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Originally Posted by ~Cory~
We had loComotion by Little Eva down pretty well last year...
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And you do realize that you just proved his point, don't you?
We had "Locomotion" dialed in pretty well. What we
didn't know was what that word meant in relation to anything else. It's been that way for every single hint we've ever had--we've gotten some aspect of it, but never all of it.
Also, that was an
official hint, in the form of a picture; anything read in Bill's Blog is not an
official hint unless he specifically says it's an
official hint.
For reference, this is the progression of official hints for a while back, by game year. If I included unofficial "hints", you'd be reading until Kickoff 2013.
2011: Picture of Little Eva with a column. Traced to be "Locomotion", which was very close to the game name, "LogoMotion". (Trying to remember the second hint...)
2010: 2x CAD of field areas/elements. The first led to speculation of a track for something to roll down; the second led to (incorrect) speculation of a target (mis-interpreted piece of the picture) and (semi-correct) speculation of an extra gate and open space.
2009: Riddle from Bill, which when traced, led to ice (via Zamboni; referred to the regolith), the game object's maker, towing a trailer, and something else. All accurate, but we never thought we'd have a lunar theme and be scoring in towed trailers...
2008: IR receiver board (#1), much confusion (resolved to be a robot part). GPS coordinate (#2), Tortoise and Hare sculpture in Boston (race).
"Vets hurdling FIRST tetras", anagram of the decryption password without punctuation.
2007: Picture clue showing a game object on a scoring peg. Much speculation on the number 5, which was in the middle, but the real clue was around it. Someone did come up with the answer.
2006: Riddle in a "circular" shape. Someone got that it led to "Just Shoot Me", which was part of the game, but what was "me" and what about all this nonsense about 5 'bots, pasta, a game piece obsessed with a shovel's show (see reference above) and seeing Montana's green heights (lighted CMUCam vision target above the goal, but prompted speculation about both the state and the quarterback)
2005: Riddle involving amethyst and the only 2 players to make an unassisted triple play in major league baseball, leading to the game name, Triple Play.
2004: Line from Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven". There were stairs on the field.
2003: The equation of a parabola. The scoring equation.