2007 Official FRC Game Hint / Email Blast

[charlie1218]

While looking at the picture at avery magnified view, with a little refining and sharpening I see 4 things distinctly: 1) in the right side I see two wires feeding into the DP 2) I see a blue outer cricle around the DP circle, possibly 5 raised, ble platfroms? 3) a bust of a person in the upper righ corner, to me Sir Isaac Newton, Possibly gravity will play into this competition as a big thing 4) below that I see something that either looks like the face of baby, or a bald white male smiling intensley, Youth is key?. My two cents. I will dig in further tommorow with a High Def monitor.

[Dan Petrovic]

Originally Posted by Eric Scheuing

I think I've got it.

There will be a 5 foot high circular diamond plate platform in the middle of the field surrounded by a square pool of water. Water game!

I don't want to sound harsh, and I don't want to seem like I'm freaking out at just you, Eric Scheuing, but all of the posts about people suggesting a water game are getting really old.

Sure, it was funny the first couple of times, but when the thousandth person has said it for the thousandth time. It loses it's humor. It's not funny anymore. It's just annoying.

I know everyone is saying it as a joke, but it's a joke that, I feel, has gone too far.

[JBotAlan]

Originally Posted by Vincent

uhhh....this thing working? oh well...never been here before, ok but yeah, i noticed someone said something about a history between the game clues and baseball, well i dotn nkow if anybody mentioned this yet or not(to many pages to read through) but isnt the home plate a five sided diamond?(the five and the diamond plate it rests on), just thought id put thta out there

I think that this is the best unrelated guess. I think that this makes some sense, but I quit believing in the clues when kickoff hit last year and "5 bots tangling with pasta" was completely trashed--5 bots? wrong. tangling? not a bit. Pasta? ummm....

so why must I keep looking at this thread if I don't believe in clues...?

A water game will never happen. Ever. GDC, feel free to surprise me senior year. That would be...memorable

JBot

[Jonathan Norris]

Originally Posted by ThatIndianKid89

The elements? Think back to pokemon-- earth, air, water, fire, electricity/ice/..magic...?

Wow thats the first time i have seen a connection of a game hint to Pokemon... Impressive

I think when we get to pokemon we know that this game hint isn't going anywhere.

[Mr. A]

Well I forgot all about the clue coming out until a little while ago, and while at first I also was a little dissapointed by the simplicity if it, there certainly has been pleanty of discussion. I read through 8 pages before I realized there were 43! I just don't have that kind of time, so here are my first thoughts without reading all that's been said. Forgive me if its already been mentioned.

5 robots working together in a timed event like the year robots and goals had to be balanced on a see-saw. This time however they must balance on a disk supported off the ground at the center.

I don't think there's any way first would do a water game because of the issues it would cause with venues. No one wants their nice wood gym floor destroyed by splash or spill causing a water soaked carpet that takes days to dry,and who will pay for the damage. Not to mention the fact that water and electricity really don't mix very well from a safety standpoint.

There could however be some field element refered to as something to do with water like "crossing the moat" as you would have to do in the clue photo to get to the disk. The FLL games had a water "theme" a few years ago.

Maybe the disk has one flat edge so you can tip that side down and make it stable to get on.

Seems too obvious but who knows.

I guess we'll all know Saturday!!!
Luck to all

[BrianR]

After taking parts of two seperate days to get through the whole thing, I have managed to get here. One thing I have noticed is that if you took out all of the repetive posts, this thread wouldn't be nearly half the length that it currently is... so please read through before posting, or at least search.

I've tried messing around with the photo, but I don't have access to the fancy photoshop stuff at school during break, so I can't get the best results. I agree that theres alot of stuff hidden in the background, but even when you know what it is, the connections aren't always that strong to the final game. Last year, although you could possibly come up with the name for the game from the clue, it still wouldn't explain the game very well. I think that we all love to see if we are smarter than the GDC, and the length of this thread proves otherwise... (sorry).

I personally want to lend my vote to a "king of the hill" type of game.

Oh, and one interesting idea... what if the diamond plate in the picture is the shape of the field for this year?

Now, time to finish that English paper so I have some free time once Kickoff arrives.

[Karthik]

Okay, you can all stop guessing, I've figured the clue out. It took a lot of thought, but once I keyed in on the right idea, it all came together. See, I remembered that my most important lessons in life all came from one place, Sesame Street. So, I did some digging, and this is what I found.

Ladies and Gentlemen, here is the explanation of the 2007 FRC Game Hint.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlgiritpmfo

Yes, I know it's complicated at first, but once you watch it a few times it all comes together. Notice the illuminated '5'. Doesn't it all make sense?

I predict we'll be seeing the GDC wearing powder blue tuxedos and singing this song at kickoff.

...Give me one, two, three, four, give me five...

[Sagar Vyas]

Now it really makes sense!!

I know I'll be singing this song during kick-off

"Gimmie Five!"

[MikeDubreuil]

Originally Posted by Karthik

...Give me one, two, three, four, give me five...

This is quite an amazing find. I first dismissed it as a joke but after watching the video I'm convinced Dave intended for someone to find that video.

• The background of the stage is blue (like the clue image.)
• There's obviously a round circle with a 5 on it (like the clue image.)
• The circle is illuminated (think autonomous lights for the camera.) Perhaps an autonomous mode where the robots have to drive onto an illuminated platform in the field during autonomous.
• The singers are on a giant circular platform (think 1999 vintage puck.)

I'm loving it...

[petek]

Originally Posted by Karthik

I predict we'll be seeing the GDC wearing powder blue tuxedos and singing this song at kickoff.

G4TV: "I don't own a suit," Kamen told us. "I have a tuxedo, but it's just a costume."

Well, well... I wonder if it's powder-blue?

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Karthik

Okay, you can all stop guessing, I've figured the clue out. It took a lot of thought, but once I keyed in on the right idea, it all came together. See, I remembered that my most important lessons in life all came from one place, Sesame Street. ...

Of course! The connection between SS and FIRST is profound:

Sunny day - Sweepin’ the clouds away,
On my way to where the air is sweet.
Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street.

Come and play, everything’s A-OK
Friendly neighbors there that’s where we meet
Can you tell me how to get
How to get to Sesame Street

It’s a magic carpet ride. Every door will open wide.
Happy people like you. Happy people who.

Like a beautiful sunny day sweepin’ the clouds away
On my way to where the air is sweet
Can you tell me how to get,
How to get to Sesame street, how to get to Sesame Street, How to get to . .

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by petek

Well, well... I wonder if it's powder-blue?

No such luck.

[Tottanka]

Oh My God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The name of the band is "The Floaters", and floating stuff has already been mentioned a lot in this thread, here is one more clue for that...
Someone must get what the Latin guy sais...
i bet my hat it's a clue!!!!

Gimme One Two Three Four
But if you love me more
Gimme Five....

Maybe "Gimme Five is the name of the game?

[Joel J]

blue, blue, blue, blue, blue..

so.. blue, eh?

[ewankoff]

looking really closely i see that the dimond plate has a small gray rim that cuts off the diamonds. i bet its not signifcant but id thought id point it out.