CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #11

[Billfred]

Alright, alright, so I posted this at 1:30 AM. Surely nobody waits for these things...anyway, the scores:

greencactus3: 39
Jeff Wagelin: 24
MissInformation: 24
Michelle 236: 22
Mike Ciance: 17
"Big Mike": 16
dlavery: 16
Gary Dillard: 16
Brandon Martus: 15
DCA Fan: 15
EddieMcD: 14
Elgin Clock: 13
Greg Needel: 12
Lil' Lavery: 11
Andy Baker: 11
Amanda Morrison: 9
Jay H 237: 9
Tom Schindler: 8
Astronouth7303: 8
Vivelation: 7
Dorienne Plait: 6
JVN: 6
Aignam: 5
Shyra1353: 5
T. Hoffman: 5
BCahn836: 4
Corey Balint: 4
George1083: 4
Ken Patton: 4
ZACH P.: 4
Andrew Rudolph: 3
Ben Lauer: 3
David Kelly: 3
JosephM: 3
Matt Attallah: 3
RogerR: 3
ECarlson: 2
Eugenia Gabrielov: 2
GateRunner: 2
Jessica Boucher: 2
Joe Ross: 2
Meli W: 2
Aaron Lussier: 1
Coco The Monkey: 1
Collin Fultz: 1
ElfMaster: 1
Kyle45: 1
Katie Reynolds: 1
sanddrag: 1

And now, for the picture...

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pictures.php?s=&action=single&picid=7604&direction=DESC&sort=date&perrow=5&trows=10&quiet=Verbose

Enjoy!

Remember, kids--9:00 PM Wednesday. No extensions (barring the proverbial hell or high water)

[Elgin Clock]

His real name is Bob.. As in Shish-Ka-Bob... :rolleyes:

[Aignam]

The freshmen revolted. :ahh:

[Bcahn836]

After running out of balls to throw in the goal, the freshmen was automatically elected to play the important role of the 5 pts ball.

[Bcahn836]

No no no, bad robot, you were only supposed to put the big Orange ball in the goal.

[Jay H 237]

Having no money left over for a rug on thier practice field, one of the freshmen decided to "take one for the team" and protect the balls from popping on the rough plywood.

[Dorienne]

"No no no! Not George! ORANGE! Get the ORANGE ones in there!! *pulls out hair in frustration*"

[Matt Attallah]

Due to the huge factor of weight (and being sick of the 'speed' holes), the robot finally snaps and takes a student hostage....

[Tom Schindler]

"i've got big balls" -- ac/dc

[Joe Matt]

No young freshman, don't fight it. Your time has come.

[greencactus3]

ive got more balls than you! mwahahahaha :D

[Greg Needel]

"no freshmen were harmed during the making of this robot"

[Michelle 236]

Moral of the story: Never be the first to fall asleep while they're building the playing field.

[RogerR]

...paul never was very good at playing hide and seek...

[JVN]

Based on the definitions of the words "SCORED" and "SUPPORTED" the freshman does NOT count for 5 points, as his foot is clearly touching outside the PVC. Were his foot elevated, he would count for 2-freshman based on the definition of "CAPPING". Refer to Section 4.3.1 of the FRC-2004 manual for any/all clarifications.

[Melissa Nute]

Paul never quite understood the game of 9-ball...

[MissInformation]

"I've fallen... and I can't get up!"

[Eugenia Gabrielov]

Knowing that the time had come for FIRST to choose Nationals Qualifiers, the team chose to sacrifice a freshman in hopes of gaining some ground in the running. Who needs 'em anyway...?

[Bcahn836]

I guess the freshmen had to learn the hard way, never turn your back on a robot.

[DCA Fan]

In a late night before ship date, Paul fell asleep. When he woke up, he found himself trapped in a goal and the robot beside him...flashing red....

[Eugenia Gabrielov]

Ah! New idea!

Freshman Paul learns that hallucinogens are not an effective way to combat stress and "competition-sickness" (like home-sickness) during the build season.

[GateRunner]

"Nice shooting, guys."

[Jay H 237]

I thought of another one. :)


"It wasn't until they saw Paul in the goal did they realize they had major problems with thier autonomous program!" :ahh:

[Elgin Clock]

I thought of another one. :)


"It wasn't until they saw Paul in the goal did they realize they had major problems with thier autonomous program!" :ahh:

That sounds like a "Far Side" caption.. lol

[EddieMcD]

I thought the rules said you could only submit one entry. Eh, anyhow, my entry:

"After failing his attempt at a 50-point score, he learned the hard way that even the small balls can do damage."

