My coach posted this video to our team’s Facebook page this morning :ahh: . This isn’t directly a game hint but it still will have your mind spinning. Could this mean cannonballs?! 
. It’s a great video and i’d recommend watching it all the way through, but for those who want to get straight to the hint I’ve started the video in the right place:D : https://youtu.be/xjdzYAg_MlQ?t=1m32s
I don’t really notice any hints. What’s in the video is what we already know :P. (Unless I’m stupid and missed something)
Well, we now know that there might be balls.
Which, according to the pattern, there are supposed to be (specifically, small balls).
What point in the video was this said? I didn’t notice 
Dean said it when he was interviewed.
To elaborate, here is the last bunch of game pieces:
2008 - Large Diameter Spheres (~40" DIA) covered in rugged fabric
2009 - Non-Sphere Moon Rocks. Maybe kinda Sphere-ish.
2010 - Small Diameter Spheres (Soccer Balls) (~9" DIA)
2011 - Inflatable FIRST logo pieces
2012 - Small Diameter Spheres (Foam Basketballs) (~8" DIA)
2013 - Non-Sphere Frisbees
2014 - Large Diameter Spheres (~24" DIA) covered in rugged fabric
2015 - Non-Sphere Totes
2016 - Theoretically due for some sort of sphere game piece, if pattern continues …
This pattern even went back further.
2002 - Small Spheres (Though they were only a secondary game piece in the end)
2003 - Non-Sphere Totes
2004 - 2 Types of Balls, both large and small diameter
2005 - Non-Sphere PVC Tetrahedrons
2006 - Small Diameter Spheres
2007 - Non-Sphere Inflatable Inner Tubes
At this point: Screenshot_1.png - Google Drive
Cannonball game confirmed! :yikes:
You know what’s REALLY sad?
2001: Small Spherical Game Objects (SGOs) AND large SGOs.
2000: Small SGOs.
1999: Non-SGO (torus shape made of fabric, filled with foam peanuts and rimmed with velcro)
1998: Large SGOs.
1997: Non-SGO (inner tube, see 2007 for approximation)
1993-1996: Small SGOs, various.
1992: VERY Small SGO (tennis balls, I believe)
And no, I wasn’t watching events before around 1998/1999.
If that doesn’t bust the pattern, I don’t know what will.
Let’s not forget the end of the 2015 game hint video.
“Change is coming”
Perhaps this means the pattern will break. Hmmmmmmm…?
It was fairly clear that this statement was directed towards not having bumpers last year with a divided field. Also being allowed to have a robot encompass multiple parts around the field, and not a single unit.
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I don’t think he would say that if it wasn’t a ball game. IMO it’ll be black colored dodgeballs (cannonballs). If this is true, I’m pumped. Projectiles return!
And what does Dean mean, that this is the first year that they’ve themed the game? Is he saying that Recycle Rush wasn’t a themed game?
I think what he means by a theme is that this year will be the first to create a new environment outside the game. While recycle Rush was recycling based, it really didn’t create an atmosphere, if you will. For example, last year, very few people dressed up in anything at all recycling-related for the tournaments or even changed pit setup (at least at the regionals we went to).
I honestly can’t tell when people are joking are joking in this thread.
And what does Dean mean, that this is the first year that they’ve themed the game? Is he saying that Recycle Rush wasn’t a themed game?
Yes, that’s what he’s saying.
Wasn’t Lunacy (RIP) supposed to be Moon-rover themed or something?
Nobody really ran with it, but it was there for the taking.
I think they mean like black inflatable playground balls, which would be called “cannonballs” in the game manual. It’s not out of the question for sure.