[BB] The FRC staff doesn’t know it yet, but we’re having Haagen-Dazs at 2
 

From Bill's Blog
http://frcdirector.blogspot.com/2010...-but-were.html

The most important part of the blog entry is: Cancel plans for Christmas, game hints are coming

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You call that the most important part?

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The most important part was obviously how he BOLDED stand by!

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I'm glad I'm not the only one who was thinking about that...

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He bolds the important part of every paragraph. What's special about stand by?

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Smells like a hint!

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Walking robots...

It starts with walking, then it's talking...

Soon we'll be underwater...in a pool suspended in the air.

Fly up, and dive into a pool to get the game piece...

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I'm surprised nobody has thought bout this, maybe they are going to combine the 3 favorite FIRST games from the past 20 years into one super-anniversary game.

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That would be real surprising, it's far too late in the process to drastically change the game.

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Let the chaos commence!:rolleyes:

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Surely all the words he's put in bold from all the past blogs are an anagram for the game hint.

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That's next year's game, not this year's.

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Rolling with this, consider the fact that FIRST Choice has pneumatic muscles...
Anyone up for physiologically correct robot legs?

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Walking robots? As in no wheels?

Bring it!

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No no, you misunderstand...

The bottom of the legs will have mecanum/omni wheels on it... and they can't be powered by a motor. :yikes:

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The title of his Dec. 8 blog was "Two steps forward and one step back."

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Soon Dave will come in and tell us to all take a step back from guessing...

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Yeah the bold stand by caught my attention.

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I got home and jumped on my pc and hit refresh on bills blog and saw "Haagen-Dazs" and fell out of my chair, for I knew the game hint was on its way.

I'll never look at that brand name again honestly xD

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Nah! Dave lives for our guessing! Why else throw out the red herrings? Certainly not to attract sea gulls! (At least I don't think so, but with Dave...)

I still like the idea of having to climb steps.

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That's just the sexy dance move they all do at HQ. They probably salsa up and down the stairs, daily.

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I have a feeling it's going to be stairs.

Plus while perhaps it was an easy location to take the picture in his post on 11/17, the FRC staff on the staircase was the first thing that came to mind.

http://frcdirector.blogspot.com/2010...blue-cake.html

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I think the title says it all. "....we’re having Haagen-Dazs"

I love their little cone cups. What a game piece they would make!

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And its not the first time that Haagen-Dazs has come up on the blog either...

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One of my teammates had a good thought, maybe we have to stand things up...like cones!?! I'm no expert but it would be a fair challenge to try to pick up a cone and manipulate it into an upright position.
Just a thought(:

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It doesn't seem likely stairs would be for anything but an equivalent of the hang-bar from other years score/accessibility wise.

I've been lurking the hint threads since my school had its first robotics meeting (Knowledge is power, and this place has a lot of it. So I came here) and it's maddening.

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Does anyone else think that the vote of favorite FIRST game of all time is a little skewed.

Can we really reach a consensus when 95% (estimate) of the people who are voting have not seen more than 4 years of FRC?

Hence how the oldest game voted for is from '06...

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If I counts for anything I voted for Maize Craize and Triple Play! (Plus Breakaway)

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To be honest, thats why I didn't vote!

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I think this is another way to reach the alumni from the teams. They are also gauging that impact, etc.

It's all about reaching the alumni, I think.

Power building power disguised as a game. If you don't play by voting, you help to skew the numbers.

Jane

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So...much...thinking...

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Stairs for the win.

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I think there my be more to Bill's Blogs than meets the eye...

Lets take "The view from 30,000 feet" for example. A quick search of flight at 30,000 feet finds this
"Depending upon the length of the flight and the type of aircraft, cruising altitudes typically vary between approximately 25,000 feet and 40,000 feet. For longer flights, it is not uncommon for an airliner to change cruising altitudes several times, gradually working its way to higher levels as it burns off fuel and becomes lighter in weight. This process is known as a step climb. For every flight, there is an optimum cruising altitude that is calculated based on weight. The step climb process is used to keep the aircraft at the optimum altitude as the plane's weight decreases over time."

Read more: Why Do Planes Fly at 30,000 Feet? | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_4572148_wh...#ixzz18QLsb32b

The already pointed out fact that they took the group picture on the stairs...

For some reason the number 2 or two has been highlighted in some of Bills more recient posts. I wonder what this may bring?

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Maybe there are two steps on the field, leading up to a central platform of some sort?


...or we could be interpreting this completely wrong, as usual, and the "2" is referring to the number of game pieces on the field, or the length of the match, or the number of minutes it takes to consume one tub of Haagen-Dazs.

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Very interesting. Stairs were always fun and challenging!

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2-minute teleop period, folks. Nothing to see here, Bill's just reinforcing an assumption.

Or 2 alliances. Same comment as above.

Or... He thinks that we're all 2 crazy right now, and is messing with our minds. What else is new?

P.S. What was significant about the number 5 in the official hint from 2007? Not the background, not the tube around it, just the number.

