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Re: [FRC Blog] 2014 Game Hint

Has anyone went to the place where the sign says 25% weight reduction? What does that mean on a street? Can someone actually go there and check if it's there or if google and FIRST photoshopped it in or something.
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Can someone actually go there and check if it's there or if google and FIRST photoshopped it in or something.
You really think that Google and FIRST would go through all of that effort just for a game hint?
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Can someone actually go there and check if it's there or if google and FIRST photoshopped it in or something.
It is probably not a coincidence that one of the numbers led to that specific sign, as the first date listed on the sign is right before kickoff, and the second date is a few days right after world champs. FIRST almost definitely wanted us to see that sign, whether it is photoshopped or not.
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You really think that Google and FIRST would go through all of that effort just for a game hint?

Pretty much! LOL!

But I guess it really doesn't matter, cause FIRST probably wanted us to find it.
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Re: [FRC Blog] 2014 Game Hint

Just to clear the air: For those thinking the sign was 'photoshopped' into Google Earth...notice how as you move along the road, the sign is still there. It is either definitely not photoshopped, or they paid a guy way to much to do it just for something as small as this. I'm thinking the former. Whether or not this is what the game hint was really meant to lead us to...that's a different discussion.
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Whether or not this is what the game hint was really meant to lead us to...that's a different discussion.
I don't think this is the game hint because only two of the numbers/ number sets lead us to a point on google maps. since all the number sets are in the same format if they were supposed to be input into google maps they all should work, but the third number does not, so most likely this sign is not actually a game hint.
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Just to clear the air: For those thinking the sign was 'photoshopped' into Google Earth...notice how as you move along the road, the sign is still there. It is either definitely not photoshopped, or they paid a guy way to much to do it just for something as small as this. I'm thinking the former. Whether or not this is what the game hint was really meant to lead us to...that's a different discussion.
I think that it is unlikely the sign was placed on the road by someone affiliated with FIRST. In Google Earth the time stamp for the image is sometime in 2011, which seems to far back for the sign to be purposely placed there.
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Re: [FRC Blog] 2014 Game Hint

How do you know they didn't?
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Re: [FRC Blog] 2014 Game Hint

I myself doubt that it was place there for FIRST but I think they found that sign on purpose and used it on purpose
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Re: [FRC Blog] 2014 Game Hint

So, I have finally made my way through all of the posts. I have no idea what to make of the numbers, although the triangle, rectangle, sphere sounds suspicious. The one thing I think is for sure is that if AndyMark was trying to hint at anything about the game, then it will definitely be a baseball game. Not just because of the baseball references, but because the new chassis is supposed to allow easily changing attachments. My theory is that this is to allow teams to build a simple base with an offensive attachment and a defensive attachment. A few others have mentioned this theory. Basically, you would use one attachment or the other based on which alliance you are on, since in baseball each team is either playing offense or defense, not both at once.
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Re: [FRC Blog] 2014 Game Hint

With all the sign speculation, did anyone make note of the fact that it's a square?

I mean, maybe the text is just there to get people to freak out about 90-lb robots, and the real clue is the shape.
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Re: [FRC Blog] 2014 Game Hint

The weight reduction must refer to something other than robot weight restriction as we know it. A strait 90lb limit is unimaginable with our hardware. I think it could refer to the game piece. The other option I can think of would be the ability to attach/detach 25% of your weight during the match.
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I don't think this is the game hint because only two of the numbers/ number sets lead us to a point on google maps. since all the number sets are in the same format if they were supposed to be input into google maps they all should work, but the third number does not, so most likely this sign is not actually a game hint.
Maybe that's what they want you to think, that all 3 sets should work in the same way. Maybe ones a zip code ones a google maps and ones something different, or ones a Google maps and the other 2 we haven't even thought of. Just a thought
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I don't think this is the game hint because only two of the numbers/ number sets lead us to a point on google maps. since all the number sets are in the same format if they were supposed to be input into google maps they all should work, but the third number does not, so most likely this sign is not actually a game hint.
Thank you for your sanity. This whole google maps thing is way off.
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Re: [FRC Blog] 2014 Game Hint

I might be stretching this too far, and this might not mean anything. When you add all those points and keep the seperated with commas you get 17/12,16/19,19/20. Now if you get rid of all the prime numbers you get 12,16,20. Now divide that by 4 the largest number they have in common and you get 3,4,5. 3,4,5 is a special right triangle.

Another possible way could be getting rid of the slashes once you add the all together. If you do that you get 1712,1619,1920. I don't know if that means anything.
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