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The ribbing in Little Eva's sweater mimics the column.

Bumpy? That would be hard on the robot.

Edit: you use circular knitting needles to knit a ribbed pattern. The column is circular. Circular tracks. Pushing, linking, collecting?

There's also a sense of doom if we don't wise up. Maybe green stuff there. Pollution, misuse of natural resources, not working together to problem solve/arrive to solutions - Maybe the alliances will work together differently in the competition. You know - that coopertition thing. I can definitely see that as a larger message as part of the 20th year recognition and inspiration aspect of the celebration. In other words, dig a little deeper than an empty celebration. You may find a green herring. *wanders off to find her coffee....*

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Well in 2009 the goals were attached to the robots...

I'm going to stick with my theory that to celebrate FIRST's 20th anniversary, this game is going to incorporate elements from previous years.

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Bumpy terrain would be excellent. Building robust robots is something lots of teams need to work on. LOL

Perhaps combine the ideas of locomotion and stationary robots. Maybe the robots will be put on to "train tracks" and move around a predetermined course while having to collect game pieces.

I also like the idea of combining previous game elements for the 20th anniversary.

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I guess I am trying to reverse engineer the clue. Would someone want to use the word "Eva" and then find her picture? I don't think so there are tons of 'Eva's out there if you just google the word. Or if they wanted to show columms would that be a pic easily found to display?

It seems to me working backwards if the name of the game has to do with "Loco Motion" then the song is an obvious choice for the clue and then the pic makes sense.

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How about "E.V.A." Extra Vehicular Activity?

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I completely understand that E.V.A. makes sense for a game. What I mean is if you wanted to have a clue about E.V.A. would the singer of "The locomotion' come to mind? Could you even google EVA and come up with her name?

Im certainly not saying I am right nor would I even bet that I am right. Just my line of reasoning. I could see myself thinking about how to give a clue about "Locomotion" and coming up with her picture

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With the hint of loco-motion it does seem that trains would be some part of it. Dave lavery's picture involves him standing next to a sign that says "boxcar". I wouldn't count that picture out as another clue for it being a train like game. EVA could be a reference to a small robot or vehicle you have to collect and add to your train. It could also be a reference to lunacy with the trailers. Maybe everyone has to have slick wheels again? Human players were known as payload specialists and there where other human players in corner fueling stations. Both terms can apply to trains. Slick wheels, trailers, bump in the middle. Maybe its a race like overdrive and it ends in lifting your robot and train up off the ground. Have I used enough games from the past? :ahh:

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Alright so coming into this late in the game, (I'm not going through 10 pages off stuff) my initial reactions

Who is that???
Does she personally have anything to do with robotics?
I think the Pillar might have something to do with it.....

If someone who been following the thread wants to do me a favor and give ne a summarization of whats going on it would be.

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That's where my money is. And the fact that the image is reversed from the original image - a recreation of an original FRC game (or multiple games) that have been "twisted" in some way. Would also fit with what most competitions do with "anniversary" type games.

-Danny

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You should skim most of it. There is a lot their worth reading

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To sum it up... We know nothing.

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Little Eva. Sang "Locomotion". Born in 1943. Died in 2003.

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I thought someone said FIRST was gonna wait for the 25th anniversary to reuse games and twist them? I dunno if someone can back me up or knows where this originated from

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Dave has had that picture about as long as I've been on this forum. If you look at my join date, you'll see that that means there is not a hint there.

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Do not underestimate Bill's deviousness. There is no reason to expect that the picture was chosen for only one dimension. The fact that it is old, AND has a column, AND has Little Eva on it AND that there are five buttons and is the cover for Loco-Motion must all be considered. He could have chosen it for any or all of the above. (Although the five button thing seems to me to be streching it a little far.)