I'm going to combine some hints here, and take a random guess.
Clue 3:
Vet hurdled FIRST tetra:
Kevin
Watson is a
Veteran FIRSTer. (And hopefully he's also a good sport in case the following predictions I state here are way off. lol
)
A
hurdle is a problem one can overcome, and make out better in the end because of it.
A
FIRST tetra kinda looks like an ominous shark fin peering above the playing field's surface.
Clue 2:
Copley Square, leads to:
John Singleton Copley.
He was the artist for (among other things) a painting called
Watson & The Shark.
It was a scene about a boy swimming in a harbor, and who suffered multiple attacks by a single shark. The crew from the boat he was serving on fought off the shark, & even though he was injured whtn the shark took off his leg, he made a full recovery and overcame adversity to lead a full life as a mayor among other things.
One cool fact about sharks is that they are mildly
homeothermic, or able to maintain their body temperature above the surrounding environment, which leads right into the characteristic of Clue 1.
Clue 1: IR Sensor basically equals a Heat sensor.
Ok... so... to tie all these things together, I'm guessing there will be an element on the field (or all over the field for that matter to make things even harder) in the shape of a shark fin, or beacon (or even a modified tetra shape) which has a heat source inside, or an IR signal of some kind to
avoid while driving around the field to accomplish a task.
What that task is, I'm not sure yet. I working on that theory still.
The whole 3 clue thing has me a little excited, I'm not gonna lie.
Clue 1 is a new sensor to be used in some way which is just cool. I'm leaning towards the fact it will go on the robot for above reasons.
(btw, IR sensor first used in FIRST competitions in 2004 - remember that, it's important.)
Clue 2 is a mention of Copley which leads to a Singleton (a game element from 2007)
Clue 3 is blatantly referencing a FIRST tetra which was a game element in 2003.
So.. if we add those numbers of the years in the clues, and divide by the number of clues, we have another link to sharks.
(2004+2003+2007)/3 =
6014 / 3 =
2004.6
Year 2004 was named FIRST
Frenzy: Raising The Bar.
Sharks are usually connected with the word
Frenzy when they are very active in the water. So... to enlighten all the
Water Game proponents... I'd just like to welcome 2008's game:
FIRST Frenzy: Sink Or Swim*.
*Or something just as wacky as that, but with the return of the FIRST Frenzy part of the name at least.