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

[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.

[rabidog39]

hurdle - a movable rectangular frame of interlaced twigs, crossed bars, or the like, as for a temporary fence.

movable goals of interlaced of interlaced twigs
hmm wicker basket??

[Cowmankoza]

I believe in the concept of the redo of the Triple Play auto mode. It’s not necessarily that we will literally be redoing the auto mode itself, but its concept. What is the main difference between the usage of the camera for auto mode between '05, '06 and ‘07? It is the fact that in '06 and '07 the object to track was the goal while in '05 the object to track was the scoring element. So from my perspective, you will be using to camera to find the scoring objects in auto mode.

[sayso_411]

Alright everybody... i think team 384 might have a slight breakthrough in the game hints!!

if you go to this link you will notice that, using the coordinate idea, i have found this

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=e...5&iwloc=B&om=1

if you look at business "B" it is called "FIRST Corps of Cadets Veterans" and is approximately 342 degrees in the direction of Copley Square!!!

if anyone can shed some light on my findings it would be appreciated by everyone.

Good Luck everybody from team 384!!

--this guess was found by Brad Wilson of team 384--

[whlspacedude]

WOW This supports my veterans throwing tetras theory!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...763#post666763

[Brad Voracek]

... Wow. That seems like too much to be a coincidence.

=/

The only question is how does that place tie in... I can't find much about it.

[Laaba 80]

First Corps of Cadets, which was founded in the Revolutionary War-era. Military units had nicknames before they were given numeric designations. The First Corps of Cadets was the military company for Boston during the American Revolution. Today, they are known as the 211 MP (Military Police) Battalion.

I found that after a google search. I also found out that a few days after 911, the First Corps of Cadets Veterens started a fundraiser. ther sold stickers that said "for support" on them for 2.00 each.
I dont know how this could fit in with the game though. The only thing I can think of is a different way of enforcing the rules during gameplay.
Joey

[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).

[Spider-Man]

Time for some more crazy speculation.

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Connections. That First Corps of Cadets building is right across the street from the Commonwealth Mall. There many statues along the length of the mall. Other than the Alexander Hamilton one near Arlington Street and the commons, all of the statues are made of bronze.

The statue that is generally in the same direction as the First Corps of Cadets (which according Team 384 aligns with hint #2) is of Samuel Eliot Morrison, which has a brown finish or patina. Bronze has a natural patina called verdigris that is that light green color that the Statue of Liberty retains and the statue on the next block of William Lloyd Garrison.

That natural patina or verdigris when a statue is near the sea will include cuprous chloride which has a tetrahedral chrystal structure.

The statue of Morrison instead has a light brown to dark brown patina, which according to this site is achievable with ferric nitrate, which has an octahedral coordination geometry. The creators of the statue hurdled the obstacle of the natural bronze patina of green to choose a different color.


Conclusion. Therefore, through loose connections in the hints (excluding #1), I propose that we will be dealing with octahedron game pieces.

As far as the first hint, I think there will be information provided to robots in autonomous that will either be color based or infrared based and it will be up to each team to decide what method to choose. As far as different colors go, I think hurdling the original green color to choose one of their own could suggest that FIRST is going past the monochromatic vision targets.

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