[FRC Blog] 2014 Game Hint

[SingerandDancer]

Originally Posted by Whippet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockford,_Illinois

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colchester,_Illinois

When you take a look at the two sites. They both say what's major about the cities. Rockford is known as the "Forrest City" and Colchester is where Coal was discovered in he 1850s

[zacube]

Originally Posted by Johnson.2937

Maybe we are looking at the message the wrong way instead of 8234/57, 61126/1963, 62326/15806 maybe we should look at the comas as arbitrary separators of larger numbers and the actual numbers look like

8234/5761126/196362326/15806

When you Goodle 8234, the first result is a NI part ID. 5761126 comes up with a Digikey part number... Not getting anything on the other two, though, so can't be sure....

[Cash4587]

Originally Posted by Johnson.2937

Maybe we are looking at the message the wrong way instead of 8234/57, 61126/1963, 62326/15806 maybe we should look at the comas as arbitrary separators of larger numbers and the actual numbers look like

8234/5761126/196362326/15806

That could be possible. Also maybe we could try using the comma as a decimal point like done in Spanish?

[Orion.DeYoe]

Originally Posted by Johnson.2937

Maybe we are looking at the message the wrong way instead of 8234/57, 61126/1963, 62326/15806 maybe we should look at the comas as arbitrary separators of larger numbers and the actual numbers look like

8234/5761126/196362326/15806

Interesting idea...
That would give us 4.6049332943431415x10^-16

[Johnnybukkel]

Originally Posted by DevenStonow

Let the overanalysis begin...!!!!!


http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...2014-Game-Hint

You weren't kidding...... This is getting ridiculous

[Gaurav27]

Originally Posted by IKE

The pit scouts will be going around asking teams "What's your function?"

Originally Posted by WaterClaw

Derailed. Pun intended.

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

The name of the game will be "Conjunction Junction".

The robots will be tasked with hooking up words and phrases and clauses.

You're welcome.

Brilliant! Reminded me of my middle school teacher!

[SingerandDancer]

Okay how about we all think to the some of the past games. They all had to deal with the number three. Since the numbers are in three different groups. It probably has to deal with something with the number three. Maybe they changed the shape of the field? Or it has to deal with something with the number three.

[Johnson.2937]

I really like the google earth results with the first set of values 8234/57 and the 25% weight reduction. 8234/57 is a fraction in irreducible form. If you simplify the remaining 2 values you get 4702/151 and 31163/7903 in simplest form. Can someone try the google earth trick with these new values? I am in the computer lab and can't get administrative privileges to try it until I get home.

[tim-tim]

So how about a NASCAR race in Dec 1963 that was really part of the 1964 circuit...

http://m.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar/story?storyId=10172235

[bduddy]

So entering 61126 (with or without the 1963) in Google Maps points you to Harrison Avenue, in Rockford, IL (presumably, this is because it's the main street of Rockford, which is the city that contains ZIP code 61104). What's at 1963 Harrison Avenue?

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=1963+...RPB2IZlC5wXyCA

Bearings, V-belts, roller chain drives? Sounds like robot parts to me!

I tried something similar with the 3rd set of numbers, but there's no Street View in that area... Maybe someone can go there?

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=15806...s+62326& z=15

[Team3844]

Jim Henson made a short Film in 1963 titled the robot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivJNNwTGDcw

[Team3844]

Jim Henson's 'Robot': 1963 Short Film For The Bell System Released (VIDEO)
http://news.moviefone.com/2012/01/27...63-short-film/

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

[Clem1640]

Originally Posted by c.shu

Doctor Who = time travel.

Maybe they are looking at replaying an old game?

No. It will be the 2018 game, played early.

[kayleighs_13]

So I'm new to this whole kick-off game hint thing but I'm super pumped for the game this year and this hint has been keeping me up...

I took a little more of a mechanical look at it rather than trying to connect it to a certain type of game or sport or certain numbers. I took some of other people's ideas and formulated an idea by googling the numbers with "Robotics" after it separately... This is what I got:

8234 Robotics: Ethernet cable number, Server
57 Robotics: First Japanese writing (AD), error code (could pop up with new coding)

61126 Robotics: Rockford (city), Radiator Drain Ock, Solder RA Thru-Hole Tray, Surgical Arm Number

1963 Robotics: Kennedy Assassination, Hula-hoop patented, Sketch Pad (drawing software) patented, THE FIRST COMPUTER CONTROLLED ROBOTIC ARM IS CREATED.

62326 Robotics: Arduino robot number (computer on wheels)

15806 Robotics: Sensor for brain surgery? Patent number for leak detection system, Roller unit number (possible change in KOP system?)

What did I get from this? Well...

There's a lot of info pointing to an arm game... Along with the triangles that people are posting and spheres and rectangular prisms, I'm thinking it's going to be a sorting game with the logo's pieces but they're 3D (like boxy-er I get that everything in the world is 3D, I meant like... more). Plus, with all of the hints in that picture (even though it says there's no clue...) I think that the end game will be somehow climbing one robot onto the other two.

Just an ideaaaa from a tonnn of research, but yeah. Shoot down as you will.

[gabrielau23]

Originally Posted by raptaconehs

Don't know if this matters at all but in 2014 it will be the 25 anniversary of the NFL.

LMAO--that awkward moment when your source is a video game...