2011 Red Herring #1

[pandamonium]

The title of bills Dec. 8 blog was "Two steps forward and one step back."

Today he wrote "In light of the upcoming holidays, stand by next week for upcoming game hints."

he BOLDED stand by!

drum roll please... the 2011 First game Stand By

walking robots?

or...

Sleep mode (in electronics), also known as standby-mode - a mode in which electronic appliances are turned off but under power and ready to activate on command

robots receive an additional 10 point bonus if they are designed in a way that does not use wheels to contact the playing surface

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by pandamonium

The title of bills Dec. 8 blog was "Two steps forward and one step back."

I think the game will be called "Opposites Attract". Each robot only competes in one "match" at an event. Each robot must execute a series of poorly-choreographed dance "steps" in front of a green screen. Dave Lavery will animate an annoying feline dance partner for each robot (he's branching into classic 2D), and Paul Lazarus will produce a music video for each.

These videos will ultimately be viewed and judged by Paula Abdul, who is tasked with determining each event champion by providing worthwhile and meaningful critiques of the subject matter she is judging. Therefore, the 2011 game will never end. We apologize for this inconvenience, but thank you for playing.

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Oh wow, I just found this online - I'm fairly certain the game will look like this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ByNROf8v-Q. I'm utterly *shocked* that someone else had this idea.

[JamesCH95]

ROFL

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

Therefore, the 2011 game will never end.

Aha! So this is the game that will never end. Got it. Much like the threads about the game that will never end.

Jane

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by pandamonium

drum roll please... the 2011 First game Stand By

Oh, you mean like what we do at First Week events while they work the bugs in the field?

I dunno, doesn't sound like a game anyone would really want to watch.

[Radical Pi]

Originally Posted by Don Rotolo

I dunno, doesn't sound like a game anyone would really want to watch.

Well, if we take our usual amount of bending of hints into account,

Stand by -> fixing bugs in the field -> bugs -> cleaning -> roombas

the game must mean roomba wars! A 6v0 game to defend yourself against an onslaught of the vacumning menaces! Sounds fairly exciting

(I now have the image stuck in my head of an announcer yelling "RELEASE THE ROOMBAS!")

[dag0620]

Originally Posted by pandamonium

The title of bills Dec. 8 blog was "Two steps forward and one step back."

Today he wrote "In light of the upcoming holidays, stand by next week for upcoming game hints."

he BOLDED stand by!

drum roll please... the 2011 First game Stand By

walking robots?

or...

Sleep mode (in electronics), also known as standby-mode - a mode in which electronic appliances are turned off but under power and ready to activate on command

robots receive an additional 10 point bonus if they are designed in a way that does not use wheels to contact the playing surface

While I think his stand by is just his usual bolding of the important words for what he is discussing, I do believe One Step Forward 2 steps back might have to deal with something in the game. I just don't feel the title did the post justice to what it talked about.