idea I proposed:

What if the game pieces are coal, and the whole idea is to bring coal to your machine, power the steam engine, and cause a blimp to "fly". The defense would come from fighting over the limited supply of coal.

This could tie in the flying idea without any actual flying.

I dunno, just a thought.

Originally Posted by TheBoulderite (Post 1608049)

There may be an endgame involving minidrones.

Originally Posted by Schoolboy Q (Post 1608054)

Let's go further and say that in order to keep your robot powered you must keep placing coal in the furnace. This could promote power management (turn off nonessential things when running low on coal.) The power doesn't actually run out the FMS just terminates the connection between the DS and the robot. A team member can help another robot by placing coal in their furnace for them.

Originally Posted by rtfgnow (Post 1608060)

I hope this doesn't happen, there are few things as disappointing as watching a robot or an entire alliance not move or preform poorly, why combine them?