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Re: Official 2005 Clue Thread

There's a lot of great ideas here but it's getting a little cluttered. Therefore, I decided to put all the ideas together that I thought were particularly important in analyzing the clue. I have tried to cite sources and added comment to some ideas.
Quote:
Originally Posted by 2005 FIRST Game Design Committee
While wearing Amethyst colored glasses, John Neun gave George Burns the following riddle: "Look closely and you will see something between Pi, You and Me."
Amethyst

  • Amethyst, is more commonly characterized as the color purple. The primary colors red and blue when mixed together create purple. This is of course interesting because alliance colors usually are red and blue. Post
  • Amethyst is the 6th anniversary stone. There are two things interesting about the 6th anniversary. This year marks the 6th year since the 1999 game Double Trouble. Double Trouble was the first game FIRST introduced alliances and also the last time there was a major field dimension change. Post
  • It was noted that Dave Lavery saw something at the Science Museum of Virginia that made him think of this years game. At the time he made that comment there was a major exhibit on crystals and specifically hexagon shaped crystals. The hexagon might be referring to the shape of the playing field for the 1998 game Ladder Logic. Post
John Neun, George Burns
  • John Neun and George Burns, were both baseball players. They have the following in common: both completed unassisted triple plays, both were first basemen, and both accomplished their triple plays under similar circumstances. Post
  • John Lennon and George Harrison appear together on the album for the Beatle’s album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Between George and John is a drum, which in the game clue represents Pi. Dave Lavery’s son confirmed that Dave is a Beatles fan and definitely would have that particular album. Post
  • It’s important to note that George Burns is also an actor who acted in a movie based on the Beatle’s album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Post
Pi
  • When Pi is in uppercase it refers not to the ratio of circumference to diameter in a circle (3.14…), it’s used as the “product” symbol. Post
  • There was a thought that perhaps the Pi reference was not meant literally but figuratively- a 3D representation of the field based on what the Greek letter looks like. Perhaps, there might be a bridge that we need to cross between two teams. Post

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