2011 FRC Game Hint #2

[Are Jay]

Originally Posted by SuperNerd256

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

He brought up the idea of the 3 alliances with 3 teams on each. and the teams would be the normal Red and Blue with an additional White...

[EricH]

Originally Posted by SuperNerd256

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

More than you know.

3-alliance (OK, 3 single teams) games lead to the 2-alliance games we know and love. Seems that the "weaker" teams kept pairing up against the "strongest" team in a given match. 1 strong team isn't quite a match for 2 weak teams, so the strong teams lost quite a lot. It could not be proved that the weaker teams colluded/allied...but it couldn't be disproved either. The result? Alliances were required starting in 1999.

[Duke461]

Originally Posted by SuperNerd256

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

this was discussed earlier in the thread (i know its a huge thread but try and read it anyway before posting).
The response to the notion went as follows:

Originally Posted by Robert Cawthon

The problem with three alliances is that two of the alliances tend to team up against the third, especially if the third is a real good alliance. I don't think FIRST really wants this. Unless, of course, the game is designed to prevent that in some way.

EDIT: Of course, they may do it for one year just to get us out of our comfort zone.

.....which i completely 100% agree with

Originally Posted by Duke461

this was discussed earlier in the thread (i know its a huge thread but try and read it anyway before posting).
The response to the notion went as follows:

.....which i completely 100% agree with

You know what would be fun? A game on a GIGANTIC field, with 2 alliances, with 10 teams on each alliance! That would mix up the games A LOT!!!

[SuperBK]

First hint - locomotion
second hint - interlocking pieces
conclusion - train game

[GGCO]

Originally Posted by SuperBK

First hint - locomotion
second hint - interlocking pieces
conclusion - train game

Spot on.

[Tetraman]

Originally Posted by dlavery

I wonder if it could be...

Nah, that would just be way too...

Never mind.






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Alrighty. I'll post some Sketchup fields tonight of some ideas.

Originally Posted by SuperBK

First hint - locomotion
second hint - interlocking pieces
conclusion - train game

I'm hoping though that it's interlocking GAME pieces, not robots. Interlocking robots would be interesting as an "end of game" mission, but for the whole game? That's rediculous!

[quinxorin]

I don't think anyone has mentioned this yet:

The logo is missing the TM sign in the lower right hand corner. All the official FIRST Logos either have an (R) or a TM.

[smistthegreat]

The two most logical guesses I've seen so far are:
Train Game: Locomotion and interlocked shapes. Not too far of a stretch.
Something with cones: Square base, circular shape, triangle profile.
Trains of cones!?!?!?

P.S. The gdc has never given us the most logical hints, so this is all shooting in the dark, of course.

Originally Posted by smistthegreat

The two most logical guesses I've seen so far are:
Train Game: Locomotion and interlocked shapes. Not too far of a stretch.
Something with cones: Square base, circular shape, triangle profile.
Trains of cones!?!?!?

P.S. The gdc has never given us the most logical hints, so this is all shooting in the dark, of course.

I'm not sure about making "trains of cones", but if there are cones, I think they would be similar to those orange caution cones you see on the street. That means that we may have to pick them up (maybe place them on a train?)

[Bjenks548]

This is the only FIRST game i could find with the logo used. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvOI3WmYPas

[iblis432]

Let's face it, the train is definiatly a must, or at least something related to trains or train terminology. We know this from the hints and Dave's most auspicious choice of a profile picture. XD So besides that, what can we think of ignoring anything already said?

[synth3tk]

Originally Posted by quinxorin

I don't think anyone has mentioned this yet:

The logo is missing the TM sign in the lower right hand corner. All the official FIRST Logos either have an (R) or a TM.

Please read the thread before posting.

[FIRSTtm134]

Originally Posted by JohnBoucher

I suspect 3 different shaped game pieces

It makes sense
to tie it in with the history of first:
Tetras for the triangle
Some sore of ball for the circle (oversized tennis ball?)
and the storage boxes from 2003