No official FIRST game hint yet??

[John Neun]

Hey, wait a minute, I AM John Neun! I haven't seen anyone mention it yet, but I know a learned and erudite guy like Mr. Lavery would know that our name means "9" in German.

[Steve W]

Leading us astray but the clues are still there. The numbers 5 and 6 are visible in Johns picture. The plot thickens.

[Eric O]

Well as I see it, John Neun's head is round and shinny like bowling ball, that means we are using bowling balls this year. Like his father, JVN will soon have the advantage of his head resembling a game object.

-Eric

[Amanda Morrison]

Well, JVN still has a little bit of hair. Maybe it'll be an astroturf field?

[JVN]

Originally Posted by Eric O

...Like his father, JVN will soon have the advantage of his head resembling a game object.

Well... funny you mention that.

We always joked my little brother's head is pointed... maybe we'll have cone-shaped game objects???

[Amanda Morrison]

Wait! That's right! John has a brother, which he mentioned in this thread.

That means there THREE J. (V- optional) Neuns. ... TWO of which are John (V- optional) Neuns. 2 + 3 = 5!

[John Neun]

Originally Posted by Amanda Morrison

Wait! That's right! John has a brother, which he mentioned in this thread.

That means there THREE J. (V- optional) Neuns. ... TWO of which are John (V- optional) Neuns. 2 + 3 = 5!

You are all starting to scare me. Actually, I don't care for Krispy Kreme donuts. I'm from the Northeast, and we have Dunkin' Donuts here.

[tkwetzel]

Originally Posted by John Neun

You are all starting to scare me. Actually, I don't care for Krispy Kreme donuts. I'm from the Northeast, and we have Dunkin' Donuts here.

Uh oh! John Neun now has 4 posts (the magic number...according to some).

[Swampdude]

Originally Posted by John Neun

You are all starting to scare me. Actually, I don't care for Krispy Kreme donuts. I'm from the Northeast, and we have Dunkin' Donuts here.

Riiiiight.... you know, you look familiar

[Swampdude]

Mr. Nuen sir, is it not true that you enjoy Donuts for Dessert?!!?!? AHA!!

This V thing is pointing in the same direction as the first 2 clues, 5 teams per alliance. 4 on the field at a time. See 2001 rules.

A giant sloped 48' field because the V is missing?!?!? ugh.... You guys need to watch more CSI or something....

Poor Mr. Nuen got sucked into this thing, all unsuspecting. Now he's going to be lurked upon. But unless he makes donuts with that big machine of his, I'm not biting...

[George1902]

I agree with a couple predictions made so far.

I'm pretty sure Mr. Neun and Johnny Neun (the baseball player) are red herrings. I think Dave was referring to JVN and left the "V" out intentionally.

Originally Posted by dlavery

If I were looking for a clue, I would be looking to John Neun.

Well, When I look at John Neun, I see 2 things. First, there's the letter "V" between those names. Second, I see 1997's inner tubes in the background. This (and Dave's previous "eat dessert first" comment, which could refer to the inner tube's doughnut shape) leads me to believe that we will have to put the inner tubes onto V-shaped goals.

Also, no one has mentioned this yet:

Originally Posted by dlavery

Hey! that was my fourth post of the day! Woohoo!

Dave only made one post that day that I can see. What does this part of the clue mean?

[Joe Matt]

Four posts, that means four physical posts, for scoring, blocking, whatever. Add that to the donuts at the VA science center clue, then the JVN clue, and the eat desert first post.

I'd say we should expect to see rings of some sort, inflatable, metal, whatever, and some sort of dowls or posts to put them on or remove them from.

Question is, how does Dave's infared post relate to this game?

[George1902]

Originally Posted by JosephM

Question is, how does Dave's infared post relate to this game?

Each of the 2 V-shaped goals (4 posts, get it?) will have IR beacons to make it possible to score in autonomous mode.

[tkwetzel]

Originally Posted by George1083

Each of the 2 V-shaped goals (4 posts, get it?) will have IR beacons to make it possible to score in autonomous mode.

There will probably be an increased score given to objects scored during autonomous. And "eat dessert first" means that autonomous will be at the end, requiring the robot to use the IR beacon to find its way to the posts. I think Dave is feverously designing a new game now, since we have figured out the game he had already planned.

[Wetzel]

We know they build and play out game ideas and tweak from that. Perhaps Dave was playing the game and you score by 'posting'.

Horseshoes? Frisbee golf?


Wetzel