2006 Official Game Hint Discussion

[Nuttyman54]

whoa...that's almost zen-like...

[Justin Montois]

I bet after reading these over the years, Dave is never disappointed with the way his clues are dissected. It really is amazing to me how people will comb the internet fore the Montana State Flag and decipher whats on it in an attempt to figure out the game. i think this clue is a great way to get people excited about the upcoming season. Its like The Budweiser Shootout at Daytona is for NASCAR or the Draft is for the NFL. It sure is getting people on here excited.
Anyway, the CLUE!

-Doubt Pool Noodles(Too Obvious)
Same with Five Bots, too obvious. Granted the GDC knew that a simple search for the baseball players last year would reveal Triple play and you could say that that was too obvious so who knows.
Montana, Could be Joe Montana but I think that if they wanted to say something about football, they would have said it differently. I think there will be an uneven field again this year, even if nothing in the clue supports it, people like seeing robots have to go up stairs and ramps.
You have to think easy to reset, easy to clean, easy to get, that will help you out the most. If only Dave would tell us if someone hit the nail right on the -- >

[Salik Syed]

i think we were on to something with the backgammon link..

perhaps a platform in the center with room for only 5 of 6 robots?

i'm going to wait till kick off lol...

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by Salik Syed

perhaps a platform in the center with room for only 5 of 6 robots?

Maybe something like the game musical chairs, where there are enough for everyone except one?

[Arkorobotics]

I think I will stick with a slippery surface due to http://www.ifirobotics.com/robot-traction-wheels.shtml.... I don't know about the clues though

[pyroslev]

I had a rush of caffeine in me two nights ago and had thee dry erase boards filled with theories. Some were nutty but a few make sense. Camera, hill, etc.

I was typing up an ad to sell a book i didn't need anymore. Look at the clue from a grammar teacher's perspective. Rearranging some of the words and their meanings made a lot of sense.

[arbershametaj]

I think that the surface of the hill or raised part of the field will be very slippery

4 the rest of the clues I have no clue except that the cam is back. Yeah people are going to love this .
well good luck 2 everyone and I hope this year is fun and we Win again

[CyberWolf_22]

My family, some team members and I have been thinking about this hint for some time and one of the things my mother actually came up with was that maybe since the game piece has to be obsessed with something maybe it is animate like a house-bot type thing that FIRST would build and that is why it is five bots. 2 v 2 v 1 autonomous bot game piece.

Considering the thing about greenhorn the new robot would be a new comer to FIRST since it has never happened before.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by CyberWolf_22

My family, some team members and I have been thinking about this hint for some time and one of the things my mother actually came up with was that maybe since the game piece has to be obsessed with something maybe it is animate like a house-bot type thing that FIRST would build and that is why it is five bots. 2 v 2 v 1 autonomous bot game piece.

Considering the thing about greenhorn the new robot would be a new comer to FIRST since it has never happened before.

Read the thread. This is old news. There were even pictures of a "house bot" or placebo. It has happened multiple times in the past. I highly doubt that we will have one, particularly since the original purpose is no longer valid.

[Elgin Clock]

Ughhh.. I hope someone is taking all this in cause I just can't step away from this riddle.

It's like the season, FIRST seems to take over my life.

Oh well, it's better than other things taking over my life.

Anyways....

Even more info for everyone to analyze.

In the game Texas Hold-Em Poker, the following nicknames are pretty interesting.

Holding a 9 & 2 = "Montana Banana" or "Twiggy" or "Golf Bag"
Holding a 9 & 4 = "Joe Montana Banana" or "San Fransisco"
http://www.texasholdem-poker.com/hand_nicknames.php


BTW.. 92's Game = Maize Craze
& then 94's Game = Tower Power

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

Holding a 9 & 2 = "Montana Banana" or "Twiggy" or "Golf Bag"
Holding a 9 & 4 = "Joe Montana Banana" or "San Fransisco"
http://www.texasholdem-poker.com/hand_nicknames.php

Ok, if that's a coincidence...i can't even describe how whack that would be

Maybe all the GDC people each come up with a game, and then play Hold 'Em to decide which game we play?

[tfedullo]

I'm sorry to burst your bubbles, but i think the banana may just be a reference to Dave's production company, as seen in the 2005 triple play animation, of coarse it could be both

[EddieMcD]

Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri

Silly Adam!

You can't have negative robots!



...Or can you...

No, but you can have imaginary robots.

Originally Posted by Karthik

There's been some talk about how "prime" is a common way to denote a derivative. Well, if we go back to our introductory calculus course, we remember that the derivative of a constant function is precisely equal to zero. 5 is a constant.

Hence,

5' = 0

Therefore,

five' bots tangling with pasta
= zero bots tangling with pasta

... Just something to think about

Which means that entire line could literally be a red herring... It wouldn't suprise me to see Dave do that either.

[Vaillancourt88]

I like the Ideas about the CMU cam and the fun noodles. However, can't the cam recognize other colors than green? seems like they would make visual targets a different color this year....

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by Vaillancourt88

I like the Ideas about the CMU cam and the fun noodles. However, can't the cam recognize other colors than green? seems like they would make visual targets a different color this year....

yes, but green is by far the easiest color for it to see (That's why the chose it last year) Also, FIRST wouldn't choose red or blue for obvious reasons...