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

[ahecht]

Originally Posted by SSMike

Thanks Mark, I forgot.

On Kyle's question: I did it but there are about 47,000 of them so if anyone wants to take a look, go ahead.

Here's the link: http://wordsmith.org/anagram/anagram...dv&a=n&l=n&q=n

Here is the best anagram I could come up with:

Flattering turds thrive

[Xavier Brandall]

I think that it's definately an Anagram of some kind. A program could be written to come up with every possible letter combination, then cross-referenced with Microsoft Word to check for real words, but this would be impractical as the competition is so close.

Another question, if it is an anagram, is if "FIRST" is mereley "FIRST", or if it is expanded to "For Inspiration and Recognition of Standards Technology", which would add a new level of insanity to the anagram. If it is an anagram, then it's far more practical just to wait for the kick-off.

[tseres]

you mean "For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology" lol....about the fishing stuff and all the races...i really can't see the GDC do something like that....i'm thinking of a more rack 'n roll style game again, maybe with goal posts around the field, different objects rather than tubes, and the ir tells you where to score in autonomous mode or something..

[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by ahecht

Here is the best anagram I could come up with:

Flattering turds thrive

Spoiler for Another similar anagram:

Another anagram from the game hint that's similar to that one is "the first traveling turd".

It would have been better if this was Game Hint #2.

[Arefin Bari]

FIRST has never supplied us with cardboard boxes. An email was sent out listing what will be in the KOP and the following items are in the KOP.

2 cardboard boxes
36" x 4" x 9"
12" x 16"

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Arefin Bari

FIRST has never supplied us with cardboard boxes. An email was sent out listing what will be in the KOP and the following items are in the KOP.

2 cardboard boxes
36" x 4" x 9"
12" x 16"

Arefin, those boxes are outer wrapping like the totes. The long one would be Kitbot. I'm not sure about the other.

[Richard McClellan]

I find it rather interesting that the picture of the IR sensor in the 2008 Decryption Test PDF is just the same image that JoeRoss posted for Game Hint#1......

[Optimizer]

Couldn't the term "Vet" be simply referring to a game piece from a prior year' game? Perhaps such a piece is to be tossed over a structure involving tetra, with the "stock market" (i.e., "crash") being when the thing lands - something to be "careful about" (accurate as to where it lands), if you want to score?

As to Hint#2, are we throwing the thing over a (reasonably small) pool of water?

[Roger]

To me, "Vet hurdling FIRST tetra" sounds like a crossword puzzle clue, like "Picture aged sea-captain (3,6)" or "Tired agent welcomed shelter (6)" (both clues from today's The Herald (UK); English crosswords are generally very cryptic, much like GDC clues.)

[Tottanka]

Originally Posted by richardmcc2

I find it rather interesting that the picture of the IR sensor in the 2008 Decryption Test PDF is just the same image that JoeRoss posted for Game Hint#1......

You've got a point there...
That is really wierd..

[Teammax]

OK I did not read through all 11 pages of this so I hope I am not repeating anyone. I do think we figured out the clue (almost )

If you ju8st take the letters from the sentence you can spell

"infrared lights" and have the following letters left over

v-u-r-e-t-t

Now if I can just figure out what to make of the last letters we will be all set

[3dude_2231]

infrared tetruv

[Taylor]

Originally Posted by Teammax

OK I did not read through all 11 pages of this so I hope I am not repeating anyone. I do think we figured out the clue (almost )

If you just take the letters from the sentence you can spell

"infrared lights" and have the following letters left over

v-u-r-e-t-t

Now if I can just figure out what to make of the last letters we will be all set

True TV
Vutter - it's like velvety butter.

Seriously, I can't help but wonder if the capitalized letters VFIRST in the hint are clues to the anagram. The reason I bring this up is that when "first" is used as the For Inspiration ... program, it is to be capitalized and italicized, like this: FIRST. In the hint, it's not italicized.

[organman42]

Originally Posted by Teammax

OK I did not read through all 11 pages of this so I hope I am not repeating anyone. I do think we figured out the clue (almost )

If you just take the letters from the sentence you can spell

"infrared lights" and have the following letters left over

v-u-r-e-t-t

Now if I can just figure out what to make of the last letters we will be all set

Sounds like buret, a piece of chemistry lab equipment used to add a precise amount of a liquid solution to another, in titrations.
Mabye we will be measuring something very precisely (but this is unlikly).

[SteveMcGarrett]

Originally Posted by Teammax

OK I did not read through all 11 pages of this so I hope I am not repeating anyone. I do think we figured out the clue (almost )

If you ju8st take the letters from the sentence you can spell

"infrared lights" and have the following letters left over

v-u-r-e-t-t

Now if I can just figure out what to make of the last letters we will be all set

vurett=vet rut

back to the triple play difficulties?