[FRC Blog] 2014 Game Hint

[billbo911]

Originally Posted by Dukenator76

Moon=Lunacy=Regoliath=Hockey

Here is my day one ramblings.


I have been hoping for a Hockey game for a couple years now.

There are a lot of Regolith Haters out there, but I am not one of them.
It introduced a whole new paradigm to driving and robot design that hasn't been repeated.

Now, look at the largest angle of the of the triangle created by the water bottles. Somewhere near 104deg?
Look at the section under "A Game & A Challenge".

Just sayin'

[RoundTabler]

Mapping 8234 gets me three cities in Switzerland, Luxemburg, and Austria.

[Caleb Sykes]

prime factorization of each number:
8234 = 2*23*179
57 = 3*19
61126 = 2*13*2351
1963 = 13*151
62326 = 2*11*2833
15806 = 2*7*1129

[NanoCollins]

I have an idea. The number when divided might be referencing

TITLE 31
Motor and Other vehicles
CHAPTER 31-14
Speed Restrictions
SECTION 31-14-3

This is the info I found on it:
§ 31-14-3 Conditions requiring reduced speed. – (a) The driver of every vehicle shall, consistent with the requirements of § 31-14-1, drive at an appropriate reduced speed when approaching and crossing an intersection or railroad grade crossing, when approaching and going around a curve, when approaching a hill crest, when traveling upon any narrow or winding roadway, when special hazard exists with respect to pedestrians or other traffic or by reason of weather or highway conditions and in the presence of emergency vehicles displaying flashing lights as provided in § 31-24-31, tow trucks, transporter trucks, and roadside assistance vehicles displaying flashing amber lights while assisting a disabled motor vehicle. Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.

(b) When an authorized vehicle as described in subsection (a) is parked or standing within twelve feet (12') of a roadway and is giving a warning signal by appropriate light, the driver of every other approaching vehicle shall, as soon as it is safe, and when not otherwise directed by an individual lawfully directing traffic, do one of the following:

(1) Move the vehicle into a lane that is not the lane nearest the parked or standing authorized emergency vehicle and continue traveling in that lane until safely clear of the authorized emergency vehicle. This paragraph applies only if the roadway has at least two (2) lanes for traffic proceeding in the direction of the approaching vehicle and if the approaching vehicle may change lanes safely and without interfering with any vehicular traffic.

(2) Slow the vehicle, maintaining a safe speed for traffic conditions, and operate the vehicle at a reduced speed until completely past the authorized emergency vehicle. This paragraph applies only if the roadway has only one lane for traffic proceeding in the direction of the approaching vehicle or if the approaching vehicle may not change lanes safely and without interfering with any vehicular traffic.

Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.

History of Section.
(P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 25, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 31-14-3; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 109; P.L. 2005, ch. 63, § 2; P.L. 2005, ch. 65, § 2; P.L. 2008, ch. 131, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 194, § 1.)

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Romano2630

found out that 8234/57 = 144.4561404... which google brought up to be the hex code of green.
also - 61126/1963 = 31.13907285... which is the hex code of green, same method.

Green alliance guys.

[cadandcookies]

Originally Posted by NanoCollins

I have an idea. The number when divided might be referencing

(/snip)

Source?

[John Sabath]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Green alliance guys.

A 3rd (green) alliance could relate to the triangle.

[mrnoble]

I'm currently leaning toward the theory that the "green screen" photo is significant. The green hex code seems to coincide with the green background, and those water bottles seem significant too. What about the placement of the people, or the stools?

If triangles are significant, it's probably because of the shape of the playing pieces. Don't know what green means.

[Caleb Sykes]

Seriously guys, basically ANY three points plotted in 2D or 3D space make up a triangle. The only way that it wouldn't happen is if the points made a line, which might actually mean something. The "triangle" is not the hint.

[tim-tim]

How about two water bottles in one zone and one in another. Return of offensive/defensive time periods and zones. Brings in zip codes as zones.

The Hex code for the color green - green targets, again.

With respect to the space comments, the game pieces will be of varying sizes. We know they will be balls. It follows a historical pattern. I think we could all do without regolith floors and wheel restrictions again.

I could see a hockey game, in a similar fashion to the 2006 game. I'm sure I'm not even close.

[RoundTabler]

Decimal to ascii give me this:
‚4/W, a/c, b2/€

From Chinese to Latin gives me:
? IV / w / C, B2 /?

From binary to ascii to latin:
(VIII)CCXXXIV / LVII, VI? XXVI / CMLXIII, (LXII)CCCXXVI /? LVIII qa

[Neima]

Originally Posted by John Sabath

A 3rd (green) alliance could relate to the triangle.

i feel like a third alliance is improbable unless they change the number of teams on each alliance to 2. they already have the locations of all of the events and most of them cant have the field that much larger.

[InvaderSkoodge]

I just want to point out that 8234, 57, 61126, 1962, 62326, 15806, are all asteroids in the asteroid belt.

http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=8234+Nobeoka

http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sst...cad=0#phys_par

http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sst...d=0#phys_p ar

http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sst...d=0#phys_pa r

http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sst...d=0#phys_p ar

http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sst...d=0#phys_p ar

This could be nothing, or maybe a game with a lot of game pieces?

I have run a lot of factor stuff, and tried to find if any numbers could work in a nihilist cipher, but so far nothing. Numbers are tricky, so much can be contained in so little.

[loyal]

Green alliance = 4- H

[Rangel]

Originally Posted by inkling16

Seriously guys, basically ANY three points plotted in 2D or 3D space make up a triangle. The only way that it wouldn't happen is if the points made a line, which might actually mean something. The "triangle" is not the hint.

That is true. What interests me is that in the green screen photo with dean and woody, the triangle the water bottles make have the same incline on the bottom points similar to the points when plotted. The scaling was off on the original graph but if you plug in ratios such as 4.6, then the triangle looks similar to the alignment of waterbottles. Not fullproof theory at all but it holds up slightly I think.