FRC 2009 Game Manual?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by AndyB

Rule 1. Never take Dave's hint's seriously.
Rule 2. Watergame.

Rule 3. Any combination of: red herrings, jello, clowns, and bananas.
Rule 4. Add water to Rule 3.

[Tom Line]

Originally Posted by Jreed129

if this is a clue and it has been released already could it be some combination of teams who have been beta testing the new control system?

Of course it could. There are 18 teams. So assuming that they don't repeat any of the numbers, and assuming they can use one team or all the teams to create a key, I'll leave the algebra up to you to realize that just that alone makes it improbable to try all the iterations

[Jreed129]

Originally Posted by Tom Line

Of course it could. There are 18 teams. So assuming that they don't repeat any of the numbers, and assuming they can use one team or all the teams to create a key, I'll leave the algebra up to you to realize that just that alone makes it improbable to try all the iterations

true but it narrows the options by a little bit. using only the teams and numbers compaired to ten numbers(0-9) and twenty-six letters twice (a-z, A-Z) based that they only us capitals of which the teams use capitals to start their name. yet I could narrow quite a bit.

I do not know all 18 of the beta teams other wise i might start looking into posiblities.

also they might stick with the simple version as they did this past year:
Drive!Right?Turn!LEFT?

or something like that it was posted earlier in this post.

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by Jreed129

true but it narrows the options by a little bit. using only the teams and numbers compaired to ten numbers(0-9) and twenty-six letters twice (a-z, A-Z) based that they only us capitals of which the teams use capitals to start their name. yet I could narrow quite a bit.

I do not know all 18 of the beta teams other wise i might start looking into posiblities.

also they might stick with the simple version as they did this past year:
Drive!Right?Turn!LEFT?

or something like that it was posted earlier in this post.

Or Dave could be messing with your head.

[Libby K]

Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur

Or Dave could be messing with your head.

^ I'd bet on this one.

[Wayne C.]

Originally Posted by dlavery

Of course, it could be possible that the 2009 encryption key has already been released.

-dave

.

red herring=
clupea harengus rosea

[ChrisH]

Originally Posted by Libby K

Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur
Or Dave could be messing with your head.

^ I'd bet on this one.

So would I. Because even if a key was posted, the document it is supposed to unlock is probably no where near finished. I recall rumors of major changes having been made to previous games in the last week before Kickoff. Just one more reason for digital distribution ... it adds days to the "drop dead date"

[Nate Smith]

Didn't see this posted yet, so here goes...
Non-game-specific parts of the manual now available at http://usfirst.org/community/frc/content.aspx?id=452

[vivek16]

Originally Posted by Jreed129

<sarcasm>Water game with a new control system I am so sure... that must be the big change for this year to come.</sarcasm>

Murphy's Law.


-Vivek

[ATannahill]

Originally Posted by Section 3 - At the Events

3.6.1.1 Time Slots
All teams will receive a comprehensive list of practice times. Your team must be ready
to practice at the designated times and on the specified fields. If your team/robot cannot
be ready for your practice time slot, don’t forfeit your team’s practice time entirely. Send
in your human player to practice alone. Your team members may want to scout other
teams and their strategies during practice and the actual competition matches.

Does this mean the return of human players?

[AustinSchuh]

Originally Posted by rtfgnow

Does this mean the return of human players?

I think the rule you quoted has been around for a while and is standard practice.

[Mike Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Taylor

Regarding Dave's post: What if the encryption key is the same as a past year's key? Anyone remember the 2004 code?

----
Even if a team was able to crack the encryption code, it would be thoroughly unfulfiling. It'd be like the preacher who played hooky from church one week to play a round of golf, and scored three consecutive aces. Sure, it's a great achievement, but who could he tell?

You may not be able to tell that you cracked it, but if I managed it by some miraculous feat I would post a ridiculously accurate prediction in a manner that made the game sound impossibly ridiculous (so no one would know I was serious) just so I can say I'm amazing with clues and use the famed cliche "I told you so"