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Oh, I got another one...
(I know this is pointless, but... :)) Ok, here goes: 1. A tennis ball is a sphere. 2. Spheres are one of the three "special shapes" that Archimedes studied 3. The FIRST logo is based on those three "special shapes" 4. The number 4 is cropping up everywhere Therefore, the game will be played with 4 game items: 1. Sphere (circle) 2. Pyramid (triangle) 3. Cube (square) 4. A foam construction of the word "FIRST" Side note: What if the GDC uses these threads for designing future games? That could be scary! :) Side note 2: Have any of dlavery's comments/hints ever made sense (relating to the actual game)? |
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My silly cents:
In 07 one game hint was the arm for the center rack... a game piece. In 08 one game hint was the tortoise and the hare statues in Boston. That game was a "race" In 09 one game hint was the fish. The MOON fish. LUNAcy. In 10 the game hint was the middle gate, and the ball return... Both were parts of the field. *Note: The GDC has no real consistency.* Judging off that, my guess is a game piece. Unless we want to go the lunacy route, and assume the name of the object has something to do with the game. Tennis-ball surface, anyone? Reverse lunacy-TOO MUCH FRICTION TO EVEN MOVE. |
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Oh boy. Its this time of year already?
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Fish - If I remember correctly it was a moon fish. Lunacy=Moon theme, floor=low gravity simulation 2010 picture of section of the field - showed the turf we were going to play on, as well as showing what WASN'T in that part of the field (bumps, tower) All I remember off the top of my head |
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Of course, this only made sense after a couple days after Kickoff... On the official hints: 2009 also had a riddle that told the type of surface, the location of the maker of the game objects, the existence of the trailers (again, between the lines), and something else, I forget what. 2008 had 3 hints; the last one was the letters for the encryption key (but not the symbols) and included a reference to one of the actions. I forget what the first one was. 2006 was a riddle in the shape of the game piece telling about bumpers, lights, and other miscellaneous details. 2003 was the scoring algorithm. 2004 was a line from "Stairway to Heaven" telling about the stairs and "heaven" (10' high bar) in the middle of the field. 2005 was a riddle having to do with the number 3 and the game name. |
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The second hint, which was already mentioned in this thread, was a set of coordinates pointing to a statue which referenced a race |
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06-For aim high a clue was a "shovels show" one person figured it out! David spade... Just shoot me = shooting game (granted he didn't know he came up with it though)
many people figured out the race and the moonfish a few people got the tube clue from a picture of the animation that was sent out and the soccer ball from the picture of the track mount that was sent out... if Dave did give us the game piece it was probably for one of two reasons #1. he knew we would over analyze it and possibly even overlook it #2. This game is so crazy that he could ship us all tennis balls maybe even come right out and tell us that this game uses them but we would still not have the slightest idea of the crazy game concept. *I was in the 5th grade classroom of the lego team I help with and had an idea so simple it hit me. The little chairs have tenis balls on the feet so they slide and don't make noise* = Moveable Goals! |
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Okay so here's a rather long and detailed trail of clues I've picked up so bear with me.
1. Penn ball - Sean Penn actor 2. Sean Penn - famous for Rainman 3. Rainman obsesses of "who is on first base" 4. when one types "first base" into google the 4th result is http://students.autodesk.com/?nd=first_home which is the autodesk page for FIRST robotics. Thats were I ran out of clues but maybe someone else can pick up the trail, and yes I realize this is a huge stretch. |
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Okay so this one's a stretch, but does have some interesting coincidences, so here goes.
1. Penn ball = Sean Penn 2. Sean Penn is famous for his acting in Rainman 3. In Rainman Penn's character is obsessed "who is on first base" 4. when one types first base into google the 4th result is http://students.autodesk.com/?nd=first_home the autodesk FIRST robotics home 5.(this is where it gets even more sketchy) when you go under training resources two names are mentioned, Phil Dollan and Ted Boardman, and when these names are searched on google the 4th result is on of their blogs which has a google description that mentions FIRST and the Georgia Dome Thats where I lost the "trail" if you can call it that, but maybe someone else can pick up another clue from this chain of "coincidences". |
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____Five bots tangling with pasta A game piece obsessed with a shovel's show __And seeing Montana's green heights The breakdown: 5 bots: during 2 periods of the game, only 5 robots could be on a side of the field. 2 were playing defense, hence the tangling. Pasta referred to the pool noodles used in bumpers. Shovel's show: Just Shoot Me Montana's green heights: High target, marked with a green light that could be seen. For bonus points, Joe Montana was an NFL quarterback, who threw footballs during 4 game periods every time he played. Dave also referenced a "fox in the henhouse" (game objects tended to scatter when a robot came through, and the robots ate the balls before shooting them) and "hovercraft and the English Channel" (nice wide space in the middle of the field that had to be crossed to score) prior to the 2006 Kickoff. |
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Here's a radical thought: Maybe Dave was just wondering if the "universal robotic gripper" (different thread) with its smooth, high friction, vacuum forming, conforming skin could pick up something fuzzy, comparatively large, and flexible - like a tennis ball. He does have an inquisitive mind, after all. Perhaps it has nothing to do with the 2011 game.
But where's the fun in that??? |
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