THE 2005 HINT!!!!!!!!!

[Ted Boucher]

Originally Posted by Aaron

Today started like any other day, until robotics class. When I got to class my teacher decided to tell us this years hint. If you haven't heard it yet, here it is:

"Four is not enough, and the center is out"

When i asked if this was the official hint my teacher just answered that he knows people (it does seem true, he has some friends in the upper echelons of FIRST).
What i want from you good people is:
A) confirmation of this hint
B) All of the speculation you people can fling around

since i have not heard anything... i would not believe in anything but an official announcement from FIRST

hmm.... what is four?
4 robots on the field right now ... so more than 4 robots at a time?
4 fields at nationals that lead to the center (Einstein) .... more than 4 normal fields at nationals and no Einstein, the center.
4 people were on a team field crew in 2004 .....bigger field teams?
edit...
also the center of the old logo is filled up by the junction of the triangle and square of the new one.....
edit...

[Arefin Bari]

Originally Posted by Ted Boucher

since i have not heard anything... i would not believe in anything but an official announcement from FIRST

hmm.... what is four?
4 robots on the field right now ... so more than 4 robots at a time?
4 fields at nationals that lead to the center (Einstein) .... more than 4 normal fields at nationals and no Einstein, the center.
4 people were on a team field crew in 2004 .....bigger field teams?
edit...
also the center of the old logo is filled up by the junction of the triangle and square of the new one.....
edit...

Ary has spoken...

For once, i am agreeing with ted.

now here are my guesses, more than 4 fields at nationals. maybe more than 4 teams play during one match, 3 alliances (3 teams per team) play in one match. 2 robots go in at a time. what if the field is a triangle? 2 robots start off each corner? an obstacle sitting in the middle which is donut shaped (center is out). or the game pieces are donut shaped (replacing the balls), which the robots have to collect and keep in their goal zone. the center of the field is the points breaker, in another word justl ike back in 2003 we had the king of the hill, 2004 we had hanging robots, 2005... yet to come...


WAIT!!! the robot has to eat as many donuts as possible.

Edit- Just because a FIRST mentor asked to call them bagels.. fine ... the robot has to cut the bagels in half, put cream cheese on there and eat as many as possible...

[SpaceOsc]

Originally Posted by Arefin Bari

Ary has spoken...

For once, i am agreeing with ted.

now here are my guesses, more than 4 fields at nationals. maybe more than 4 teams play during one match, 3 alliances (3 teams per team) play in one match. 2 robots go in at a time. what if the field is a triangle? 2 robots start off each corner? an obstacle sitting in the middle which is donut shaped (center is out). or the game pieces are donut shaped (replacing the balls), which the robots have to collect and keep in their goal zone. the center of the field is the points breaker, in another word justl ike back in 2003 we had the king of the hill, 2004 we had hanging robots, 2005... yet to come...


WAIT!!! the robot has to eat as many donuts as possible.

Stop Calling them Donuts Dang it!!!!!


There Bagels

[Ted Boucher]

Bagel or Donut ... sounds like a modified floppy from 1999 to me

[Corey Balint]

Well, Krispy Kreme is donuts, so maybe the field is a donut shape. Could have been Daves long passion to have a giant donut.

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Ted Boucher

since i have not heard anything... i would not believe in anything but an official announcement from FIRST

hmm.... what is four?
4 robots on the field right now ... so more than 4 robots at a time?
4 fields at nationals that lead to the center (Einstein) .... more than 4 normal fields at nationals and no Einstein, the center.
4 people were on a team field crew in 2004 .....bigger field teams?
edit...
also the center of the old logo is filled up by the junction of the triangle and square of the new one.....
edit...

Hey Ted, you forgot one..

4 Ball tee's with IR beacons.

And this coincides with the comment about learning to use the IR sensors, for more sensors will be added in years to come.

By the way:

Four
Is
Not
Enough

Center
Is
Out

Not to mention, FIRST's most recent partnership with Robonexus leads to the knowledge that a Robonexus partner, International Data Group, has a publication called CIO, which also did a feature on FIRST itself mentioning the game in 2000 in which their were only 4 teams competing, and the ramp in the center of the field was "in" scoring position.


But.. That's all I'm gonna speculate for now, since this is not an "official" FIRST Media Blast hint yet.

I was already burned on guessing what the game was all about last year.
Don't want that to happen this year, by just guessing at non-official hints again.