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Tetris!

Naaaah.
Too bad, though.

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The only problem with my puzzle idea is there would be only one way to solve each puzzle... I don't know about other teams, but my drive team would know that puzzle inside and out. What other treacherous ideas could they do...

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Now that would be interesting, that would require a large manipulator, though, and teams would have to decide if the bonus is worth the weight and space penalties.

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Bill speaks again " And Game Design is now weighing the pros and cons of purchasing game elements (no one seems to have exactly what we want) vs. having them made (pricey and there are the issues of lead time and inventory to consider). "

There goes the idea of footballs...

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I know it is fun to speculate as shown by the 364 responses in this thread, but I am curious if anyone was close to guessing what last year's game would be.

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Is anyone ever close to guessing it? And even if one is close, there's no way of knowing whether that someone is close or not.

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Don't know of anyone who got close-ish before the hints start coming out. I've seen a couple get close with the hints: understanding the tortoise & hare statues from the numbers (GPS coordinates) in 2008, etc. Granted, I've never seen it help with design considerations pre-kickoff, but it's fun. :P

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There's no reason that couldn't be a red herring. :P

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How about a nice game of chess?

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I'm going with orange cones again. If I guess it enough years, eventually I will be correct.

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Either they are changing the weight restrictions, or this is a red herring. I would be inclined to guess the latter, but the former isn't out of the question either.

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Curling perhaps?

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Or they could be referencing the possibility that the game is about weight...or balance? I doubt that they will be changing the weight restrictions unless it is by lowering the maximum weight. The possibility of increasing the weight limit has been mentioned every year, and it has also been mentioned every year that it is unlikely that they will be raising the weight. Long story short, two people can only lift up so much robot safely.

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Actually yes, I heard from 2 separate people last year (before the game hints even came out) saying that the game would either be soccer based or Olympic based. The second I saw a soccer ball at kickoff I knew they were right.

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Of course some people get close, but knowing that you were close after kick-off doesn't present much of a benefit.