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I still think the name of the game will be 'Back on Track' because its the B side of Loco-Motion 45 rpm and the picture was mirrored.

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Hey, no problem Jane. I've been on a vacation from CD since about April, so I figured it was due time to get back in the game. ::safety::
Kinda surprised that wasn't mentioned before. I found that reference after only 10 minutes of online searching.

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Definitely and excellent find Elgin

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That robot has been in the animations as far back as I've seen the game animations(2003). It's always is the off-beat cookie robot who has various things happening (the flip in 2010, it's human player constantly stopping it in 2003.)

I really think that it needs a name? Any suggestions

Ahh well thats for another thread, but then again whats there left to discuss about this hint??

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So, we might have to have a flag holder on our robot this year instead of colored bumpers like last year?

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So I know most people have decided that the hint from this picture is a train. I'm just going to throw another idea out there. Her name is Little EVA, when I first heard Eva and robots, WALL-E came to mind. First has been trying to go green, I wonder if it will be a green or recycling type thanks to WALL-E.

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It looks like an old picture, maybe around the 80's.. symbolizing an old game, dont forget this year is FIRST's 20th year

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That's funny.
Yes, it is an old photo but, even in 1983, Eva would have been 40 years old.
:rolleyes:

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I highly doubt it. That idea was put to rest after a few years of losing the flags on the field and them getting caught in other robots. Plus, another problem with the flags was that they had a minimum height mount requirement, which I believe was about 2 feet for visibility purposes. This meant that if you designed a low, sleek robot, you needed to have some kind of pole or something to hold the flag.

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I've been thinking about Ayers Rock. I've also been thinking about the Northern Territory. Today, I decided to do some reading about it and learned that the Stuart Highway is also called "The Track". There was also some interesting information on standard gauge railways and narrow gauge railways and the speed limits on public roads.

If nothing else, I would love to go visit. 40,000 years is a long time ago and the history of the area is very interesting. And, I've always wanted to see Ayers Rock.

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I haven't caught up completely to this thread, but one idea I had was that there may be a bunch of "train car" type things filled with tennis balls. Teams would need to manipulate the train cars in some way and get the balls into a scoring zone, either by lining them up or getting the balls out.



Example of what I mean as a car.

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Just a note about the profile pic robot.

That robot has been in every game video to date. In each one, it illustrates the safety principles of the game, ie, in 2010 it falls over the bump, in 2009 it crashes into a wall.

One thing it tells us is that that robot will be able to play this game: NO ROBOTS ON TRAIN TRACKS!


EDIT: Just realized, this has already been mentioned. Durp.

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This robot also tells us how the kit of parts bot can play the game. 2010 it pushes balls into the goal. 2009 it recycles balls to the human players. However there is a slight difference in the dozer on Dave's profile picture. The tail like thing, combine this with the idea of a train, I think its a hitch. I could be wrong but my guess would be there is the spot where a robot has the attach to something, probably a train cart type thing.

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I thought perhaps in the end game, these cars would need to be pulled or pushed by robots up a hill or something like that.