[FRC Blog] Kickoff Broadcast and Game Hint Redux

[Big Kid]

All those sports also involve scoring their game pieces in a type of net. Just my additional 2 cents.

[nicholsjj]

SO we have the birth dates of:

Two Soccer all-time assist leaders: 2010 Game

The basketball all-time assist leader: 2012 Game

And the greatest hockey player/ all-time assist leader: 2014? Game

The pattern would be over a two year gap. This is very simple and straightforward. The U.S. Men"s world cup soccer team will also be led by Donovan. The Winter Olympics are being held in 2014, and it is the 75 anniversary of American Hockey.

Thanks George and GCDelp for pointing me in this direction. I am probably wrong though

Originally Posted by tondogone

Well there we go. Hint solved in about 10 min. Nice. So how will this tie to the poem that was posted? Just to make sure we take in all angles, and better our chance of being correct.

Don't be so quick to think the hint is solved. Just because there's something that *may* make sense out of a small bit of information doesn't mean it's the only solution.

[Littleboy]

Maybe there are different zones and there is a limit on how many robots can be in a zone at once. Robots would have to assist each other in scoring because they all can't score at once.


Or maybe the 2007 ramps are being brought back.

[Anthony4004]

Originally Posted by nicholsjj

SO we have the birth dates of:

Two Soccer all-time assist leaders: 2010 Game

The basketball all-time assist leader: 2012 Game

And the greatest hockey player/ all-time assist leader: 2014? Game

The pattern would be over a two year gap. This is very simple and straightforward. The U.S. Men"s world cup soccer team will also be led by Donovan. The Winter Olympics are being held in 2014, and it is the 75 anniversary of American Hockey.

This sounds accurate. There is no way to possibly win (easily) in hockey without assisting.

[Scott_4140]

From Wikipedia

Several sports have a statistic known as an "assist", generally relating to action by a player leading to a score by another player on their team:
Assist (basketball), a pass by a player that facilitates a basket by another
Assist (ice hockey), a pass by a player or players that helps set up a goal
Assist (football) (soccer), a pass by a player or players that helps set up a goal
Assist in Australian rules football, the last pass by a player that directly helps set up a goal
Assist (baseball), any touching of the ball by a defensive player after it has been hit by the batter and prior to the recording of a putout
Assist in water polo, the last pass by a player that directly helps set up a goal
Assist in ultimate, a pass by a player on which a goal is scored.


Pass seems to be the key here.

--Scott

[Josh Drake]

Foosball

[Jarren Harkema]

Originally Posted by Twins Inc.

But these numbers lead to the same answer even though they've been changed. Its just that this new set of numbers makes finding the hint easier. SO its probably not any dates, records, or specific numbers. I don't know what it is; BUT it has to lead to the same thing, regardless of specific numbers.

Hello, I'm new here, but been following the game hints thread since it started. I have to agree with this. Both the old numbers and the new numbers have to some how come to a similar solution. I think we need to start looking at the numbers as if they are not numbers...

[Anthony4004]

Originally Posted by Jarren Harkema

Hello, I'm new here, but been following the game hints thread since it started. I have to agree with this. Both the old numbers and the new numbers have to some how come to a similar solution. I think we need to start looking at the numbers as if they are not numbers...

And we also need to tie in the poem that was posted on twitter.

Originally Posted by Littleboy

Maybe there are different zones and there is a limit on how many robots can be in a zone at once. Robots would have to assist each other in scoring because they all can't score at once.

I think this is the most likely scenario. Something like 2010 where you're limited to how many robots are in a zone at once.

[MechEng83]

Game name: Triple Assist.

[JohnSchneider]

If "Pass" is the important word we may see something like Breakaway, where most teams will need to move the ball from their zone for their partner to score.

[ebmonon36]

Originally Posted by Jarren Harkema

Hello, I'm new here, but been following the game hints thread since it started. I have to agree with this. Both the old numbers and the new numbers have to some how come to a similar solution. I think we need to start looking at the numbers as if they are not numbers...

They do come to the same solution. The original numbers were written using the date format of year/month/date. The new numbers were written in the date format of month/day/year. The first number changed to make it look more like a date instead of a random number.

[vanjan14]

Obviously this will be the game piece, combining Soccer balls and hockey pucks!
http://www.amazon.com/Spin-Master-To...pr_product_top

[George1902]

Basketballs, soccer balls, and pucks (see 1999) have all been used in FRC games in the past. Perhaps we will see the return of one or all of these elements?

Never has an FRC game required robots to transfer scoring objects between them, probably because it's so difficult. In fact, instances where it has happened are remembered as epic (see the "A-bomb" of 2006 and 16's elegant assist 'bot of 2012).

FRC games have had robots cooperating using their drive trains (climbing obstacles, balancing bridges, climbing and lifting each other). This is a more realistic type of assisting and one that I expect to see.