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I find that in many areas of FIRST/FRC - a lot of thinking takes place. Strategy isn't just built into a game - it is built into the business aspects of successful companies, corporations, non-profits. In FIRST's case, they want to market the mission and goals well and celebrate milestones. What better way than to ask for people who have been involved in FIRST over the years - some since the beginning - to vote on their favorite games. That information is useful in many ways but the hook is the game.

For one thing, the members of the Game Design Committee love to make us think. They love to make the engineers think. Thinking is a big big part of being on an FRC team. The sooner we realize that, the more fun there is to be had. The business side of FIRST is capable of doing the same thing, using strategy and organizational planning in gathering information while engaging the teams and others in the process.

Jane

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The evil Game Design Committee, you mean :rolleyes:

As we tear apart every word from Bill (and Dave and ...whomever) to speculate on next year's game (3 weeks folks!), keep in mind the people behind the words.

Bill is ex-military. "Stand By" and "View from 30,000 feet" are just part of the vernacular of the military world. I see no hints there.

And Dave's a warm & fuzzy guy with cars dodging green men on Mars - thus a green fuzzy tennis ball.

Stairs? I dunno. Maybe that photo on the stairway WAS the only place for a decent photo. Boy would I love to see the challenge of a couple 8" tall steps.

Red herring? Nah, I see red and blue herrings...

Let the games begin!

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If anyone watches WWE, maybe this year is sort of a Money in the Bank match. Where you have to climb a ladder(in this case some stairs) to reach a briefcase(in our game could be anything) that grants you ultimate power. Could be a points multiplier, free for all with scoring on any goals(if goals are part of game and are seprated by alliances), could be a timed kill switch against the other alliance. Now wouldnt that be fun =]

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For those of us that live in an RGB world, are there also green herrings?

-dave



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...of course their are! (We attach them to little herring hamster wheels to harvest green energy from them...)

And Rees: Clearly you are thinking about this all wrong. Our robots will have legs, and will have to do the Two-Step!

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Am I the only person that sees this as a possible three alliances? :yikes: This could be a major game changer... I didn't think the answer would be right in front of me, does this mean there will be 3 alliances of two?

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Yes you are the only person.

Everyone else sees it as Dave punching you in the cerebral cortex. Dave is the vacuum of time and common sense.

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Then you obviously haven't gotten the new Sharp Aquos TV...

RGBY...

So, 4 alliances?

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Oooooh!!!! New user title!!!!




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Only you, Dave. :rolleyes:

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I dont think so because all the games are on youtube. I personally voted for FIRST Frenzy, Triple Play, and Ramp & Roll and I am not ever a part of FRC except the occasional volunteer and a mentor for FTC


I also think that the GDC is thinking about either adding a 3rd alliance or a 4th team to the current alliances

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Omg 4 exclamation points! The number 4 again! just playing.

I like the title lol.

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Absolutely. Leave them out, unrefrigerated, for a while.
Honestly, Dave's comment was not a game hint. Give the guy a break!(That made me laugh out loud, to the point of my SO asking "are you ok?". Gotta love it!)
OK, so now we have the second clue (The first being green and fuzzy, like Dave) of the season! :p

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I think we are all overthinking this right now, but as soon as the official hints come out...
we can all speculate...

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Over-thinking is fun!

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Overthinking? Who's overthinking?

Just because I can't sleep, daydream LabView, and contemplate the ramifications of bumper rules and coopertition bonuses on the populace at large doesn't mean I'm overthinking! Does it? DOES IT?

Oh, God, I don't even know what I am anymore...

:p

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Well, it will be here soon enough. If I did not know better, I would think all of you guys were addicted to Chief Delphi! :rolleyes: Well, at least your putting all of thinking into something for the betterment if mankind!

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Why wait? If its worth doing tomorrow, its worth doing now! Procrastinate tomorrow, not today! Besides, the official hints are just more gist for us to grind.

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As soon as the official hints come out, you will be tearing your mind and soul to little tiny pieces from both a) wondering what the hint means and b) wanting to use your 2010 bot to kick people who post on the 10th page of the hint thread saying "THE OPAH IS A MOON FISH OMG MOON"*





*I swear, I'm not attempting to offend anyone if they were one of those people. I did stop trying to read the thread at that point, though.

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This will likely fall on deaf eyes but - something else that occurs is a level of frustration. It can produce insults, rudeness, and sometimes, a less than polite post both from the person who is frustrated and quarrelsome and from the member who is attempting to re-establish some order. Now is a good time to remember that the hints are a fun aspect of enjoying the anticipation of the game challenge reveal and they should be handled in ways that reflect thinking and humor as they introduce chaos.

Veterans, it is almost time to don those flame resistant knickers. Don't allow them to get in a twist.

This is going to be so.much.fun.
Jane

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What? Thinking is required? I certainly hope not! If so, I'm toast!

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Lol that's great Robert.


I like seeing the various guesses and people defending their points. The analzying of the words in the posts and the research into different things kind of set the mood for the season. It could give the rookies a taste of the spirit of FIRST and how we all become addicted to FIRST and love hint season I mean the Christmas season. :p

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I never let that get in my way. :)


-dave




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Good! I haven't let it slow me down in the past, either.