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A plexiglass encasement of the field would mean that a LOT of stuff would be flying EVERYWHERE. That would be both hectic and awesome.

Anyway, they may have hanging this year, again, but I doubt the will do it in nearly the same way as last year. Why? Because all the veteran teams will have a HUGE advantage over rookies in hanging. I know our team would just take the arm off our old bot and use it again.

Now, if they made the bar a few feet higher, that would pose a challenge.

But they wouldn't do something the same way two years in a row.

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dont you mean that your team would creat a arm that is very much like your lastyears bot that way you wont be breaking any rules about pre-kickoff fab of parts? :)

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I still go with this... I believe 1. auto mode will be big and 2. 3vs 3 alliances... I could be completely wrong though...

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Baseballs are unlikely but what about whiffle balls??????

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Wiffle balls are WAY too easy to break. If you think Stack Attack was bad, then maybe we should try a game with Wiffle Balls to show that it could be WAY worse ^_^

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Keeping in mind that there is a good chance we are all way, way off, here's my 2 pennies.

It seems to me that all interpretations point towards three. Three teams, two alliances of three teams each, three alliances of two teams each. Bottom line is this:
I think we can expect to see a new team format, even though I doubt we will go without alliances.

The more I hear about three--and the hexagonal connection of amethyst--the more I think we're going away from the field that has been in play the last two years. I've not been with FIRST for longer than that time, but it would not surprise me if we went to a triangular, hexagonal, or--and I don't think I've seen anyone else mention this, which is surprising, given the amount of baseball stuff gloating around--a diamond. A diamond, after all, can be comprised of two triangular shapes, which would hint back to two teams again.

The field will not be circular, it is safe to say, because
A) Where do you put the teams?
B) It would be very, very difficult for a team to recreate such a field.

Point B should be taken into account by everyone who is saying BUT WHAT ABOUT THE GIANT PLEXIGLASS THINGY!. Remember: these fields are, traditionally, buildable to one degree or another.

I like the point of whoever said Pi as a symbol for a bridge. But I wonder, if we're going that far, why not look at the shapes of you and me as well? Will it be between those three? So, perhaps, a ditch?

I'd love to see baseballs being involved in the human player element, but I agree with whoever it was that said baseballs are too dangerous for this environment. As an ex-player and current aficionado, I agree sadly and totally.

--Petey

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notice the clue says ametheist colored glasses. It says nothing about actual ametheist. I don't think that the field will be a hexagon. I think color recognition could be a part of the game though.

Going back to the Beatles(because I love them so much) rings make sense. Perhaps we need to collect rings and place them on a pole(or Paul) or something.

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Maybe a triple play of setting off triggers during automonous mode will release rings early, and i love the idea of using music lyrics, pi, you and me, 3 .vs. 3 would seem logical for our regional, and would prove the reason for increase in the amt. of championship teams able to attend Atlanta.

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I don't want to sound ridiculous, but don't you think that even Green Day's Insomniac album cover can fit these clues? (If it doesn't make sense to you, then just don't quote me). On another note, I've heard many a time around my home, a joke about my mother's boss telling her to take off her "Rose Colored Glasses" and see the truth. Is this hinting at difficulty viewing the field, perhaps IR-guided gameplay? Also, for the baseball players, they all got triples, and there seems to be some thought over 3 sides. The triples could mean, as someone above stated, that there may be a triple-trigger. Perhaps in autonomous, we have to avoid a central circle (thus explaining pi), which prevents your team from viewing the opponent directly across from you (Putting pi in between you and your opponent), and activate the three triggers, which were signified by triples-record. Then, the teams would, perhaps, do another basketball-style game where the object is to get as many of your colored balls into the central tube.

Cheers and good luck understanding this one!
-NiNJ4

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How about Nerf balls?
You probably would need plexiglass sides if you get involved with pitching catching or hitting Nerf balls.
Sounds too complicated but it would be fun!

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I can only imagine the teams shooting nerf guns at targets located on the field. That, my friends, would be chaos.

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Okay, here goes nothing. Picture this a hexagonal shaped field. Each side has purple plexiglas. Control stations on each side.There 6 teams in 2 alliances. They are positioned alternately on the sides. In the center of the playing field is a circular hole. In the hole is 6 baskets. The baskets form a pyramid in the center. Each team must pass a ball from their station to a team mates basket creating a triple play. The human player may attempt to throw the ball to their team mates basket but risks scoring for their opponent. Any thoughts?

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I havent slept in 2 days because ive been thinking about the clue too much. While it is fun to hypothesize, in the end, it wont matter come Sat. So ive given up trying to decypher the clue. Dave you win this year, but next year, when im in my dorm with nothing to do, ill be doing th same thing.

So i leave this...
weve had a class of 20 juniors and seniors taking this apart for days, and weve come up with no more than you guys have, in less than 30 pages :-)
I hate giving up, but im gonna have uncers over this one. At least Stairway to Heaven was possible. beatles to baseball. Im toast.

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Had nothing better to do so I was looking at some info on John and George... saw something ... figured I'd share it so we could take it apart for a few days or whatever. Lol
John Neun and George Burns the baseball players share a common link other than their unassisted plays.... their middle name. Its Henry. Coincidence? I think not... this was a big conspiracy their mothers both created. :]

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I am thingking the the capitalizations of the Amethyst You and Me are referring to proper nouns. So therefore there might be somthing that is being referred to by Amethyst You and Me. They are probably not acronyms for anything, becuase they are not all capitalized. Can anyone else think of any references to You or Me as proper nouns instead of pronouns?