Team Update 17

[EricH]

Oh, but it is a major redo.



It's the first update this season to say nothing, and yet be dissected like the game hints.

[The Lucas]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

Let's get this thread up to 100 posts so all the 469 guys who haven't read the update yet will have heart attacks thinking it's a major re-do.

I saw 40+ posts and was like "ok what did they do now?"....

I emailed a team member that Team Update 17 was up and 469's strategy is now illegal. I immediately got a "NO WAY! Glad we didnt take the risk" response before they read the update. Then a confused response

So basically it is a believable rumour to start.

[Grim Tuesday]

My friend pulled that on me!

[yodameister]

This is my post to run up the count!

[Johnny]

We should read into this update more...maybe the GDC is letting us know that they aren't going to change anything else for the rest of the season! Have we ever had an update that contained absolutely nothing?

[JackG]

Originally Posted by JVN

I think people are reading too much into this.

. . .

I'm just frustrated by how much people are reading from so little.

As far as I know, the GDC's default course of action is to do nothing at this point in the season. Of course, they can and do make updates if there is something to clarify or that needs to be changed. But the GDC making an empty update is instead simply making a statement. Considering that this sort of thing is (AFAIK) unprecedented, we can guess it's a pretty big/profound/attention-grabbing statement. If the GDC wanted to say nothing, they would have. If the GDC wanted to tell us something directly, they would have. But the GDC doing something like this tells me that they want us to figure out their message. In other words, they encouraged this sort of meaning reading and speculation by doing this.

[nighterfighter]

Nothing is as it appears...

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Johnny

...Have we ever had an update that contained absolutely nothing?

Absolutely nothing? Au contraire! Let it be noted in the annals of FIRST history that on this day the game design committee did NOT choose to change, clarify, explain, or interpret ANY PART of the 2010 Manual.

And of course if you print the update and hold it up to a candle for a few moments, the following message will appear:

Pick 67 or 469.



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[sashboy226]

Originally Posted by thefro526

I just laughed really hard.

I almost wish at the bottom they wrote "Made 'yah look!".

So did I...then I laughed harder when I saw this post.

[David Brinza]

For a change, no changes!

Maybe that will change in Update 18 (AKA: the 469 update).

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by David Brinza

For a change, no changes!

Maybe that will change in Update 18 (AKA: the 469 update).

Yeah, cause 469 doesn't play again until Troy Week 4, so why would the GDC want to give them more than 2 days to come up with a new design?

[PAR_WIG1350]

Originally Posted by nighterfighter

Nothing is as it appears...

And this is nothing... so then, is it as it appears?

[nighterfighter]

Originally Posted by PAR_WIG1350

And this is nothing... so then, is it as it appears?

Nothing is as it appears.... hmm...

Ahhh, too much thinking....

public something appearsLike(Something nothing)
{
if(nothing == appearsLike(nothing)
{
return appearsLike(nothing);
}
else
{
DIVIDE BY ZERO
}

}


Hah! I made a program to figure out Dave's game hint. Silly recursion.

[David Brinza]

Originally Posted by EricH

Oh, but it is a major redo.



It's the first update this season to say nothing, and yet be dissected like the game hints.

Only experts in interpreting game hints can find the hidden meaning of Update 17.

[Kims Robot]

Originally Posted by nighterfighter

else
{
DIVIDE BY ZERO
}

So then it means we all need to PICK 229 instead of 67 or 469!