2006 Official Game Hint Discussion

[Alex Burman]

Originally Posted by Bill_Hancoc

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.

rocky mountains
essentially
cuts off the west coast from the rest
so possibly not being able to play defense
or maybe just one way over to the other side?
potential strategy to block the one way so your opponents cant inter fear

[aztech75]

if i had to make a guess about the shovel part of the clue i would go back to some of the previous theory's. Every1 was talkin abou the new traction wheels from IFI so it could have something 2 do with a slick surface (when it snow it gets slipery and shovels remove snow) on the field. Deffinently not ice or snow, but some kind of plastic like on the ramp in 03.

but im prolly way off

[Bill Moore]

Definitions for the term "show":

http://www.answers.com/topic/show

Specifically, definition Noun 6c:

"A usually competitive exhibition of domestic animals"

Okay, who's willing to admit they treat their robot as a pet?

[Vaillancourt88]

Originally Posted by Bill Moore

Okay, who's willing to admit they treat their robot as a pet?

Nonsense!! I don't treat my pet that well!!

[Vince lau]

Originally Posted by aztech75

if i had to make a guess about the shovel part of the clue i would go back to some of the previous theory's. Every1 was talkin abou the new traction wheels from IFI so it could have something 2 do with a slick surface (when it snow it gets slipery and shovels remove snow) on the field. Deffinently not ice or snow, but some kind of plastic like on the ramp in 03.

but im prolly way off

Maybe an playing field, the the surface is all HDPE

[Joohoo]

Originally Posted by aztech75

if i had to make a guess about the shovel part of the clue i would go back to some of the previous theory's. Every1 was talkin abou the new traction wheels from IFI so it could have something 2 do with a slick surface (when it snow it gets slipery and shovels remove snow) on the field. Deffinently not ice or snow, but some kind of plastic like on the ramp in 03.

but im prolly way off

Maybe there won't be any carpet??

[Ian Curtis]

Well, Mr. Shovel-Bot is always picked on. It always gets bonked, or broken, or is not well equipped for the task at hand. Obsessed is a synonym for controlled.

Sooo, that would make the hint: A game piece controlled by a not well prepared robot.


Does that mean that when five of the robots are "tangling with pasta" the robot left behind can do something extra-special? By Jove, I think we're onto something!

[Alex Burman]

i think that maybe Dave released that "2007" hint intentionally to point us in the right direction with the bot, that it may not have anything to do with the 2007 game but everything with the 2006 game. That banana. slippery surface maybe?

otherwise excelent idea about the little blue bot with the low center of gravity

[Freddy Schurr]

Is this serious, I would of thunk that they release Dec 30

[Pat Roche]

Sorry didnt have time to go through all the posts this might be a repeat. The last two lines look like they belong together making this a riddle(obviously).

five 'bots tangling with pasta
a game piece obsessed with a shovel's show and seeing Montana's green heights

[gabrielse]

What does a shovel have to show? A hole.

Will this year's game involve negative obstacles?

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by gabrielse

What does a shovel have to show? A hole.

Will this year's game involve negative obstacles?

See artdutra04's #1 above. Unlikely, but not entirely out of the question. Maybe some sort of volcanoe shape...though montana's not known for it's volcanoes..

[Nuttyman54]

Another interesting fact I hit on from this website

"Known to many as "The Comeback Kid," Joe engineered 31 fourth quarter comebacks in his magnificent NFL career. The following is a list of games in which Joe brought the 49ers (26 times) and the Chiefs (5 times) back from fourth quarter deficits to dramatic wins:"

I know there's been talk here about moving the autonomous period, possibly to the end....anyone else think think is valid?


also a side note...one of his more famous games at Notre Dame was agianst Georgia Tech...in Atlanta, GA

[Caio]

Hey everyone

New here, signed up to put in some input on this.

If I'm repeating anything, sorry. Here are some ideas:

"Five 'bots tangling with pasta"

• 2 v 2 with a FIRST bot in the middle, or moving around distracting the other robots. Even teams and implements the "tangling" piece. (Credit to my mother)

• Pasta... I'm gonna have to say i agree with the pool foam toy objects. Either that or long objects that aren't easy to manipulate...

"A game piece obsessed with a shovel's show"

• When I read "shovel's show" i thought of digging... so that made me think of possible dips in the field

• when it says "obsessed with a shovel's show", after thinking of the FIRST bot running around, I figured it might be that our robots (human run) will have shovel attributes, and the FIRST robot is a possible game piece that is "obsessed" with our robots...

"and seeing Montana's green heights"

• This has automatically triggered the thought of the camera coming back for everyone. Both in the "seeing" and the "green".

• "heights" brought the possibility of a ramp. Because they pluralized it, I'm thinking there might be multiple ramps. This plays in with the idea of dips in the field that i mentioned earlier, bumps maybe?

Thats all I've got so far... hope they seem feasible

[Rafi Ahmed]

Originally Posted by Nuttyman54

Another interesting fact I hit on from this website

"Known to many as "The Comeback Kid," Joe engineered 31 fourth quarter comebacks in his magnificent NFL career. The following is a list of games in which Joe brought the 49ers (26 times) and the Chiefs (5 times) back from fourth quarter deficits to dramatic wins:"

Comeback Kid, thats pretty interesting saying that there has been a lot of talk about a comeback of an old first game. 4v0 game in peticular so i think it will be 5v0

As to the five 'bots tangling with pasta. The pasta i would say would be the batons and tangling cuz, or at least i think, its hard to pick batons up.