2013 ACTUAL game hint!!!

[SoftroniX]

Here's what I'm seeing, although I could verywell be compeltely off. I'm basing this off of what's already been said as well as my own thoughts.

"A ROSE, KISSED" may be a reference to the song "Kissed by a Rose" which is by a man names Seal

"SINGER GREAT" could be a more specific clue meant to point you towards the singer of the song (Seal)

"A DINNER, MISSED" could be refering to a picture of the same caption on flikr (It's actually the first result if you google the phrase)
http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/81238501@N00/8073635501/

"HOLDING WEIGHT"......well, really not sure here. Could either be a reference to the weighing bucket shown in the picture..... or that whole Rick Astley thing (which would suggest some sort of robot-lifting-other-robots situation). Who knows

Now, all of this would seem to point towards an aquatic theme, but I don't think that is the case.

I think the theme is going to be sustainability/survival/"protection of life" in some manner. I say this for two reasons:

1. cypher points to seals (often under protection) and dead fish

2. earlier on, it was mentioned that there may or may not be reasoning behind releasing the hint on 12/21/12: the day that we were all supposed to die on.
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...me-hint-status
The blog hints that the day is significant, yet may not be for the whole "long count" reason (he says that it could just be a coincidence). If that is the case, then the other reason why that date is significant is because that is the anniversary of the Lockerbie Bombing (google it if you don't already know what it was).

So yeah, that's my spiel.

Holding up teammates to keep them alive