2011 Game Hint #1

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by C_Helm

Little Eva -- LocoMotion. That's who it is.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...:3&tx=79&ty=68

If the link up top doesnt work, then just go to Google and type in Little Eva Locomotion.

The picture looks very similar, just flipped or "mirrored" from the hint picture. Also, the Google picture has her name and record company on it.

The hint picture was probably edited.

Locomotion - game name for 2011? It is also a type of propulsion.

Your kidding me right?






No.






Seriously.

[gvarndell]

Originally Posted by C_Helm

Little Eva -- LocoMotion. That's who it is.

You only get one first post.

[Tetraman]

Originally Posted by gvarndell

Unless, maybe, has anybody tried playing Loco-Motion backwards?
Might be something there.

Lots of weird noises. That's all I hear.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by IndySam

Your kidding me right?






No.






Seriously.

Now now, Indy - you know as well as I do that we can beat a game hint to death without reading the first 45 pages of the thread that have already beaten it to death a few times. I kid you not. Although, I do take the time to read the pages, thinking they might have involved people trying to set thoughts in motion regarding the game.

I'm not big on begging for the 2nd game hint but I'm about to get big on asking folks to at least read the first 3 pages of this thread and discover what we have.

Jane

[Tetraman]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

I'm not big on begging for the 2nd game hint but I'm about to get big on asking folks to at least read the first 3 pages of this thread and discover what we have.

But your request will be lost in about 3 or 4 more pages of ideas. You'll have to keep posting it each page.

[BJC]

I had an idea for a really fun game, but I don't have time to draw it up in sketchup, this is just a very rough paint sketch. Perhaps someone else could. It combines.. well I'll let you see for yourself.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Tetraman

But your request will be lost in about 3 or 4 more pages of ideas. You'll have to keep posting it each page.

nah - I'll make a post in another 45 pages and it will be a demand by then: RTWTP.

But thank you for encouraging me to post - Lord knows, I don't post enough in CD.

Good work on your game design ideas, Evan.

Jane

[TD912]

I've only read a few of the 40+ pages, but it seems like we keep sticking with the idea of traincars and "Locomotion".

What about the column? Perhaps we have to climb it? Or place something on top of it like a pedestal?

Or the fact that Little Eva is hugging it? Does something wrap around it? Something like a game of horseshoes?

Then again, we're probably all going to be amazed at how incorrect our guesses are when kickoff arrives...

[Karibou]

Originally Posted by Chernicki

I think we are all reading into this a little too far... I really think the hint has more to do with the fact that the image was REVERSED

Anyone with me on this??

I see three possible reasons for the image being reversed:
1. The reversal has something to do with the game
2. The GDC wanted us to work a LITTLE (no pun intended) harder to figure out who is in the image.
3. All of the above.

Even if the game does have to do with the reversal, there still has to be some significance of the image. They could have pulled a random image off of google, reversed it, and said "here's your clue," but I doubt that the full picture of Little Eva (not the cropped one that appeared on the record (a what?) cover) would be the result of a random search. She has something to do with the game. They chose this specific image for a reason.

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

nah - I'll make a post in another 45 pages and it will be a demand by then: RTWTP.

Jane

Oooo, does the 'P' stand for 'please'? I like this.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Karibou

Oooo, does the 'P' stand for 'please'? I like this.

Why yes - thank you for noticing, if I may be so bold.

[hihi11111]

idk if this is a big thing, but everyone already knows that the picture is reversed... and so i looked up the backwords verson of EVA and its AVE which is a train in spain... maby this backs up the locomotion idea?

[Tetraman]

Originally Posted by BJC

I had an idea for a really fun game, but I don't have time to draw it up in sketchup, this is just a very rough paint sketch. Perhaps someone else could. It combines.. well I'll let you see for yourself.

Ah. Took me a sec but I see what you've got. Give me a while and I'll be happy to sketchup your idea.

[Team#2057-Vegas]

Originally Posted by hihi11111

idk if this is a big thing, but everyone already knows that the picture is reversed... and so i looked up the backwords verson of EVA and its AVE which is a train in spain... maby this backs up the locomotion idea?

its really weird.. whether true or not.. all of these thoughts with the words little eva point us all over the place with trains..

we're gonna find out for sure in ---> 9 DAYS <--- but maybe they're gonna stop messing with us about trains and really do it (:

[216Robochick288]

Originally Posted by Team#2057-Vegas

its really weird.. whether true or not.. all of these thoughts with the words little eva point us all over the place with trains..

Or we keep looking for connections with trains which is not what they were hinting at!!!

I think that this may have nothing to do with trains, but because people kept looking into it, the more things happened to line up which is not what the GDC had in mind for the hint.

And Dlavery might just be being 'evil' and put the train picture up to tease us.. after all, think about who it it...

[Karibou]

Originally Posted by Team#2057-Vegas

its really weird.. whether true or not.. all of these thoughts with the words little eva point us all over the place with trains..

I'm not sure how much this concept is still preached, but what I've learned from reading medieval war books is that you often only see what you want to see, and if there's something that you think that you should see, you will see it. If you're looking for the enemy soldier in the forest, you may miss the mountain lion that's about to attack you from behind. By just looking for connections to trains because that was our initial reaction, we may not see other clues because we are not looking for them.