Ah, the joys of another game hint, and that too on the day of Christmas Eve.

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I think that the piece is part of a larger piece, I think the thing will be vertically mounted, so where you see the "bump" that is essentially "down." And I think we all are making a terrible assumption in saying the game pieces are balls.
I look forward to the second clue.

. Hopefully it'll be another picture and not a riddle like it was last yr.
- ttl