Game hint....when?

[dellagd]

Originally Posted by Ultimatum

I do believe they are releasing the next hint January 5th.

I have a feeling that would be quite a large one


Anyway, yes, I to am checking the frc blog right when I wake up in hopes of a hint.....

[gabrielau23]

So it's going to be hovercraft manipulating banana shaped jello pieces with regolith underneath. And the endgame will be trying to pick up chocolate pudding. Sounds good, guys!!

[Whippet]

Originally Posted by SuperNerd256

How about a Christmas gift FOR the GDC? They worked so hard to give us the water game we've been waiting for, we should get them something to show our thanks.

Let's get them a swimming pool...and put it right in the middle of the game lab. Right where they keep the prototype field.

[gyroscopeRaptor]

Originally Posted by Whippet

Let's get them a swimming pool...and put it right in the middle of the game lab. Right where they keep the prototype field.

It's always awkward to give people a gift that they already own.

[dellagd]

Next blog post could be any day now...please let it contain a hint....

On a totally unrelated note, I never noticed the birthday cake by someone's name on their birthday. Cool little thing...

[thisOrrthat]

I think we got one with first choice. Why would Andymark put an ir transmitter if it wasn't going to be needed. I would guess that there will be a hybrid mode where we can control our robots with a remote.

[dcarr]

Originally Posted by thisOrrthat

I think we got one with first choice. Why would Andymark put an ir transmitter if it wasn't going to be needed. I would guess that there will be a hybrid mode where we can control our robots with a remote.

Sure seems like a gigantic step backwards from the Kinect, which hasn't even been tapped to its full potential yet. I'm not putting money on this theory (but there's already a 300+ post thread about this...)

[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

[wilhitern1]

Sorry, Found it...

So here's my thought.

During automation, there's some need for sequenced team action. Robot 1 takes action 1 that must be completed before action 2 can be carried out. And so forth. The actions are in completely different areas of the court. There's still only 1 Kinect station available per side so no way to sequence that way. Each robot can move to it's position and wait for its IR to start it's sequence...

Perhaps far fetched...

Neal

[FrankJ]

The Rookie/Veteran kit variation is posted on First site. No Kinect station is listed. Typically veteran kits only get this kind of high value thing once. As much as anything is typical. This means one of three things.

1) Kinect is not being used this year
2) Everybody is getting one.
3) The list is incomplete.

[coalhot]

C'mon GDC! Finals be over, give us our hint!

All kidding aside, I wouldn't be surprised if they don't release a hint this year. Or if they release it late. Like, really really late. Just a hunch.

As for everyone wanting a water game: no. just no. I do hope that the GDC hangs a bottle of water on the field to be able to say they had a "Water Game". It would put all the complaints to rest.

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by 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 Hint (12/21/11), 2nd 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.

Going through those threads in hindsight is always fun. What is interesting is that in many, many cases, a very early post in the thread (within the first few pages) has figured out a salient part of the hint. Of course without the benefit of hindsight, knowing which single post is right is not quite as straightforward...

2012: Posters quickly identified that high speed counters were well suited to a ball shooting game.
2011: Posters quickly said that the pole was to be climbed, and there would be three different FIRST-logo shaped game pieces.
2010: Within 3 pages a poster postulated that the image was an upside down ball return chute.
2009: By page 6 a poster had said "maybe the playing surface will be like the surface of the moon", and with the 2nd hint we identified an "ice game" on page one, among other insights.
2008: TV remote control of robots, "tortoise and hare" allusion to a racing game, and "hurdling" during the race all mentioned early.
2007: Took a little longer...6 pages until several posters mentioned inner tubes.
2006: Camera, shooting game mentioned quickly.
2005: Triple Play (game name) mentioned in very first post, concept of scoring in rows of 3 mentioned shortly thereafter
2004: Stairs mentioned in the very first post

Just know that if/when the 2013 hint(s) are posted, it is highly probably that somebody will nail down a pretty specific part of the game within the first 5 pages

[coalhot]

Originally Posted by Jared341

Just know that if/when the 2013 hint(s) are posted, it is highly probably that somebody will nail down a pretty specific part of the game within the first 5 pages

Heh, true. However, I do recall being somewhat involved in 2009's hint/s, and recalling that the game was leaked (and posted) in multiple different places. I just find it funny, especially since we're almost halfway through December, and the only "hints" we have are a bunch of new parts and a photo thumbtacked to a corkboard. Not really solid hints, are they...