[FRC Blog] Kickoff Broadcast and Game Hint Redux

[phantokidd7x]

I haven't browsed through the thread yet, but searching the number sets get some results vaguely.
61474:135 gets a Triple tachymetric indicator from Aerosup
12661:1963 shows codes for pipes
32662:15806 gets banking and revenue (maybe something with the budgets of the robots?)
I don't know what these could mean, but who knows.

[JohnSchneider]

Originally Posted by phantokidd7x

I haven't browsed through the thread yet, but searching the number sets get some results vaguely.
61474:135 gets a Triple tachymetric indicator from Aerosup
12661:1963 shows codes for pipes
32662:15806 gets banking and revenue (maybe something with the budgets of the robots?)
I don't know what these could mean, but who knows.

You should read the thread

[petrovbot]

does anyone think that when Frank said that Dr. Who was not a hint, he meant that it was not part of solving the hint given?(which was the birthdays/assists stuff) and it is now safe to speculate how the Doctor wants to chip in? Cause it seems to me that if we are going to be choosing between soccer, basketball and hockey, we have already played two of those which leaves hockey, the 1963, the start of Doctor who, the only game unplayed.

it does sound like people are leaning twards hockey, so am I just restating what people have already found out...?

anyway, there are my two cents,

[Gaff_Tape]

I know that I'm a little late to the party, but I noticed that the Doctor Who GIF

Frank

*Doctor Who is not a hint. I just happen to enjoy the show.

[Please don’t take my saying Doctor Who is not a hint to mean it really is a hint. It’s really not a hint]

[[Please don’t take my saying Doctor Who really is not a hint to mean it really really is a hint. It’s really really not a hint]]

[[[etc]]]

is titled "333.gif". A cursory reverse image search does not return GIFs with the same title, so one could argue that "333" is deliberate.

In regard to the "Doctor Who is not a hint" stuff: The subject of Doctor Who is not a hint, but the GIF(and/or its title) could be.

Perhaps 333 only refers to the 3 sets of numbers or the 3 associated sports, but it could also be a teaser or something else.


Anyway, this is something that I haven't seen mentioned in this thread yet.

[joelg236]

Originally Posted by Gaff_Tape

I know that I'm a little late to the party, but I noticed that the Doctor Who GIF

is titled "333.gif". A cursory reverse image search does not return GIFs with the same title, so one could argue that "333" is deliberate.

In regard to the "Doctor Who is not a hint" stuff: The subject of Doctor Who is not a hint, but the GIF(and/or its title) could be.

Perhaps 333 only refers to the 3 sets of numbers or the 3 associated sports, but it could also be a teaser or something else.


Anyways, this is something that I haven't seen mentioned in this thread yet.

Surprisingly, I'm actually inclined to go with you here. The title could be automatically generated though, so there's no reason to get excited yet. A quick glance at other blog posts reveals a trend of word titles "ie. Frank%20Answers%20Fridays.jpg". Hmmm...

[loyal]

I think the hint has to do with repeating or redoing. First choice was a redo. The hint was a redo. The Dr Who pic. Is repeating over and over. The Dr Who as a hint denial over and over. In the TV show the Dr keeps coming back. Obamacare was a redo(thats putting it nicely). Some one in the first hint thread noticed that somehow the numbers were repeating.
If you add in the assist angle that could be a relay. So it repeats. Usually the simplest solution is the answer. This is as simple as my simple brain can come up with.

[mrnoble]

Originally Posted by joelg236

Surprisingly, I'm actually inclined to go with you here. The title could be automatically generated though, so there's no reason to get excited yet. A quick glance at other blog posts reveals a trend of word titles "ie. Frank%20Answers%20Fridays.jpg". Hmmm...

In all the hubbub over figuring out the "assist" clue(s), we seem to have completely forgotten the multitude of "3's" that have shown up in odd places. I'm also inclined to agree that this may not be a random jpg title. Nice work.

On the other hand, I'm discouraged at the number of recent posts that show people don't read

[JCharlton]

It should be noted that a hockey match has three periods.

Maybe this year Canadian teams will have a leg up?

[Calvin Hartley]

I like the thought of the numerous 3s showing up, however I am a little lenient as it could easily be nothing. Regardless, does anyone have a list of how many relevant 3s have come up in this year's hints?

For now, I need to pack for my last camp out of the year.

[Schnabel]

Has anyone watched the Dr. Who gif 333 times? What if there's a secret picture at frame 333?

[rsisk]

Originally Posted by Schnabel

Has anyone watched the Dr. Who gif 333 times? What if there's a secret picture at frame 333?

You are bad!

[atucker4072]

Originally Posted by Schnabel

Has anyone watched the Dr. Who gif 333 times? What if there's a secret picture at frame 333?

Maybe at 333 it shows the game animation! Time to waste more of my day!

[atucker4072]

I definitely don't see three different periods. I could see it better as having 3 different zones. Maybe there are only certain zones that you can score in? This might lead to robots passing an object more and getting assits. That way robots don't have to go all the way across the field to score and they also can't score by going scoring from across the court.

[dellagd]

While I don't want to jump on the "Dr. Who Pic really is a hint" bandwagon, I do know that in a few sports, there is an offsides penalty. With zones like say hockey or lacrosse, having an offsides for too many robots in a zone at once might be interesting.

[atucker4072]

Originally Posted by dellagd

While I don't want to jump on the "Dr. Who Pic really is a hint" bandwagon, I do know that in a few sports, there is an offsides penalty. With zones like say hockey or lacrosse, having an offsides for too many robots in a zone at once might be interesting.

This is what I am more leaning towards at this point. However the only thing I see that could be an issue is that one team is stuck playing defense and no one wants to play defense for an entire match. That's where I think it seems more logical that you can only score in certain zones. However those zones are protected from defense mayne? Then there is a middle half where teams are blocking each other frok getting into the scoring zone?