2010 Game Hint #2

[Nate Smith]

The last few posts have basically covered my thoughts on the new hint, but here's my take on them:

• Gate appears to be offset more than in years past toward the center of the field. If my memory is correct, this same picture in previous years would have shown the driver station wall.
• Nothing on the field similar to the regolith from last year. The "floor" in this picture looks like the standard carpet texture used in the game animations.
• My guess on the position change for the gate is due to some sort of structure at the ends of the field.
• The center of the field appears to be somewhat open, as there are no "hints" of any structures in the immediate area surrounding the gate.

[dtengineering]

Originally Posted by Nate Smith

My guess on the position change for the gate is due to some sort of structure at the ends of the field.

We were thinking the same thing here... but then realized that this doesn't have to be at the centre of the field... it could be on the ends of the field and the driver stations could be on the side of the field where the field control set up has been in past years.


After all, kickoff is going to look different this year.... (wasn't that one of the posts on Bill's blog?)

Or the driver stations could be somewhat further away. With cameras and IP networking, technically the driver station could be on the moon. Well... maybe low earth orbit... the moon would have a bit of time lag. Darn speed of light!


Jason

[EricVanWyk]

Originally Posted by dtengineering

Or the driver stations could be somewhat further away. With cameras and IP networking, technically the driver station could be on the moon. Well... maybe low earth orbit... the moon would have a bit of time lag. Darn speed of light!

I think they solved the speed of light issues with those weird reflections...