No official FIRST game hint yet??

[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