2007 Official FRC Game Hint / Email Blast

[talltree357]

Ok, well after reading through 12 pages of posts I have an idea. What if the 5 relates to the number of zones. 2x2 alliance, robots in starting zones 1-4. In the center is a raised platform, zone 5. Notice how the edges on 2 sides are straight not round, that could indicate a ramp to the platform. Also, while the blue is the same background from kickoff, I think it means we will be using a blue light for some reason or another.

[Nica F.]

Originally Posted by looneylin

if you google: five diamond plate,
you get baseball

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_plate#home_plate

thats actually a really great thing to point out. but of course, this IS FIRST so we have to link to at least 3 other words from this.

hmm.


diamond plate - baseball - bases - touch and be safe - a robot gets to be "Safe" when touching a platform?

[Michael Leicht]

i just got it

the 5 equals the number of goals.

i think that FIRST could be lazy and just use the vex game from last year

half pipe hustle but with poof balls.

[Joohoo]

I what about a 5 vs 5

that would be realy crowded but an olympic size pool should be big enough

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by talltree357

Ok, well after reading through 12 pages of posts I have an idea. What if the 5 relates to the number of zones. 2x2 alliance, robots in starting zones 1-4. In the center is a raised platform, zone 5. Notice how the edges on 2 sides are straight not round, that could indicate a ramp to the platform. Also, while the blue is the same background from kickoff, I think it means we will be using a blue light for some reason or another.

If you set your page count to 40 then you only have to read half a many pages

[ChuckDickerson]

I think the clue is not the diamond plate but 5 diamond shaped plates/platforms. I predict two alliances of 3 teams like the last two years. At some point (probably at the end like last year) you will get points for being on top of one of 5 diamond shaped platforms arranged in either a star shape or sort of a "S" shape in the center of the field. The top of the platforms may be diamond plate but that isn't the clue. The platforms are of different heights sort of like a spiral staircase or an Olympic metal stand and the higher you go the more points you get. Maybe there is only space on each platform for one robot and so one of the alliances gets left out and doesn't get the "bonus" points for having all three of your alliance robots on a platform. Sort of like the ramp points last year but with a common star/"S" shaped spiral "stair case" of diamond shaped platforms in the middle of the field. Maybe the name of the game will be "Stairway to Heaven".

[Tim Arnold]

I'm too lazy to read through this entire thread, but I noticed the file name...

http://www.usfirst.org/uploadedImages/Community/FRC/Assets/2007Clue1.jpg

[Libby K]

I'm not even gonna touch this. Come on, guys, it's two weeks 'til build.

Personally, I'm gonna go outside for a little before I forget what my neighborhood looks like in the daylight.

[Joohoo]

Originally Posted by Libby K

Personally, I'm gonna go outside for a little before I forget what my neighborhood looks like in the daylight.

Aye to that

[Jonathan Norris]

Originally Posted by petek

5: the number of Platonic Solids. We had the first one in 2005...

Oh, the possibilities are so delightfully endless with a clue so vague!

Ohh I like this one, Octahedral game pieces would be very interesting, and difficult to manipulate....

[Michael Leicht]

i think the most important thing to think about is Mr. lavery going to have a good relaxing christmas break or is he on his computer making the video for kickoff. i think he should take the break off. who is with me?

[Michelle Celio]

Originally Posted by Libby K

I'm not even gonna touch this. Come on, guys, it's two weeks 'til build.

Personally, I'm gonna go outside for a little before I forget what my neighborhood looks like in the daylight.

But what would Dean say?!

But then again, hopefully this is my first/last post in this thread...

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On that note, I inverted it and to me, the diamond plate looks more like an animation when its inverted, when the image is inverted the background is yellow. So maybe there has to do something with yellow?

[Jonathan Norris]

Originally Posted by Joel J.

- I 5? eye five? high five?

Now that sounds like a good name for the game... I wonder if the 2007 game will be called high five...

[Zoheb N]

i think that there will be 5 scoring zones. the zones will be diamond plates.
they will have colors like the green target from last year. they will color the plates as 2 red 2 blue and 1 green (from the hint at Atlanta that there will be green, bule and red) the 2 red and 2 blue will be the scoring zones for the alliances and the gree plate will be like a bonus zone..

just a thought

[Hiteak]

Well being the 21'st of December:

5 Golden rings( from the 12 days of Christmas)

or

Party of 5- but it would be a little too crowded on the feild.

then agian, these are just first initial thoughts