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Bill's Blog 8-1-2011

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Re: Bill's Blog 8-1-2011

Anyone have an interpretation of the title? I have some ideas, but I seem to be mostly lost on what it means.
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Re: Bill's Blog 8-1-2011

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Anyone have an interpretation of the title? I have some ideas, but I seem to be mostly lost on what it means.
The best I could come up with is that presidential elections occur every four years.
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The best I could come up with is that presidential elections occur every four years.
Summer Olympics.
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Re: Bill's Blog 8-1-2011

Logomotion was a lot like Rack and Roll from 2007.
Does this mean we can expect a game that is somewhat like Overdrive from 2008.

4 years difference on each.
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Re: Bill's Blog 8-1-2011

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The best I could come up with is that presidential elections occur every four years.
We are on the same page. A new president needs to be convinced that FIRST is worthy of their attention.
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Re: Bill's Blog 8-1-2011

I hope that the new president whoever they may be fully supports FIRST. I mean, come on! Who DOESN'T support FIRST?!
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Re: Bill's Blog 8-1-2011

I wouldn't read too much into the title. It just refers to the presidential election, and more specifically, the craziness that is New Hampshire leading up to the primary.
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Re: Bill's Blog 8-1-2011

Every four years we seem to have a big ball game, I guess.
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Re: Bill's Blog 8-1-2011

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Every four years we seem to have a big ball game, I guess.
I would be very happy to see a ball as big as the balls in 2008 (or bigger).
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Every four years we seem to have a big ball game, I guess.
1998, 2001, 2004, 2008--that's 3-4 years (3 years, 3 years, 4 years are the gaps).

4 times in 10 years; sole game object in 2 of the 4 (1998, 2008). In 2001 and 2004, there were small balls as well.
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Re: Bill's Blog 8-1-2011

Well if they are designing 2 games this summer then that really throws a wrench into it...
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Re: Bill's Blog 8-1-2011

Or this could be the year that they use the survey of peoples top 3 favorite games and they take the top 4 and combine them into 1 super game.
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It just refers to the presidential election, and more specifically, the craziness that is New Hampshire leading up to the primary.
It's this.

Also, the whole concept of perpetually-early New Hampshire primaries is disgraceful. Perhaps the lone saving grace is that it provided FIRST with some free media exposure.
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