'Flash' discussion

[Grim Tuesday]

It would seem that a few threads have converged upon the word 'flash' as in Bill's recent 'Flash' updates as the second game hint. Since we have not received confirmation we will be receiving a second hint, I think it's time to start a thread to discuss this one.

From the other thread:

Possible options:

• Game names with the word 'flash' in them
• Flash as a concept to a game (speed)
• The way that the term flash corresponds with the previous hint

A few new things to add:
Flash update (update is not capitalized; there is no roman numeral. This might mean that this whole flash theory is null, since it may not have been premeditated)
Flash Update II (update IS capitalized)
Flash update III (update is not capitalized)

The first is about the manual, the second about the apps, and the third about to KoP. The third does not have a period at the end of it. It also includes a hint about FRCKO, but not until kickoff. We should still be following it now, however.

Another area of interest: the first is salutated 'good evening', the second 'good morning' and the third 'good afternoon'. The only one left is 'good night', which would fit it's self well with a hint.

Regardless, what else do you see about these three blog updates, and/or the name Flash?

[Christopher149]

Perhaps the heights of the u's (uUu) means that there is a tall element in the middle, or a ramp like /\.

[Sean Raia]

Im again throwing my game name guess BoulderDash out there. As i feel like the name of the game will be one word twisted to mean something else.

Plus, from what ive gathered the game will involve speed and slopes

[Ninja_Bait]

Maybe there will be four phases to the game instead of three?

Maybe there will be a flash mob at kickoff.

Maybe we're reading into the titles too much, and it just describes the nature of the updates themselves - fast and short.

[Christopher149]

Possibly senseless ideas:
- If you concatenate the post times (5:39 10:33 2:47), you get 5391033247, which is a Harshad number.
- If you rearrange the letters in #FRCKO, you can get frock, which is a type of clothing. (If it means anything, I think it is bag-and-tag)


More sensible idea:
- Like the above post, the u's go uUu, and the post times have a similar large-in-the-middle pattern.

[Guppy294]

Personally, I like the

...Good night...

idea. It would allude to a light show-type game, which I think would be pretty different. Lunacy was the last game that wowed me very much in terms of creativity. Also, I think Chris may be going somewhere with the uUu. Slopes seem pretty down to earth for game elements too.

[om23]

In my opinion, the FRC staff is just messing with us again. We probably guessed one aspect of the game already but now we're saying random things again. FLASH could mean a lot of things, but how does it compare with Game Hint #1? And why are they saying Flash update/Update I,II, & III? Why use roman numerals? There is probably some complicated or extremely simple way to find out what the hints mean... just like last year.

[Hallry]

Originally Posted by Grim Tuesday

Possible options:

• Game names with the word 'flash' in them

Flash? As in Flash Flood?
Water game

[Guppy294]

There is no such thing as reading too much into things. Such ideas are blasphemous in nature!

[mdiradoorian]

As much as I would love to have a water game I do not think that we are going to get one.

[Sean Raia]

I totally missed the uUu thing! Yes, this is starting to fit together. In one of bills older posts he said "a peak behind the curtain" but the way he spelled peak is like a slope or mountain not like a sneak PEEK.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Sean Raia

I totally missed the uUu thing! Yes, this is starting to fit together. In one of bills older posts he said "a peak behind the curtain" but the way he spelled peak is like a slope or mountain not like a sneak PEEK.

Actually, he accidentally misspelled it initially, and then knowing the CD community (and seeing their reaction), he intentionally played with the capitals today to make everyone think there was something there.

Flat field!

I have no inside knowledge of whether or not anything I said in this post is actually true.

[om23]

Originally Posted by Sean Raia

I totally missed the uUu thing! Yes, this is starting to fit together. In one of bills older posts he said "a peak behind the curtain" but the way he spelled peak is like a slope or mountain not like a sneak PEEK.

Whoa! Nice find!! hmm so there's a ramp this year?

[Guppy294]

We'll know for sure on Saturday. X.X but that'd be my best guess.

[mdiradoorian]

Definitely a nice find