Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #3
 

So there were tubes at the ending of last year's kickoff (with Dean, Dave and Woodie sitting and talking about the 2008 game.

And there were triangles and squares seen everywhere in the Boston Square

And there are tetras in Game Hint #3.

I think the gamepieces are going to be a mix of all of those this year. And the challenge will be figuring out which ones to go for, and for the finals, figuring out how to create a strong alliance, maybe with one robot that can get each type of gamepiece.

That would definitely lead to having a bigger variety of robot designs on the field this year, which would be cool

Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #3
 

You did indeed, Richard!
Good call.

Do you have any tylenol handy?

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I think 'vet' in this case means to check for authenticity and examine closely.

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AHAHAHA CRAZY i cant believe it
make us go crazy 3days 11hours and 50min before kickoff thats insane
ok
so hum this is really crazy
i think that scrambling the letters is a good idea ill try some rearranging
but i also think that it means something as it is so hum...

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Vets help animals right.........our robots are fierce like an animal.........maybe there is a helper/house robot this year!!!! and its game piece are tetras and you have to give it the tetras so it can score.

Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #3
 

Here we see a vet hurdling a FIRST tetra, kinda...



So Paul Copioli is the game piece for 2008. Expect a sample Copioli clone to be shipped with your Kit of Parts. Be careful - they bite!

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heres a guess
since there is three different hints i guess there is going to be 3 different games that your robot has to be good at:confused:

even better the robot solves
game hints

Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #3
 

I think you may have calculated incorrectly.

2 days 16h 47m 32s til kickoff!

Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #3
 

I'll try a word-by-word. Something might make sense.

Vet: 2 definitions. 1. Short for veteran. 2. Short for veterinarian.

hurdling: In track, the hurdles events involve a full-speed sprint, clearing obstacles known as hurdles.

FIRST: For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology

tetra: prefix for four. Also: FIRST slang for tetrahedron. See the 2005 game for uses of tetras.

So--I foresee a game that we've seen before in some form. There will be obstacles. Tetras will return somehow (the order of "FIRST tetra" suggests this). I'm basing the return on the first definition of "vet".

My mom thinks that the second definition of "vet" is more important, implying four-wheeled robots in conjunction with "tetra".

Oh, and Richard: There is one item that is a mix of all three. It's a traffic cone. The Copely Square hint seemed to indicate that as well. I hope against hope that those aren't the game pieces. More likely to be obstacles, but still...

BTW Dave, you successfully ruined the rest of my Christmas break. Congratulations.

Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #3
 

ditto.

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I have a feeling that Vet does not stand for a pet doctor. I think it might stand for Veteran or something similar. So maybe the teams that are veterans (that played in the previous tetra game) will be given another chance to overcome that game(which didn't work out so well for many teams). This doesn't really combine well with the other clues, though. You could take the first clue to be a rectangle(the shape of the board), the second clue to be gps and bearing, point to the Globe Bar and Grill(circle), and this third clue to be about triangles. If you look at the FIRST logo reading from right to left it is square, circle, triangle. Can't wait for kickoff!

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Dave's just having fun now. Only 3 days left and he still throws curveballs.

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hahah i have heard some interesting stories.

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It's not just Dave, it is the entire GDC. Go GDC!

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This just made my winter xmas/vacation as a mentor :) great gift dave ;)

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Does this mean im not getting my footballs?

I think im gonna cry...:(