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Re: Official 2005 Clue Thread

[joke] My friend Nick is going back to his IB school in Hong Kong. You know, I'm so eager to find out about the rules that I'll have him email them to me on the 8th in HK cause it'll be the 7th here! [/joke]

Seriously though, I like the pyramid idea very much after seeing the images Petey posted. If the above post is correct, then perhaps there is a hole or some scoring object in the top? However, if this is to be a solid pyramid, then I dislike the idea because last year's field setup was hard enough to drive around in.
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Re: Official 2005 Clue Thread

Since we're in the business of over-analysis, I thought I'd share my immediate thoughts.

The clue kind of reminds me of a clue from a cryptic crossword, wherein oftentimes you have to find hidden meanings through anagrams. (Usually the anagrams are triggered by words such as 'crazy' or 'mixed', but there isn't anything of the sort in this particular clue, which leads me to believe that I'm barking up the wrong tree, but then again who isn't?)

So I've found a few anagrams for the phrase 'pi, you and me', and I've come up with some incredibly useless things, but mildly amusing nonetheless:

Yup, I'm anode
Yea, impound!
You'd pain me
Aim upon dye
Nude myopia

These were some that jumped out at me.

Like I said, in cryptic crosswords, there are usually triggering words, like 'between pi, you and me' could mean that there is a word in order within the letters of those words. (Like the country name 'hungary' in 'don't shun Gary, he just wants to play', which is from a book I had as a younger child).

It's a slightly different way of thinking, which is what first is all about, right? Anyway, I hope kickoff weekend is great for everyone.
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Re: Official 2005 Clue Thread

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[joke] My friend Nick is going back to his IB school in Hong Kong. You know, I'm so eager to find out about the rules that I'll have him email them to me on the 8th in HK cause it'll be the 7th here! [/joke]

Seriously though, I like the pyramid idea very much after seeing the images Petey posted. If the above post is correct, then perhaps there is a hole or some scoring object in the top? However, if this is to be a solid pyramid, then I dislike the idea because last year's field setup was hard enough to drive around in.
I bet they got enough people complaining about last year and about stack attack that they've come up with some way to avoid it.

Although...if you keep on the 3's...we could see 3, 6, and 9 foot pyramids, couldn't we?

I'm still interested in whether or not we'll see baseballs this year. They would be dangerous...but...

One thing we really haven't decided that much is the gameplay. I'm very interested in seeing how this clue fits into the gameplay, not just the physical design of the field.

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Re: Official 2005 Clue Thread

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[joke] My friend Nick is going back to his IB school in Hong Kong. You know, I'm so eager to find out about the rules that I'll have him email them to me on the 8th in HK cause it'll be the 7th here! [/joke]

Seriously though, I like the pyramid idea very much after seeing the images Petey posted. If the above post is correct, then perhaps there is a hole or some scoring object in the top? However, if this is to be a solid pyramid, then I dislike the idea because last year's field setup was hard enough to drive around in.
perhaps different levels of holes in the pyramid count for different points?
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Re: Official 2005 Clue Thread

hmmm, Pi's realtionship to a pyramid, could the clue be pertaining to an event of the game, possibly a "king of the hill" or mayb a finishing point, OR mayb we've got to move something uphill
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Re: Official 2005 Clue Thread

OOOH.

King of the Hill--I hadn't thought of that.

But wouldn't it be dangerous for the robots? I imagine that FIRST doesn't want to produce a situation in which a robot could undergo serious harm if it fell. It wouldn't be like dropping off of the bar--it would tumble.

Well. We'll find out in....10 hours?

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Re: Official 2005 Clue Thread

I highly doubt it would be a King of the Hill type of game because it would hurt the robots, but in 2003 the game was like that basically so you never know. I do think there will be a pyramid of some sort on the field somewhere. Maybe more then one. Maybe a giant cube, a giant pyramid, and a giant ball. But I am way too excited right now to think.
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Re: Official 2005 Clue Thread

WHOOO HOO!!! Let the games begin!!

I spy with my little eye.. a bunch of numbers

Amethyst = 6th anniversary stone
John Neun -(V = 5)?
George Burns (Actor)= 100 years old when he died
Pi = ~3


Something between 3, 100, and 65?
Weird...

And Mike.. uh.. yeah. George Burns, Actor..
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Amthyst = 6th anniversary stone
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Pi = ~3
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6 sided field, 95 points max??, and maybe he has an actual pie in his shirt???
I dunno, i might be totally off
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6 sided field, 95 points max??, and maybe he has an actual pie in his shirt???
I dunno, i might be totally off
Perhaps a six sided field with a hole in the center of size Pi * (you) and (me). Whatever you and me are in that equation I don't know.

hmm... a nut shaped field.
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Re: Official 2005 Clue Thread

Maybe theres a pyramid in the center and thats where the robots start off at? I dont know ahhh
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Re: Official 2005 Clue Thread

Pi - if spelled pie is round - maybe a round field.
Combine Red and Blue (the color of the teams of FIRST) and you get purple - or the color of amethyst.

3 sets of teams on a circular field.
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George H. Burns -- Sept. 14, 1923
Boston first baseman George Burns turned his in the second inning against Cleveland. Burns caught Frank Brower's line drive, tagged Walt Lutzke off first base and ran to second and slid into the bag before Riggs Stephenson could return from third base.

is there another george burns? other then baseball?
Yes, he was a vaudeville actor. See wikipedia entry
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Aaaaah! George Burns was in a Soylent Green Promotional Film! Our robots will be fueled by people

He was also in a the Beatles film "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." We'll be seeing lyrics soon!
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Re: Official 2005 Clue Thread

thinking about last year's clue and dealt with a rule of the game so could there be something matched with the clue to a rule, you can make up. but another one of my guesses is it has to do with a rule of some thing. but the rule deals with the field and what you can do.
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