2006 Official Game Hint Discussion

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

Random responses to other posts:



Anyone see that movie of the same name; "Sky High" for some more abstract references to the rest of the clue by any chance?



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303933/ I'm not giving up on my idea from 2004's clue carrying over to this year.



The only reason they barely work inside is because the transmitter of the signal is outside, and the receivers usually need a clear line of sight with at least one transmitter (satellite).

So we'll be playing Save the Citizen?

[Nimmy]

ok so this what our team has been going along so far
we have gone with the joe montana theme (1989, devided 34 by 2=17 before and after auto)

this is what ive been thinking regarding the pasta the green heights and the 5 bots,

first off the pasta has been run through the place over and over
and this is just another wacky suggestion, lets take the shoveling and the pasta toghether, shoveling pasta, but to gain points
thing of the playing field half full or more with a layer of pipes which are hard to drive on (slippery) or to big, so you need to SHOVEL them out of your way
much like a snow plow, the way of gaining points we think will be a football field, and probably your end-game position. I just saw someone saying
maybe it will be none-american football (soccer) and that also looks possible
since throwing objects in the arena seems kinda dangerous.

5 and bots true arent always related
but we have to remember that BOT in web-slang isnt necceserily a ROBOT
it is also another name for SCRIPT (as in mIRC bot\script)
maybe when your robot stands somewhere on the field, it opens the goal
so your teammate can score (soccer...)
5 goals? possible
anyone know the show ROBOTICA? how about 3vs3 alliances, and 5 annoying
robots,
maybe 2vs2 and 1 disrupting robot, that just bugs you.

im gonna go with the bot's being trigers, like weight triggers
once your robot stands on a certain platform it opens up the goal so your buddy can score extra points

another thing could be that it is 3vs3
but it is with goalkeepers
so you have 2 attacking 3 (2 defenders and a goalkeeper)
and your alliance keeper stays behind

5 bot's tangling with pasta (ramp field, gonna be hard to get the ball up there) a game piece obseesed with heights (the bugger is gonna be up there?)

I don't know to mcuh thinking about this

well that's my 2cents and 50$
good luck everyone and remember to have fun

peace.

-1577, steampunk, Israel

[Elgin Clock]

AHHHHH!!! Dave you are one tricky guy.

That bot he uses in the 2007 water game teaser is a plow bot... or a "shovel's show" bot.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=41024

Arghhh....

Why do I get the feeling that every little part of what Dave says or does is oh so relevant.

What does it mean?? What does it mean!!!!!!

[Joohoo]

Originally Posted by aztech75

if i had to make a guess about the shovel part of the clue i would go back to some of the previous theory's. Every1 was talkin abou the new traction wheels from IFI so it could have something 2 do with a slick surface (when it snow it gets slipery and shovels remove snow) on the field. Deffinently not ice or snow, but some kind of plastic like on the ramp in 03.

but im prolly way off

Maybe there won't be any carpet??

[Ian Curtis]

Well, Mr. Shovel-Bot is always picked on. It always gets bonked, or broken, or is not well equipped for the task at hand. Obsessed is a synonym for controlled.

Sooo, that would make the hint: A game piece controlled by a not well prepared robot.


Does that mean that when five of the robots are "tangling with pasta" the robot left behind can do something extra-special? By Jove, I think we're onto something!

[Alex Burman]

i think that maybe Dave released that "2007" hint intentionally to point us in the right direction with the bot, that it may not have anything to do with the 2007 game but everything with the 2006 game. That banana. slippery surface maybe?

otherwise excelent idea about the little blue bot with the low center of gravity

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Grayswandir-75

i think that maybe Dave released that "2007" hint intentionally to point us in the right direction with the bot, that it may not have anything to do with the 2007 game but everything with the 2006 game. That banana. slippery surface maybe?

otherwise excelent idea about the little blue bot with the low center of gravity

Considering the physical nature of FIRST in recent years every bot should have a low center of gravity regaurdless of the game.

[Alex Burman]

but many many don't especially the animation robots, which that one has the lowest

[Mr.G]

No one has said anything about the prime symbol ( ' )being in the first line of the clue.
"five 'bots tangling with pasta"

Five is a prime number. Meaning it's two natural divisors are 1 and 5.
Five Prime could mean 6 or 5 + 1.

[Jon Jack]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Considering the physical nature of FIRST in recent years every bot should have a low center of gravity regaurdless of the game.

No kidding... A lot of tipping kind of makes you look bad, but does add excitment to a match.

Speaking of tipping, something cool I saw last year at Las Vegas was, I think on 399's robot which was able to raise itself if it fell forward. During one of their matches it fell forward and then a few seconds later started to raise back up. The picked themselves up and continued to play the match.

Originally Posted by Eagle Master

No one has said anything about the prime symbol ( ' )being in the first line
"five 'bots tangling with pasta"

Five is a prime number.
Meaning it's two natural divisors are 1 and 5.
Five Prime could mean 6 or 5 + 1.

Good point...

[Wayne C.]

a shovel's show- either a hole or a pile that is made in making it

5 bots tangling with pasta- I like the idea of the foam "noodles" you use in the pool

Montanas green heights- 3 high (from earlier post)-

My guess-

robots need to place the foam noodles in a goal with small holes (about the size of mail boxes) and then somehow stack the goals 3 high?

I'm not sure this is worth spending so much time on since Dave's clues are so obtuse they are pretty much incomprehensible. But I guess inflatable clowns are out this year ; (

WC

[Elgin Clock]

I'll have a more definitive guess later on, but to all you who get the reference, a Dumpling is a type of pasta.

Think about that, and then replace pasta with that in the first line.

If you don't get the reference, search here on CD for the word dumpling, and see what you find.

[Ian Curtis]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

I'll have a more definitive guess later on, but to all you who get the reference, a Dumpling is a type of pasta.

Think about that, and then replace pasta with that in the first line.

If you don't get the reference, search here on CD for the word dumpling, and see what you find.

Terribly sorry for getting off-topic but I can't resist. Notice how Montana is on the United States NORTHERN border?

Actually on topic. Dumplings are round, balls are round. Five and playground balls have a history together as five point balls... FIRST 2006: The Return of the Sphere?

[Bill Moore]

Originally Posted by jjack

P.S. - What does FIRST do with old game pieces?

It depends on the game.

In 2001, FIRST gave away all the balls used during the competition, including the large "capper" balls.

My son, Josh, got the large green one off the Einstein field after the Championship, and had Dean sign it afterwards.

Why did he pick the green one?

[Steve Howland]

Family discussions over the clue brought the following realization:

Sam Spade was a detective on a radio show in the mid-40's. The show revolved around Sam Spade who solved various crimes and so forth. Spade is clearly another word for shovel, so this could be a big piece of the puzzle (or a very misleading coincidence!)

Almost all of the shows had the word "caper" in the title, which may be an important aspect, or maybe because it was a radio show there is something about radios or their frequencies involved. Maybe others who actually heard the show would know about any common themes and could enlighten us.