**FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #3

[lukevanoort]

Originally Posted by MiniNerd24

Robotic Nerd gun anyone? (Reminds me of Aim High)

I think you mean Nerf gun... a nerd gun would be when the programmer sticks their head into the Aim High shooter to watch their control loop in action up close...

[AndyB]

Could be something like:

Hurdling implies to me that we are jumping or skipping a task. So if veteran teams were to skip triple play, the next game would have been Aim High. I don't have a clue as to what the vets have to do with anything but that was my interpretation. Or what was the 5th game. Skipping the 4th game would mean the 5th game would be next.

5th game was hexagon havoc. Vet hurdling FIRST tetra. The fourth game was ramp n roll. Vets hurdling ramp n roll. Veterans skipping ramp n roll. Veterans jumping over ramp n roll... jumping off of a ramp... any ideas? just some thoughts.

Hurdling could be worded as a redo. What if they are combining FIRST's first four games... That would be Maize Craze, Rug Race, Tower Power, and Ramp n Roll. I don't even know where to start with that one. I know nothing about any game before 01.

[JaneYoung]

tetra - four groups

Vet hurdling FIRST tetra -

First 4 games?

http://www.usfirst.org/who/content.a...80#frc_history

[MiniNerd24]

Originally Posted by lukevanoort

I think you mean Nerf gun... a nerd gun would be when the programmer sticks their head into the Aim High shooter to watch their control loop in action up close...

oops thanks I was typing pretty fast *snort**lol* yeah that would be a Nerd gun wouldn't it?

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by EricH

Hurdles don't come up on their own.

These guys do

[nukelear1991]

*Maybe it means veteran teams/players have to "get over" (stop whining about) the tetra game and figure out another solution.

*Maybe a robot has to be lifted over another one, think of the hurdling action

* Leap frog with Tetras

*Maybe it means the game will be like the one after the tetra game so something like aim high


Eh just thought my thoughts could help

[jerry w]

here is what i have so far from the anagram

1. Tilt Further drive Angst

2. Tight Turn Reveals Drift

3 .Turn left drive Straight

the third one implies a maze, where one always goes either left or straight.

jerry w

[hipsterjr]

This is what wiki says about VET

To vet was originally a horse-racing term, referring to the requirement that a horse be checked for health and soundness by a veterinarian before being allowed to race. Thus, it has taken the general meaning "to check"

I think that the IR senors will be used to "vet" a robot before it can either throw, or climb some where.

The "FIRST tetra," I think refers to alliances of three or a return to triangles as a game piece and/ or goal.

[Graham Donaldson]

You know, I really think somethings wrong with us when we have 130 replies in 5 and a quarter hours...since that's a rate of a post every 2.5 minutes...we're only kinda nuts, eh?

Speaking of which, since I have a Mac, does anyone know how to decrypt encrypted files in Preview? Particularly when Preview says that they're not encrypted? -

[MiniNerd24]

check out the verb definition of vet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vet

[Laaba 80]

Originally Posted by DanDon

Emphasis Mine

Games? More than one game? Multiple unique scoring methods throughout the whole game? Perhaps something a la FIRST Frenzy? (Please? :-P) Just a little something I noticed...might be nothing more than a typo, but who knows.

I like this idea and think you are on to something. I think it is more than just a typo. I dont remember the exact words, but Dave said something along the lines of They have the answers right in front of them, but dont believe it because it doesnt fir with their ideas. Not a direct quote, sorry I dont remember where I saw it. the s in gameS hint # 2 and 3 has gone unnoticed until this post, and could be a huge part. In case you didnt notice the IR sensor just says Game Hint #1, no S after game. This may imply that the IR sensor will be used at all times during the game, while you need to choose game to play. Or the IR sensor may tell you what game to play, so you must have robots that can manipulate different shapes, or to do different things with the same shapes

Edit: Sorry the quote I wanted didnt copy. what DanDon noticed was that when you go to the decrypted hints. It says
Games hint #2 and Games hint #3.
notice the S in games

[hallk]

Originally Posted by EricH

The ones used in the track meets I've been to don't. They just fall flat until someone comes and picks them up.

Hurdles will usually fall flat and stay there if hit hard enough. However, if you just bump the hurdle it will most likely return to its upright position. When this happens the hurdle has almost a teetor-totter effort. Maybe this has something to do with the counter weights or ramp systems that were mentioned before.

[bear24rw]

Originally Posted by robotcanuck1676

You know, I really think somethings wrong with us when we have 130 replies in 5 and a quarter hours...since that's a rate of a post every 2.5 minutes...we're only kinda nuts, eh?

Speaking of which, since I have a Mac, does anyone know how to decrypt encrypted files in Preview? Particularly when Preview says that they're not encrypted? -

Im pretty sure you can get acrobat reader for mac
try this
http://www.adobe.com/products/acroba...lversions.html

[DMetalKong]

The first thing that strikes me is the fact that the word 'vet' ("to vet was originally a horse-racing term") and hurdling and tetras are related through horses, what this means I have no idea. The second thing is that 'vetting' could relate to the pseudo-hint about stocks, jello, and k'nex: "Vetting can refer to the process of analyzing stocks, bonds, and any other securities and financial instruments before committing money." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vetting

[Graham Donaldson]

Originally Posted by bear24rw

Im pretty sure you can get acrobat reader for mac
try this
http://www.adobe.com/products/acroba...lversions.html

Unfortunately, it's a Mac that the school gives out and I can't install anything. If you know any way to decrypt files in Preview, I would really appreciate it.

Thanks anyways though.