Game hints round up

We had a lot of fun here at FTC HQ putting up game hints and seeing all the guesses and theories.  I thought I'd go ahead and repost all of the game hints (and non-hints) and explain them.  Enjoy!

Friday, August 17 -

Hints:

“Lift across the Country”

“Ringing Phones”

[Photo] Table contains ring-shaped objects

Red Herrings:

Robo-bus - we just thought it was cool that someone had a VW with the license "ROBOBUS".

Tuesday, August 21 –

Hints:

[Photo] Telephone poles resembling center rack and dispensers

Red Herrings:

None

Tuesday, August 28 –

Hints:

[Photo] Olympic Rings

Red Herring:

[Photo] Olympians, torch, etc. - the other content of this photo had nothing to do with the game.

Thursday, August 30 –

Hints:

“How will your robot compliment your alliance mate’s robot?” – alluding to the end game robot lift.

[Video] War Games – Tic Tac Toe scene

Red Herrings:

None

Tuesday, September 4 –

Hints:

“Ring us”

[Photo] Telephone operator

Red Herrings:

“Down to the wire”

“Ducks in a row”

Thursday, September 6 –

“Precious game hint” – Precious is the name given to the ring in Lord of the Rings

[Photo] Dark Tower - From Lord of the Rings

Red Herring:

[Photo] Dark Tower – the content of the photo is unrelated to the game.