Who is ready for the Red Herring?

[Mr_I]

Well, let's see if this qualifies as a Red Herring ...

We all know the logo of FIRST is a triangle, circle, and square. Let's review the quasi-recent past games and look for a pattern:

- 2002's Zone Zeal: the game piece was a (soccer) ball
- 2003's Stack Attack: the game piece was a box -- a square
- 2004's FIRST Frenzi: the game piece was a (kick) ball
- 2005's Triple Play: the game piece was a tetra -- a triangle
- 2006's Aim High: the game piece was a (poof) ball
- 2007's Rack 'N Roll: the game piece was an inner tube -- a circle
- 2008's OverDrive: the game piece was a (track) ball

Could the 2009 game continue the pattern and employ a box of some sort? (Maybe a "fish tank" ? )

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Mr_I

Well, let's see if this qualifies as a Red Herring ...

We all know the logo of FIRST is a triangle, circle, and square. Let's review the quasi-recent past games and look for a pattern:

- 2002's Zone Zeal: the game piece was a (soccer) ball
- 2003's Stack Attack: the game piece was a box -- a square
- 2004's FIRST Frenzi: the game piece was a (kick) ball
- 2005's Triple Play: the game piece was a tetra -- a triangle
- 2006's Aim High: the game piece was a (poof) ball
- 2007's Rack 'N Roll: the game piece was an inner tube -- a circle
- 2008's OverDrive: the game piece was a (track) ball

Could the 2009 game continue the pattern and employ a box of some sort? (Maybe a "fish tank" ? )

Look more closely. Ball, odd object, ball, odd object. It'll be probably be an odd object. This pattern has continued since at least 1997 (inner tube), 1998 (ball), 1999 ("floppies", a disk), 2000 (ball), 2001 (odd game).

Now whether or not it's a square remains to be seen.

[Tom I]

Yeah our team noticed this at the end of the 2006 game, and the 07 and 08 games further continued this theory. It is merely theory and speculation, but we think it'd be hilarious if the pattern continues!
Besides, other than speculations and a picture of a fish, what else do we have to go off of? Waiting for the game to be announced? OVERRATED!!!