Game Hint #2

[Zflash]

Thursday, December 11, 2008
Game Hint # 2

Good Morning Teams,

Take your machine out of the shop on Colorado in Paramount;
stop by and get connected on Central in Phoenix;
drive by and make a pickup on Minnetonka in Minnetonka;
then head to the field on Evergreen in Dover.

23 Days until Kickoff
See you then


Posted by Bill at 7:02 AM 0 comments

[smurfgirl]

This reminds me of the 2006 game hint- it was a riddle which mentioned Montanta's green heights, or something along those lines.

It sounds like there are different tasks in different locations? A lot of people talked about different "levels" or the possibility of platforms with the first game hint, this would still be consistent here.

I wonder if the pattern of the capitalized letters matters at all? CP, CP, but then MM, ED. It looked like it was going for a pattern, and then it got cut off at the end, maybe this has some sort of symbolism?

Thoughts on what the places mean?

[JohnBoucher]

What happens if we crash Google Maps???

[RMiller]

Originally Posted by Zflash

drive by and make a pickup on Minnetonka in Minnetonka;

As a person who has lived in Minnesota (where Minnetonka is), when I read that I immediately think LAKE Minnetonka. It is a large lake in the suburbs of the Twin Cities. Lots of ice fishing in the winter.
Don't know what it means beyond that though.
-Ryan

[Stuart]

http://www.merchantcircle.com/busine...s.302-674-4641

that's got to be the field evergreen in Dover . . well it could be

[Ryan Caldwell]

these are street names in cities

colorado st. is in parimount CA, there are shops all along the street.

[Akash Rastogi]

No no no, obviously its talking about a mini Tonka truck. Face it people, we're building Tonka trucks

[joshsmithers]

Originally Posted by Zflash

Take your machine out of the shop on Colorado in Paramount;
stop by and get connected on Central in Phoenix;
drive by and make a pickup on Minnetonka in Minnetonka;
then head to the field on Evergreen in Dover.

UUUUUGGGGGGGG. Makes no sense! why are the prepositions screwed up?!?!?! It's really throwing me off. And where does the moonfish come in?

EDIT: For future reference to new thread readers, it was found here: http://frcdirector.blogspot.com/

[IndySam]

There is a Colorado Ave in Paramount, CA
A Central Ave in Phoenix, AZ
Minnetonka BLVD Minnetonka, MN
Evergreen Drive in Dover OH and DE

[RMiller]

Originally Posted by IndySam

Minnetonka BLVD Minnetonka, MN

Team 1816 built during the 2007 season just off of Minnetonka Blvd. at a Honeywell facility.
-Ryan

[martin417]

Since each of the terms in the ordered pairs are capitalized, they could be proper names. I looked, and in each of the cities listed (Paramount, CA; Phoenix, AZ; Minnetonka MN; and Dover, DE) there exists a street named for the first term in the pair. What does it mean? I have no idea.

[IndySam]

Zamboines are made on Colorado Ave in Paramount CA.

ICE GAME

[johnr]

I agree with smurfgirl. A set of tasks. Less interaction between alliances.
1--move out af starting position
2-- hook-up with other bots-universal connector in kop?
3-- do task
4-- get to finish line

[Ian Curtis]

then head to the field on Evergreen in Dover.

I like the sound of Evergreen. Perhaps the CMUcam is making a comeback, in some way that will allow it to be used all match. Or maybe a longer autonomous period, or even a self selected time for autonomous. That'd be nifty!

[IndySam]

Microsoft is on Central Ave in Phoenix