When will the first official game hint be released?

[Libby K]

Originally Posted by MikeE

How do we know a hint hasn't been released already?

Has anyone checked the Nth letter of each of Frank's blog posts where N is the next Fibonacci number modulo number of years since FIRST was founded?

You know when a game hint has been released, when something sent out from FIRST (or posted on the blog) clearly says GAME HINT on it.

For some reason this year has been the worst so far in threads begging for game hints and overanalyzing. There's a whole lot of passionate, engaged students out there. My usual message still stands: spend your time on other, non-FIRST endeavors while you still have time. Hang out with your family & friends. Go do something that doesn't have anything to do with robots for a little bit. Maybe you'll gain a new perspective on something that will actually help you during build. Most importantly, get some sleep.

[Kimmeh]

Originally Posted by Libby K

Most importantly, get some sleep.

Quoted, bolded, and enlarged for truth.

Or, go study for finals. If you don't have finals, get ahead on some of that studying you might not do during build season.

[xXTHEGUARDIANxX]

sleep who needs sleep not me

im busy trying to figure this years game out and preparing for season sleep is non existent in my eyes

[connor.worley]

Originally Posted by xXTHEGUARDIANxX

sleep who needs sleep not me

im busy trying to figure this years game out and preparing for season sleep is non existent in my eyes

You play a dangerous game.

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by Libby K

Most importantly, get some sleep.

Sleep? What is this sleep of which you sp....ZZzzzzzzzz

[BBray_T1296]

Originally Posted by connor.worley

You play a dangerous game.

The most dangerous game. Oh wait, nevermind. (*)

Sleep and spend time with the people you will entirely ignore for the next 2 months

[Richard Wallace]

In olden times, former GDC member Dave Lavery used to post hints right here on CD, from which we could learn the exact nature of the FRC game -- IF we could decode them. Unfortunately, Dave's code was exceedingly complex. Something akin to translating all the technical facts into Kurdish, all the historical facts into Navajo, all the numerals into Chinese, and then scrambling the characters, re-encoding in EBCDIC, and then posting the final text in pig-latin. That explanation is actually a bit oversimplified. No one ever really understood any of Dave's hints.

[Dustin Shadbolt]

Originally Posted by Richard Wallace

In olden times, former GDC member Dave Lavery used to post hints right here on CD, from which we could learn the exact nature of the FRC game -- IF we could decode them. Unfortunately, Dave's code was exceedingly complex. Something akin to translating all the technical facts into Kurdish, all the historical facts into Navajo, all the numerals into Chinese, and then scrambling the characters, re-encoding in EBCDIC, and then posting the final text in pig-latin. That explanation is actually a bit oversimplified. No one ever really understood any of Dave's hints.

These were the best type of hints. Just random hints dropped throughout the forum. It always fun going through the hints after Kickoff and realizing the meaning of each hint.

If we get a hint, you will know about it.

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by Richard Wallace

In olden times, former GDC member Dave Lavery used to post hints right here on CD, from which we could learn the exact nature of the FRC game -- IF we could decode them. Unfortunately, Dave's code was exceedingly complex. Something akin to translating all the technical facts into Kurdish, all the historical facts into Navajo, all the numerals into Chinese, and then scrambling the characters, re-encoding in EBCDIC, and then posting the final text in pig-latin. That explanation is actually a bit oversimplified. No one ever really understood any of Dave's hints.

"No one ever really understood any of Dave's hints."??? How can you say that??!?!! I understood every single one of them!!! (and so did Bill Murray!)


-dave




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[DampRobot]

Originally Posted by dlavery

-dave




..

Anyone know the history behind Dave putting a good inch of black space at the end of his posts? All the old ones I've seen seem to have this same "Dave gap" too.

[Whippet]

Originally Posted by DampRobot

Anyone know the history behind Dave putting a good inch of black space at the end of his posts? All the old ones I've seen seem to have this same "Dave gap" too.

From what I can tell, he just likes his posts to have extra white space. On the other hand, there are two dots at the end this time, rather than only one. Double the dots... Double the robots!

[yash101]

I talked to FIRST, and they gave me a hint:
Boxes fly, robots stack

















Lol. that's a joke!
The more we wait for the hint, the more time it will take for them to release it!

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Whippet

From what I can tell, he just likes his posts to have extra white space. On the other hand, there are two dots at the end this time, rather than only one. Double the dots... Double the robots!

Oh, great. Dave and his Morse code strike again.


And I'm willing to bet that some portion of the game animation is currently busy on Dave's render farm... otherwise, why would he be out here stirring up confusion?

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by dlavery

"No one ever really understood any of Dave's hints."??? How can you say that??!?!! I understood every single one of them!!! (and so did Bill Murray!)


-dave




..

Touche', Dave.


BTW, I notice a striking resemblance between your Other Car, and the Chinese 'Jade Rabbit' lunar rover. They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Congratulations on continuing to inspire.

Now that China has joined the moon exploration club, and has several FRC teams, maybe FIRST should revisit Lunacy?

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Richard Wallace

... maybe FIRST should revisit Lunacy?

With automated moonrock counters on the trailers!