Game Hint #1

[Rickertsen2]

Game hints become less and less useful every year

[bobwrit]

Ok, I'm thinking that this hint is about the Feild design specificly. What I;m thinking(Combines several idea's thrown out here) is that we have some sort of wet or otherwise slippery surface with a ramp that leads to a raised platform. This raised platform has the game peices on it(whatever that may be). The ramp has a moving mechanism attached to it that is constantly moving(down to 0 degree's and up to the point that it touches the raised platform). Each allience can only have one robot up on the platform at any given time. The goal of that robot is to throw down the game peices so that the other members of that robots allience can do something with them.


Maybe, but I'm kind of going off on a tangent.

[robonerd13]

Originally Posted by Boydean

As stated here - http://www.australianseafoodexports....rderonline.htm

Lampris guttatus weights between 30-50kgs. 50kgs -> 110lbs, NEW WEIGHT LIMIT??

I talked to the mentor of my team and he said that because of OSHA restrictions the weight limit cannot go up because tight now it is what it is because we only have to wear goggles in the pits and on the field...if they were to make it more they would have to up the safety restrictions...one of my fellow team members suggested body armor...lol

[mrbob1000]

Originally Posted by Katusha

So here's my thought...
The watermark may have no significance BUT you must flip the image horizontally 180*. Now the Opah is mainly found in the open ocean waters of the Mediterranean Sea. If we go East or west 180 degrees from this landmark we land in the Bermuda Triangle.
Jane Young pointed out earlier of a lines making up a triangle on the fish.
This could possibly be the game piece shape or what not...
But if we consider the Bermuda Triangle it leads us down another path. The triangle is known for disappearing ships. The fish represents these ships because it has fins shaped like sails. The name of the fish is the moonfish correlating with night and ocean.
NASA has also been doing some lunar exploration recently which could correspond with the new camera system.
Maybe there's a giant dome in the center of the field which robots can go into to find certain objects. the objects can't be seen because the dome is blackened out. The only way to recognize the object are by small blinking lights. Blinking because of the disappearing ships. Is anybody following me here....?

I cant remember what game the word "diabolical" was a hint for but i remeber somone on my team hearing somone in first say "diabolical" at a dinner.

i may be off on a long shot but could this perhaps be that we might be similar to that game this year?

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by mrbob1000

I cant remember what game the word "diabolical" was a hint for but i remeber somone on my team hearing somone in first say "diabolical" at a dinner.

i may be off on a long shot but could this perhaps be that we might be similar to that game this year?

Diabolical Dynamics?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by mrbob1000

I cant remember what game the word "diabolical" was a hint for but i remeber somone on my team hearing somone in first say "diabolical" at a dinner.

i may be off on a long shot but could this perhaps be that we might be similar to that game this year?

Diabolical Dynamics, 2001. 4v0, the faster you get done the bigger your multiplier. Balance two goals on a bridge, preferably filled with balls. If your color ball was on top of the goal, you got extra points.

I doubt that the xv0 format will come around again (2 matches in the eliminations for each alliance), but maybe other elements will (the bridge, for example).

The one thing that seems to be constant:

There will be "terrain" on the field. What type, I don't know. Could be a different surface, raised area(s), or a combination of the above.

[mrbob1000]

Originally Posted by EricH

Diabolical Dynamics, 2001. 4v0, the faster you get done the bigger your multiplier. Balance two goals on a bridge, preferably filled with balls. If your color ball was on top of the goal, you got extra points.

I doubt that the xv0 format will come around again (2 matches in the eliminations for each alliance), but maybe other elements will (the bridge, for example).

The one thing that seems to be constant:

There will be "terrain" on the field. What type, I don't know. Could be a different surface, raised area(s), or a combination of the above.

almost rocky? thats one of the ideas one of my friends pitched out there.

and wasnt the field split in 2 halves with a wall?

[Sunbun]

I've been thinking...

Is Opah the acronym for the name of the game?

(can't think of anything clever for that, sorry)

[Sam2197]

Originally Posted by whlspacedude

Just some info i dug up.

Opah, a colorful marine fish found in open waters. Although not abundant, opahs are found in almost all seas. Opahs range in length from about 3 to 6 feet (.9 to 1.8 m) and weigh from 50 to 400 pounds (23 to 180 kg) or more. The body is oval and compressed from side to side. Opahs are grayish above shading to rose underneath, and are marked with white spots. The jaws, fins, and tail are red and the eyes are ringed with gold. The flesh, which is considered excellent food, is also red.

The opah is sometimes also called moonfish.

The opah is Lampris regius, the only member of the family Lamprididae, or Lampridae.

http://animals.howstuffworks.com/fish/opah-info.htm

perhaps our alliances weight will total a maximum of 400 pounds.. or close to that.. who knows.

[mrbob1000]

Originally Posted by Sunbun

I've been thinking...

Is Opah the acronym for the name of the game?

(can't think of anything clever for that, sorry)

could be. 4 letters is perfectly reasonable. the main issue is, what could it stand for?

could the field be an oval this year? the opah might be the shape we are looking for.

im going to see where words take me opah, moonfish, full moon, warewolfs, superstition. superstition could be part of the name of the game.

wikipedia says opah are solitary but sometimes school with tuna, it also says other names are , kingfish, redfin ocean pan, and Jerusalem haddock

[vivek16]

ornery pigs are herded

[EricH]

Originally Posted by mrbob1000

almost rocky? thats one of the ideas one of my friends pitched out there.

and wasnt the field split in 2 halves with a wall?

Yes and no. There was a beam of wood running across midfield with a pipe above it at normal side rail height.The only place this didn't exist was right in the center, where the balancing bridge was.

Some teams ignored the bridge that year and went through the barrier. (Legal tactic)

[Forte]

I don't know or care if it's been said before, I'm too lazy to read through pages upon pages of speculation:

"Moonfish" refers to several different fish, not just this Opah.

Interestingly enough, I found that Moonfish is another name for both an Atlantic Spadefish and a Diamondfish.

Spades? Diamonds?

This year's game is robo poker. Problem solved.

[R.C.]

Originally Posted by bobwrit

Ok, I'm thinking that this hint is about the Feild design specificly. What I;m thinking(Combines several idea's thrown out here) is that we have some sort of wet or otherwise slippery surface with a ramp that leads to a raised platform. This raised platform has the game peices on it(whatever that may be). The ramp has a moving mechanism attached to it that is constantly moving(down to 0 degree's and up to the point that it touches the raised platform). Each allience can only have one robot up on the platform at any given time. The goal of that robot is to throw down the game peices so that the other members of that robots allience can do something with them.


Maybe, but I'm kind of going off on a tangent.

I totally agree, this is what i was thinking. The degree of the ramp will be 32 degrees. This angle was mentioned before. So it means that this year you might need a lot of traction and the bot needs to be robustly built (more than last year)

[Applepwns]

Well this is a random hint haha, fish?
I can see the text aswell but I can't make it out.

~Justin