[Elgin Clock]

Double post, but this is my big one.

OK, so:

five ‘bots tangling with pasta
a game piece obsessed with a shovel’s show
and seeing Montana’s green heights

five
+five sided star shaped field - http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...3&postcount=14
+five different colored objects on the field.. Dare I say, Blue, Red, Yellow, Green, Orange?

five bots
+ 2001 format
+5vs0
+1vs1vs1vs1vs1


Tangling
+ Tether Rule (2002)
+Bewilderment
+Springs (rotini pasta)


pasta
+pool noodles (obvious assumption)
+rotini - Springs for game objects - NASA's rotini findings
+Type of Pasta = Dumpling = Lord Dumpling =Dean Kamen or N. Dumpling Island http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionar...North+Dumpling
+Island

A game piece
+2001 (balls)

shovel’s
+Convey or rush together - http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=shovel
+2001 rehash?

shovel’s show
+Mike Mulligan - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0395169615/002-8663684-3499204?v=glance&n=283155
+Mulligan = Do-Over (Golf)
+2001
-Game Format – Co-Opertition
-Game Obstacle = Ramp

seeing
+CMU Cam or Other New Vision Sensor
What about something from Vision Components, Hudson, N.H. (www.vision-components.com),
or http://www.junun.org/MarkIII/Info.jsp?item=48# That?

Montana’s
+ Joe Montana
-Leader In Passing
-Co-Operating (2001)
+Spanish = Mountain
-Plateau
+Montana’s State Seal
-Gold & Silver
-Woodie Flowers’ Bling Bling for the Brain
-Shovel pointing to ORA = Gold

green
-CMU Cam’s Main Color (2005)
-green - naive and easily deceived or tricked

heights
+Plateau (Multi-Level)
-King Of The Hill
-2004 (redo)
-2003 (redo)
-2001 (redo)




five ‘bots tangling with pasta
The concept of multiple robots co-operating has been a concept since 2001, but has left Lord Dumpling(Dean) bewildered why it hasn’t been accepted in FIRST.
(2001 was very unpopular due to the tournament structure of working together 4vs0)
Or
Five robots on the field getting caught up in an Island center obstacle.
Or
Five robots on the field getting caught up with pool noodles.
Or
Five robots on the field getting caught up with spring shaped objects.

a game piece obsessed with a shovel’s show
2001’s game piece (balls) obsessed with making a comeback. (Mulligan=redo)
Or
Golf balls marking the return of balls as a game object, with the object being to scoop them up.

and seeing Montana’s green heights
A multi level field, and or, shelving system to put objects in.


Go ahead folks, have fun expanding on those ideas.

I know I will in the future. I'm just done analyzing the clue for now.