I had the idea to make a list of all the “Morse code” endings to posts dlavery has made. They started with the first “…” on 10-29-2009 and have continued since. I did this quickly so I may have made some mistakes but in order the list so far looks something like:
. . .
…
…
/
-.
/
…
…
/
-.
–.
…
…
.-
/
…
.-
…
.-
/
.–.
.–.
.
.-
.-.
/
…
/
-…
.
/
/
.–
…
.-
…
…
When I first saw them chronologically arranged, I thought " That HAS to be Morse code, so after a quick google search for a translator, I got:
“EEEII NO THI NGISA HATITA PPEAR STO BE WHATIS”
I have no idea if this is at all useful, but I’m curious if anyone has any thoughts on it?
Thank you Dave, you are the source of the 5 second long hearty laugh I just had. Maybe they will someday learn to not interpret your post to find something both of us know is not there. Don’t worry, I won’t tell them if you don’t.
T
… H
… I
/ Break
-. N
–. G
… I
… S
.- A
/ Break
… H
.- A
T
… I
T
.- A
/ Break
.–. P
.–. P
. E
.- A
.-. R
/ Break
… S
T
— O
/ Break
-… B
. E
/ Break
/ Break
.-- W
… H
.- A
T
… I
… S
SII NOTHING IS AH IT APPEARS TO BE. WHAT IS
I think you are really on to something. If the second H is correctly transferred. Is it really … for S? The first two I’s could be E’s
Could it be that the “S” being “…” in Morse code and “I” being “…” were actually being used as punctuation, but then Dave saw everyone overanalyzing his “dots” and gave us a message?
if you say something in such a unclear way it can be applied to anything, so once again Dave decided to cause the collective community of people who still take his game hints seriously to lose an hour or eight of sleep over his posts.
Once more thanks for laughs Dave, I’ll wait until I get the passwords to the pdf’s to see what the game REALLY is.
I like to actually read the rule book, because in the end kickoff gives a nice overview but you really don’t understand all the do’s and don’ts until you read the complete rule book see and the stuff that will be changed and all the stuff and will keep me (and some other people) glued to this forum until a team update comes out.
And you don’t know how often people come on here asking for clarification of something at Kickoff that is covered in the rules. Hence the quote, “I don’t care what Dean, Dave, Woodie, or whoever says at kickoff–if it isn’t in the rules, it isn’t in the rules.”](http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=700424) (For the context, click the link.) There have occasionally (once) been “mistakes” in the animation or the demonstrations that are quickly clarified by rules. In the interests of time, they can’t go into every rule, so they just have to hit the high points (basic structure, critical rules, shipping reminders, that sort of thing).
To all the rookies out there that read this: Please, please, please, please, do not come on here asking rules-related questions until you have read the Manual, especially the sections on the Arena, the Game, the Robot, and the Tournament. It wastes your time and ours when you ask manual-answered questions, because inevitably there is a response saying to READ the Manual, possibly providing the reference, but it almost always takes longer than it would have taken you to open to the right section and read. At 12:00 EST on Kickoff day, there is no way you’ve read those sections yet. Later in the day, you might be able to say that you have. Hopefully you have by the time Q&A opens later that week…
At any rate, whatever Dave is doing, only he knows the real meaning. For the record, I’m pretty sure he explained it once for the single dot–something about wanting more white space at the end of a post, and that being the only way to do it. Not sure why he switched to Morse Code, though. Saying something about the game being communication-themed, perhaps?
Thanks for the laugh Dave! 
