[FTC]: 2007 FTC Game Hint Released

[skimoose]

OK folk. Time to screw on those thinking caps. FIRST has released this years game hint. Even if you're not involved in FTC this is great practice for the FRC game clue.

So here it is.....


"Teams:

Our FIRST Tech Challenge Staff would like to slip you a little hint for

this year's game! The game will be released during our Kickoff on
September 19, 2007 on the www.usfirst.org website, so please watch for
updates. Now let's get guessing...



There once was a team from old Worcester,
who pondered FIRST's game hint together.
"It's a ringer of a game;
what a curious name!
It's got two of the seventeenth letter."

Go Teams!"


WOOT! I like game hints!

[Billfred]

I already have it nailed--it's got something to do with Jessica Boucher's and Andy Grady's wedding.

Andy proposed to Jess at BattleCry this year, which was hosted by 190--a particularly old team in Worcester, MA. The seventeenth letter of the alphabet is Q--what an engagement ring would look like when oriented right. And ringer? Come on, now.

[KathieK]

Originally Posted by Billfred

I already have it nailed--it's got something to do with Jessica Boucher's and Andy Grady's wedding.

Andy proposed to Jess at BattleCry this year, which was hosted by 190--a particularly old team in Worcester, MA. The seventeenth letter of the alphabet is Q--what an engagement ring would look like when oriented right. And ringer? Come on, now.

Wow, Billfred gets extra points for creativity. C'mon, Billfred, you forgot to mention how Andy was announcer for FVC Hartford and Champs in '06! And although they haven't told me a date yet, I know of an event in February after FRC ship date that would be really convenient for their Connecticut connections! :-)

[skimoose]

Originally Posted by Billfred

I already have it nailed--it's got something to do with Jessica Boucher's and Andy Grady's wedding.

Andy proposed to Jess at BattleCry this year, which was hosted by 190--a particularly old team in Worcester, MA. The seventeenth letter of the alphabet is Q--what an engagement ring would look like when oriented right. And ringer? Come on, now.

WOW! 24 minutes and you've nailed it already. Impressive...

and once again, Best Wishes, Jess and Andy!!!

[Andy Grady]

::sigh::

Little to do with your time!

[fredliu168]

The 17th letter could also be interpreted as the 17th letter of the hint, which is the letter "M"

I'm guessing its gonna be like M___ M____ ex. Mayhem Mission, but less lame

[lukevanoort]

Originally Posted by fredliu168

The 17th letter could also be interpreted as the 17th letter of the hint, which is the letter "M"

I'm guessing its gonna be like M___ M____ ex. Mayhem Mission, but less lame

Maybe it means that there are two of the 17th letter of the hint and the 17th letter of the alphabet... Quartermaster's Quagmire! Think about it, the quartermaster is in charge of getting stuff to troops, and what would his quagmire be? Being stuck unable to deliver the stuff to the troops. And what would make him stuck? Mud! And, what does mud look like when dryish? Dung! So, I predict that the 2007-8 FTC game will involve rolling dung into balls and scoring them inside a hat!

[GaryVoshol]

"Quisp and Quake"

Your job will be to find 37-year-old breakfast cereals and douse them in Worcestershire sauce in an attempt to make palatable feed for the FRC gerbils.

[Vince lau]

"It's a ringer of a game;
what a curious name!
It's got two of the seventeenth letter."

the two of the seventeenth letter could also mean the 17th letter thats inside the quoted part which would be E

[jacob07]

what if the 17th letter isn't Q. In the greek alphabet it is RHO. which in math mean's Spherical Coordinate System. Im not sure where im going with this but its a thoery. and the term "RINGER." Ringer is a game of marbles that i used to play when i was younger. Maybe we have to get the robot to play marbles with i dont know tennis balls or something like that. That would include the coordinate system and ringer. Now getting worchester into in it is going to be fun....

[PinionTwister]

I believe the clue refers to the letter Q - and therefore the word CUE. As in Pool Cue. The game piece will have two sticks - called cue(s).

Now for the fun part, pick up the cue with your robot, and duel with another robot like a knight in shining armor - jousting style!!

The ringer part is of course curious - perhaps referring to HOW horseshoes is scored rather than horseshoes itself (close counts).

We shall know shortly.

[Stuart]

your all assuming that this hint is in base 10 . .

[Elgin Clock]

If it is Q, and they are together side by side, there are only a few possibilities. None of which seem to make sense as of yet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qq

[vic burg]

Well, if it is dealing with the word cue, it may be that there are "ringers" that a robot must get onto the up-standing cue sticks or get "cue balls" through a ring shape with a "cue stick" that the robot has to hold. which would make it kind of like hockey. WPI is home to hockey, baseball and football.
So, you end up with your "cue sticks" (hockey sticks), your "cue balls" (baseballs[though probably tennis balls will be used]), and your goal, which may be in a circular shape (like a ringer), instead of the squared u in football. However, the goal may be in the squared u shape because of the q (17th in alphabet) or e (17th in hint quote). If we are talking about an M, it is being "held" in Massachusetts.

But, those are just my thoughts.

I can't wait until we actually know!!!!

[Roger]

There once was a team from old Worcester,
who pondered FIRST's game hint together.

190--a particularly old team in Worcester, MA.

Except The Hint doesn't scan very well for Worcester, Massachusetts, which is pronounced Woooster, or more particularly Wooostah. Hmm, it doesn't even work with "Wor-chess-ter". How does one pronounce Worcester, anyway?

I don't know how "Old" (meaning UK?) Worcester (which I was thinking of when I first read it) is pronounced -- according to Wikipedia it looks the same way. Obviously some other Worcester than these two, or the Hinters are not from around here.

"Curious name" might mean a misspelling of a word -- Q instead of "KW".

Other than that, Bilfred's idea is as good as any, except the engagement ring was very large and red ... or maybe blue? ... and full of air. Maybe the game involves Jess and Andy on the field -- is FIRST giving them a six week whirlwind tour next March with the wedding in Atlanta?