When will the first official game hint be released?

[DampRobot]

Originally Posted by indubitably

Idk, 2010 was probably the worst. The hints for the 2009 game were released very early in December and were pretty good. However, for the 2010 game, there was a red herring in November that made everyone crave an official hint that wasn't released until December 24th; it was pandemonium.

I believe that one of the hints for 2009 was a fish. Don't know about you, but I wouldn't have guessed low friction playing surface (or moon rocks) from that. I believe someone got moon out of that, but that wheat was pretty effectively hidden in the chaff.

2010 was the only year where someone actually used the hint to figure out what the game was going to be IIRC. Someone looked at the thickness of the polycarbonate sheet and estimated that soccer balls could fit nicely in it.