[ShadowKnight]

Originally Posted by magnasmific

I still don't understand why there is all this discussion in this thread. Something that some team's mentor told them isn't very viable. This is just like everything that happens, every single year. Just like the time that kid claimed to have "accidentally" found the game layout image on FIRST's website.

Why is this so difficult to understand? IT'S NOT REAL.

FIRST makes the decision to tell students hints. They do it in the form of an email blast, like they did last year. The "stairway to heaven" hint, rememeber?

If someone who "knows people at FIRST" decided to tell your team a "hint" ahead of time, then shame on them. If you are just making stuff up, then shame on you. If the hint is real, then shame on you for posting it. Think about what this could do the person that "knows people at FIRST"

I still don't think it's real. This thread has been driving me crazy.

While I agree that if people actually believed that this was an official FIRST 2005 hint, he shouldn't be posting it and the mentor shouldn't have told etc, I don't however believe it is such and doubt many people here take this thread as seriously as you might think. This is all just adding to the hype and excitement involved with waiting for the kickoff. Nothing involved in this will probably get anywhere close to the actual answer and no harm is done. Like dave lavery said, this is like shaking the box and trying to figure out what it is...this is far from official so feel free to sit back and enjoy the "calm before the storm" or join in the speculation.