2006 Official Game Hint Discussion

[gondorf]

i say that the five bots tangling with pasta is because of 5 bots and the pasta is the pool "noodles" bumper.

the shoveling is to shovel the balls into the mechanism to shoot and the green heights is to track the special green light

this is kinda a part but the guy at the kick off said something about "just shoot me" i wonder what that means

[Alex357]

Maybe its 2v2 where the other "robot" is actually a moving field element like a shovel?

[Safarley2901]

Actually I was thinking it may be a free for all, style game. Or a 1 team idea. So no alliances. That would be sort of awkward though.

[Kyle Love]

2vs2 with the re-apperance of the placebo?

[Rampant Hero]

The robots arent obsessed the shovels show
It says a game peice

[Rampant Hero]

has anyone connected previos hints to any of this

[Alex Burman]

i think there will be possibly a third alliance introduced this year as well as a hill or mound.

There was the mention of pasta. As well as green.

Pasta is one of Italy's biggest foods, green is on the Italian flag. The Italian flag it broken up into 3 sections, green, white, and red 2 of which are associated with the colors of first if you look to the first logo.

Italy also has allot of mountains which relates to the green heights



in addition i found this from
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/montana
and significant lumber and mineral extraction (gold, coal, silver, talc, and vermiculite) industries.

Vegetation of the state includes ponderosa pine, lodgepole pine, larch, fir, spruce, aspen, birch, redcedar, ash, alder, rocky mountain maple and cottonwood trees. Forests cover one-fourth of the state. Flowers native to Montana include asters, bitterroots, daisies, lupins, poppies, primroses, columbine, lilies, orchids and dryads. Several species of sagebrush and cactus and many species of grasses are common plants in some regions. Many species of mushrooms and lichens are also found in the state.


i was thinking since we had 2 teams of 3 last year
it would be
3 teams of 2 this year

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by Grayswandir-75

in addition i found this from
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/montana
and significant lumber and mineral extraction (gold, coal, silver, talc, and vermiculite) industries.

Having gone through two hints in my FIRST career, I'm willing to bet that you may be onto something here. The derivative thing seems to be the key. (After all, was Led Zeppelin or John Neun on the field?)

Perhaps we'll have to maneuver our robot to retrieve things from a somewhat awkward situation? (Imagine if you had to get tetras out from the center goal from this year. Scary notion, especially if they were to raise the goal a bit.)

[Vince lau]

Originally Posted by Grayswandir-75

i think there will be possibly a third alliance introduced this year as well as a hill or mound.

There was the mention of pasta. As well as green.

Pasta is one of Italy's biggest foods, green is on the Italian flag. The Italian flag it broken up into 3 sections, green, white, and red 2 of which are associated with the colors of first if you look to the first logo.

Italy also has allot of mountains which relates to the green heights



in addition i found this from
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/montana
and significant lumber and mineral extraction (gold, coal, silver, talc, and vermiculite) industries.


i was thinking since we had 2 teams of 3 last year
it would be
3 teams of 2 this year

Also the 2006 Winter Olympics is in Italy, so maybe an Olypmic theme

[RayRay365]

[quote=Grayswandir-75]i think there will be possibly a third alliance introduced this year as well as a hill or mound.

There was the mention of pasta. As well as green.

Pasta is one of Italy's biggest foods, green is on the Italian flag. The Italian flag it broken up into 3 sections, green, white, and red 2 of which are associated with the colors of first if you look to the first logo.

Italy also has allot of mountains which relates to the green heights

I also thought italy...i just didnt know how it related...i like ur thinking..

[Billfred]

I somehow doubt that we'll see a placebo as a full-on FRC robot in its own right, as one of the oft-mentioned constraints is that a team should be able to replicate the field with stuff from Home Depot. And you just can't get an IFI RC at Lowe's.

The fact that a shovel show is being held at the High Wire Gallery (link credit: Not2B) makes me wonder about hanging making a return, but perhaps in the form of having to traverse something while hanging. (Teams like 237 and 330, who perfected the art of the monkeybot in 2004, might have the edge here.)

On the other hand, I think I'm going to just go back to finishing off the Pre-Season FF draft, run a couple more caption contests, and relax before the madness.

[bobl]

The Shovel Show was an art exhibit at the Highwire Gallery. Maybe some sort of highwire traversing going on either by bots or game pieces?

[skimoose]

I'm leaning towards the mulligan (golf term for redo) part of the equation, rather than a golf ball itself.

Elgin does that mean these are the new referee uniforms?

Don't football players tangle over a fumble? Or how about a rugby scrum? Then there's also the shovel pass. Also, just because the scoring object is football shaped who says its US football? Here's my favorite version of football, Australian Rules Football. Is this tangling?

They have an interesting goal scoring system using four vertical posts for different scoring possibilities. Hmmm, maybe I'll work this into my game thoughts>

[Safarley2901]

Originally Posted by iCurtis

Well the hint mentions "A game piece obsessed with a shovel's snow"

The Clue Says "A game piece obsessed with a shovel's SHOW" It wouldn't have anything to do with snow or ice, look at where the regionals are.

You can't have snow or ice, at a regional. You realize how fast it would melt? For anyone that has been to a regional they should realize that ice isn't even a feasible idea.

(Not trying to flame, sorry if I came across that way. Just didn't want anyone thinking that they would actually use a snow or ice game field.)

[Bill_Hancoc]

Originally Posted by Safarley2901

It wouldn't have anything to do with snow or ice, look at where the regionals are.

You can't have snow or ice, at a regional. You realize how fast it would melt? For anyone that has been to a regional they should realize that ice isn't even a feasible idea.

Living in michigan it gets pretty cold outdoor reginal??? I was at the Monster jam and they had a halftime show with snowmobiles and despite being ^of 80 degrees in there the snow was there in entirity the whole time.

Originally Posted by Stud Man Dan

I think someone might have been on to it in the other post when they mentioned Joe Montana.

the clue mentions "Seeing Montana's Green Heights " well Joe Montana played at Notre Dame and played in a green jersey Number 3. Instead of saying we are seeing an object maybe seeing would be more of an adjective describing Montana and in his green jersey some heights he accomplished. He did win 4 superbowls, was inducted into the hall of fame recently. ( 2000 I believe? )

I havn't found any of his great achievments while he was at notre dame but maybe his actual physical height has something to do with it.

Maybe it means that there will be 3 green targets at some height on the field in which we have to place the pasta.

Still trying to figure out what they are telling us :-) Its a different point of view .. discuss :-)

I think that Stud Man Dan is on to sumption here, look back at the post about decoding the '05 hint
especially the part about the name of the game and the history of it. The FIRST hint comittee may be leading something historic with this part.

For the montana part i am guessing that there will be something large similer the the center goal last year that will block the view of the other side of the field, i dont know what leads me to think this but i just do.