[karomata]

There have been many ideas that have come forward, and I have noticed that these bear significant weight:

Bowling- Some people believe that it is bowling themed. I say your crazy. Why on Earth would FIRST make such a risky move as to make game pieces bowling balls? That's just asking for somebody to get hurt. Yes, FIRST has had some other elements that we have proven to be possibly dangerous, but bowling balls is just too far. FIRST would never do that, due to the risk of getting injured. It would also be very hard to manipulate, trying to make a robot that can orient and grab a bowling ball in the finger holes is a huge challenge. Bowling balls are also very hard for those of you who have never bowled. Robots would be denting the snot out of each other throughout the competitions. And the risk of a robot malfunctioning and throwing a bowling ball is way to much. What if a ref was hit and suffered an injury? FIRST isn't famous for taking huge risks when it comes to safety. And the basic logistics of it even being about bowling would be very hard. What would happen when all the "pins" were knocked down? And even if it was just the bowling ball used in the game, the danger is just too much for me imagining FIRST being ok with.

Lyrics- Those are way over thought. Enough said.

Picture- The most valid point I could find there is that it is a frame from exactly, and I mean EXACTLY, 3 minutes. This may mean that the game lasts 3 minutes. This seems like a typical FIRST clue, it doesn't give too much away about the game but if figured out can provide a valuable tip. But not enough of a tip to think about designs or game strategies. There may also be a hint in the fact that it's Rick Astley, but it's probably so far out there and complicated that by the time we find it we go right past it and write it off thinking we haven't searched deep enough. This strongly reminds me of the Little Eva picture from 2011, where the message was very simple: Locomotion, External Vehicular Activity, and mirror image. FIRST has found that we think about these things so much that by putting the answer right in front of us they have hid it in the best way possible: in plain sight.

We are strongly underestimating FIRST by overestimating their will to hide things deep in complexity. Usually there is only one "hint" in each clue to come out, so I'm betting that this one's message is that matches will be 3 minutes or something will be relating to 3 minutes, and FIRST decided to have some fun by:
A. Rick Rolling all of us.
B. Putting pretty colored thumb tacks on the wall to confuse us and make us think there was a hidden message there.
C. Showing some of the cork board to confuse us even more!

There is also a theory of a remake of Stack Attack. Stack Attack is the definition of "good on paper, bad in reality." FIRST has learned from that.

There is nothing much to be determined from this until we see another hint. But you guys can keep over analyzing this as much as you want. Best of luck with that!