23-12-2010 01:11

dodar

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

OMG!!! Noooooooooooooo. Dave, train, stairs! :'(





and there's a pole in the background lol

23-12-2010 01:13

EricH

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

I'd say something witty, but all I got is...


Billfred! Caption Contest hopper!

23-12-2010 01:15

GGCO

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Whoa. Definitely confirms all the train related conspiracy theories.

23-12-2010 01:20

Navid Shafa

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

After the game hint came out, I was inspired to do more research and to hear what others had to say. This picture only reinforces my Theory, which I shall summarize and ask for critiques on:

After the Delphi pack mirrored the game hint image and reverse-image searched it, the person in question came about. I think it would be a fair assumption that the person in the image is Eva Boyd (AKA Little EVA). She was a singer, and a fairly good one at that! One of her hit songs turned out to be "The Loco-Motion".

This conspicuous and apparently non-related picture includes a Mr. Dave Lavery. We all know that Dave, being the conspirator he is, has a hand in much of this mischief. Odds are (In my probably incorrect opinion) that these two instances of trains and or Loco-Motion leads us down a path, or shall I say a rail-road, which will in turn bring us to kickoff

23-12-2010 01:37

MattC9

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

Was this recently taken? When Dave knew the game? If yes we will be seeing a train game if no, Jan. 8th can't come sooner.

23-12-2010 01:39

Chris is me

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

Pretty sure Dave knows the game when it's designed.

23-12-2010 01:45

MattC9

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Did he know of the game during that picture? (correction lessen to what I mean not what I say)

23-12-2010 08:22

ProgramLuke

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Or he could just be messing with us...

23-12-2010 08:55

Wayne C.

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

just proves those guys have loco-motives

23-12-2010 10:15

Gary Dillard

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

So one day John was playing with Photoshop..........

23-12-2010 11:15

Cyberphil

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Thats quite puny!

23-12-2010 13:26

JVN

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Nope, it's a real picture.

23-12-2010 13:38

DiscoKittyPrime

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Yay, another red herring for them to mess with us, or is this supposed to be another hint that they won't admit to? Either way, I am going to be over-analyzing this just as I did with the last picture. Now I have something to do on the 8 hours of driving I have left today.

23-12-2010 13:41

Josh Fox

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I'm thinking this is just Mr. JVN having a bit of fun with the people desperate for something to interpret.

23-12-2010 13:42

James Tonthat

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It's true. I've seen this picture before.

23-12-2010 14:07

nuggetsyl

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Wow traffic cones

23-12-2010 14:19

Mike Rizzo

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

I noticed them as well...

Also, I bet Dave had a series of pictures setup so based on what we started guessing on, then that's what he would post... Oh I'm on to you....

23-12-2010 14:19

Travis Hoffman

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

Dave is wearing what appears to be a Lynyrd Skynyrd t-shirt...I'm sure he intended this to mean something. I think I'll go grab a plate of mashed potatoes and try to figure it all out now.

Also, what is written on that piece of paper Chris is holding? Probably the password to the encrypted game rules.

23-12-2010 14:30

Karibou

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JVN:


Why.

23-12-2010 14:35

JaneYoung

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I've often thought (at least for the past 3 years...) that Dave 'rewards' us with something like a dot or a photo or pun/post - when we get something or partially get something. It's like a puzzle. Ok, you have that piece - somewhat - now here's another one.

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I remember the photo that JVN posted. He and Dave both like linkages. There is also a great admiration (from at least one of them) for steam and locomotives. I, personally, like the bell. Clang, clang, clang. And, of course, there is the whistle. Nothing like a mournful whistle of train.

23-12-2010 14:49

GaryVoshol

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

Because he can.

23-12-2010 16:06

DonRotolo

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

Ulterior loco-motives, I dare say.

23-12-2010 16:09

JaneYoung

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One of the game pieces in this year's BEST game is the traffic cone. It's an interesting game piece.

23-12-2010 16:37

wendymom

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FFFRRRRRREEEEEEBIRD!!!!! Its a flying game, all robots will have wings and the goal is shaped like Alabama

23-12-2010 18:25

Billfred

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

I, for one, refused to be railroaded down this train of thought so easily! Geeze, one lousy game hint just builds up steam for any old picture to come through and go two pages in a matter of hours.

I got a million of 'em. If you're right, CD will hear them all.

23-12-2010 18:40

Karthik

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

A picture says a thousand words

23-12-2010 19:27

JaneYoung

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Nice one, Karthik. Did they escape one of the cars?

oooo, I get to use a sarcasm smilie...

23-12-2010 20:26

dlavery

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

At this time of the season, there is only one response: BAAAAAAAAA-humbug!





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23-12-2010 21:04

Chris Fultz

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

I didn't expect ewe to say that.

24-12-2010 01:13

Bill_B

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

This from the guy who's been trying to pull the wool over our eyes for so long?

24-12-2010 02:18

mrmummert

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

Another locomotive....next to dave's picture....seems to be a 2-10-0
decapod type. Hard to tell from such a small picture. Might be one of the former mid western roads (Frisco,IC, MP,
Katy, etc.)Yes I'm a train nut.

24-12-2010 07:36

nuggetsyl

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

Like lambs to the slaughter.

24-12-2010 08:53

Speeder

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

Herd that!

24-12-2010 09:31

Travis Hoffman

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

Hay is the new corn.

24-12-2010 14:24

dlavery

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

Not to get anyone's goat, but it is done for the shear joy of spinning a good yarn. And if we can yak about fleecing JVN out of a few good ideas at the same time, then it is worth ramming through the discussion before hoofing it out of here. At least, that is what I heard from Dan Merino...

