9328490238209

[Hallry]

Originally Posted by FRC Blog, 10/2/15

When is a Game Hint not a Game Hint?

There are probably a few good answers to this question, including:

1. When it’s not preceded by words equivalent to “This is a game hint”

Answer number one I think many of you are familiar with, as we’ve said something along those lines several times in this blog.

Source: http://archive.firstinspires.org/rob...ot-a-game-hint

[Anthony4004]

Originally Posted by Hallry

Source: http://archive.firstinspires.org/rob...ot-a-game-hint

After being asked via twitter "Is 9328490238209 a game hint?", @FIRSTtweets responded with "I don't know...is it? "

In the sake of being excited for kickoff, I want to believe it is a game hint.

[MrForbes]

We have a tendency to make anything a game hint...it's all fun....

Someone already related it to water, so the rest is gravy

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by MrForbes

We have a tendency to make anything a game hint...it's all fun....

Someone already related it to water, so the rest is gravy

Well, we'd need a bit of stock, and some flour or starch or arrowroot to thicken it to make gravy.

[MrMARVINMan]

This number (9328490238209) when converted from hexadecimal to text, becomes 39 33 32 38 34 39 30 32 33 38 32 30 39. When these numbers are plugged into in ASCII table, they become these characters: ‘! &”’RS !& RS’. Why does this matter? When this is googled, the search comes up with a few things about remote sensing. Remote sensing, if you don’t know, is the scanning of the earth by satellite or high-flying aircraft in order to obtain information about it. Why is this relevant? Two reasons:

1. The day FIRST released this , AndyMark released this mysterious video .
2. Today, AndyMark tweeted a little GIF that was retweeted by FIRST. What do the two videos from AndyMark have in common? Treads.

What do treads and remote sensing have to do with an FRC game? Remote sensing = images of terrain. Treads = meant for traversing rough terrain. AndyMark is now selling “Rhino Track Modules” .These modules are perfectly priced for FRC and are being released just days before the season begins. If it isn’t obvious by this point, it should be obvious now. The field will be different this year (the 24th anniversary of Maize Craze). Our robots must traverse rough terrain to accomplish the assigned task (but that’s a theory for another day).

Plus, we’re going to war, right? A deciding factor in any battle is the terrain upon which it is fought.

[sanddrag]

Okay, here's what I have. I believe the logo that appears several times in the FRC Stronghold teaser video is a re-styled Welsh Dragon, which happens to be the symbol of the Football Association of Wales. (Note, they refer to football in the sense of what we Americans call "soccer").

Furthermore, I took the first 7 digits of the number clue to be the IP address of 93.28.49.0 which traces to the town of Dunkirk, France. See anything familiar on their coat of arms? Also, from this town is a football player by the name of Robert Malm, who played in the 2006 World Cup.

Dunkirk had an interesting history through the Middle Ages, including the construction of a town wall to protect against viking raids. In the late 13th century, the citizens of Dunkirk fought in the Battle of the Golden Spurs, after which Guy, Count of Flanders gained "de facto autonomy." Additionally, the Flemish townspeople laid siege upon a castle during the battle. A map of the battle area shows similarities to scenes in the Stronghold video, including flags atop tents.

So, what do I gather from all this? Some teams will construct a wall. Others will knock it down by shooting footballs (of the American variety, because the Security Breach video said we've never seen this game piece before) at it, and autonomous mode will be different, possibly at the end. Or, if the game piece is not an American style football, it will be the JW Hol-ee Roller, because that looks more like a soccer ball, and fits more closely with the more global style of "football" and is offered through multiple outlets in red and blue, and is durable. In fact, I think that is more likely. It was previously suggested as a game piece in this post in 2006.

EDIT: And wouldn't ya know it, the Hol-ee Roller comes in a football shape too. Here's your game piece guys.

sanddrag has spoken.

[MrForbes]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

EDIT: And wouldn't ya know it, the Hol-ee Roller comes in a football shape too.

yay, we finally get a football!

[angelah]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

. Or, if the game piece is not an American style football, it will be the JW Hol-ee Roller, because that looks more like a soccer ball, and fits more closely with the more global style of "football" and is offered through multiple outlets in red and blue, and is durable. In fact, I think that is more likely. It was previously suggested as a game piece in this post in 2006.

EDIT: And wouldn't ya know it, the Hol-ee Roller comes in a football shape too. Here's your game piece guys.

The Hol-ee Roller shapes (hexagons) match the pattern on the edge of the red flag in the Stronghold video. And the blue flag has the corresponding oblong cut-out shape from the football toy in the same place.

ETA: And those are made of rubber.... Something about a rubber duck clue in the "security breach" video...

[matthewdenny]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

EDIT: And wouldn't ya know it, the Hol-ee Roller comes in a football shape too. Here's your game piece guys.

sanddrag has spoken.

That would be a really cool game piece.

[Foster]

Ascii? Lets do Old School. Use the numbers on the phone pad and covert to words. Too lazy? Use this one: http://phonespell.org/

we-at-I-90-a-eta-09

It's clear, Frank is on the road looking for Corn Dogs. He's on I90, his ETA back is on the 9th.

But as with all clues, it's not much of a help, since I90 runs from Seattle to Boston. Coast to Coast. Oh wait is Coast to Coast a clue? Or I90 the clue since it goes past Cambridge in Boston, and there is a Cambridge in England that would have been there in medieval times?

[mwmac]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

EDIT: And wouldn't ya know it, the Hol-ee Roller comes in a football shape too. Here's your game piece guys.

sanddrag has spoken.

For those of us given to game speculation at this time of year, this post has plenty of food for thought. One more item, the newly-adopted FRC blue color http://www.firstinspires.org/home is a near perfect match for the shade of blue for the postulated game pieces http://www.amazon.com/JW-Pet-Company.../dp/B0002DJX9Y, http://www.petsmart.com/dog/toys/jw-...6-catid-100118.

[gegozi]

Originally Posted by mwmac

For those of us given to game speculation at this time of year, this post has plenty of food for thought. One more item, the newly-adopted FRC blue color http://www.firstinspires.org/home is a near perfect match for the shade of blue for the postulated game pieces http://www.amazon.com/JW-Pet-Company.../dp/B0002DJX9Y, http://www.petsmart.com/dog/toys/jw-...6-catid-100118.

I hope we don't need to shoot this, if this is our game piece, since the aerodynamics would be extremely complicated.

Plus, aren't all the different components supposed to be related?
As in the castles and 9328490238209

[mwmac]

Originally Posted by gegozi

I hope we don't need to shoot this, if this is our game piece, since the aerodynamics would be extremely complicated.

Plus, aren't all the different components supposed to be related?
As in the castles and 9328490238209

Two things:
Robotics is the hardest fun you will have...

Sanddrag referenced the Battle of the Golden Spurs at which the opposing forces were very dissimilar i.e. mounted knights vs. infantry. I think the GDC might well consider having two game pieces with different gameplay characteristics and design considerations.

[Munchskull]

Originally Posted by MrMARVINMan

A deciding factor in any battle is the terrain upon which it is fought.

I am going to pretend that is not rough terrain just so that my anxiety does not flair up over then next six days.

[PayneTrain]

9328490238209

Projected total of brain cells dying in vain trying to make non-game-hints game hints.