Game Hint #1

[Beth Sweet]

Ah yes, there it is, totally missed it. Thanks!

[martin417]

Here it is. Looks like bleed through from the back of the page it was copied from.



if you can't see the image, try this:

http://picasaweb.google.com/mwilson4...39325316773090

[sdcantrell56]

Originally Posted by martin417

Here it is. Looks like bleed through from the back of the page it was copied from.



if you can't see the image, try this:

http://picasaweb.google.com/mwilson4...39325316773090

How did you manage this? You are quite sneaky. Good thing you're on our side. HAHA

[smstarkiller]

if only we could find the book this came form.....

[Boydean]

Originally Posted by smstarkiller

if only we could find the book this came form.....

Ill give it about two to three days before someone finds it.

[smstarkiller]

Originally Posted by Boydean

Ill give it about two to three days before someone finds it.

ya maby the whole clue is just pointing in the dircection of the book and the fish has nothing to do with it.

[KAPcom]

So, i've been working on the hint for the past couple hours, and here's what i've got:

-i did a simple substitution decode with the scientific name of the fish, and got 12, 1, 13, 16, 18, 9, 19 – 7, 21, 20, 20, 1, 20, 21, 19.

-Tried googling these, didn't get anything. So, i added the two sets together, and got 88, 129.

-Googled this, and came accross this doc:
http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/lettersno...l88/88-129.pdf

-Finally, took the accronym of the main subject of the doc. and got this:
S.A.W.S.

I'm thinking the game this year will be some sort of construction game, where the pieces are intertwinable, and we have to put them together. This goes with the morphology therory as the field will be changing drasticly throughout the match. I haven't come up with a reason for the text in the background, but oh wells.

Maybe this will create some branches in your brain.

[T3H_K3YM45T3R]

I think that Dave might just get a jello game...I think that maybe they will put fish into different colored/shaped jello(s) and make you remove the fish from the jello or stack different shaped "jello(s)", also the deal with the vertical migration might lead to having to go up ramps like maybe a multi-platform arena.

[Dryice101]

Has anybody ever thought to look at this page...
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science...96d5f5a3b3b64f
It talks about the Opah, the name of the fish, being an engineering software for small hydropower plants...

[ironbears]

well this seems like a waste of time, has anyone actually ever gotten a clue right before and gave them an advantage?

[Vikesrock]

Originally Posted by ironbears

well this seems like a waste of time, has anyone actually ever gotten a clue right before and gave them an advantage?

It most certainly is a waste of time, but it would take a lot more than one post by stop this train now.

[Madison]

Originally Posted by ironbears

well this seems like a waste of time, has anyone actually ever gotten a clue right before and gave them an advantage?

Kinda, but it didn't help.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Madison

Kinda, but it didn't help.

Yep. Back around 2006, Dave's ramblings gave a lot of hints-- but that didn't help. Same with the official hint-- and only one portion was really solved correctly. You wouldn't remember who got it right, now, would you?


This hint will be painfully obvious in hindsight. They all are.

[Akash Rastogi]

I believe that a change in field is in order. And NO, not water. Something slippery perhaps or on the other hand, something squishy and gummy. Scales indicate scaling objects larger than we are used to. That's all I'm saying for this "hint." Ha.

[synth3tk]

Originally Posted by ironbears

well this seems like a waste of time, has anyone actually ever gotten a clue right before and gave them an advantage?

I believe once, but so close to the Kick-Off that it didn't matter anyway.

Besides, this is FIRST. We thrive on following seemingly-nonexistent leads. This is fun for us. And as stated earlier, nothing will stop us from speculating. Is this a waste of time? Yeah. Do I have anything better to do than look too deep into a picture to find a hint? No, not really.

It's all in good fun.