2013 ACTUAL game hint!!!

[karomata]

While everyone has been discussing who wasn't at the GDC meeting, and how 31 inch robot criteria can change the game... I did some more thinking. So just to recap:

This is the hint:

31 88274153, 622341415326

412383975388 9788533197

31 262383835388, 332341415326

93276426238397 995323979397

Which somebody was able to turn into this:

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

Now, from that we have been able to deduce that the first 2 lines refer to a song by Seal, and so while thinking about that, I thought about the different plays on words with seal. I kept going through words like seal-ed, seal-proof, seal-ling. Then using ceiling, I looked back at the riddle, and created such idea:

Similar to 2004, FIRST Frenzy, game pieces will be stationed above the field, although in this game, it is a large platform that is stationary and above the robots on the field, similar to a large table, where most people associate eating dinner with. So, with that, and looking at the riddle, to explain the lyrics of:

A DINNER, MISSED
HOLDING WEIGHT

So in the first line, if you miss a dinner, you are standing some one up, which we can interpret as describing how robots will have to stand up to reach the game pieces. And to confirm that game pieces would be elevated, we look at the last line: holding weight. This "weight" would be the game pieces. The game pieces may actually be weighted for more of a challenge, or they are just calling it weight to be more vague about it. This theory is very plausible, seeing as many of these ideas have been replicated in past years. The only missing component is that we are unsure of how to score, if the game pieces start on the elevated platform, I'm assuming for complexity, the scoring on a lower level, so that we don't end up with a ton of just really tall robots.

I am pretty sure that the Rick Astley picture was a hint, but I could be wrong. There are 2 previous hints that have yet to be defined, because Frank said so himself in the most recent post on the blog. That is why I believe the Rick Astley picture in legit, and I believe that the meaning of that hint is that matches will be 3 minutes long to allow for more complex and developed strategies, why also increasing the need for strategic play due to a lacking number of matches.

As for the 3rd hint: I have absolutely no idea. Although I feel that I can safely shoot down a few theories of what the 3rd clue would pertain to:
-Number of alliances: I am fairly certain they will not add a 3rd alliance. It would make coopertition so much more complicated, and matches would quickly turn from X vs. Y vs. Z to X+Y vs. Z when alliance Z is given a powerhouse team. Not even to mention the fact that the GDC would have to redesign the shape of the field. That would mean that FIRST would have to create new FIRST fields and NASA would have to do the same with their fields, the there are all those teams out there with warehouses where they have a field set up for year around, they would have to now restructure the entire field.
-Water Game: Yes, congratulations, you have successfully found a relation between water and the most ridiculous things on the internet. You should win the Nobel Peace Prize. We can relate anything back to water, and by anything, I literally mean ANYTHING. Surfing around on Chief Delphi has proven that to me. I honestly believe that FIRST is closer to developing a flying game than a water game, based on the CARD demonstration at Championships in 2011.

I'd keep going but I think I have gotten the point across. What do you guys think?