After doing extensive analysis of the video, trolling this thread of nearly 400 comments (many repetitive), and many other threads related to game hints, etc…..
In my opinion (we all know what they say about opinions)
1. The missing 1999 video we have all figured out is intentional and we’ll be playing some variation of that game.
2. The long tube in the kit of parts will hold a fiberglass pole(or multiple poles) with a colored or numbered flag (bicycle flag for us older people)
3. The recycle bin utilized in the video did not have any text on it, only the symbol. This to me was not so much for recycling, as repeating. There has been speculation for years about making a game Auto/Tele/Auto. Why not, it would show how good your driver is to get back to the correct position and orientation for a follow-on Auto, or demonstrate your programming and use of sensors by leaving the robot anywhere and having it locate itself.
4. Or the symbol, could be 2v2v2…..I just throw that in for fun….we are too set on our 3v3 on a rectangular field. And there are too many teams who have built and/or purchased rectangular fields to mess with that.
Now that we have all beat the proverbial dead horse,
let’s all relax for a few days before the madness really begins.
FIRST Robotics Competition could NEVER, EVER, EVER feature aquatic robots. - dlavery [more] 
24-12-2014, 08:58
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