2015 HINT DISCUSSION

[Anthony4004]

Originally Posted by beefbobjones

Well, I know some people think the recycling thing will involve reusing old game pieces/ mechanics but I just feel like that would give new teams a real disadvantage.

Not quite, considering how much footage and material is on the web. They can easily do well.

[JohnFogarty]

the return of the end game

[Minten]

Water game

[guniv]

Video is up on FRC's YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAET...ature=youtu.be

[BenBraun3090]

Originally Posted by indubitably

Recycling the 2014 game:

adding endgame
some other major change

I doubt that they're going to do that. That would just be really boring and against anything creative.

[NHoffmann]

All the years were covered, just lag was bad enough that a few appeared to get skipped.

[Anthony4004]

Also, next years FLL game has to do with recycling......pattern? I would think so.

[NWalker]

Change is coming
change
coins
circles
hockey pucks
ice
water
WATER GAME CONFIRMED!!!

He recycles the 2014 Manual
recycling
blue
water
WATER GAME DOUBLY CONFIRMED!!!

Change is coming
16 letters
FIRST
5 letters
5*2=10
16-10=6
6 upside down looks like 9
Water Game has 9 letters
WATER GAME TRIPLY CONFIRMED!!!

[Minten]

I can't tell if water or pizza. But pizza = triangle = Illuminati confirmed.

[who716]

alot of dumping into biins

[The_ShamWOW88]

two different gamepieces....

[nfhammes]

So, "Change is coming" prefaced by a list of games, their major rules changes to basic elements of how the games work, most of which occurred in odd years. So the field is changing shape, composition, or dimensions, or something else.

I don't see how this is substantially more information than when Frank mentioned earlier in the year to take nothing for granted, that anything might change. If the recycling bin is relevant, it might be saying "We're bringing something old back, that we've long-since changed". Perhaps the 3v3 model is changing? That could relate to the way Einstein is being run, since the footage seemed to be all from Einstein.

[indubitably]

Originally Posted by BenBraun3090

I doubt that they're going to do that. That would just be really boring and against anything creative.

There was a whole thread discussing the possibility, the GDC had considered 3 year game cycles way back when but perhaps a surprise 2 year game cycle?

They literally recycled the 2014 game manual in the video lol

[tindleroot]

Frank is standing on an FRC field when he recycles the manual

[TAlholm]

I added the intervals and got 19. The number 19 has been retired the most in the NHL