2013 ACTUAL game hint!!!

[CalTran]

Originally Posted by billbo911

Or, "Dinner missed = tightening your belt ->" could be referring to the drive base which is in the KOP. It is a belt drive system.
Maybe belt drive will be mandatory this year just like the hard wheels were required for Lunacy.

Although, missing dinner sounds more like a "refueling station", also from Lunacy. Not "refueling" could also prevent certain actions during the game.

If a belt drive was mandatory than they wouldn't have let veterans opt out of the kit bot.

I'm stool skeptical on the translation produced...

[billbo911]

Originally Posted by CalTran

If a belt drive was mandatory than they wouldn't have let veterans opt out of the kit bot.

I'm stool skeptical on the translation produced...

Really?? Shouldn't veteran teams know not to purchase all their materials prior to Kickoff? Shouldn't they be able to build belt drives even after Kickoff?

[Anthony Galea]

The people here are saying things about Seal, so maybe we are replaying Zone Zeal...

[Kevin Thorp]

Check out this cute seal, kissing a ball, standing on his 2 flippers, like a balancing iBot.

[Sean Raia]

Originally Posted by Kevin342

Check out this cute seal, kissing a ball, standing on his 2 flippers, like a balancing iBot.

I wouldn't say he was kissing the ball, but I like the literal interpretation of Seal.
I think there's more to work with here.

Perhaps the game piece is a ball that "missed dinner" and has holes in it.

[dk5sm5luigi]

Going a different route, if you assume it is in decimal and convert that to ASCII you get:

 , 憞
ៜ ⧍
 飼, 趞
禽 ꚅ

Put that through Google Translate you get:

? , Dun
ៜ ⧍
? Feeding, Qi
Poultry ꚅ

[Grim Tuesday]

So we looked up the seal song and at the the minute mark the words are "if I should fall along the way baby"

In combination with the Rick astley 3 mins this is very interesting. "never gonna let you down"

[CalTran]

Originally Posted by billbo911

Really?? Shouldn't veteran teams know not to purchase all their materials prior to Kickoff? Shouldn't they be able to build belt drives even after Kickoff?

It's not such buying material before kick off but is the fact many veteran teams prototype drives before season. And the voucher allows for buying material that doesn't help with belt drive. Meaning we would have another one of the "we have to buy belts and count it on our BOM whereas other teams didn't" sort of deal

[Clinton Bolinger]

KoP Sizes:

All Teams (including Rookies):
Tote 1 - 18" x 27" x 13" - 48 lbs - Standard Totes we have been getting
Box 1 - 6.5" x 6.5" x 3" - 6 lbs - ???Maybe the BaneBot Motor Box???
Box 2 - 10" x 6.5" x 3.5" - 10 lbs - Battery 1 Box (but weight should be 13 lbs)
Separate Item - 4" x 1" x 1" - 0.5 lbs - ???

Rookie Kit:
Tote 2 - 18" x 27" x 13" - 40 lbs - (2012 Rookie Kit)
Box 3 - 10" x 6.5" x 3.5" - 10 lbs - Battery 2 Box (but weight should be 13 lbs)

AndyMark Drive Base:
Box 4 - 6" x 7" x 30" - 24 lbs - Very interesting because it can not fit the standard C-Channel from previous KoPs (http://www.andymark.com/product-p/am-0202.htm)

Enjoy!

-Clinton-

[billbo911]

Originally Posted by CalTran

It's not such buying material before kick off but is the fact many veteran teams prototype drives before season. And the voucher allows for buying material that doesn't help with belt drive. Meaning we would have another one of the "we have to buy belts and count it on our BOM whereas other teams didn't" sort of deal

The same issue occurred with Lunacy and every team that bought wheels prior to Kickoff. Why couldn't that approach apply this year?

[Brandon_L]

Originally Posted by Nate Laverdure

A ROSE, KISSED
SINGER GREAT
A DINNER, MISSED
HOLDING WEIGHT

Somebody please verify!!

EDIT: This was simple substitution EXCEPT that '97' stands for both G and T. See discussion below.

Went through the entire thread, I have yet to see how you got this...

EDIT: Just kidding!

[billbo911]

Originally Posted by Clinton Bolinger

KoP Sizes:.....
AndyMark Drive Base:
Box 4 - 6" x 7" x 30" - 24 lbs - Very interesting because it can not fit the standard C-Channel from previous KoPs (http://www.andymark.com/product-p/am-0202.htm)

Enjoy!

-Clinton-

Note the "30"" max dimension on the KOP drive base. Typo or legit? Smaller drive bases possibly? I know I'm not the first to mention this.

[Clinton Bolinger]

Originally Posted by billbo911

Note the "30"" max dimension on the KOP drive base. Typo or legit? Smaller drive bases possibly? I know I'm not the first to mention this.

Unless the new Belt drive base is design slightly different. Maybe has belt tensioners built into the front and back rails. Instead of 1" c-channels maybe they are 3.5" pieces.

-Clinton-

[rsegrest]

Originally Posted by kalfuswi

Went to the NASA page for the mission #31.Notice the launch date is today, the same day the hint was released....relation? As well, "Starry Night" is the background, possibly the game is space related?

Ok, maybe someone has already posted this but...here goes....

Hint 1 - Rick Astley chorus - 'Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down'

Today - Expedition 31 launched and if you notice the 1st video listed is 'Science of the sphere: Yo-Yos in Space'

Yo-yos go up and down and are round...

Thoughts?

[CalTran]

Originally Posted by billbo911

The same issue occurred with Lunacy and every team that bought wheels prior to Kickoff. Why couldn't that approach apply this year?

I wasn't on a team that year but 4 lunacy wheels were provided in the kit, right?