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

[kibbs425]

In Copley square you if you look from that point at 342 (deg on a compass)... North-North west or are in the North/Northwest section of the square there is a fountain... also the TRINITY church is located in the North/Northwest section of the square...

Conveniently I'll be down that way tonight. YAY NU and being on coop! Hopefully I'll be able to get some names of any monuments...

[dtengineering]

Based on previous game hints the hint may refer to the name of the game more than any specific aspect of the game.

Previous hints have also been sufficiently cryptic that the GPS co-ordinates may be a red herring. I'm not saying that they aren't relevant, just that the games (and hints) are designed by some pretty bright people who can hide other meanings beneath a very obvious surface clue.

What else could the numbers be if they aren't a GPS co-ordinate?

Jason


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Hmmm... statues in the square... wasn't that the key in Dan Brown's "Angels and Demons"? </edit>

Originally Posted by 114ManualLabor

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

Ok, so I did a little graphing. Straight from the coordinates, at 342 degrees, you're looking through the two obelisks, straight at the Globe Cafe.

See attached.

[Greg Needel]

on google earth right at the coordinates is the Hancock tower, which is 344 meters tall. If you look at the roof of the building I believe it is a layout of the playing field....

[Leav]

Originally Posted by dtengineering

Based on previous game hints the hint may refer to the name of the game more than any specific aspect of the game.

Previous hints have also been sufficiently cryptic that the GPS co-ordinates may be a red herring. I'm not saying that they aren't relevant, just that the games (and hints) are designed by some pretty bright people who can hide other meanings beneath a very obvious surface clue.

What else could the numbers be if they aren't a GPS co-ordinate?

Jason


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Hmmm... statues in the square... wasn't that the key in Dan Brown's "Angels and Demons"? </edit>

you are right ofcourse, but by this stage my mind has gone all one track on me....

[flightofone]

You are thinking WAY to small - it is the altitude of the space station in km.

[DRH2o]

Did a search for Copley Square and Rainbow ( The cable in the first hint )

http://my.barackobama.com/page/commu...ettewhite/CW8R

Too political for FIRST, but interesting.

[Leav]

Originally Posted by 114ManualLabor

Ok, so I did a little graphing. Straight from the coordinates, at 342 degrees, you're looking through the two obelisks, straight at the Globe Cafe.

See attached.

Robots playing football!

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by Greg Needel

on google earth right at the coordinates is the Hancock tower, which is 344 meters tall. If you look at the roof of the building I believe it is a layout of the playing field....

Where'd you find the height? Wikipedia says 240.7 meters tall (790 ft)

[Adam Y.]

Originally Posted by kibbs425

In Copley square you if you look from that point at 342 (deg on a compass)... North-North west or are in the North/Northwest section of the square there is a fountain... also the TRINITY church is located in the North/Northwest section of the square...

Conveniently I'll be down that way tonight. YAY NU and being on coop! Hopefully I'll be able to get some names of any monuments...

There really isn't anything there. All I can think of that is at Copley Square is:

1. Trinity Church
2. Finish Line
3. Boston Public Library
4. Fountain
5. Statues
6. John Hancock Tower
7. Farmers Market
8. Another church
9. Duck Boats

[imp]

OK- playing around here- this website gives a height for the JH tower as 791 feet/60 stories high. This works out to an average of 13.17feet per story. The same article mentions the old JH building, now called the Berkeley Building, at 26 stories. Mathematically, 13.166 feet * 26 stories = 342.316, which is really close to the number they gave us. Maybe something to do with Berkeley?

That's what a lack of sleep and too much sugar gets you.

[T3_1565]

Originally Posted by Nuttyman54

Where'd you find the height? Wikipedia says 240.7 meters tall (790 ft)

This is the hieght of the old tower not the new one!

[Rupnick]

The Green and Orange from the subway lines might mean 4 alliances Red, Blue, Green, and Orange.

[Adam Y.]

Originally Posted by Rupnick

The Green and Orange might mean 4 alliances Red, Blue, Green, and Orange.

Where are we getting orange from?

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by Rupnick

The Green and Orange might mean 4 alliances Red, Blue, Green, and Orange.

As nice as that would be, it's a bad idea. Colorblind people would have a problem...