Official 2005 Clue Thread

[MissInformation]

Maybe I changed my mind about supporting 3. You know, Pi is the first two letters in the word Pimp...

Heidi

[Collmandoman]

weird thought~ I don't have the software or real knowledge to do so.. but you can place information within an image~ I doubt there is anything in it- but someone could check out the logo image and see if there is any data in it


only thinking this because 'look closely"

[thoughtful]

Hey,
I didnt think there would be any clue in the logo, and there wasnt n e ways i did put some hue & color filters on it and here are the results. Can u see somehting i didnt


Edit:- Sorry didnt know it violates rules, sorry for the trouble

[TimCraig]

Since this thing has been growing faster than I can read tonight, I'll just jump in here.

John Neun and George Burns are the only two major league first basemen to pull off an unassisted triple play. This has been presented previously.

The reference to "beween Pi, and you and me" hasn't been as thoroughly investigated.

Pi Schwert was also an "old time" baseball player (also mentioned by one message). Played 1914-1915 as a catcher.

Does this mean the game has some relationship to baseball and what can happen between the catcher and the first baseman?

[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by Ryan Foley

Notice that in baseball, there is one person on offense (batter) and 9 on defense (fielders).

Or maybe the defensive team controls the scoring object like in baseball. Although, that might confuse the spectators.

[snipelfritz]

I have no idea if anyone said this yet, but John Neuns career batting average is .325 and George Burns' is .303. If you average the two numbers you end up with .314(pi times 1/10). Perhaps pi is actually between them. I don't know if this means anything though.

EDIT: Also, perhaps ametheist refers to a third alliance. A purple one.

[Olde Bill]

John Neun (properly Johnny Neun) and George Burns are the only 1st basemen to ever complete a triple play single handedly in major league baseball.

Pi is a term from the printing industry (look it up) and comma (that little thing between 'Pi, You and Me') is also a musical term.

Amethyst is crystallized quartz with colour from purple to violet (anyone watch CSI?).

[Peter Matteson]

Two things just occurred to me based on the repition of the Number three:

1. It's the number of Dale Earnhardt and Babe Ruth, Therefore this year's game will be called: First Frenzy: Nascar Baseball.

2. The scoring object will be triangular in shape.

Pete

[Evan Austin]

Originally Posted by Steve Howland

It's a trick! We're getting too close to guessing some parts of the game so Dave keeps trying to throw us off with false hints! His putting it in plain view twice is unlike him - usually he will hide his hints embedded within an unrelated thread, not place it right in front of us. So we should concentrate on non-tangent related ideas...

It could be that Dave is giving us a real hint here, but he is making it so obvious that we wouldn't give credibility to it. His "Head Games" are really giving me a headache!

[Alexander McGee]

As I sit here, reading this thread, I can't help but think about how much fun this must be for Dave and the guys at FIRST. I bet they are really finding it entertaining, as we are.

I'll see you all Saturday.

[LightFrog]

Amethyst... that makes me think purple...rain!

maybe prince will perform purple rain during the matches and the goal will be to see how many times you can change his name in 2 minutes.

[Andy Grady]

Here is a thought for you...

Going along with the unassisted triple play clue:

6 Robots on the field, 3 teams of 2 we will call them team A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, and C2. Large circular field with an IR sensor in the middle with some form of activation sensor. The round begins with teams A1, B1, and C1 active. A2, B2, and C2 are disabled. Autonomous mode as always begins in the first 15 seconds of the round. The objective...the active robots need to try to get to the center of the field to activate the sensor to enable their teamate. Once activated, the alliance partner is fully functional, non autonomous...even if its still in the initial 15 seconds of autonomous mode. If you do not make it to the center in 15 seconds, your partner is held disabled for another 15 seconds...or possibly just until you can manually drive to the center to activate them....its an unassisted triple play.

Imagine how cool that would make things. The advantage of being able to charge to the center in such a short amount of time would mean your alliance would get that much more non-autonomous free time. If you don't...that much more difficult for you to come back.

I'm still thinking there is a barrier in the game, but I kinda hope its something like this instead.

-Andy Grady

[Tim Delles]

i don't know if this means much but the last time that the Red Sox had a team captain was the same year that George Burns turned in the unassisted triple play. I couldn't find who was the last captain for the Tigers but if someone knows what year it is let us know. i'm not sure if this is any help but i thought it could be.

[Squirrelrock]

Wait-a-minute...


(60 seconds later)
Looking at the past year's clue, and how little it actually told us about the game, then they're probably just telling us that we are going to be using balls with something in the middle. Maybe the balls have a U on one side and a me on the other side . riiiiiiight.

neways, either just give up. ooor not. "the choice is yours, don't be late."


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Now, al we need is lyrics, so I started some for you, Dave .

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Squirrelrock

Now, all we need is lyrics, so I started some for you, Dave .

Yeah.. seriously, I think I liked song lyrics better as a hint than what we got this year.. whatever reference it has.