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Robert Cawthon

01-12-2010 13:31

Re: Waiting patiently for the 2011 hint!

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Originally Posted by davidthefat (Post 982840)

I think all this hint talking is ridiculous... Just wait for the kick off, yes I am very exited, but this is pretty ridiculous. The games are so whack that you really can't think of it in advance. Honestly. The last year's hint was something that looked like a machine gun to me.

Ridiculous, yes! But fun none the less!

pandamonium

01-12-2010 13:37

Re: Waiting patiently for the 2011 hint!

if some people figure it out how is it ridiculous?

JaneYoung

01-12-2010 13:40

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I'd rather that the teams who applied for the NASA grant - learn about their status, first. It is apparent from the thread in CD that there are teams who would love to have the grant and would like to know where they stand.

Then - all heck can break loose with the wishingwishingwishing for the hint as far as I'm concerned. Perhaps those who are so inclined - could write a poem or carol requesting one. That passes the time nicely. Well, at least 5 minutes worth. And they would put a positive spin on the chest-beating, nagging, and complaining.

Jane

Karibou

01-12-2010 13:55

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Originally Posted by chmconkling (Post 982871)

it will prob be a hint of something we already know will be on the robot (cRio,wires, lexan(and none of these are ever guarentted knowing the FIRST family) and im assuming prob december23-31 for hints

If they do show us robot components (such as 2008's IR board), I'm sure that they would be new. Showing us something that we already have (cRio) or something incredibly vague (say, a black and red wire hooked up to visible battery terminals), you lose the point and the fun of the hint.

I'd like to see a hint next week, personally. There's no way to really guess; it's been pretty random for the past few years.

FIRSTtm134

02-12-2010 11:18

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I am heavily excited for the hint. It is always something that is almost useless to guessing (2010's ball return holder). But still, the hints pass the time and excitement until the game is released!

Katie_UPS

02-12-2010 21:55

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Originally Posted by Bill's Blog

And I didn’t forget I promised to tell you about the GDC meeting last week. Creativity levels were high so we worked until 9pm Saturday night and were back on the job by 8am Sunday. Unfortunately, we were so productive, everything we talked about will probably be part of the big reveal at Kickoff January 8th. However, Aidan Browne wanted me to tell you we’re seriously looking at Ben & Jerry’s Phish food.

Hint, anyone?

Phish food = water game :)

Dustin Shadbolt

02-12-2010 22:09

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Originally Posted by Katie_UPS (Post 983181)

Hint, anyone?

Phish food = water game :)

Lol! Nice.

Karibou

02-12-2010 22:09

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Originally Posted by Katie_UPS (Post 983181)

Hint, anyone?

Phish food = water game :)

The GDC needs to decide on ONE kind of ice cream that they like. I can't afford both Haagen-Dazs AND Ben and Jerry's...we all know that the secret to the game is hidden in one of the cartons.

rcmolloy

02-12-2010 22:47

Re: Waiting patiently for the 2011 hint!

Disregard the fish in the Phish Food and look for other objects. There is marshmallows which are cylinders. ;)

Doubt it though...

Joe Schornak

02-12-2010 23:26

Re: Waiting patiently for the 2011 hint!

Any bets on how quickly the Game Hint #1 thread will explode?
I say 500 posts within 3 days.

mattiej

03-12-2010 00:13

Re: Waiting patiently for the 2011 hint!

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Originally Posted by Joe Schornak (Post 983206)

Any bets on how quickly the Game Hint #1 thread will explode?
I say 500 posts within 3 days.

I think that there will be 1000. 75% of those posts will be people in this thread.

Daniel_LaFleur

03-12-2010 18:33

Re: Waiting patiently for the 2011 hint!

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Originally Posted by Joe Schornak (Post 983206)

Any bets on how quickly the Game Hint #1 thread will explode?
I say 500 posts within 3 days.

only 500 in 3 days?

I suspect there will be 1000 in less than 24 hours ... and 4-5 crashed websites as well :ahh:

buildmaster5000

03-12-2010 18:42

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Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur (Post 983338)

only 500 in 3 days?

I suspect there will be 1000 in less than 24 hours ... and 4-5 crashed websites as well :ahh:

I'm pushing for 1500 within 3 days, with 1000 in 36 hours, depending on what hour the hint comes out. I dont know about the websites crashing but Google will have a spike in FRC related searches. But we need to start caroling nonetheless ;)

EricH

03-12-2010 18:49

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Originally Posted by buildmaster5000 (Post 983340)

We've crashed a couple of websites before. Opah, anyone? (2008 hint #2--any website it was found on went down quickly.)

Karibou

03-12-2010 20:19

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Originally Posted by buildmaster5000 (Post 983340)

1500 is really ambitious. Search "game hint" (yes - contrary to popular belief the search function actually exists!) and have it search thread titles only, and display results as threads...last year, it did take us about three days to reach 500 posts. The funny thing is, when the hint comes out, lots of people have the same exact ideas. After a few days, if you've kept up with all of the posts, ideas repeat themselves because other people didn't read the 10 pages that already exists...and discussions die down as soon as the next hint comes out.

I thought that the Opah was the first hint for the 2009 game (being posted in late 2008)...the riddle was the second hint.

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