**FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2

[sayso_411]

WOW!!! Gotta love it
Friday Night Excitement

[KathieK]

Originally Posted by T3_1565

lmao, could you imagine???? 50 or so kids all get up and run to copley square with compasses and pieces of paper, and cameras chanting "WHAT CAN WE SEE!?!?!"

In the dark no less!

[chris31]

All of the FIRSTer who go to MIT just walking out of their dorms and walking down the street to see.

[Nuttyman54]

I suppose I'll jump in here too

Credit to Ruth from 1735, Copely Sq is the finish line for the Boston Marathon...races/E stops like 2001 maybe?

[Mike AA]

Originally Posted by KathieK

In the dark no less!

Kinda wish I lived closer, I have enough spotlights we could light it up like a mid summers day...

Anyone one their way to the site?

-Mike

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by KathieK

In the dark no less!

Is it dark there already?

Look both ways. Or every which way. Oh, you know what I mean.

[Rafi Ahmed]

Copley painted about 350 paintings. Close to 342.242026

Yeah, seems that the third number, 342.242026, is how many hours till kickoff... But what's with Copley Square? I'm curious, and hoping some of our boston friends can help us out...

[Leav]

here is the best from google street view....

-Leav

Originally Posted by Leav

here is the best from google street view....

-Leav

Yeah, I was looking there too... It seems the only thing I can find from this is the prevalence of both squares and triangles in Copley Square... Maybe those are related to the game objects?

[Leav]

on the north side of the square, just to the west of north (maybe 342.242026 degrees?) there is a cafe called... are you ready?


"Globe Cafe"

lol...

-Leav

Originally Posted by Leav

on the north side of the square, just to the west of north (maybe 342.242026 degrees?) there is a cafe called... are you ready?


"Globe Cafe"

lol...

-Leav

Ooh. Very good find! Now there's all three shapes represented here... What if the game is going to have all three?!

[Nuttyman54]

342.24 hours in days gives 14 days 6 hours 14 mins and 31 seconds....

Kickoff is still 14 days, 16 hours and 12 minutes away

Maybe something happens at that time...which is 10 hours from now (approximately)

is anyone else reminded of XKCD comic number 240?

[Dave Scheck]

Originally Posted by 114ManualLabor

I'm poking around the area in Google Street Views... Nothing yet, will report in on any significant findings.

Hmm...I found something interesting doing just that

So the first two coordinates lead us to Copely Square. If we assume that the third is height, we're either looking for something about 28.5 feet tall.

First enter the coodinates into Google maps to get centered on Copely Square. Now, using Street View, place the little yellow man on Boyslan Street about halfway between Dartmouth and Clarendon (North of the square). The approximate address in my window is 568 Boyslan and I'm looking between a mail truck and a white utility truck towards what appears to be the entrance to the square. Do you see what I see? Two pillars that sort of look like the Washington monument (maybe about 28.5 feet tall).

Could be something, could be nothing. I guess we'll see in a few weeks.

EDIT: The location that I found is ironically the same spot that Leav referenced. Turn around Leave

[nreynolds]

Hey guys. Just gunna post a few things about the 342, just because I don't think they'd give it to us if it was just the number of hours till kickoff.

342.242026:

342 chests of tea were dumped into Boston Harbor during the boston tea party.

342.242026 centimeters is 11.2 feet. Copley park was renovated in 1966: "the 1966 plan lowered the grade of the square almost 12 feet below sidewalk level and was mostly paved"

Anyone know of anything else?

Also, since the first clue was about IR remotes, I'm fairly confident that we have to get our robots to watch tv and drink beer.