Re: Team Update 17
 

Oh, but it is a major redo.



It's the first update this season to say nothing, and yet be dissected like the game hints.

Re: Team Update 17
 

I emailed a team member that Team Update 17 was up and 469's strategy is now illegal. I immediately got a "NO WAY! Glad we didnt take the risk":ahh: response before they read the update. Then a confused :confused: response

So basically it is a believable rumour to start.

Re: Team Update 17
 

My friend pulled that on me!

Re: Team Update 17
 

This is my post to run up the count!

Re: Team Update 17
 

We should read into this update more...maybe the GDC is letting us know that they aren't going to change anything else for the rest of the season! Have we ever had an update that contained absolutely nothing?

Re: Team Update 17
 

As far as I know, the GDC's default course of action is to do nothing at this point in the season. Of course, they can and do make updates if there is something to clarify or that needs to be changed. But the GDC making an empty update is instead simply making a statement. Considering that this sort of thing is (AFAIK) unprecedented, we can guess it's a pretty big/profound/attention-grabbing statement. If the GDC wanted to say nothing, they would have. If the GDC wanted to tell us something directly, they would have. But the GDC doing something like this tells me that they want us to figure out their message. In other words, they encouraged this sort of meaning reading and speculation by doing this.

Re: Team Update 17
 

Nothing is as it appears...

Re: Team Update 17
 

Absolutely nothing? Au contraire! Let it be noted in the annals of FIRST history that on this day the game design committee did NOT choose to change, clarify, explain, or interpret ANY PART of the 2010 Manual.

And of course if you print the update and hold it up to a candle for a few moments, the following message will appear:

Pick 67 or 469.



.-

Re: Team Update 17
 

So did I...then I laughed harder when I saw this post.

Re: Team Update 17
 

For a change, no changes!

Maybe that will change in Update 18 (AKA: the 469 update). :p

Re: Team Update 17
 

Yeah, cause 469 doesn't play again until Troy Week 4, so why would the GDC want to give them more than 2 days to come up with a new design? :ahh:

Re: Team Update 17
 

And this is nothing... so then, is it as it appears?:confused: :cool:

Re: Team Update 17
 

Nothing is as it appears.... hmm...

Ahhh, too much thinking....

public something appearsLike(Something nothing)
{
if(nothing == appearsLike(nothing)
{
return appearsLike(nothing);
}
else
{
DIVIDE BY ZERO
}

}


Hah! I made a program to figure out Dave's game hint. :P Silly recursion.

Re: Team Update 17
 

Only experts in interpreting game hints can find the hidden meaning of Update 17.

Re: Team Update 17
 

So then it means we all need to PICK 229 instead of 67 or 469!