3013 - Game hint?

[Brandon Zalinsky]

Also the 3-port extension cable is 0 FIRST Credits

Free Energy!

[Taylor]

I've been noticing lots of 3s everywhere ...

[Steven Donow]

Originally Posted by Taylor

I've been noticing lots of 3s everywhere ...

Since this stuff has all been linked to blogs involving FIRST Choice(ie. 1/3rd of the whole kit), I think the answer to our first hint is obvious.


Each team is getting 3 kits of parts this year.

[coalhot]

Originally Posted by DevenStonow

Each team is getting 3 kits of parts this year.

Or 3 parts of a kit?

[gracie.]

Usually default timestamps are automatic on blog setups like this, so this looks pretty deliberate.

[Bryce2471]

Obviously this is a game hint for the year 3013. The probably already decided the game for that year.

[Pendulum^-1]

From FRC Blog:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...45&postcount=1
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...49&postcount=3
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...59&postcount=8

Dr. Who reference, coupled with the 3013 date.

Game hint aficionados, get to work.

Next clue will probably be a recording of a pit admin saying that team 9876 needs a flux capacitor.

[Thad House]

Hmmm. Biggest thing I can think of is either an increase in match time. Bigger/More alliances could be as well.

Or what kind of game could they do with time?

[joelg236]

Originally Posted by Pendulum^-1

From FRC Blog:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...45&postcount=1
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...49&postcount=3
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...59&postcount=8

Dr. Who reference, coupled with the 3013 date.

Game hint aficionados, get to work.

Next clue will probably be a recording of a pit admin saying that team 9876 needs a flux capacitor.

http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...r-viewing-2014

Looks like the 3013 date was changed...

I'm seeing a lot of 3's and time references. Is it possible that they're hinting at a 3 minute game? This is discussed every year, but never has there been this many clues.

[Oblarg]

Or a three alliance game; that'd be something.

[jlmcmchl]

Originally Posted by Oblarg

Or a three alliance game; that'd be something.

Originally, with all the threes I would have agreed with you. But Dr. Who is all about this:

People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but *actually* from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly... time-y wimey... stuff.

I think it's a much stronger indication of a three minute game, or the game being distinctly three parts, auton, teleop, and end game, unlike until now, when teleop and end game were largely mixed together.

Another thought from the FRC Blogged today: Tom Baker was the 3rd reincarnation of the Doctor.


Half life 3 confirmed.

[coalhot]

Amid all the wild speculation, the only guess that I can come up with (and would probably bet on, if I were a betting man) is that this years game would not be sports-related.

[Zuelu562]

Originally Posted by coalhot

Amid all the wild speculation, the only guess that I can come up with (and would probably bet on, if I were a betting man) is that this years game would not be sports-related.

I'm tending to agree with you, and I'll also go out on a limb and say there will be rules preventing possession of game pieces. 2 Shooting games in a row tells me that they will want to get away from shooting this year.

[Zuelu562]

"*SPOILER ALERT. If you can’t wait, I’ll tell you the end. Tom Baker makes an appearance as the museum curator." FRC Blogged Today Link

Either Frank is a Doctor Who fan, or there is some Hintery going on.

Because I am not the former, was there any reference to Baker in a museum in the 50th?

[jlmcmchl]

Originally Posted by Zuelu562

"*SPOILER ALERT. If you can’t wait, I’ll tell you the end. Tom Baker makes an appearance as the museum curator." FRC Blogged Today Link

Either Frank is a Doctor Who fan, or there is some Hintery going on.

Because I am not the former, was there any reference to Baker in a museum in the 50th?

Yes. He made a surprise appearance at the end as a museum curator to the present Doctor.