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Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2

I rebember someone in this post saying that the name of this years game would be overdrive. I dont remember who this was, or how they got to that conclusion. I also dont feel like searchink through over 600 posts right now, but to whoever it was, Great Call.
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Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2

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Woodie told us the coordinates simply referred to the Tortoise and the Hare in Copley Square.
So what about 342.242026?
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Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2

I know this is a bit late and I didn't bother reading all 47 pages of this discussion, but did anyone make the connection with XKCD?

http://xkcd.com/240/


"It turns out wanting something doesn't make it real"

Wanting a water game doesn't make it real.


Sorry I posted this AFTER the game was announced
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Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2

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I know this is a bit late and I didn't bother reading all 47 pages of this discussion, but did anyone make the connection with XKCD?

http://xkcd.com/240/


"It turns out wanting something doesn't make it real"

Wanting a water game doesn't make it real.

Sorry I posted this AFTER the game was announced
Branching off of that... Lavery's first iteration of his clue in signature mentioned something about the answer being right in our hands but not seeing it since it doesnt conform to expectations.

That highly depended on what type of mouse you used, since only the old mice have a "Trackball" and a good number of people now use optical.

grr..
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Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2

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I rebember someone in this post saying that the name of this years game would be overdrive. I dont remember who this was, or how they got to that conclusion. I also dont feel like searchink through over 600 posts right now, but to whoever it was, Great Call.
That, and a few of us came to the conclusion of a race. Nice job guys!
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So what about 342.242026?
Compass bearing that looks at the statues from the coordinate location several feet away.
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what about the 3rd clue?
In addition to it being an anagram of the decryption code, it also contains the word hurdling which is one of the ways score this year.
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Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2

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So what about 342.242026?
In this years game, the robots cross the finish line and turn left. Do to the orientation of streets around Copley Square, if marathon runners crossed the finish line and turned 90 degrees left, they would be heading in a compass bearing of 342.242026 degrees.

EDIT: See Dave Lavery's post here. If you went to those coordinates and looked in that direction, you would be staring at the Tortoise and the Hare statues.
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Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2

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Greetings Teams:

42.349905
-71.076072
342.242026

Happy Holidays and GO TEAMS!
Sorry to bring up an old thread, but I wanted to thank Dave for hint #2. I'm drawing a building interior over on Newbury St a couple blocks over and up from Copley Square (at 42.349905 and -71.076072) and I needed a north arrow on the plan. As the whole Back Bay is tilted from north I just twirled my north arrow 342.242026 (in AutoCAD it's easy!) and there ya go! I guess I'm going to keep the hint on a sticky on my office wall for a while.
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I'm going to close this so people don't get confused with years. No 2009 game hint yet!
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