2006 game hints?

[Wetzel]

The parts flowchart will be changed for 2006.
Gerbils will remain verboten.

Wetzel

[John Gutmann]

Originally Posted by Rickertsen2

I agree:
*its very random and cryptic.
*if you will remember, dave has a history of giving away the game hints early on CD
*the pic looks to be in dave's ani-style


wow... baton shaped objects... that would be a nightmare. Now assuming that this is the hint, i do not think it would be quite that obvious. Grrr. Once again we have a hint involving an object and a person. Then again, the stairway to heaven hint was pretty easy so this might be too.

I don't think they would be too hard to maneuver them. There is less edges and less volume to handel.

A ball was a large amount of volume. Same with the rubbermaid containers.

The tetra were skeltons of a shape but if you grabbed on edge it wouldn't b balanced so you had to counter act its weight some how.

I think a baton would be wonderful because it is annoying how people say there is a pattern with the whole triangle circle square thing, because if you think about it what other simple shape is there that they could use easily?

[phrontist]

I can't believe Lavery would just come out and post an image of a game object like that, it's not nearly subtle enough.

Or is that what he wants us to think?

[Ken Loyd]

Originally Posted by phrontist

I can't believe Lavery would just come out and post an image of a game object like that, it's not nearly subtle enough.

Or is that what he wants us to think?

When I encounter Dave at competitions and meetings, I find him to be kind, helpful, almost too nice.

When I read his hints, I find him to be EVIL!

Ken

[KenWittlief]

maybe we will be the robots?

all human players?

remotely controlled?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051026/...NlYwMlJVRPUCUl

[MikeDubreuil]

I just spayed some amazing information while taking a trip to New Hampshire...

While watching the game committee in their secret Manch-Vegas game design warehouse I witnessed them opening a window. Yes, I do believe the playing field will be surrounded by normal air from the Earth's atmosphere. My sources tell me this gas is mix of Nitrogen, Oxygen, Argon and Carbon Dioxide. Therefore, this year's safety rules will not require human players to wear a breathing apparatus.

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by MikeDubreuil

I just spayed some amazing information while taking a trip to New Hampshire...

Thats great if you want to limit the information population, but I think we would all like to get some more information.

Wetzel

[Henry_Mareck]

whats a CMU cam ??


is that the camera (assuming cam means camera?) that we got in the kit last year and was hard to use?

[Petey]

Originally Posted by Henry_Mareck

whats a CMU cam ??


is that the camera (assuming cam means camera?) that we got in the kit last year and was hard to use?

*activates RTCW voice*

Affirmative.

*deactivates*

--Petey

[Astronouth7303]

Anyone listening to FIRSTcast? About half-way through the 3rd episode, JVN mentions that he's working on a water-proof speed controller. (Listen to it for more detail.) I'd call this a pretty big hint.

Any speculation?

[Andrew Blair]

I'm not real familar with the style of Dave and JVN. I don't want to kill the speculations, but would they just fool around this close to build season, or are these things actually hints? What do people think?

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by Astronouth7301

Anyone listening to FIRSTcast? About half-way through the 3rd episode, JVN mentions that he's working on a water-proof speed controller. (Listen to it for more detail.) I'd call this a pretty big hint.

Originally Posted by Andrew Blair

I'm not real familar with the style of Dave and JVN. I don't want to kill the speculations, but would they just fool around this close to build season, or are these things actually hints? What do people think?

I've never known JVN to be sarcastic or joke around...

NiagaraFIRST.org is turning in our lease on our normal practice facility, and renting an indoor swimming pool in a direct response to the JVN interview...

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by Karthik

I've never known JVN to be sarcastic or joke around...

Me neither. I have found that he has absolutely no sense of humor at all.

-dave

[Henry_Mareck]

i seriously doubt there will be a 100% water game this year.
However, there may be an extra "area" or something with special points for being able to go across a moat of some sort, like hanging in 2004 or there could be extra scoring thingies on the other side. while im at it, maybe there will be floating batons in the moat as well as batons on the bottom woohoo?).
This way, experienced teams could have some fun building an amphibious robot , and the rookie teams could compete and not have to worry about submerging thousands of dollars of electronics.
on a second note:
Did FIRST start in 1996? If so, water would be an amazing 10 year aniversary.
(Im guessing 1996 becuase thats the earliest "rookie year" i have seen on CD)

[scitobor 617]

Originally Posted by Henry_Mareck

Did FIRST start in 1996? If so, water would be an amazing 10 year aniversary.
(Im guessing 1996 becuase thats the earliest "rookie year" i have seen on CD)

No, I think it started in 1992.