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The song locomotion was featured in the 1993 film Matinee staring John Goodman. John Goodman was in the 2009 film Beyond All Boundaries starring Kevin Bacon.

This years game piece is Kevin Bacon. Only one will be put in each team's kop.

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It's absolutely Little Eva. De-flipped, uncropped picture here

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Oh Ok Then, not Diana Ross

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Does using Kevin Bacon in a robot increase one's Bacon Number?

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After reading the enitre thread, all 21 pages!
First off: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Eva
Then http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom%27s_Cabin#Eva

The Eva in uncle tom's cabin talks about drowning, So Water Game!

But all jokes aside:
The picture is reversed, today is the winter solstice the clock gets reversed, today is 12/21 which is reversed, and this is '11 which is reversed!
The autonomous is at the end or the game switches or reverses some how, maybe like the offense defense in Aim High

I like the idea of the bonus for the robot locomotion limbs, just note the pnuematic muscle only contracts about two inches at 60 psi

I also like the idea of a second elevated field, maybe something to pull back and forth for a multiplier or release, mini robots on top, or an overhead railway system

Whatever the game is and whatever this hint means, I am now very excited for the new season!

Only 18 more days and a few really long speeches until we know if we were right!

Edit: I just missed number 316 my team's number!

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You are a better person than I. I'm simply unwilling to read all that.

From past years' experience: The "best" hit on what the hint means has always come in the first three pages pf CD posts. Everything after that does not get any better. Therefore, I'm sticking to the first 3 5 pages of posts; i.e., Locomotion.

By the way, what is the etymology of Locomotion? Anything to do with the Spanish word "loco"? :p

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Maybe it has something to do with the UN declaring that 2011 will be International year of Forests, and International year of Chemistry?

Or maybe it's related to Uncle Tom's Cabin somehow? Little Eva is the name of a character from Uncle Tom's Cabin, and the performer who's in the pic had the stage name of Little Eva...

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We weren't even warmed up at page 3. You're missing all the good stuff.

Jane

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Are you implying that we are all full of hot air, because you might be on to something there.:]

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I don't know if I can believe that to be a coincidence.

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In fact, that's when we found the initial info.

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Reverse Robotics. Fastest team to unscore the entire 2004 game, starting on the bar, wins. And by unscore, I mean put the field back to the way it looked at the start of the game.

Then the field crew gets to "reset" the entire game.

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You know we already are! :) Talk to you soon! :P

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Haagen Dazs-Began in 1961
Little Eva's Locomotive- Released in 1962
1961-Fifty years before 2011.

Anyone wanna do more research about 1961?

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Consider my mind blown. ::rtm::