2006 Official Game Hint Discussion

[Paul Copioli]

I read every darn page of this thread.

With that said, no one has mentioned the fact that Joe Montana went to Notre Dame. Notre Dame's colors: green and gold. Does it mean anything? I don't know.

I am putting my money on footballs as the game piece. I am putting someone elses money on 1/2 the time you play offense and 1/2 the time you play defense.

-Paul

[amos229]

well, i dont follow footbal can someone help me out. who is joe montana. i know stupid question but cant help aking. other than that i gotta agree with pual. wait a minute if this thread has sucked paul in wheres JVNeun?lol . well thats it for now

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by amos229

well, i dont follow footbal can someone help me out. who is joe montana. i know stupid question but cant help aking.

No problem, I don't follow sports too much either, I just know of Joe from other people loving the 49ers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Montana For you.

Oh, and for all the Montana state references, here's one for you.

"In 1993, the town of Ismay, Montana temporarily changed its name to Joe, Montana in an honorary gesture."

1993 huh? What was the game again in that year?

[Mike]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

No problem, I don't follow sports too much either, I just know of Joe from other people loving the 49ers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Montana For you.

Oh, and for all the Montana state references, here's one for you.

"In 1993, the town of Ismay, Montana temporarily changed its name to Joe, Montana in an honorary gesture."

1993 huh? What was the game again in that year?

The 1993 year was called Rug Rage.
http://www.firstwiki.org/Rug_Rage

and each water-filled ball is worth one point.

Everybody has perceiving a water game as a game where robots are submersed in water. What about a game where you must manipulate water? Has anyone ever thought of how to manipulate a fluid?

[Mike Schroeder]

five 'bots tangling with pasta -- Not sure about this, but i am betting it has something to do with the robots being tethered
a game piece obsessed with a shovel's show - Something scoop able
and seeing Montana's green heights - on/near/around the rockies in Montana there are an awful lot of Golf courses

My guess is the game piece is Golf balls, a whole lot of them being scooped up

[Henry_Mareck]

Well, after reading this entire thread after getting home from vacation, i have my own conclusions.
(the numbers with decimals are a result of my laziness to replace all the ones after it)
#1. I think 5 robots is unlikley, but still possible
#1.5. I think the 5 prime idea was great. I am all for 3v3 again.
#2. Footballs seem likley. However, so do batons. pvc with footballs on the ends?
#2.5. I think there will be a raised, center object. A pentagon shaped object, that has ramps coming off of each side. 5 spaces for robots, one team does not have a chance for extra points at the end. Maybe a goal in the middle, but maybe not.
#3. The fully listed-out game a few posts ago seems possible enough, but do you wanna set up up to 80 footballs on every two minutes? 5 or 10 green footballs seems mor likley. (like vision tetras?)
#4. I think "oro y plata" means "gold and silver" in spanish. (correct me if im wrong). Maybe there will be a few gold + silver objects worth Über points
#5. Thinking back, is Montana too far north to have significant spanish speaking segment of population? maybe its french.

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Henry_Mareck

#4. I think "oro y plata" means "gold and silver" in spanish. (correct me if im wrong). Maybe there will be a few gold + silver objects worth Über points
#5. Thinking back, is Montana too far north to have significant spanish speaking segment of population? maybe its french.

1) It is spanish, and that's what it is meant to mean on the flag itself.
(I'm glad somebody finally mentioned this. - I won't have to explain myself in depth when I come up with my long hypothesis post later on. w00t.)

2) When the flag was made, the country was still divided up into territories. Spanish settlers could of had a larger role than they do now in Montana at the time as opposed to the assumed large population of French(Canadian) who are now currently just north of Montana in Canada and may be in Montana as well.

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

(I'm glad somebody finally mentioned this. - I won't have to explain myself in depth when I come up with my long hypothesis post later on. w00t.)

you've been hinting at this for a while...just how LONG will the post be anyways???

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Nuttyman54

you've been hinting at this for a while...just how LONG will the post be anyways???

Oh.. it'll be a doozy.. I'm just glad I won't have to share everything I thought of.. cause some people are starting to stumble upon some connections.

Tomorrow probably.

[RbtGal1351]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

Oh.. it'll be a doozy..

I can't wait... After reading that thread for the past way-too-many hours, without catching up AT ALL until the past hour. Everyone was posting so fast, I was always five pages behind... But here I am finally. Yay.

So my ideas...

Originally Posted by Official Game Hint

five 'bots

The first thing I thought was, "Well we know we WON'T have five robots on the field because that would be obvious."
But here is another idea, an interesting version of 2v2v1 (Credit to my dad):
There are two alliances of two robots/teams on the field, competing against each other. There is also one neutral robot. The neutral robot can decide to either help one of the two other alliances or do some neutral-robot-only task. (Strategy would be important to decide this.) This robot can't win or lose, just help out.
^ I liked the idea until I realized this would be hard to do during final rounds.

Originally Posted by Cyberguy34000

Accoding to the first entry in this thesarus, obsessed is a synonym for controlled. So a game piece controlled by a shovel's show? Perhaps the shovel part alludes to how the game piece might be manipulated, and therafore what shape it might be.

So... depending on how well you are shovelling (your show) the game piece will be easier to get later, (after you're done shovelling?). Hmmm, I don't know what you're shovelling though.

[John Gutmann]

Originally Posted by Henry_Mareck

#4. I think "oro y plata" means "gold and silver" in spanish.

Wasn't one of the 49ers colors gold and the shovel is pointing to the word that means gold. And Joe Montana played football for the 49ers. hmmm.....

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by amos229

well, i dont follow footbal can someone help me out. who is joe montana. i know stupid question but cant help aking. other than that i gotta agree with pual. wait a minute if this thread has sucked paul in wheres JVNeun?lol . well thats it for now

Joe Montana career capsule.

We're probably talking about the greatest QB of all time. (And this praise is coming out of the mouth of a die-hard Cowboys fan!)

One thing about Joe Montana that hasn't been touched on, is that he won two Cotton Bowls while playing for Notre Dame. I have no real insight as to what that could mean, but I'm sure one of you will come up with some sort of theory.