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Re: 2007 Official FRC Game Hint / Email Blast

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I think this is the slip-up clue he's talking about.
That is most definatly a clue towards bananas. The question is did he do it to mess with us. Or does it really have something to do with the game.
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That is most definatly a clue towards bananas. The question is did he do it to mess with us. Or does it really have something to do with the game.
If someone can answer that question, I will personally make them a chrome crown with little nuts in place of gems to commemorate their status as my official Hero.
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Re: 2007 Official FRC Game Hint / Email Blast

banana turn (n)
a wide arc a batter makes when approaching first base after hitting a base hit to the outfield.
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banana turn (n)
a wide arc a batter makes when approaching first base after hitting a base hit to the outfield.
That's it! Such a great connection between fruit and an obscure fruit reference...I love it. It's just crazy enough to be from the GDC.
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Re: 2007 Official FRC Game Hint / Email Blast

perhaps the diamond plate represents part of the field and the 5 is the different places that it occurs, center and corners are most probable
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Re: 2007 Official FRC Game Hint / Email Blast

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The 5 on the diamond plate

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Bananas are rich in potassium
The atomic symbol for potassium is K

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The robots are going to have to "run" 5K's!
That means that either the matches are going to be really long, or the robots will have car engines.

maybe they are just trying to get teams ready for the golden ball pass which will happen after the season is over.
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Re: 2007 Official FRC Game Hint / Email Blast

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Somewhere down the line, somebody proposed the "5" having do to something with "Take Five". Take Five was recorded by the The Dave Brubeck Quartet in '59 on "Time Out". If you don't know jazz, I just totally confused you. If you do, you should know what I'm talking about.

Here's the Wikipedia link to it.

Take Five was special in that it was done in a 3-2 meter, with the driving piano rhythm going "1-2-3 1-2" the whole way through the song, rather than a 1-2-3-4-5 pattern. Hmmm, sounds remarkably like a backbot, does it not? Perhaps the asymmetry of the "manhole" also represents this unbalance.

"Time Out" could mean anything, from "no time left" to "sitting out for a bit". Perhaps the backbot this year really is crippled (stranded in water!), unlike last year where it could gather ammunition? What about rolling disables, where instead of all robots being disabled at once at the end of the match, each team has one robot disabled in the order of their choice 5 seconds apart?

I didn't bother to search it, but perhaps this 1-2-3 1-2 rhythm could tie into the red, green and blue lights? (I'm the programmer, and I've been losing sleep over that since Atlanta).

mmmmm... I could go for a banana....
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Further speculation can be made from the song titles on this page:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...dID=823 27097

"Take 5" - Obvious Link

"Blue Rondo A La Turk" - I don't speak any other languages than English, but Blue and (if Rondo = round) is kind of a dead on match to the hint pic.
(Anyone wanna translate that song title btw?)

"Pick Up Sticks" - Am I reminded about all the speculation about last year and the majorette sticks???

I'm thinking less Bananas and more sticks... or at least sticks in curved shapes if we want to stay with the banana clue.
(Boomerangs as game objects anyone?)


As for me, I'm changing my song on my Myspace from Europe's Final Countdown to Take 5 by this band.

<And crossing my fingers that Boomerangs are easy things to get ahold of in America in the middle of January>
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Re: 2007 Official FRC Game Hint / Email Blast

Considering pervious hints' it has to do with music...
i hope we are awaiting another clue...cause this is absolutleu clueless.
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Re: 2007 Official FRC Game Hint / Email Blast

The clues have also been related to sports, and with all the stop and go, the banana turn, the diamond, the 5 sided home plate, the layout of the 5 of diamonds, and etc, I wouldn't be surprised to see a baseball inspired game. The rings also make sense, or maybe its a human gyroscope?

Clueless, myself.
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Re: 2007 Official FRC Game Hint / Email Blast

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The clues have also been related to sports, and with all the stop and go, the banana turn, the diamond, the 5 sided home plate, the layout of the 5 of diamonds, and etc, I wouldn't be surprised to see a baseball inspired game. The rings also make sense, or maybe its a human gyroscope?

Clueless, myself.
Some of the past clues had a number that was related to a "speed constraint". I believe that 10 m/s was used a few years ago for shooting or throwing (when the robots hung on the bar?). Maybe the 5 is indicative of a speed or some other constraint, rather than a quantity of a field component.
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banana turn (n)
a wide arc a batter makes when approaching first base after hitting a base hit to the outfield.
I think you're on to something...
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Some of the past clues had a number that was related to a "speed constraint". I believe that 10 m/s was used a few years ago for shooting or throwing (when the robots hung on the bar?). Maybe the 5 is indicative of a speed or some other constraint, rather than a quantity of a field component.
Don't forget scoring. A previous hint was, IIRC, something about the equation for a parabola, which was explained at kickoff as having to so with the scoring.

There is, I think, only one rule on the hint: It must refer to the game somehow, but in such a way that nobody gets it.
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Re: 2007 Official FRC Game Hint / Email Blast

Since there haven't been many fish biting the bait lately, I'll try to fish out a clue.

While at the DMV earlier today, I was watching one of those scrolling LED marquees that had random facts on it. And as you can guess, random facts about none other than bananas came up.

A group of 10-20 bananas is called a "hand" by the banana growers, and each of the bananas a "finger". A human hand has five fingers. Also, bananas are picked while they are still green, so that they turn yellow just as they reach store shelves.

Or if you really want some good sleuthing, one of the street names for a $5 bill is a 'fin'. Both the banana and fish appeared in Dave's 2007 game hint picture.


Just playing along. ;-)
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Re: 2007 Official FRC Game Hint / Email Blast

Perhaps, the 5 is related to the musical group "Five for Fighting", whose 2006 album was titled "Two Lights"?
Could it be that there will be 5 robots, playing against each other?
Could it be that there will be 2 stop lights, 3 colors that control when you can stop or go?
I expect that the diamond plate is refering to diamond plate pattern, but it might not be metal - this pattern is also available in 4x4 rubber mats that interconnect to create a rubber floor. It's used for protection against dropped weights when weight lifting. It comes in red and blue, and can be found at www.ivanko.com, or then again, it could be aluminum like the ramp was last year.
The disc/round shape is obviously NOT a disc at all, the top is flat where it connects to something. It could be either a flat platform or a ramped platform. I wonder if the 5 is the # of points for getting on this elevated almost round platform. Maybe there are other platforms with others #'s - 4, 3, 2, 1.
The blue color surrounding the platform would give one the impression of being liquid, but it is only the "perception" that it is water - it isn't really water. The game piece probably has something to do with water - something from water, or something for the water.
That's my guesses, excellent clue, as it leaves alot to the imagination.
I'm okay now to wait and see.

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Could this clue possibly hint to five robots on the blue alliance? Just a theory
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