facebook clue?

[Kimmeh]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

I'm simply amazed at how people have time to follow FIRST around, looking for game hints. I've lost track of all of the places to look: Facebook, Bill's Blog, the FIRST website - where else? This borders on nuts.

Borders has game hints too!? Where? Can I purchase them early!?

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

RSS Feed from the blog, Text alerts from FB. Checking FIRST's website is about the most frustrating thing...

None of this takes very long. Or you could be like me and live under a rock in a cave and refuse to care about game hints. I suggest it, helps to keep me comparatively sane.

Quoted for truth. And Andrew, they're not too bad. Reading the ideas that the hints lead to can make for some great entertainment.

[Robert Cawthon]

Originally Posted by Kimmeh

Quoted for truth. And Andrew, they're not too bad. Reading the ideas that the hints lead to can make for some great entertainment.

Very true. The entertainment value is huge! Oh, and Jane, I don't know about you, but I enjoy crossing the border from time to time.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Robert Cawthon

Oh, and Jane, I don't know about you, but I enjoy crossing the border from time to time.

I miss Dave. He drove us totally nuts. Nothing borderline about it.

Jane

[Astechz_Nick]

Has anyone considered that the elfbot might be a clue?
I don't understand why else they would introduce this info through the elfbot.
Also,
Could elfbot be in the game animation?
I guess only time will tell.

[216Robochick288]

I still am left to wonder if they drop hints and see what we come up with for ideas about the game... Then base the idea off of what they like from the list.

[Peyton Yeung]

Elf-north pole-ice-regolith? That would be interesting

[avanboekel]

Originally Posted by Tubatroopa

Elf-north pole-ice-regolith? That would be interesting

Some sort of football game on regolith?


On another note, if this, "Just saw an elf run by with an FRC Kickoff clue tucked under his arm. Hmm, the new year must be approaching!" is hinting to anything at all, it could either be a football (or rugby ball) or present. What else would an elf carry around under their arm?

And the robot telling us that there are no hints yet looks like something we would see in the game animation (minus its santa hat).

[DSM33]

Well, I think these posts clearly point to a football based game. Under the arm, running, "Kick-Off" clue. OCCRA (the Oakland County high school robotics league) had a game with footballs in 2008. Don't remember all the details since I was but a wee freshman before my first FRC season but it involved launching them.... or that's what the 33 team back then built.

On the Elfbot...
I immediately thought minibot and the wheels and appendages make me think of a more intricate minibot this year. or maybe it's just a design choice by FIRST. Or I could be over-analyzing the entire situation and slowly driving myself insane even before anything has actually started!

[Wildcat]

i bet its a false one, would they really release a hint on facebook? cause im pretty sure theres people out there that don't use it (like me)

[Tomatosoup]

Originally Posted by Wildcat

i bet its a false one, would they really release a hint on facebook? cause im pretty sure theres people out there that don't use it (like me)

Most people have an account on Facebook, plus I'm pretty sure some people don't have internet, doesn't stop them from releasing it online.