2007 Official FRC Game Hint / Email Blast

[aksimhal]

How deep should we look into the game clue?

five 'bots tangling with pasta
a game piece obsessed with a shovel's show
and seeing Montana's green heights

This was last years clue. The only part I saw that applied to the game is the "seeing Montana's green heights" part (meaning the ramp). The number 5 was used too, but with no connection to the game. The only reliable thing I'm getting is that we will be using diamond plate again

Any Comments?

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by aksimhal

How deep should we look into the game clue?

This was last years clue. The only part I saw that applied to the game is the "seeing Montana's green heights" part (meaning the ramp). The number 5 was used too, but with no connection to the game. The only reliable thing I'm getting is that we will be using diamond plate again

Any Comments?

Wrong on both counts--"Montana's green heights" referred to the high goal, and the five referred to the number of robots on one side of the field during an offense period (three scoring, two defending, one on the other side as a backbot).

[woody]

Originally Posted by Billfred

Wrong on both counts--"Montana's green heights" referred to the high goal, and the five referred to the number of robots on one side of the field during an offense period (three scoring, two defending, one on the other side as a backbot).

And the pasta was the pool noodles in the bumpers.. More water nonsense!

Anyway, we've got to be less detailed in our speculation.. you'll just give the GDC to many ideas for future games!

[Ian Curtis]

Last years hint was quite relevant. Let's take it line by line, shall we?

five 'bots tangling in pasta
There were five robots actively playing, who had the option of protecting themselves with pool "noodles".

a game piece obsessed with a shovel's show
This is a reference to David Spade's "Just Shoot Me", because that was exactly what we were doing to the balls

and seeing Montana's green heights
Reference to the CMUCam obviously, I also interpret it as referencing the high goals. Although I suppose it could be taken as the ramp.

As for this year, I find the 5 periods thing to rather interesting, although I'd rather we see the return of a two period game, autonomous and just plain old operator control.

[1359th Scalawag]

For the 2006 game season, the only place I saw that kind of steel was for the ramps. What if for this game, there were 5 ramps and instead of only scoring for being on the ramps at the end, they would have periods in the game and at the end of the periods you could get points for being on one of the 5 ramps? Kinda like musical chairs...

They didn't give us much to think about with just a "5" but we could still create our own game with all these ideas! I wonder if First watches these to get ideas for next game season...

[Tetraman]

You know...I bet the 5 is the amount of points you recieve if you put that blue ring on it.