2007 Official FRC Game Hint / Email Blast

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Joe Matt

My mom and I looked at the hint and we both agree, it looks kinda like a manhole cover...

..and just where would that put the human player? (joking - I think)

[Qbranch]

Maybe we're playing on 5 pound hockey pucks made of diamond plate, or maybe we're finally doing a water game!

Or... maybe we have to stack 5 round pieces of diamond plate. Or maybe theres 5 different colors of diamond plate that you have to be able to find with the camera, of maybe theres 5 different color goals.

-Q

[IndySam]

Now there's a man you'll hear about
Most anywhere you go
And his holdings are in Texas
And his name is Diamond Joe

And he carries all his money
In a diamond-studded jar
He never took much trouble
With the process of the law

I hired out to Diamond Joe, boys
Did offer him my hand
He gave a string of horses
So old they could not stand

And I nearly starved to death, boys
He did mistreat me so
And I never saved a dollar
In the pay of Diamond Joe

Now his bread it was corn dodger
And his meat you couldn't chaw
Nearly drove me crazy
With the waggin' of his jaw

And the tellin' of his story
Mean to let you know
That there never was a rounder
That could lie like Diamond Joe

Now, I tried three times to quit him
But he did argue so
I'm still punchin' cattle
In the pay of Diamond Joe

And when I'm called up yonder
And it's my time to go
Give my blankets to my buddies
Give the fleas to Diamond Joe

[Qbranch]

Sam.... its a nice poem...

BUT I'M REALLY REALLY CONFUSED!!!

-Q

[Michael Leicht]

The Five has is for the number of sides for the field element, the diamond plate mean a field element cause in the past they have been diamond plated. so type of goal that is a pentagon is my guess. plus the diamond plate is a circle so we have balls again this year. but this guess is as useless as trying to pull a goal away from 71 the Beast in 2002.

[artdutra04]

It's quite obvious: this picture is a screenshot from a video.

The aspect ratio of the picture is a perfect 4:3 ratio, in addition this would explain the absence of EXIF data. (I just tested this theory, by Print-Screening my desktop and saving it as a JPEG in Photoshop. When I then opened the file and looked at the EXIF data, it was empty, just like this clue.)

Also, if you look at the picture it looks like a captured frame from a rendered animation/Flash video that was shrunk down to minimize the graininess from the video compression.

[Joel J]

hmm.. I remember last year had a five as well.. as a matter of course, I'm hoping we won't have the same game again.

Anyway, I like the Five of diamonds idea.. because then the joker in cards would tie into the whole clown idea presented a while back..

Also, a "circle of five?" I don't know what that would mean.

If you flip over a five you get a two: 2 vs 2? 2 vs. 2 vs. 2?

I have no idea.

[Rich Kressly]

thank goodness ...
the build season has finally been cut down to five weeks...
and we only need to build a 5-pound robot...
and we only get to use five parts from the kit...
and...

[Joel J]

Originally Posted by artdutra04

It's quite obvious: this picture is a screenshot from a video.

The aspect ratio of the picture is a perfect 4:3 ratio, in addition this would explain the absence of EXIF data. (I just tested this theory, by Print-Screening my desktop and saving it as a JPEG in Photoshop. When I then opened the file and looked at the EXIF data, it was empty, just like this clue.)

Also, if you look at the picture it looks like a captured frame from a rendered animation/Flash video that was shrunk down to minimize the graininess from the video compression.

So what's the game next year, then?

Virtual Bash?

[Eric W. Jones]

Originally Posted by punkrawker303

The Five has is for the number of sides for the field element.

So we're playing in a pentagon this year? If there are five robots on the field at one time, then that would make sense.

The diamond plate is in the center of the picture. Could that mean it's a "king of the hill" type of game? (I do know it's already been said, but that would make sense if there were no alliances this year)

Maybe the five stands for the number of rounds that will be played this year.

[Steve Howland]

What if it means....5 WEEKS!?!

[neilsonster]

I think it has to do with either a 5-sided game piece or 5 platforms. If it were platforms.. the blue background could mean they are mobile (like floating in water - except they would just be on rollers or something)... I agree with Art though, this does look like it's a screen shot of either something bigger, or from a video.

Whatever it ends up being, we'll be playing the game to Bob Dylan music, apparently!

[Qbranch]

Originally Posted by Steve Howland

What if it means....5 WEEKS!?!

or... 500LB WEIGHT LIMIT????

-q

[Michael Leicht]

does anything know anything about the phrase "five by five"?

another guess is the five has to do with the name of the game.

like triple play, aim high, or first frenzy raising the bar, stack attack, zone zeal.

this might relate to the name of the game which relates to the actions in the game.

[Michael Hill]

Well...the "5" in the Picture is the font Helvetica Extended....if that matters any.