2007 Official FRC Game Hint / Email Blast

[pogg]

Why would there be water on the field? come on people think. they would not have water on the field for a few safety reasons.

[CE Mexican]

Guys...we have recieved an updated clue...
look at the update date..January 2nd...

The new one shows a few more things that i have noticed...
there are 2 crowds: top left and center right' as people have already mentioned

AND..i have got a pruff that robots WILL NOT be stationary...
loo at the top right cornet, there's a wheel there...that sais it all


that object that looks like a wheel in the upper right corner also looks like an alien face, with a hood on it if you look at it. Sorry guys but im just talking out of my a$$!

[BandChick]

Originally Posted by Jane

I have a little plateau.

With all the little people and the plateau, volcano - I can't help but think of an old movie, Close Encounters of The Third Kind, with Richard Dreyfuss. He made one out of mashed potatoes. When they begin try to communicate, they use a bar with lights and sounds (5 tones) - I don't have the correct terminology but it is way cool.

That was my first thought when Elgin said volcano.
And on the topic of Close Encounters, my friend Nikki just got those 5 tones for her text message ringtone.

[Ryan O]

Hi,

Our team thinks we have an idea:

The five looks like it is from POOL ball.

The backround looks like water: Maybe a POOL as a clue for POOL balls?

Anyway, just an idea.

[Tottanka]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

This season, each team's decision regarding building field mockups may be a bit more complex than normal.

Oh my oh my oh my....

What am i supposed to be thinking NOW?!

Ok...
So that sure goes along with the water\fire balls shooting\volcano eruption on middle of the arena\Whatever theories that have been posted here, but lets get real...

I think that it means that there will be something heavy in the field, like a big platform of metal in the middle or something...
Maybe, it could mean that the fiels is a sort of RANDOM, meaning that there is some sort of spread, like someone mentioned before about bottles of H2O, though its not complicated if its random, as last year's arena was rantom too in a sort of way, the balls HAVE laid in random places, so its quiet the same...

And therefore, i think that the arena is going to be very complicated, and we are gonna need the whole arena to exersice our bot well, unlike last year when all we needed was to hang a Hoolah-Hoop to the window and nail the green light above it...

Oh boy Oh boy Oh boy...
3 and a half days to KickOff and i have already finished our website, what am i gonna do now in order to not stare at the clue 24/7 ?

[gondorf]

ok in the enlarged version of the game hint located on the decrypted file ther eis definitely a banana in the background. even the stem is shown.

current speculations believe we will be climbing a diamond plate aluminum tree and picking bananas.

[Joel J]

I can't help but see the ring around the diamond plate circle, and realize that it looks like the red/blue rings around the goal openings last year..

Here's what my sisters says (knows about FIRST, but only as that "thing her brother does", and hasn't ever been to a competition):

- it looks like a man hole cover
- shooting.. are you going to be shooting something?
- does it involve water?
- time: 50 seconds.
- tunnels/mazes
- a ramp? I always see ramps with that pattern on it (referring to the diamond plate)
- a course: ramps, corners, etc -- lots to do.

She pretty muched summed this whole thread up in about 5 seconds.

[gondorf]

OOOOOOOOOO 5!!!!
this is the fifth year of them following the usfirst logo! this means cubez! eureka! hmm... well there is a theory on the 5.

[John Gutmann]

Originally Posted by Joel J.

- a ramp? I always see ramps with that pattern on it (referring to the diamond plate)

That is because diamond plate is easy to grip....

[Joel J]

Originally Posted by sparksandtabs

That is because diamond plate is easy to grip....

Would you like me to tell that to my sister?

[cgredalertcc]

I have given up guessing at this point it is such a vague clue the challenge could be almost anything. I'm content waiting till saturday, though if dave wanted to give us a little clearer hint I wouldn't mind taking a look.

Oh well.

[Nagini]

the number 5 represents the third baseman's position in baseball. The 3rd baseman is 90-120 feet from home. The 3rd base is known as the "Hot Corner" as it is where most balls are hit to.

[Tottanka]

I'v got Dave's Bannana clue!!!
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/badgerphone.php

and...
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/banana.php

[Andrew Schuetze]

What no Rock n Roll lyrics to decipher or wondering metafors in the clue, just a number on a simple background

I've got nothing

[dtape]

Maybe it is saying that there will be five lights of each color on the field and these are the game pieces. They are numbered and each has to do something different. Or, they could be worth different points and that is what the number represents.