2007 Official FRC Game Hint / Email Blast

[Dan Petrovic]

Originally Posted by cgredalertcc

There has also been a recently recorded trend of the game pieces where they follow the pattern of the first logo: triangle=tetra, ball=circle, square= ?

That has been said a thousand times before you.

And I don't think that's true. The FIRST logo goes Triange, Circle Square.

2000 - Circle
2001 - Circle
2002 - Circle
2003 - Square!
2004 - Circle
2005 - Triangle!
2006 - Circle

Frankly I don't see much of a trend here. If it does follow a trend, the trend would be part of the FIRST logo every other year in succession following the Triangle Circle Square (bolded), and in between those years it would involve circles.

So... if it did follow that trend, the next game peice would be circular, which has already been suggested by many many people. I think the most likely theory to be true would be the game peice being innertubes or hoops.

Yeah, that's just what I think.

[JB987]

Hmm...130 lbs. @ 15 fps + inner tubes = ? Seems like massive carnage of game pieces and not a logical candidate for speculation, right? Can anyone think of a similar/analagous more durable game piece to serve the same function in the ever popular "water themed" fantasy?

[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by JB987

Hmm...130 lbs. @ 15 fps + inner tubes = ? Seems like massive carnage of game pieces and not a logical candidate for speculation, right?

It's been done before...


http://www.firstwiki.org/index.php/Toroid_Terror

[Tottanka]

Originally Posted by Jane

I just read (re-read in parts) all 38 pages.
There's some good stuff:
puns, jokes, ideas, poetry - neato...

I did not see this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Plate_%28Mars%29

In a lot of the thread, esp. the first 15 pages, there are references to levels and baseball suggestions like home plate.

I thought this interesting anyway.

i really think Jane is on to something here
especailly consideriing Daves signature:

My OTHER CAR is still on Mars!!!

What do u say?

[bear24rw]

Originally Posted by Tottanka

i really think Jane is on to something here
especailly consideriing Daves signature:

What do u say?

Thats been his signature for a long time...

[coffeybeanz]

i think pool...its fun game, the first "hint" that people were sending around was water over a robot...a type of "pool", and now we have a number on a circular white background...and yes while the five in pool is orange, the two is not and a two is a mirror image of the five....course this is just totally random speculation

[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by Jane

I just read (re-read in parts) all 38 pages.
There's some good stuff:
puns, jokes, ideas, poetry - neato...

I did not see this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Plate_%28Mars%29

In a lot of the thread, esp. the first 15 pages, there are references to levels and baseball suggestions like home plate.

I thought this interesting anyway.

That certainly wouldn't be the first time that there's been a Mars rover/FIRST connection.

JVN (JVN) on Mars:

[hallk]

I recently watched the 2006 game animation. At the end it says it is produced by Havna (not sure on spelling) Banana. Maybe that is where the banana comes from.

[JB987]

Originally Posted by artdutra04

It's been done before...


http://www.firstwiki.org/index.php/Toroid_Terror

Does anyone know if the innertubes used in pic were standard, inflatable ones? If so, how did they avoid constant puncturing or slicing? Fair to suppose the GDC wouldn't use exactly the same game pieces?

[StephLee]

Originally Posted by hallk

I recently watched the 2006 game animation. At the end it says it is produced by Havna (not sure on spelling) Banana. Maybe that is where the banana comes from.

I think Dave puts that at the end of every animation. Hava Banana productions is like his signature for animations.

[RoboCoach]

I bet the power(s) that be who actually know the game are getting a kick out of this thread.

[Sgraff_SRHS06]

Originally Posted by RoboCoach

I bet the power(s) that be who actually know the game are getting a kick out of this thread.

Believe it or not, they actually look at these. Sometimes enough guesses may actually influence the Gaming committee.

Someone on ChiefDelphi usually guesses the game almost exactly. Last year, they (I think) mentioned the user who guessed it.

[SamC]

I still think that there are absolutely NO patterns in FIRST games. I have a theory that when the GDC (or maybe Dean alone) has their first "meeting" they come up with a new(or old) concept in engineering, technology, etc... And then they build a game around that concept in order to teach/introduce students, and even mentors, about this idea.

This has absolutely nothing to do with any theories about what means, but that is my idea on the thinking of the GDC...


Maybe the 5 has something to do with the number of periods in each match. Or maybe the time interval between colors changing for the CMUCam...

[Alex Burman]

I think I may have it figured out. Putting all 3 things together. The light display at the championships, the official picture, and dave's new hint.

I think its about different terrain on the field.

On the image the background looked ripply, like water. But when I thought about one of dave's previous posts I thought about ice. That would lead to the blue light on that part of the field.
Then this talk about fire made me think of volcanoes and all the rough terrain around them. That would lead to the red light.

The green light could be one of 2 things depending on what the game may be. I haven't fully made up my mind as to what it may be.

The green light could be for grass, a 3rd, normal part of the field. If this is so then the game, i would guess would be a time trial like we had in the past. 5 robots would be going around. the diamond plate discs could be like slalom gates or obstacles.

My other thought was that the field would just be split in half and the green light would highlight game pieces. The diamond plate discs could be the places where you put the game pieces to score.

I haven't paying much attention to the speculation so please don't get mad if I took your idea. please let me know what you think.

[gizmoman1089]

Originally Posted by InfernoX14

And I don't think that's true. The FIRST logo goes Triange, Circle Square.

2000 - Circle
2001 - Circle
2002 - Circle
2003 - Square!
2004 - Circle
2005 - Triangle!
2006 - Circle

but what was the game piece shape in 1999, if it was a triangle, than it would have a pattern.