is this another game hint?

[dag0620]

Sorry to be that guy, but once again my answer to things like this is....

No.

I really am willing to bet it's just a glitch in the system, or a mistake as they edited the previous years manual.

[rwkling1]

I disagree, in many years previous, there has been something to do with the number 3, it is likely there will be something on the field having to do with the number 3

[Domenic Rodriguez]

It's funny to see this whole thing with the number 3 again this year. I'm sure others remember last year's red herring and game hint and their focus on the number 3. I wouldn't read too much into errors like this.

Also, this video from Team 1902 is feeling more relevant than ever these days, particularly the ending: http://youtu.be/uQ_mdx8_6A4.

[MechEng83]

Originally Posted by TheCascadeKid

Not to break anyone's heart, but 3 is a great number for varying skill levels amongst teams. It just makes more sense than 2, and 4 is getting too complicated.

It's clearly a hint that the Holy Hand Grenade be the game piece...

[Woolly]

Originally Posted by MechEng83

It's clearly a hint that the Holy Hand Grenade be the game piece...

Well, I guess that means that team 1939 is a lock for 2014 FRC World Champions.

[holygrail]

Originally Posted by Woolly

Well, I guess that means that team 1939 is a lock for 2014 FRC World Champions.

Or if we build another Killer Rabbit, it could mean we will be blown up near the entrance to a cave by a guy that has a hard time counting to three.

Whoa. There's another three!

I like your idea better! World Champions sounds good.

[Calvin Hartley]

Originally Posted by holygrail

Or if we build another Killer Rabbit, it could mean we will be blown up near the entrance to a cave by a guy that has a hard time counting to three.

Whoa. There's another three!

I like your idea better! World Champions sounds good.

You might be better off naming your robot....... Tim.

[Gemmendorfer]

Originally Posted by LedLover96

A note on the three thing:

In almost any game, even after discounting 3 robots per alliance, there is something to do with 3. Examples:

2013: Three point goal, Three goals, three pyramid levels,
2012: 3 bridges, 3 point vales for hoops
2011: Three levels of racks, three shapes
2010: Drawing a blank
2009: 3 types of balls

Overall, it is VERY likely that the game will have to do with the number 3.

1992: three different valued tennis balls
1994-1998: three robots per match and the amount of sides fields had were multiples of three
1996: three ways to score
1997: Triangular pyramid goal with three pegs extending from three edges
1999: Floppies 8 or more ft. high are 3 points and robot on the puck multiplies their end score by three
2002: Three zones and three goals
2004: Beginning of three team alliances

I'm pretty sure it's safe to say there is an overwhelmingly high chance all future games will have some sort of three involved, whether it alliances or scoring...

[Chris is me]

Also worth noting is the contents of the section being "edited" three times. This edit concerns the value of climb points at the FIRST Championship, which did not change. This 3-tiered challenge, with 3 edits indicating a lack of change to this challenge at the Championship, leads one to believe that a three tiered endgame will be returning in 2014, worth 10, 20, or 30 points. Perhaps it will even be a form of climbing again.

Also worth thinking about is the presentation of these "3"s in the form of errors. The 3 in the year of an earlier blog post was a typo. These three edits concern a section of the manual that doesn't exist yet in the 2014 manual (the entire Game section is empty until Kickoff). Perhaps this has some significance.

The number 3 alone means nothing (indeed, I've made the same argument you're all making in the last thread), but this potential clue does seem to give more context. Or we are all obsessing over coincidental glitches.

[cadandcookies]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Or we are all obsessing over coincidental glitches.

If we weren't, this wouldn't be CD!

Also, noticing that the official FIRST twitter has been posting pictures of previous years' games. That could compound on the "climbing... again!" theory.

[efoote868]

Originally Posted by Gemmendorfer

I'm pretty sure it's safe to say there is an overwhelmingly high chance all future games will have some sort of three involved, whether it alliances or scoring...

Three atoms in a molecule of water... WATER GAME!

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Gemmendorfer

1992: three different valued tennis balls
1994-1998: three robots per match and the amount of sides fields had were multiples of three
1996: three ways to score
1997: Triangular pyramid goal with three pegs extending from three edges
1999: Floppies 8 or more ft. high are 3 points and robot on the puck multiplies their end score by three
2002: Three zones and three goals
2004: Beginning of three team alliances

I'm pretty sure it's safe to say there is an overwhelmingly high chance all future games will have some sort of three involved, whether it alliances or scoring...

You forgot 2003 ooh, nvm found it.

Ok, now I'm just being silly.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Gemmendorfer

2004: Beginning of three team alliances

Sorry, gotta call you on that one. 3-team alliances were in play in 2002 for sure, maybe in 2000 (2001 was a 5-team alliance). But only in eliminations (play 2, sit 1).

3-team alliances in regular play wasn't until Triple Play in 2005.

[E Dawg]

Originally Posted by LedLover96

A note on the three thing:

In almost any game, even after discounting 3 robots per alliance, there is something to do with 3. Examples:

2013: Three point goal, Three goals, three pyramid levels,
2012: 3 bridges, 3 point vales for hoops
2011: Three levels of racks, three shapes
2010: Drawing a blank
2009: 3 types of balls

Overall, it is VERY likely that the game will have to do with the number 3.

This was the third post. It also has the highest frequency of 3's per post in this thread.

Further indication that 3 will be radically important.

[SingerandDancer]

Originally Posted by LedLover96

A note on the three thing:

In almost any game, even after discounting 3 robots per alliance, there is something to do with 3. Examples:

2013: Three point goal, Three goals, three pyramid levels,
2012: 3 bridges, 3 point vales for hoops
2011: Three levels of racks, three shapes
2010: Drawing a blank
2009: 3 types of balls

Overall, it is VERY likely that the game will have to do with the number 3.

Well, ofc they like the number 3