pic: Game hint

[vivek16]

Originally Posted by AndyB

I'll say it again... this IS the game piece... get your circuit board harvesters ready!

if so, I hope these are cheap and more robust that them tubes

-vivek

[WillItBlend]

Ok, so basically, I would have to guess this in fact is what will be in the KOP, but considering you only get one end of the wire in this "hint" there will be a complete set in the '08 KOP. What? Like 20 more days now?

[Aren_Hill]

Interesting. This makes me think of the Mindstorms RCX in the fact i've used it as a jammer to stop people from changing the tv channel away from the one i'm watching, simply by telling it to send message 1-10 and repeat. That completely jammed the remote from getting any response out of the tv.

My thoughts are this will go on the robot to respond to how the fields setup.
And being able to use any tv remote allows you to emulate the actual field.
Im picturing a large transmitter (or several small ones preferably) placed around the outside of the field that send messages to the robots be it autonomous or normal gameplay.

[vivek16]

@willitblend

LOL I think that it would blend...



-vivek

[WillItBlend]

Oh btw I believe the other end of the cable is an exact replica, so maybe thats how FIRST saved money on shipping these out, they just snipped these in half lol. Considering it will have a replica opposote side, there may be some piece that was not included in the hint but will be included in the KOP. The part may either be a field element such as a ball, or a part placed on the robot. If no other part will be in the KOP, then obviously this IR thing will be installed somewhere upon the field, and this thing will in fact be used to train the bot to adhere to any autonomous controls on the field. I hope that made sense.

[WillItBlend]

Originally Posted by vivek16

@willitblend

LOL I think that it would blend...



-vivek

rofl

[Josh Fox]

haha ever since I've seen that site ive broken that out at every oppurtunity... and it was all thatks to Dave's post on another thread i can't recall...so on behalf of me and my group of friends I thank you for another inside joke...

[start insane conjecture] maybe this is an elaborate plan to keep us away from our computers playing with this while the real game hint is released! or not [/conjecture]

[vivek16]

Originally Posted by FoXy92

[start insane conjecture] maybe this is an elaborate plan to keep us away from our computers playing with this while the real game hint is released! or not [/conjecture]

Nah, didn't you hear? Dave isn't even in the GDC this year.

-vivek

EDIT:

EDIT2: You know you are addicted to FIRST when you have been sitting here on the gaem hint page for 7 hours on a sunday...

[Simon Strauss]

We are given a rainbow ribbon wire for an infrared receiver, am i the only one who thinks the absence of ultra violet means something?

perhaps ultra violet is supposed to clue us to some sort of sun related theme or game piece.

[Blue_Mist]

That's incredible, two pages came up in the twenty minutes that I was reading all the posts that came up overnight. And at least 16 members looking at this page. For what I originally intended to say, 766 hasn't gotten our package or email yet, or our contact is unavailable.

[vivek16]

well, it is a sunday so our school is closed and mail/fedex doesnt work on sunday? correct me if im wrong.

-vivek

[WillItBlend]

Originally Posted by vivek16

Nah, didn't you hear? Dave isn't even in the GDC this year.

-vivek

EDIT:

EDIT2: You know you are addicted to FIRST when you have been sitting here on the gaem hint page for 7 hours on a sunday...

XD You know youre addicted to first when Chief Delphi is on your FireFox bookmarks toolbar.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by vivek16

well, it is a sunday so our school is closed and mail/fedex doesnt work on sunday? correct me if im wrong.

-vivek

Correct.

[vivek16]

waait a minute... Is that piece of paper in the picture smaller than 8x11? I hope so. Other wise those led's must be huge!

-vivek

[vivek16]

Originally Posted by EricH

Correct.

in that case, Most teams that have not gotten them might have not gotten them due to the fact that fedex doesn't work on Sunday. Give it a few days before assuming its a hoax guys.

-vivek