Official FIRST Stronghold Teaser!

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Well, I haven't read all of the pages, but I did make it through about half, plus the couple before this one, so I figure I'll throw in my (late) two cents.

1. The font. The similarity to the "Ringbearer" LOTR font has been brought up on a few different occasions (I know that someone also found out that that is not the exact font used, but bear with me). The font is also somewhat similar to the fonts in the titles of a few different Disney movies (Again, somewhat with a loose definition). Seeing as WDI made the video, I went through to look at the plots of the different movies. It seemed that all of the ones in question were medieval and involved sneaking into somewhere to either retrieve or deposit something precious to them (Pun intended, since that pretty much describes Frodo's mission as well). This, in part leads to #2

2. Capture the Flag. There have been a few indications that this is a possibility. The font, the missing flag, and the flag on the robot. There are probably a few I missed.

3. The blueprint. I am of the opinion that first has revealed the field layout through the blueprint. I also think that, because it's a themed game, we may be seeing a lot of "static", if you will, not only in the form of random lines and the like, but also possibly in the form of aesthetics on the field drawing that will either not be there, or won't be very prominent. It looks like a very busy field, but there are certain things that wouldn't quite fit. Too much that, if it was very tall, would block driver vision way too much. So, some of those things (like the double lines going to the circles on the other side of the field) could be short, like the steps from last year, or could be higher up, like the return chutes from 2010.

4. What has thusfar been implied about the field components (I'm gonna include the blueprint in this one, just because). The blueprint suggests that we have a few different circular protrusions, maybe turrets, but what catches my interest more is the things at the center, and at the sides. The center part that some people has said looks like a hill to me looks almost like a motte and bailey style castle, with two separate walled in sections and a moat around. I'm not sure what purpose they would serve, but one thought is that they could have to do with any "capture the flag" elements. At the ends of the field are also some strange looking shapes, which I think could be what was looked at in This video at about 0:20. The camera is tilted up, indicating something tall, maybe visible from the pits (As has been brought up with respect to the tower visible from the tens in the teaser video). As for the game pieces, well, that's a bit annoying to try to figure out.

5. Game pieces. Well, a lot depends on if we take what is said at 0:15 of the "Security Breach" video as sarcastic/ deliberately misleading, or as serious. If it's serious, we probably have capture the flag/king of the hill, since we haven't had a game piece that resembles a flag before. If it's sarcastic, then we probably have balls that we're trying to score somewhere, which would fit the pattern that FIRST has kept with for the last 12 or so years of having every other game be a ball game, with a pattern of small, small, large, small, small, large.

I think that we are going to end up with a game with two different scoring methods, one being capture the flag or king of the hill style as a point booster/multiplier/infusion, and the main one being shooting or herding balls somewhere on the field. That said, I think everything is designed to confuse us, and nothing will make sense until kickoff.

Essentially, FIRST is trying to screw with our heads, and a lot is uncertain right now, but if I got any of that anywhere near right, I'm going to be jumping with joy more than normal at kickoff.

See you all there, and good luck this season folks!