Game Hint #1

[MiniNerd24]

nice job there you found the host site for that pic
so let's try to take clues from it shall we?
posted here: http://www.hawaii-seafood.org/opah.html

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by DeepWater

Lampris luna (now Lampris guttatus)

This is my one post of wild unfounded speculation:

Multi-colored LAMPs on the field as navigation aids.

Also, I just have a feeling that there will be an obstacle - such as a 12 inch high wall - that must be climbed for a team to be at all effective in the game.

Onward to January 3...

[migix39]

Originally Posted by Don Rotolo

This is my one post of wild unfounded speculation:

Multi-colored LAMPs on the field as navigation aids.

Also, I just have a feeling that there will be an obstacle - such as a 12 inch high wall - that must be climbed for a team to be at all effective in the game.

Onward to January 3...

this is a pretty good assumption except i think the colors are goals rather that navigation lights....

or maybe as navigation lights that help guide you through a maze and it is timed or something... ionno

[pollyproof12]

i was considering the shape of the fish and the fact that when there are fish one goes fishing. i also looked at the clues from last year and non directly related to the game. its an odd clue but i think the idea is small.

[DMetalKong]

Originally Posted by foo

Personally, for this clue, I like the significance of item #4 above the best. Firstly, news of this Hint #1 broke on Thursday 12/4 and it was officially released on Friday 12/5. Exactly 1 lunar cycle before kick-off. Coincidence? Yeah, probably. But very convenient, nonetheless.

Secondly, consider the idea that our moon's lunar month is roughly 30 days. Or better still, "30 units of time". Now, instead of "days", think "seconds". "30 seconds". Could this clue be a hint that this year's autonomous period will be extended to "30 seconds"? What better way to show off the capabilities of the new controller and LabView software than to put greater emphasis on the autonomous operation of the robots?

A longer autonomous mode would be very neat. Kudos to this idea!

[jimbot]

Well last year the hint were the wires from the new Hybrid mode, so maybe this fish has something to do with the new controle system? I like the idea of game pieces being up on a raised platform that one must climb...

[KE5WGE]

LabVIEW has a great vision processing capability. Also with the new CompactRIO, we are opened up to a whole new world of sensors and gadgets (50 G's SHOCK RESISTANCE!!!). My guess is that robots of each alliance will have to work together to accomplish a task of some sort. As far as the fish? Sailors would give each other an Opah as a sign of good luck before a voyage. FIRST might be telling us, "good luck figuring out the hint!"

[1002Founder]

The actual image appears to have come from
www.fish.gov.au/fishnames/photos/37268001.jpg

Australian fish commision

with the fact of the new regional in New Zealand there might be another avenue to search

[NoahTheBoa]

There's been a lot of talk about utilizing the vision capabilities of the cRIO and Labview. I think that this is a possibility, but it will not be a necesity to be competitive in the game. That would be unfair to rookie teams and teams without the programming skills necessary. And also, who's to say that everyone will get the camera mounted and working. In '06 many teams did not have the CMU Cam mounted either because they didn't need it or couldn't get it to work how they wanted. I really doubt that the camera will be a necessity.

[BT987]

i read earlier in this thread that this fish has four diffrent layers of skin all of which are different colors.
maybe four diffrent colors of light in hybrid and not just green???

[Beta Version]

Originally Posted by foo

the operative words here being "moon" and "fish". Of these, I feel that "moon" is probably the more significant. In fact, the second half of the clue, "fish", is most likely a "red herring" to draw allusions to the fabled "water game".

news of this Hint #1 broke on Thursday 12/4 and it was officially released on Friday 12/5. Exactly 1 lunar cycle before kick-off. Coincidence? Yeah, probably.

Oh, I doubt thats a coincidence at all. This definetaly furthers my conviction that the most important aspect of this clue is the fishe's name. Especially since it lacks any anatomically or behaviorally interesting specialties. THe only thing particullarly interstiing about the moon is that has allways been an objective for mankind, a.k.a "Shoot for the Moon." This, combined with the detail that this fish is a loner, and a prized catch, suggests to me that a possibility is:

There, along with other possible ways to score, will be a central, though difficult goal, or task that will be either highly valuable, or change the shift of points dramatically. However, unlike past central objectives, only one robot / team will be able to accomplish /attain it in a single round.

[caffino54]

put the picture in photoshop

desaturate it

then go to levels
and drag the black arrow all the way to the right

it makes the letters more visible

they are backwards and it looks like they're out of a book
the only one i can make out is "body"

also there is a silouhette behind the fish

[Justin Montois]

I just want to point out that earlier in this thread I think someone found the exact text of what is behind the fish on a website.

I wonder if/when we will get another game hint.

[Lowfategg]

We are all insane aren't we? I just want to build a robot now.

[alectronic]

Originally Posted by 1002Founder

The actual image appears to have come from
www.fish.gov.au/fishnames/photos/37268001.jpg

Australian fish commision

with the fact of the new regional in New Zealand there might be another avenue to search

could not have been this site... there is no stuff in the background, and the FIRST photo has it. the point is that there are so many spots with this photo out there, it will be near impossible to find the original host. the point is, this clue is probably only hinting at something basic, like the game name. I doubt there would do anything as drastic as using the name of the original picture host to figure out some other deeper clue.