The Difference Between Red Herring Clues And Official Game Hints

[Karibou]

I consider clues "official" if they're posted on the FIRST website, or if Bill EXPLICITLY says "this is a hint" in his blog.

However, I do expect something truthful to come out of some of Dave's posts. There's no way of knowing when he's right, but it will happen eventually. We'll just all go "D'OH" after kickoff. Same goes with the red herrings that everyone seems to think that Bill is dropping in his blog.

Also, two boxes of KKs and a 2-year subscription to CD says that Dave changed his avatar just to satisfy the game hint thread.

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

The real question is has anybody ever learned anything actionable from a game hint or red herring.

Yes and no, in my opinion. The 2008 anagram, vet hurdling FIRST tetra, when solved, read "drive straight turn left" -- exactly what we had to do for the game. Of course, nobody figured it out until AFTER kickoff, but, had we solved it before, we would have known exactly what half of the game involved.