2007 Official FRC Game Hint / Email Blast

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Tottanka

I really wanna figure it our before kick-off. DAve, help us please, help..mayday...

He has. He gave us the hint. More than that we will not get from him until Kickoff.

[Tottanka]

Guys...we have recieved an updated clue...
look at the update date..January 2nd...

The new one shows a few more things that i have noticed...
there are 2 crowds: top left and center right' as people have already mentioned

AND..i have got a pruff that robots WILL NOT be stationary...
loo at the top right cornet, there's a wheel there...that sais it all

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Jane

From our perspective, could we be looking out at the people through something, like a lens?

EDIT: are you seeing the color in the diamond plate? pinky red, speckly.

Lens maybe, and yes I see the specks of color.

I really hate thinking this much over something. lol

Anyways, this is probably my final guess.

The Diamond plate and the 5 seem recessed in a bowl shaped object. The diamond plate is obviously not see through so I can't tell if this object is a rolling goal but I do believe we have a goal on our hands.

Blue 5 pt goal, in the shape of a Volcano - on the real field made out of some poly resin material that is translucent blue and maybe more colors for more teams.

The Volcano shape would explain the skewing of the crowd and the funky optics based trick it is playing with us.

Horray for refraction and optics!!!

I mean c'mon people. How many times have we seen an object in a movie bounced off of a astronaut's mask, or a picture taken with a fish eye lense (ya know.. kinda like this picture in the CD gallery)

Optics had to come into mainstream FIRST eventually, why not in 2007?

[joshsmithers]

sorry if someone already said this, but...

Maybe theres really only 5 weeks of build season?

[Tottanka]

Originally Posted by joshsmithers

sorry if someone already said this, but...

Maybe theres really only 5 weeks of build season?

There will be 6 weeks to build season, as said in the shipping information and date.

[joshsmithers]

Originally Posted by Tottanka

There will be 6 weeks to build season, as said in the shipping information and date.

yeah, thats the only drawback to my theory.

[burkey_turkey]

i just have to say this because of all the people talking about water

when i logged on a few minutes ago, the quote at the very top of the page was this:
dlavery: If there is water in the 2006 game, I will blame it on Gary

i dunno if this was well know that this was said and i missed it or what, but i thought that being layed down as a solid fact would be a nice adition to this discussion.

[lallamavolador]

looks at the 5 key on your keyboard, it has a slight indernt coming out of it, its in the center, maybe their is a rising platform in the center...

[Atomika]

Originally Posted by 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?

Translation:
"Hi, I am Louis. I have liked this number ever since i was little. You guys know that 2 and 3 is 5, and 4 and 1 is 5 too. Ah the number 5 is so smooth."

No clue here...

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by lallamavolador

looks at the 5 key on your keyboard, it has a slight indernt coming out of it, its in the center, maybe their is a rising platform in the center...

No plateau on my 5. But there is a percent symbol.

Maybe you are 5% right?

[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by burkey_turkey

i just have to say this because of all the people talking about water

when i logged on a few minutes ago, the quote at the very top of the page was this:
dlavery: If there is water in the 2006 game, I will blame it on Gary

i dunno if this was well know that this was said and i missed it or what, but i thought that being layed down as a solid fact would be a nice adition to this discussion.

We're already done with the 2006 game - that was Aim High. They're going to kick off the 2007 game on Saturday.


P.S. Here's the original thread from which that spotlight was from. http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...886#post399886

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

No plateau on my 5. But there is a percent symbol.

Maybe you are 5% right?

I have a little plateau.
edit: (5 is also in the center surrounded by the other numbers, creating a square.)

With all the little people and the plateau, volcano - I can't help but think of an old movie, Close Encounters of The Third Kind, with Richard Dreyfuss. He made one out of mashed potatoes. When they begin try to communicate, they use a bar with lights and sounds (5 tones) - I don't have the correct terminology but it is way cool.

[Noah Kleinberg]

I haven't read the whole thread so this might have been said before, but there's definitely a fish in the lower right hand corner...

[Cody Carey]

Originally Posted by dlavery

Just out of curiosity, what is the spacing between the wheel sets? Is it sufficient to cross a 20-inch wide, 16-inch deep, water-filled moat, should that capability ever be necessary?

-dave

hmm...

[pogg]

Why would there be water on the field? come on people think. they would not have water on the field for a few safety reasons.