2006 Official Game Hint Discussion

[Freddy Schurr]

I'm not one to care about the hint so much -- I have enough things to worry about, I guess. That said, y'all are amateurs

For your consideration: "Just Shoot Me," and "8 Simple Rules".

Can someone explain the entire clue to me.

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Freddy204

Can someone explain the entire clue to me.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...&postcount=734

I'll buy that explanation.

To go further, Shovel = Spade = David Spade (Actor in Show called "Just SHoot Me")

Shovel's show = "Just Shoot Me"

[amos229]

we were close, ramps, balls, slipery surface on ramp

[amos229]

Originally Posted by Adorack

OK,

Shovel's Show -> Just shoot me -> shooting balls
Tangling with pasta? Those strings hanging in the goals, and only 5 bots there at a time?
Green Heights -> Camera.

tangling pasta is more like the pool noodle bumpers

[JoeXIII'007]

I think it's worth mentioning how right we were on some of the aspects of this years game, and how dead wrong we were on others.

For the majority of us, we were looking the wrong way, again!

[Arkorobotics]

I WAS RIGHT! pools noodles have to be used for bumper (2-1/2 inch), that is why they are tangled in PASTA! W00T!

[Nuttyman54]

i thought teh pasta could also refer to the chains behind the high circle goal..

[Beta Version]

Yeah, they are really pushing to have noodle bumpers this year (tangled in pasta), they arent even includig the bumbers in the weight limit. And I guess the balls could be the "meatbals" hitting the "pasta" on the robots

but I dont get the "montana" part

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by Beta Version

but I dont get the "montana" part

i think it was Joe Montana with the field goals and the comeback (last 40 second free-for-all) Also, Montana is flat on one end and hilly on the other..hence the ramp on the ends

[Petey]

Yeah Joe Montana was a red herring (what field goals are you talking about?). And I bet you "tangling with pasta" doesn't refer to pool noodle bumpers because

A) bumpers aren't mandatory
B) 5 bots deal with the "pasta" net behind center, while all deal with the bumpers.


I don't think the hint was necessarily related to the game in the same way we expected.

--Petey

[ZZII 527]

The Montana clue hinted that there would be end zones, as in football, rather than a central ramp.

I thought of mandatory noodle bumpers last night at around mindight...thought it was a far stretch but I guess not.

[iwearshoes]

Originally Posted by T. Hoffman

I've found the key to unlocking the mystery of "shovel's show"! Turns out they're talking about a TV show....

http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2....cid=80488&fp=F


What....it wasn't obvious to you guys????

Close, It actually refers to another TV show "Just Shoot Me" in which case the game is most likely going to involve projectiles.

[Mr.G]

This is my interpretation of what the clue means.

five 'bots tangling with pasta

Means - 5 foot tall robots fighting with bumpers made of pool noodles

a game piece obsessed with a shovel's show

Means - what the others have said about David Spade.

and seeing Montana's green heights

Means - The high green light for the camera to track.

[roboticsguy1988]

Originally Posted by M. Krass

I'm not one to care about the hint so much -- I have enough things to worry about, I guess. That said, y'all are amateurs

For your consideration: "Just Shoot Me," and "8 Simple Rules".

Well you got it :-p...... Good Job. Now lets see who can guess next years ....

[663.keith]

I talked to Dave after the kickoff about the clues. This is what he told me

5 'bots tangling with pasta
-- referencing the only five robots on one side of the field. The pasta is talking about the bumpers with the pool noodles.

Shovels show
-- the David spade "just shoot me" hind that woody gave us. The piece wants to be shot into the end zone

seeing Montana's Green Heights
-- while he didn't expressly talk about this one, he said it obviously had to do with the vision camera and that the Joe Montana references were included

another hint was given earlier "hovercraft's, and the English Channel"
-- this clue referred to the general shape of the field. the English channel has hover craft stations on both sides that when viewed from the side resemble the field. Empty in the middle, and high on the sides.

I forgot to ash about the batons