2007 Official FRC Game Hint / Email Blast

[AndyB]

Originally Posted by dlavery

A Book Of Five Rings (Go Rin No Sho), by Miyamoto Musashi. Musashi was possibly the greatest swordsman to have ever lived. His trieste on the Way of the Sword describes his practice of cutting right to the heart of the opposition, in the most efficient and expeditious manner possible. Extended to a way of life, this philosophy teaches an approach to getting right to the central cause of a problem, and finding the most efficient understanding of the true nature of things as the first step in countering the issue.

Musashi, by Elji Yoshikawa. A massive biography about the real life of Miyamoto Musashi. A wonderful glimpse into the changes that Musashi experienced while reaching insights that allowed him to author A Book Of Five Rings. His life defined the term "single-minded pursuit of a goal." His absolute dedication to understanding of the Way of the Sword for his entire life had a purity and purpose that was both enviable and ultimately moral at a level I can only partially grasp.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...02&postcount=9

[funstuff]

My thoughts are pretty vague (and scattered), but I believe that this might help.

Blue + circle (from the top) + rectangle (from the side) + 5 (gallons) = something to do with the game

A cylinder is a shape that we have never dealt with yet and it is possible that they will throw something new at us. The cylinders might be filled with something for weight, though they probably wont be. The cylinders could be moved around the field strategically, possibly stacked for bonus points.

The diamond plate is on the field somewhere, as always. I doubt they will change the team and alliance format (3 v 3).

[clean399]

Ok I don't think i have seen this yet but the driver's stations are made of Diamond plate maybe we will have a five sided field.

[efoote868]

Originally Posted by 1086VEX

it reminds me of E.T.
i got it!!!! we're using alians for our game piece!!!!

Originally Posted by Cody C

True, and If I've noticed one thing about Dave, It's that he is a tricky little lawn gnome. (figuratively speaking)

Originally Posted by raymaniac

I sense some photoshopping...

yeah...

[John Gutmann]

the funny thing is that almost everything we are guessing may or may not be right or wrong. We could argue that the game this year has this this and this to do with it solely based on the fact that the game piece from 2006 is a tetra which has 6 edges, and it was the first year to allow 6 team on the field during play..............OOOO conspiracy how fun.........

[Winged Globe]

A search for "logo" didn't turn this up, so... does anyone think the object in lower right of the blue background is a slightly distorted triangle from the FIRST logo?

Just me? Okay...

[mikemax]

hmm i dont know if its been mentioned before but...maybe we have been looking at this in the wrong way...maybe it is the number 5 but not the english number 5...in roman numerals 5=V...maybe the letter V is what dave was getting at....a V shaped field...V shaped objects....or even V shaped dimond plated robots!
also if u turn a V upside down...and put it on top of anthother right side up V you get a dimond...so half of that would make a triangle..maybe we are bringing back the tetras....and 2 Vs in roman numarals makes 10 or X...its really late and i could just be crazy...i probibly am but it just accured to me while watching V for Vendetta that 5=V and that got me thinking...so take what you want from this post...or any of my others...these are my ideas..well except the plinko one...that was a teammate of mines

[Joel J]

Originally Posted by mikemax

hmm i dont know if its been mentioned before but...maybe we have been looking at this in the wrong way...maybe it is the number 5 but not the english number 5...in roman numerals 5=V...maybe the letter V is what dave was getting at....a V shaped field...V shaped objects....or even V shaped dimond plated robots!
also if u turn a V upside down...and put it on top of anthother right side up V you get a dimond...so half of that would make a triangle..maybe we are bringing back the tetras....and 2 Vs in roman numarals makes 10 or X...its really late and i could just be crazy...i probibly am but it just accured to me while watching V for Vendetta that 5=V and that got me thinking...so take what you want from this post...or any of my others...these are my ideas..well except the plinko one...that was a teammate of mines

It could be a pyramid?

or wait.. a TRAFFIC CONE? Remember the demand for that a few years ago?

I've also been getting on the baseball game boat..

Remember dlavery's Go! stop! stop! go! "hint" -- when you are playing baseball, you have to "wait" for an opportunity to go around the bases.

I'm also thinking of the game red light, green light that I played with my sister as a kid. Still had to wait for the "opportunity" to move without getting caught.

I also keep thinking of the game Jax.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...a #post502049

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...a #post265745

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...a #post314079

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...a #post261801

Suggestions have been made for hula-hoops, and things of that nature, so I guess its possible.

(btw, I'm just playing off everyone else at this point.. I realized long ago that I didn't have a clue what this hint means..)

[Nitroxextreme]

Originally Posted by Joel J.

It could be a pyramid?

or wait.. a TRAFFIC CONE? Remember the demand for that a few years ago?

I've also been getting on the baseball game boat..

Remember dlavery's Go! stop! stop! go! "hint" -- when you are playing baseball, you have to "wait" for an opportunity to go around the bases.

I'm also thinking of the game red light, green light that I played with my sister as a kid. Still had to wait for the "opportunity" to move without getting caught.

I also keep thinking of the game Jax.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...a #post502049

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...a #post265745

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...a #post314079

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...a #post261801

Suggestions have been made for hula-hoops, and things of that nature, so I guess its possible.

(btw, I'm just playing off everyone else at this point.. I realized long ago that I didn't have a clue what this hint means..)

If we are gonna open up the supply and demand question....

who can relate this clue to mailboxes

[Veryser127]

Here's a thought that my mentor had. He said the Plate reminded him of the front plate of a boilermaker and connected it with the old nickle-plate railroad. So he thinks bridges or rails. I think we will have bridges, because of last years game hint with the banana, i think it is symbolic of slipping and falling off a bridge into a virtual river in the middle of the field.

[JaneYoung]

*ears perk up*
railroad
boilermaker
bridges

how cool is that....be cool if the robots could have whistles...

Edit: see post below -
Ok, I - was - joking about the whistle part, long low whistle part. Honest.

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by Jane

how cool is that....be cool if the robots could have whistles...

Yeah, except for that whole writhing in robotic pain part.

(yeah yeah, I know, last year's rules don't apply...)

[Cody Carey]

We have a motorcycle horn and a car alarm on out T-shirt cannon...
All the better to destroy your eardrums with.

[JackN]

Two sports related thoughts, 5 is the number of not only Joe DiMaggio the consecutive games with a hit leader but also of Pete Rose, the playuer with the most hits ever, as well several other hall of famers.

My other thought is that Diamond plate is steel, and the Pittsburgh Steelers just won their 5th championship in football so maybe we have a football game piece this year.

[nparikh]

Originally Posted by calhounian

Yes, it has been said many times before, but before you go around creating new threads, it is highly advised that you read through the "Official" thread where all discussion about the 2007 game hint is taking place. And even if you do not read through the entire thread, at least use the in-thread search function.

For example, a quick search for "blindness" brought up this post, on page 6 regarding the ishihara test, which you could have then simply quoted and replied to.

Ouch. That made me cringe.