3013 - Game hint?

[joelg236]

Typo or game hint...

[BBray_T1296]

Obvious game hint.

With global warming (truth aside), the ice caps are melting. by 3013, the entire earth will be covered in water.


Water game.

[coalhot]

Interesting that the link on the FIRST Choice blurb is for the KOP...

[joelg236]

Originally Posted by coalhot

Interesting that the link on the FIRST Choice blurb is for the KOP...

Yeah, I've been looking for a real link to window shopping all morning. It appears not to exist.

[coalhot]

Originally Posted by joelg236

Yeah, I've been looking for a real link to window shopping all morning. It appears not to exist.

https://www.firstchoicebyandymark.com/en/newproducts

[ttldomination]

Originally Posted by coalhot

https://www.firstchoicebyandymark.com/en/newproducts

1:47 and the window is still closed. :'(

- Sunny G.

[Nemo]

Window shopping is now open. Point values appear more sane at first glance.

[Brandon Zalinsky]

Team 3013 = Zombots = Zombie Apocalypse game

[Brandon Zalinsky]

Also the 3-port extension cable is 0 FIRST Credits

Free Energy!

[Taylor]

I've been noticing lots of 3s everywhere ...

[Steven Donow]

Originally Posted by Taylor

I've been noticing lots of 3s everywhere ...

Since this stuff has all been linked to blogs involving FIRST Choice(ie. 1/3rd of the whole kit), I think the answer to our first hint is obvious.


Each team is getting 3 kits of parts this year.

[Zuelu562]

So, we've determined that either A) Frank is a massive Doctor Who fan and the person at FIRST who is in charge of the blog is REALLY bad at typing out the correct year or B ) These are game hints. Considering the overload of the typos and Frank's seemingly innocuous drop of the Doctor Who 50th Ending in an official FRC Blog Post, I'm willing to play hardball with option B.

The constant re-occurrence of 3 suggests numbers of something (Also, Nikola Tesla reportedly felt he could not have ANYTHING indivisible by 3; his room number, number of napkins, number of towels, etc), and the Doctor Who reference suggests time is important (but let's be honest - time is a resource that FIRST Teams never seem to have enough of).

Auto at the end of the match? Plausible, and a very interesting wrinkle.

We still have no clue on the game piece, but history tells us this will probably not be a common sport object - If they want to avoid a game with shooting, it's easy to get away from a sport object and choose something like inner-tubes. It is still plausible, however, that they use a sport ball like a(n) (American) football and prevent possession of the game piece, and require you to herd it or kick it short distances (re: Breakaway).

[RedLeader342]

Originally Posted by joelg236

Typo or game hint...

Or just joke?

[mwmac]

Tom Baker's first Dr. Who episode was Robot and his last Logopolis. Logopolis' original air date was Feb 28, 1981 which ties in nicely with Week 1 events this upcoming season. Sounds like we could see a regeneration of Logomotion for 2014...

[coalhot]

Originally Posted by mwmac

Sounds like we could see a regeneration of Logomotion for 2014...

I'll be very upset if the GDC can't manage to come up with more than a rotation of sports and tubes. Their last fully "original" game was 2009...