Official 2005 Clue Thread

[Steve W]

PI is the 16 th letter of the Greek Alphabet. The following is from a math site:

pi PI (PIE) The lower-case Pi is universally used to represent that number which is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. The upper-case Pi is used as the “product” symbol.

[Corey Balint]

And maybe, going back to some old posts, They did not put the V in there again, as a split hint(using the baseball player and JVN) and that the missing v, when flipped upside down is a pyramid type shape.

[George1902]

"Something between Pi, You and Me" means something Pi, George Burns, and John Neun have in common. This is the number three.

So, in my opinion, this clue tells us two things and only two things: hexagon and the number three.

Three probably refers to the number of teams per alliance since I can't see them abandoning alliances. Also, most regionals are bigger this year. Regionals can be bigger because six teams will play in each match instead of four. So there can be more teams and still give everyone the matches they need.

I think the hexagon could either refer to the field's or the scoring object's shape. I'm undecided here.

[phrontist]

AND John Lennon had rose colored specs!!!

[seanwitte]

Neun and Burns both made UNASSISTED triple plays. Purple is the combination of Red and Blue. Maybe there are no longer alliances and you get extra points for doing something during autonomous.

[Madison]

While I also can't imagine FIRST abandoning alliances altogether, it may be worth noting that John Neun and George Burns are notable in baseball for having performed unassisted triple plays.

[Michael Leicht]

free for all type of game?

but with three teams

or another way is 3 teams working together?

[Elgin Clock]

But seriously a sports reference from FIRST/Dean who, in a speech, said parts of sports are bad?

[Joe Matt]

Originally Posted by M. Krass

While I also can't imagine FIRST abandoning alliances altogether, it may be worth noting that John Neun and George Burns are notable in baseball for having performed unassisted triple plays.

Good find M.

[Kevin Casper]

Originally Posted by punkrawker303

free for all type of game?

but with three teams

or another way is 3 teams working together?

God I hope not, that last time they had all teams working together wasn't much fun.

[phrontist]

Look at this bloody album cover people! John Lennon (Neun), known for his rosy specs, and George Harrison (Burns) have a drum between them. A circle! Pi! Muhahahaha! George Burns was in the movie the beatles made about this album. This makes perfect sense. Everything is coming together.

Pi - The Drum
You - George
Me - John

Forms a triangle!!!!
In the center of which is something they are holding!

What are they holding?!

UPDATE: They're all musical instruments. What does that mean? The trumpet seems closest to the center. Trumpets are used to wake people up. Maybe waking up is leaving auto mode. Whatever the case, I'm positive Lavery was indicating this album cover. It's just so like him. First Led Zep, now the Fab Four. And hey, he mentioned the fab four in another clue! Let me find it.

Originally Posted by seanwitte

Neun and Burns both made UNASSISTED triple plays. Purple is the combination of Red and Blue. Maybe there are no longer alliances and you get extra points for doing something during autonomous.

But if purple is the combination of Red and Blue, it could mean that FIRST is back to one pair/triplet of teams working together. And if its between Neun and Burns, would mean is not-unassisted, which would further support that teams work together as one.

[Mike Betts]

First of all, I disagree completely with this thread being in the Rumor Mill.

Second, I completely agree with the unassisted triple play idea.

Third, the roots of the word Amethyst are in the Greek amethustos meaning "not drunk" (look it up) so I think we will be following a line again.

Why is Amethyst capitalized? I wonder...

[MisterX]

I remembered hearing a thread a bit back about a kid hearing Dave Lavery saying something he saw at the Science Museum of Virginia reminded him of somethign from next years game and so I searched their website and during march of 2004 which is when they had the VCU regional there was an exhibit on CRYSTALS! specifically noting HEXAGON shaped... I wasnt there and cant find anything on the site but I would assume they also had sample on display, maybe they had some AMETHYST on show? Hexagon shaped something sounds logical....

[Arefin Bari]

I am going with what Max said, 3 Vs. 3 and a hexagonal field. :ulls hair out::