2006 game hints?

[KenWittlief]

maybe we will be the robots?

all human players?

remotely controlled?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051026/...NlYwMlJVRPUCUl

[MikeDubreuil]

I just spayed some amazing information while taking a trip to New Hampshire...

While watching the game committee in their secret Manch-Vegas game design warehouse I witnessed them opening a window. Yes, I do believe the playing field will be surrounded by normal air from the Earth's atmosphere. My sources tell me this gas is mix of Nitrogen, Oxygen, Argon and Carbon Dioxide. Therefore, this year's safety rules will not require human players to wear a breathing apparatus.

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by MikeDubreuil

I just spayed some amazing information while taking a trip to New Hampshire...

Thats great if you want to limit the information population, but I think we would all like to get some more information.

Wetzel

[Henry_Mareck]

whats a CMU cam ??


is that the camera (assuming cam means camera?) that we got in the kit last year and was hard to use?

[Petey]

Originally Posted by Henry_Mareck

whats a CMU cam ??


is that the camera (assuming cam means camera?) that we got in the kit last year and was hard to use?

*activates RTCW voice*

Affirmative.

*deactivates*

--Petey

[Astronouth7303]

Anyone listening to FIRSTcast? About half-way through the 3rd episode, JVN mentions that he's working on a water-proof speed controller. (Listen to it for more detail.) I'd call this a pretty big hint.

Any speculation?

[Andrew Blair]

I'm not real familar with the style of Dave and JVN. I don't want to kill the speculations, but would they just fool around this close to build season, or are these things actually hints? What do people think?

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by Astronouth7301

Anyone listening to FIRSTcast? About half-way through the 3rd episode, JVN mentions that he's working on a water-proof speed controller. (Listen to it for more detail.) I'd call this a pretty big hint.

Originally Posted by Andrew Blair

I'm not real familar with the style of Dave and JVN. I don't want to kill the speculations, but would they just fool around this close to build season, or are these things actually hints? What do people think?

I've never known JVN to be sarcastic or joke around...

NiagaraFIRST.org is turning in our lease on our normal practice facility, and renting an indoor swimming pool in a direct response to the JVN interview...

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by Karthik

I've never known JVN to be sarcastic or joke around...

Me neither. I have found that he has absolutely no sense of humor at all.

-dave

[JVN]

Originally Posted by dlavery

Me neither. I have found that he has absolutely no sense of humor at all.

-dave

That's what happens when I don't sleep.
I get grumpy staying up all night working on your danged prototypes. The thrust just ISN'T THERE! Stop trying to force it, we're not ready.

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by JVN

That's what happens when I don't sleep.
I get grumpy staying up all night working on your danged prototypes. The thrust just ISN'T THERE! Stop trying to force it, we're not ready.

Look, I gave in on the bus shelter - you don't have to build it. So stop whining, get yer rear in gear, and finish up on the Viking Death Ship. We need it for next week.

-dave

[Ian Curtis]

Originally Posted by dlavery

Look, I gave in on the bus shelter - you don't have to build it. So stop whining, get yer rear in gear, and finish up on the Viking Death Ship. We need it for next week.

-dave

More examinations. In line 2 he says "get yer rear in gear" which is definitely breaking lavery's first quote of prose, namely don't abbreviate, pronounce nuclear nu-KLI-er, and never use the phrase y'all in written prose. "yer rear in gear" includes three "er" sounds.

1.
RRR turns up no reasonable results on google, except for things about Land Rovers and Australian Radio. Inflatable kangaroos? In case you didn't know kanagaroos in more populated areas of australia tend to live on golf courses and lie in sand traps, where they occasionally get hit. Whack-the-Kangaroo-Billfred?

2. More intense searching reveals RRR could stand for "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle"? I am probably reading wayyyy to much into this one put you never know. Maybe 3 different ways to score 1 item?

[billbo911]

Originally Posted by JVN

That's what happens when I don't sleep.
I get grumpy staying up all night working on your danged prototypes. The thrust just ISN'T THERE! Stop trying to force it, we're not ready.

Originally Posted by dlavery

Look, I gave in on the bus shelter - you don't have to build it. So stop whining, get yer rear in gear, and finish up on the Viking Death Ship. We need it for next week.

-dave

WOW! Talk about a pair of hints!

Lets see: "Thrust isn't there", No force, not ready, shelter, "rear in gear" and my favorite "Viking Death Ship".

VDS from Viking Death Ship, could this stand for Variably Delayed Start,Visibility Degradation System or Video Display System (that goes back to my last post, read it and see) or..........

"Thrust isn't there", No force, not ready, shelter. Sheltered areas on the field that protect you from something. Might that be wind, rain (there's that water theme again), electrical interference.

Putting the two together: Robot control performed or enhanced by Video Feed. Certain areas on the field will either have the signal blocked or visually impaired to prevent seeing where the robot actually is forcing the drivers to have to guess or switch to autonomous (this could play into the "Fox in the Hen-house" hint).

Just my two cents in the early morning (well, early for me at least).

[Rickertsen2]

Does JVN have any knowledge of the game?

[Henry_Mareck]

i seriously doubt there will be a 100% water game this year.
However, there may be an extra "area" or something with special points for being able to go across a moat of some sort, like hanging in 2004 or there could be extra scoring thingies on the other side. while im at it, maybe there will be floating batons in the moat as well as batons on the bottom woohoo?).
This way, experienced teams could have some fun building an amphibious robot , and the rookie teams could compete and not have to worry about submerging thousands of dollars of electronics.
on a second note:
Did FIRST start in 1996? If so, water would be an amazing 10 year aniversary.
(Im guessing 1996 becuase thats the earliest "rookie year" i have seen on CD)