Game hint....when?

[gabrielau23]

Sorry guys. I'll admit it. I'm addicted to FIRST, and the wait for the first REAL hint, not the "Rick Roll" is starting to become unbearable. Last year we got our hint fairly early, and while it often has little to no impact on how teams prepare, the endless speculation is very fun. Does anybody know when they expect to show the first game hint?

[dcarr]

Originally Posted by gabrielau23

Does anybody know when they expect to show the first game hint?

Actually, we've had the game hint for at least a week now, we've just been hiding it from you

Sorry, none of us (with a few exceptions) have any information about the game hints that you don't.

[FrankJ]

It is going to be a water game. Sorry, I thought everybody knew that.

[Taylor]

And the game pieces are banana-shaped jello pieces.

[wilhitern1]

It's been a while since the last stacking exercise, so I guess that's one I'm expecting. It could also make the Kinect very helpful. If you think about it, we got the hint last season.

"Expect the Kinect, to be esential next year..." or something like that...

Neal

I thought we all agreed the 2013 game was "Pudding Power"?

[DiehardCybercard]

Originally Posted by SuperNerd256

I thought we all agreed the 2013 game was "Pudding Power"?

And under the pudding is regolith.

[Taylor]

Originally Posted by DiehardCybercard

And under the pudding is regolith.

Can you give us the CoF for that?

[Gregor]

Originally Posted by Taylor

Can you give us the CoF for that?

0.

[ttldomination]

Yeah, sure, let's post a CD post about this to get things rolling. I'm sure that'll prod the GDC.

In alternative news, I think the first game hint last year came out at around 15th-ish? So, I guess something around this time. Keep an eye out on the horizon.

- Sunny G.

[Libby K]

They usually come out right before Christmas.
Be patient, and go do something else with your life while you still have time!

[Jon Stratis]

You mean you aren't already insanely busy Libby? So far this fall, we've rebuilt our BreakAway robot, designed and built a test setup for motor controllers (ran out of time to perform our tests though... that might happen in week 1), built 2 robots from a expanded VEX kit we won at an offseason event a year ago (we wanted to get some experience with different arm designs), went to 2 offseason competitions, did beta testing (which involved a complete re-write of last year's code), mentored some Lego League teams, and just gave 3 presentations (2 sessions each for two of them, 3 sessions for one of them) last weekend! And all of that is just from the build team. The PR team has been meeting separately (and more often!)... but that's at the school while I'm at work, so I don't have much visibility into all the work they do.

I, for one, am ready for the game hint!

[efoote868]

Originally Posted by FrankJ

It is going to be a water game. Sorry, I thought everybody knew that.

There's a reason we've been needing pool noodles since 2006.

[Hallry]

Getting back to the actual question asked in the O.P., does anyone have a list of the dates that the game hints for past years have been released?

EDIT:

Did some investigating myself:
2012 (Kickoff Date: 1/7/12) = 1st Game Hint (12/02/11)
2011 (Kickoff Date: 1/8/11) = 1st Game Hint (12/21/10), 2nd Game Hint (1/4/11)
2010 (Kickoff Date: 1/9/10) = 1st Game Hint (12/24/09), 2nd Game Hint (1/6/10)
2009 (Kickoff Date: 1/10/09 ) = 1st Game Hint (12/4/08), 2nd Game Hint (12/11/08),
2008 (Kickoff Date: 1/12/08) = 1st Game Hint (12/15/07), 2nd Game Hint (12/21/07), 3rd Game Hint (1/02/08)
2007 (Kickoff Date: 1/13/07) = 1st Game Hint (12/21/06)
2006 (Kickoff Date: 1/7/06) = 1st Game Hint (12/23/05)
2005 (Kickoff Date: 1/8/05) = 1st Game Hint (12/30/04)
2004 (Kickoff Date: 1/10/04) = 1st Game Hint (1/6/04)

I can't find the date for the 2003 game hint, though.

[wilhitern1]

I'm not seeing the IR Transmitter. Could someone please toss me a link?

Neal