2013 ACTUAL game hint!!!

[DanielDTech]

I'd like to quickly bring your attention back to this hint. I know an altered image when I see one. The red pin on the bottom left was definitely not in the original photo. It is a perfect circle, and it lacks the luminosity that the other pins have. If FIRST took the time to make this pin red, it must be for a reason. So, I second what someone said about the fact that there are three different colored pins, possibly suggesting 3 alliances, or maybe this could mean something totally different. But it certainly means something.

[John Sabath]

Originally Posted by DanielDTech

I'd like to quickly bring your attention back to this hint. I know an altered image when I see one. The red pin on the bottom left was definitely not in the original photo. It is a perfect circle, and it lacks the luminosity that the other pins have. If FIRST took the time to make this pin red, it must be for a reason. So, I second what someone said about the fact that there are three different colored pins, possibly suggesting 3 alliances, or maybe this could mean something totally different. But it certainly means something.

Or it's just a flat push pin.

[DanielDTech]

Originally Posted by John Sabath

Or it's just a flat push pin.

A flat push pin wouldn't create that heavy dark shadow on the bottom left quadrant of the pin, and wouldn't look so flat, as they are actually rounded. But if I'm wrong and it is a flat pin, why the difference??

And either way... It looks very phony.

[orangemoore]

If you look closely they are actually normal thumb tacks.



Here is an example:
http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl...r:10,s:0,i:118

[DanielDTech]

Originally Posted by DanielDTech

I'd like to quickly bring your attention back to this hint. I know an altered image when I see one. The red pin on the bottom left was definitely not in the original photo. It is a perfect circle, and it lacks the luminosity that the other pins have. If FIRST took the time to make this pin red, it must be for a reason. So, I second what someone said about the fact that there are three different colored pins, possibly suggesting 3 alliances, or maybe this could mean something totally different. But it certainly means something.

Spot the phony!

[Sean Raia]

Originally Posted by DanielDTech

Spot the phony!

Looks like a flat pushpin with a matte finish... it does not appear to be Photoshopped.
Case closed?

[John Sabath]

Originally Posted by Sean Raia

Looks like a flat pushpin with a matte finish... it does not appear to be Photoshopped.
Case closed?

Agreed. I'm thinking a matte pushpin with a beveled edge.

[ENIAC]

Originally Posted by DanielDTech

hint.

I noticed also that on that linked URL, the favicon is different from the standard FIRST favicon. Is that showing up for anyone else?

[ReapersRule]

Originally Posted by ENIAC

I noticed also that on that linked URL, the favicon is different from the standard FIRST favicon. Is that showing up for anyone else?

I hadn't noticed that before, but now that you mention it, I do. I checked, the FIRST logo is there for the main website, the blog, the game manual and documents... but not this. Not sure if it is significant in any way, but it is different.

Of course, we are assuming the picture is a hint, and not just the GDC messing with us...

[dellagd]

Originally Posted by ReapersRule

I hadn't noticed that before, but now that you mention it, I do. I checked, the FIRST logo is there for the main website, the blog, the game manual and documents... but not this. Not sure if it is significant in any way, but it is different.

Of course, we are assuming the picture is a hint, and not just the GDC messing with us...

Browsers (sorry, at least Firefox) always just compress down a jpg image and stick it in the favicon spot. At least Im just seeing a compressed Rick in the icon spot.

[nuggetsyl]

I am going with the guess we are going to see traffic cones with something balanced on top

[dbartels]

Team 1522 - The Defenders of the Multiverse - is thinking that the Rick Astley photo is not a rick roll. As mentioned above "3" is meaningful and the three colored push pins signify 3 alliances - red, yellow & blue. The position of the pins corresponds to starting positions or driver stations. The forth red pin which seems different is likely a hybrid bot controlled by the red alliance with the Kinect.

This bot will never be given up, let down and the red alliance is never gonna run around and desert it.

DINNER MISSED - missing out on points b/c you're defending the red hybrid bot - HOLDING WEIGHT

Think about this while watching the video (coincidently 3:33 long)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

[Kevin Thorp]

Originally Posted by nuggetsyl

I am going with the guess we are going to see traffic cones with something balanced on top

Coincidentally, here's a cute safety animation created by the FEDS (Team 201): http://youtu.be/Z-j-UAeZ7rM

[ahartnet]

A few thoughts

1) in regards to this being hint #1. I remember last year they outright gave us a hint saying that the kinect was going to be important to this years game. Maybe not in those words exactly.

2) 4" x 1" x 1" sounds like it could be a smaller kinect?

Originally Posted by ahartnet

2) 4" x 1" x 1" sounds like it could be a smaller kinect?

Do they make those? If they do, it could be for vision tracking purposes instead of robot control purposes.