2011 FRC Game Hint #2

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by Tetraman

Dave Lavery where are you? Explain this mess to us! Pleeeeeeease...

I wonder if it could be...

Nah, that would just be way too...

Never mind.






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[iblis432]

Originally Posted by dlavery

I wonder if it could be...

Nah, that would just be way too...

Never mind.






.

you wouldn't. haha. Now you have me even more confused.

Judging by this, I would guess that we have hit the nail on the head somewhere, but where?

[EricH]

Well, he did ask for that, Dave.

I'll ask for another hint in, oh, about 4 days; 6 if you're really feeling pressed for time to finish that rendering.

[Beta Version]

combining the first clue with this you get... "logo-motion!" Each member of the alliance gets a circle, triangle, or square. The first team to use all three of these (in the game format, such as scoring, placing, connect, whatever) properly wins!

[Bjenks548]

Originally Posted by dlavery

I wonder if it could be...

Nah, that would just be way too...

Never mind.






.

At least that's one thing cleared up, thanks for the help Dave!






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[Robert Cawthon]

Originally Posted by iblis432

you wouldn't. haha. Now you have me even more confused.

Judging by this, I would guess that we have hit the nail on the head somewhere, but where?

The nail or your thumb?

Originally Posted by Robert Cawthon

Perhaps a reference to coopertition? Your alliance cannot do something till the other alliance has done something? That way the play is linked together.

I doubt any of you play video games, but there is one that came out quite recently (Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks), and parts of the game consist of you controlling 2 to 3 characters, each separated by walls, where you have to have a player do something to open up a passage for another character, and so on.

The point is that it would be completely logical and quite easy to create a game field similar to Breakaway, cut into 3 pieces, but unlike Breakaway, has walls that prevents the robots from moving through each section.

So imagine this: A game split into 3 separate "fields", each with a robot from each alliance in each field. Your robot would have to find a way to get balls over to the next side, or be able to catch the balls coming over and score points with them.

Interesting idea, huh!

[synth3tk]

Originally Posted by dlavery

I wonder if it could be...

Nah, that would just be way too...

Never mind.






.

I can safely say I saw a response along these lines coming from a mile away.

[bearbot]

2849 Therory

1.THeir will be train tracks that we move on
2.this year game will have a reverse mode (switch antonomus and tele op time )
3.The playing pices r a triangle, circle and square
4.yoou hav to sort them objet and untangle them and put the in locomotive trains (carts) the drive to the next oone
OR robot hook together to pick up pieces to help the coopertive bonus at the actcual compettion

[iblis432]

Originally Posted by SuperNerd256

So imagine this: A game split into 3 separate "fields", each with a robot from each alliance in each field. Your robot would have to find a way to get balls over to the next side, or be able to catch the balls coming over and score points with them.

Interesting idea, huh!

Or howabout the three games that were voted favorite in the 20th anniversery poll? Your robot has to be able to compete in a subversion of each one.

The GDC will have made the miniture ones throughout off season, then when the results of the poll come in, they give you those three games. That's why the manual hasn't even be released for encrypted download yet. XD I can dream can't I?

[arizonafoxx]

Originally Posted by SuperNerd256

I doubt any of you play video games, but there is one that came out quite recently (Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks), and parts of the game consist of you controlling 2 to 3 characters, each separated by walls, where you have to have a player do something to open up a passage for another character, and so on.

The point is that it would be completely logical and quite easy to create a game field similar to Breakaway, cut into 3 pieces, but unlike Breakaway, has walls that prevents the robots from moving through each section.

So imagine this: A game split into 3 separate "fields", each with a robot from each alliance in each field. Your robot would have to find a way to get balls over to the next side, or be able to catch the balls coming over and score points with them.

Interesting idea, huh!

I like this idea of the separation with walls but I would much rather have some inverted track above so you could transition from one side of the field to the other

[Are Jay]

A member on our team brought up the idea that maybe this hint could be that there are going to be three alliances... :/

Originally Posted by iblis432

Or howabout the three games that were voted favorite in the 20th anniversery poll? Your robot has to be able to compete in a subversion of each one.

The GDC will have made the miniture ones throughout off season, then when the results of the poll come in, they give you those three games. That's why the manual hasn't even be released for encrypted download yet. XD I can dream can't I?

Good Idea! That would be fun!!!

WHEN WILL WE HAVE AN ATR COMPETITION??? (All-Terrain Robot) I've always wanted a field with water on the floor, about 2 to 3 feet deep with floating islands, and rocky, mountainous goals, up high in the mountains!! You could have 4 types of robots: Robots who can go in the water, those who travel on land and jump from island to island, those who climb the mountain, and my team's robot: RoboCopter, the flying robot!!!

[Duke461]

I honestly don't think that the FIRST logo is hinting at linking in the sense of the field and alliances. The only possibilities for linking would be the game objects themselves. My random guess that I came up with over the summer would be that they're going to combine an aspect of every past game. The linking in terms of locomotion along with the symbols in the FIRST logo linking together support my theory of linking all the games together. The logo could also be trying to remind of us its the 20th anniversary, which supports my idea further. But eh, who knows? (besides Dave Lavery and the GDC ) On a side note, some of the ideas have been extremely far-fetched; let's try and stay a little rational here

Originally Posted by Are Jay

A member on our team brought up the idea that maybe this hint could be that there are going to be three alliances... :/

3 alliances with 2 teams on each? Or the standard 3 teams? That would be interesting!