-dave


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24-12-2010 14:26

Karibou

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

What that picture tells me is that someone is wasting their time with sheep. The real money is in Alpacas.

24-12-2010 14:27

Cyberphil

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

Don't you have a game animation to work on, Dave, rather than figuring out the puniest way to reply to this thread?

24-12-2010 14:40

EricH

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

He is working on it. It's rendering.

Which explains why he's acting like a programmer whose code is compiling...

24-12-2010 18:17

Cyberphil

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Ahh! I completely understand! Being an animator myself, waiting for scenes to render brings back memories of time on CD.

25-12-2010 11:54

DonRotolo

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As in "Alpaca suitcase for this trip"?

25-12-2010 15:28

Katie_UPS

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

See ya next fall!




[npoe] I love this thread, its so punny. [/npoe]

[side note] npoe is not the accurate notation, but its the best notation. [/sn]

25-12-2010 16:01

skimoose

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

Pretty Close.

I think the locomotive in the Background is a Frisco 4-8-4 of the 4500 series, number 4501. Bell, hand rails, and headlight match.

The foreground locomotive has to be one of the monster 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy"s of the Union Pacific, number 4018. You can tell by the coupler door and louvers in the nose.

If my locomotive sleuthing is correct, then this picture was taken at the Museum of the American Railroad in Dallas Texas.

Just a wild guess, I'm a narrow gauge train nut. Give me big mountains and small locomotives.

25-12-2010 16:33

Are Jay

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

Well... Chris is also trying to push the train... Perhaps there is some sort of game element in which the teams will have to push?

25-12-2010 17:23

Mr_I

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

For the (very) few who don't understand this one: http://xkcd.com/303/

25-12-2010 18:31

mrmummert

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

Pretty Close.

I think the locomotive in the Background is a Frisco 4-8-4 of the 4500 series, number 4501. Bell, hand rails, and headlight match.

The foreground locomotive has to be one of the monster 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy"s of the Union Pacific, number 4018. You can tell by the coupler door and louvers in the nose.

If my locomotive sleuthing is correct, then this picture was taken at the Museum of the American Railroad in Dallas Texas.

Just a wild guess, I'm a narrow gauge train nut. Give me big mountains and small locomotives.
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Hi.... No I mean the picture next to dave's signature picture. thats no 4-8-4
in the picture....then again I'm a Pennsy nut ,closest thing they had to that was the T-1.
BTW....who took the thread picture? and note Dave has a camera.

25-12-2010 21:51

Hadi379

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

Trains, Stairs, and Poles, but what about the Traffic Cones in the picture? I see two, and I've always thought they could be a game piece. A traffic cone from my perspective represents a circle (top view), triangle (side view) and a square (at the base).

As far as how they would be used? I have no clue, just pointing them out.

25-12-2010 22:29

Bill_B

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

Or to quote citysearch.net - approximately 22 mi or 30 minutes north from Red Oak, Texas, location of the Steamboat Willie Memorial Overpass.

A more formal portrait of the 4018 may be seen at http://www.dallasrailwaymuseum.com/collection.html

26-12-2010 13:19

JaneYoung

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

so...
who is Dan Merino?

(I may regret this.)

26-12-2010 14:50

GaryVoshol

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

Merino is a breed of sheep. Dan Marino is the former Miami Dolphins quarterback.

27-12-2010 07:38

Rich Kressly

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27-12-2010 11:47

dlavery

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27-12-2010 17:54

Cyberphil

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Good ol' Monty Python!

29-12-2010 14:19

IndySam

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

Be afraid

29-12-2010 15:18

Cyberphil

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I am very afraid!

Has anyone read his FIRST wiki any time soon?

http://www.firstwiki.net/index.php/Dave_Lavery

Despite the fact that it was last edited in December of 2006, some of the things are interesting.

In fact, I did not know that he was taken away by aliens at the VCU regional in 2005!

29-12-2010 16:09

Rangel(kf7fdb)

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

I feel like were being led into the wrong direction...

29-12-2010 16:25

GaryVoshol

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

Off track?

29-12-2010 16:27

Travis Hoffman

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

Derailed. Cool game name, that.

29-12-2010 22:13

Karibou

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

I think that the best parts of that wiki are the link to the badger video, "His teammate Heidi is fond of photoshopping the dignity out of him.", and the Dave Lavery Photo Gallery.

30-12-2010 00:21

Cyberphil

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No way! I completely missed that! Great find! Blackmail anyone?

30-12-2010 00:52

JaneYoung

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

Heidi's username in CD is MissInformation.

You can search some of her posts and will find that she was generous in sharing her wit, humor, and wisdom here in ChiefDelphi. If I remember correctly, some of her artwork found its way to the big screen at the Championship not too very long ago.

Jane

30-12-2010 10:17

davidfv

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

Dozer is a great robot. Look at his amazing highlights.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm9nd-3hW_E

30-12-2010 17:37

MissInformation

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

I'm still fond of photoshopping the dignity out of Dave, it just happens more on FB these days...



Heidi
-I really do need to update that gallery...

30-12-2010 21:35

DonRotolo

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

Love the Trekkie shirt.

31-12-2010 02:14

efoote868

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

Boiler Up?

31-12-2010 14:20

Cyberphil

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

Hmm. I think I sense Dave blushing...

31-12-2010 15:31

OZ_341

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John:

A question that has nothing to do with any hints...
Is that the train museum in Roanoke, VA?

Just wondering.

31-12-2010 18:46

DonRotolo

Re: pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

Here' ya go!