Game Hint #2

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Zach Purser

And just when I was feeling good about the Zamboni clue I found the Paramount ME™ Robotic Telescope System in Golden Colorado. link

There is a Paramount Theater in Colorado as well... right in downtown Denver. lol

[Renee Becker-Blau]

The Moonfish = Moon = Round/ Circles for the game, or footballs because of it's shape.

"Take your machine out of the shop" Drive out of the starting zone.

"Stop by and get connected" Reference to Autonomous Mode? Perhaps we have to send data to the robot, or connect to a program?

"Drive by and make a pickup." Pick up the game pieces, and based on the next line it sounds like it's "off" the field? Or maybe tiered levels.

"Then head to the field." Field, "Broad, Level, Open expanse of land" If the field has levels, maybe that's where we end the game.

I have no idea what the names of cities/lakes/streets mean, I was just looking at the actions, not the places as well. Back to work.... or back to surfing Delphi

[rsegrest]

Littleswimmer14:
I think you're exactly right but try this out:

1. Take your machine out of the shop - Starting out on a platform maybe?

2. Stop by and get connected - Maybe either picking up a 'trailer' or connecting to another robot?

3. Drive by and make a pickup - Putting something into the trailer (could be either by dumping or picking something up and dropping it)?

4. Then head to the field - Take the somethings and place them in a scoring position?

What do you think?

[xnaut]

i think this forum is dead (dying)... we've pretty much covered it all(or so we think) ...
if anyone else has any brand new ideas...... lets see um..

also... on a side note... is a member of team pink reading these? I've got a question...

[RKElectricalman]

I think if we get "connected" it'll be with an upgraded version of that IR board.

Maybe we'll be interfacing with the field or other robots through that?

I foresee the return of a few things:
Hybrid Mode
Vision Camera Benefits
IR-Communication
End Game bonuses
Alliances (2 or 3)

and some more things that i'm toying with in my mind.... hmmm

[MiniNerd24]

Originally Posted by Zflash

Thursday, December 11, 2008
Game Hint # 2

Good Morning Teams,

Take your machine out of the shop on Colorado in Paramount;
stop by and get connected on Central in Phoenix;
drive by and make a pickup on Minnetonka in Minnetonka;
then head to the field on Evergreen in Dover.

23 Days until Kickoff
See you then


Posted by Bill at 7:02 AM 0 comments

Just a repost so we don't have to loook at the first post for the clue...

So do the cities have any reall meaning to this or is it just part of the riddle?

[logicalyrandom]

Originally Posted by MiniNerd24

Just a repost so we don't have to loook at the first post for the clue...

So do the cities have any reall meaning to this or is it just part of the riddle?

We've been debating that for some 20 pages now. I say they were included as red herrings, others disagree. Take your best guess.

[SamC]

It means they want to promote good health and physically active students --return of the human player!

[Zach Purser]

Originally Posted by MiniNerd24

So do the cities have any reall meaning to this or is it just part of the riddle?

[House impersonation]
Everything has meaning! Even the semicolons have meaning! Now get back to overanalyzing the clue!
[/House impersonation]

[Jim E]

I've finished reading all 20 pages.

Can I get my 30 minutes back?

I think the game piece is a football shaped object. They will be strewn all over the field in a random fashion.

The robots are the Zamboni s, cleaning the slippery surface (something other than carpet) of the rough terrain.

The camera will detect which color of dumping station to go to to collect the points. Since the OPHA fish has those high fins, there may even be an added element to shoot the footballs through an elevated target for increased points.

The controller's ability to communicate with other robots on the field? Perhaps there is a twist to autonomous that hasn't been revealed yet.

That's it. I'm done on this thread.

[Booksy]

Originally Posted by logicalyrandom

Isn't the new camera just visual spectrum? How would we be able to convert that into useful autonomous data?

I don't see your point...

Something me and my teacher have been discussing as a scenario is having a certain coloured game piece/area/thing and having to find that piece/area/thing in autonomous mode.

Another possibility we found was having a raised platform with a hole and some coloured game pieces in the whole, so that the robot has to pick up the pieces autonomously, deciding which colour to pick (as the driver could not see):

   __          ___
  /  |  _____  |  \
 /   |  |   |  |   \
/____|__|___|__|____\

square in middle is blue or red block. Driver can't see block.

Moonfish: kind of like fishing
Fancy camera: must be used for this
Uneven surface: check.

Just a thought.

[skimoose]

"stop by and get connected on Central in Phoenix"

At the intersection on North and South Central Avenues in Phoenix is Patriots Square Park.
One of the unique features about this park is an underground parking garage accessed via tunnels.

"then head to the field on Evergreen in Dover"

Originally Posted by EricH

The Chunnel between England and France counts as one. I'll assume that subway tunnels are out (sorry, New York City), or we'd have a lot more.

Yes and the west portal to the EuroTunnel is located in Dover, UK. Just south of the tunnel entrance you'll find Evergreen Gardenwork.

So passing objects from one level to another, or robots on different levels isn't all that far fetched.

Ah, and for those Discworld fans out there.

Originally Posted by Mr_I

Not at all! I, too, am familiar with the exploits of Moist Van Lipwig!

Yes, but Moist is no longer Going Postal, he's Making Money. Therefore, me thinks the Color of Magic is Green and the green light will be returning!

[billbo911]

See the picture. That's all I'm saying.


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[alectronic]

Originally Posted by Doctorwho

On google maps all Coordinates indicated by the clue end up going from near the west coast (The Paramount Cafe in Denver, Colorado and the town of Central, Phoenix) To the midwest (Minnetonka, Minnesota) To the East (Evergreen Field in Dover, Ohio).

If you put all of the points together it forms triangle similar to the one in the FIRST logo, so it might have a connection to what the game piece is this year, and it seems that there are going to be different actions related to the game piece (picking up, connecting) and then we need to place it somewhere ( The field) No clue how this relates to the fish though.

anyone wanna bet that the 3rd clue, if there is one, will be a square? triangle, circleish thing, square? just for fun? who knows!

[rl1806]

I have compiled a table of past games and made a prediction of the 2009 game. On even years the game object is a ball, on odd years the game is Tic-Tac-Toe, and after the 2004 game used the IR sensor the next three years used the CMU cam.
With the new control system being able to track colors with the new camera, I am predicting we will be using the camera to track different objects. I think we will have to use the camera to pick out red or blue bins during autonomous mode for bonus points and then stack them in a Tic-Tac-Toe style group.