[FRC Blog] Kickoff Broadcast and Game Hint Redux

[thursam]

Originally Posted by MechEng83

Game name: Triple Assist.

This seems like something the GDC would come up with.

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...

I've been following the hints since they were posted as well, like Jarren - with the last set of numbers, people were running rampant with theories because they were thinking about them like NUMBERS. Last year, for Ultimate Ascent, the GDC released a random string of numbers that ended up being letters.

If you treat the numbers clues like letters, then maybe it WILL connect to the poem.

[TAlholm]

This could be the addition of a possible "offsides" penalty...

[bduddy]

I think the GDC is going to come out with a game that encourages/requires passing of game pieces between robots. This has been theoretically possible and beneficial in many previous games, but never really done to any great extent (except for autonomous in 2012, which isn't really the same thing...) I think it will be fun to see what they came up with.

(This probably also maintains the ball/not-ball pattern, because it's pretty hard to pass things that aren't balls...)

[Anthony4004]

Originally Posted by MechEng83

Game name: Triple Assist.

That could sounds really cool.....

[XaulZan11]

Originally Posted by George1902

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).

Don't forget about the countless instances of teams transfering basketballs during autonomous in 2012.

[Isaac501]

Aaaand just because it's ridiculous..

google images: limerick hockey

There's an underwater hockey team in Limerick, Ireland.


WATER GAME.

[Jay O'Donnell]

I'm assuming that assist is just a hint towards the general game (hockey or a combo of sports) and not a specific of the game. 2012 was called REBOUND rumble, and yet I don't remember any teams rebounding like they do in real basketball (catching it before it hits the ground). Due to basketball and soccer being recent games, I'm thinking Hockey.

[bearbot]

It be cool to see FIRST combine older games into a new game.Might be a ramp we have to climb on to and lift our teammates up for the endgame.The water bottles seem to resemble a ramp

[Anthony4004]

I'm just going to say that I'd prefer the game be about baseball rather than hockey simply due to the fact that balls are a lot easier to handle than pucks. Also pucks have been used in the past, plus the ball pattern. Baseball

[maxwellt]

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.

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

I think that it might be on the lines of a Hockey game one because of the up coming Olympics, and if you think about it is a sport they haven't done yet (they have done nascar, basketball, soccer, ultimate Frisbee just to name a few) , and could I also start the speculation of bringing back the regolith field????

[George1902]

Originally Posted by XaulZan11

Don't forget about the countless instances of teams transfering basketballs during autonomous in 2012.

Excellent point. But it was still an impressive feat when it happened and hardly the norm. Even when the robots were hand-aligned.

[Isaac501]

Though in some seriousness:
Going on the Hockey tangent, and the limerick:

rhyming with assist yields twist.
"twist assist" is a Dutch product for field hockey.
It's sort of elongated bearing put around the stick.

[malanis]

Woody just posted this huge thing on coopertition for this year. thought id throw that out

[wt200999]

They seem to be stressing 3's a lot, as well as hockey and maybe Olympics.

What other sport is played on Ice, and has something to do with 3?

Curling does!

In curling the Third is in charge of helping with strategy at the end of the game.

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/conten...ling-team.html

[Kevin Thorp]

I'll just leave this here...