Hello…
Just for the heck of it i looked at the “Team Updates” on the FRC page and
oddly found updates for 11-26-13 (twice) and 11-27-13. They all say the same thing “three” times. Here is the link
http://frc-manual.usfirst.org/Updates/0#term%20112
They all seem to reference this past seasons game, but its odd…three
updates all saying the same thing…and all referencing “Section 3”
Could this be yet another hint?
More threes?
At this point, if these hints mean anything, I’m going to wager on either a 3-minute game or a 3-alliance game (sort of leaning more towards the latter, simply because it’d be a bigger departure from previous tradition).
A note on the three thing:
In almost any game, even after discounting 3 robots per alliance, there is something to do with 3. Examples:
2013: Three point goal, Three goals, three pyramid levels,
2012: 3 bridges, 3 point vales for hoops
2011: Three levels of racks, three shapes
2010: Drawing a blank
2009: 3 types of balls
Overall, it is VERY likely that the game will have to do with the number 3.
2010: Three Zones (Front, Middle, Back)
If “three” is actually a hint (which I doubt, as it seems way too close to something that would constitute useful information to be a FRC game hint), I think it’ll be something really fundamental, like match length or number of alliances, for precisely this reason.
Weird.
The link to 3.1.5.2 goes to the non-existent 2014 game manual, but rule 3.1.5.2 is what used to define the point values in 2013. Also the link goes to viewItem/180, which did used to be the game section (3) for the manual.
On top of that, it is the exact same wording as the real update of this that was issued in April.
My guess is someone messed up. Not a hint…
2008: 3 ways to score (lap, hurdle, place)
2007: 3 levels of elevating partners (0,30,60) and 3 levels of rack
2006: 3 periods?
2005: 3x3 grid
I’ll leave 2004 to 2001 to someone else. :rolleyes:
Well it is quite obvious that there is going to be 3 of something, it’s just really hard to determine what.
Not to break anyone’s heart, but 3 is a great number for varying skill levels amongst teams. It just makes more sense than 2, and 4 is getting too complicated.
Maybe it means THREE FEET OF WATER
It could indicate that we’ll have climbing (probably a different object) again for the same point values, which would be rather interesting.
definitely a game hint
Such a game hint
So many hints
Definitively a hint
This implies that there was a previous hint. There are no hints in FRC. Just the GDC messing with people.
One climbing game was enough for me
Or maybe the three states of water that will be on the field.
Sorry to be that guy, but once again my answer to things like this is…
No.
I really am willing to bet it’s just a glitch in the system, or a mistake as they edited the previous years manual.
I disagree, in many years previous, there has been something to do with the number 3, it is likely there will be something on the field having to do with the number 3
It’s clearly a hint that the Holy Hand Grenade be the game piece…
It’s funny to see this whole thing with the number 3 again this year. I’m sure others remember last year’s red herring and game hint and their focus on the number 3. I wouldn’t read too much into errors like this.
Also, this video from Team 1902 is feeling more relevant than ever these days, particularly the ending: http://youtu.be/uQ_mdx8_6A4.
I think it could be an actual hint. There’s been a lot of this kind of stuff on the FIRST website. I’d believe a certain number of typos, but this is really a lot. Especially if they haven’t been fixed (have they?).
Of course, just because something is a hint doesn’t mean it tells us anything.