Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2
 

In Copley square you if you look from that point at 342 (deg on a compass)... North-North west or are in the North/Northwest section of the square there is a fountain... also the TRINITY church is located in the North/Northwest section of the square...

Conveniently I'll be down that way tonight. YAY NU and being on coop! Hopefully I'll be able to get some names of any monuments...

Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2
 

Based on previous game hints the hint may refer to the name of the game more than any specific aspect of the game.

Previous hints have also been sufficiently cryptic that the GPS co-ordinates may be a red herring. I'm not saying that they aren't relevant, just that the games (and hints) are designed by some pretty bright people who can hide other meanings beneath a very obvious surface clue.

What else could the numbers be if they aren't a GPS co-ordinate?

Jason


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Hmmm... statues in the square... wasn't that the key in Dan Brown's "Angels and Demons"? </edit>

Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2
 

Ok, so I did a little graphing. Straight from the coordinates, at 342 degrees, you're looking through the two obelisks, straight at the Globe Cafe.

See attached.

Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2
 

on google earth right at the coordinates is the Hancock tower, which is 344 meters tall. If you look at the roof of the building I believe it is a layout of the playing field....

Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2
 

you are right ofcourse, but by this stage my mind has gone all one track on me.... :)

Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2
 

You are thinking WAY to small - it is the altitude of the space station in km.

Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2
 

Did a search for Copley Square and Rainbow ( The cable in the first hint )

http://my.barackobama.com/page/commu...ettewhite/CW8R

Too political for FIRST, but interesting. :ahh:

Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2
 

Robots playing football!

Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2
 

Where'd you find the height? Wikipedia says 240.7 meters tall (790 ft)

Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2
 

There really isn't anything there. All I can think of that is at Copley Square is:

1. Trinity Church
2. Finish Line
3. Boston Public Library
4. Fountain
5. Statues
6. John Hancock Tower
7. Farmers Market
8. Another church
9. Duck Boats

Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2
 

OK- playing around here- this website gives a height for the JH tower as 791 feet/60 stories high. This works out to an average of 13.17feet per story. The same article mentions the old JH building, now called the Berkeley Building, at 26 stories. Mathematically, 13.166 feet * 26 stories = 342.316, which is really close to the number they gave us. Maybe something to do with Berkeley?

That's what a lack of sleep and too much sugar gets you.

Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2
 

This is the hieght of the old tower not the new one!

Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2
 

The Green and Orange from the subway lines might mean 4 alliances Red, Blue, Green, and Orange.

Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2
 

Where are we getting orange from?

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As nice as that would be, it's a bad idea. Colorblind people would have a problem...