[Mike Schroeder]

After being captured by andy baker and used to perform strange robotic tests... the freshmen was for fed giant radioactive tomatos

[Gary Dillard]

Student protests over the "robots can't score balls" rule during the 2004 season were largely ineffective, as the freshmen's peaceful demonstration tactics proved to have little impact on the actual playing of the game.

[Billfred]

For anyone interested, you can post as many captions as you want. I only score the one that is posted last.

[Bcahn836]

At least the robot didn't hang him from the pull up bar. :ahh: :ahh:

[Andy Baker]

"I wish FIRST used floppies this year!"

[Travis Hoffman]

"Mutated by a freak high school chem lab experiment involving sulfuric acid and Mountain Dew, Pedro's Wacky Wall Walker (http://www.x-entertainment.com/downloads/commercials/walker.wmv) was quick to exact revenge against his human captor."

By the way, I think Kellogg's should pay us for all the free advertising they're getting for their products on Chief Delphi....

[dlavery]

When good jugglers go bad....



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Life is short. Eat dessert first.

[Bcahn836]

I wonder how many freshmen we can fit in a goal? :) :)

[Billfred]

Alright, time for another fun posting of results.

As a reminder, the deadline is 9:00 PM according to the forums. Anything posted after then will be ignored. (Ask the folks here at USC: I can be very good at selective hearing.)

So, for first place...

Based on the definitions of the words "SCORED" and "SUPPORTED" the freshman does NOT count for 5 points, as his foot is clearly touching outside the PVC. Were his foot elevated, he would count for 2-freshman based on the definition of "CAPPING". Refer to Section 4.3.1 of the FRC-2004 manual for any/all clarifications.
Second place goes to...

"I wish FIRST used floppies this year!"
Honorable mentions cette semaine (pardon my French):

T. Hoffman
Bcahn836
Gary Dillard
Jay H 237
GateRunner
Eugenia Gabrielov
MissInformation
EddieMcD
Michelle 236
RogerR
Greg Needel
Matt Attallah
Elgin Clock

And, to be honest, there were no truly good burns this week. So I'm gonna launch those three points back into my closet for use another time.

So the scores go like this:

greencactus3: 40
MissInformation: 26
Jeff Wagelin: 24
Michelle 236: 24
Mike Ciance: 17
"Big Mike": 17
dlavery: 17
Andy Baker: 16
DCA Fan: 16
EddieMcD: 16
Gary Dillard: 16
JVN: 16
Brandon Martus: 15
Elgin Clock: 15
Greg Needel: 14
Jay H 237: 11
Lil' Lavery: 11
Amanda Morrison: 9
Tom Schindler: 9
Astronouth7303: 8
Dorienne Plait: 7
T. Hoffman: 7
Vivelation: 7
Aignam: 6
BCahn836: 6
Matt Attallah: 5
RogerR: 5
Shyra1353: 5
Corey Balint: 4
Eugenia Gabrielov: 4
GateRunner: 4
George1083: 4
JosephM: 4
Ken Patton: 4
ZACH P.: 4
Andrew Rudolph: 3
Ben Lauer: 3
David Kelly: 3
Meli W.: 3
ECarlson: 2
Jessica Boucher: 2
Joe Ross: 2
Aaron Lussier: 1
Coco The Monkey: 1
Collin Fultz: 1
ElfMaster: 1
Kyle45: 1
Katie Reynolds: 1
sanddrag: 1

Until Sunday....

[Bcahn836]

wooo hooo up to 6 pts :D :D :D

[Gary Dillard]

Hey, I didn't get my 2 HM points; I had 16 points after contest #10 so I should have 18 now I think (is HM 2 or 1?, I forget).

C'mon BillFred - I have so little to live for; this contest is the only thing that gives my life meaning until Build Season starts. Those 2 points push me ahead of the rapier wit of Andy Baker and Dave Lavery, if even only for one week. I can just hear them telling everyone now...." Hey, I'm funnier than Gary Dillard", "Sure Gary's funny, but I'm kicking his butt in the caption contest".

It does, however, sadden me that those extra points will pull me out of a tie with JVN; his caption was truly worthy of victory this week, and I know he'll be crushed to find out that he hasn't quite achieved my point level. JVN - you had probably already updated your resume but you'll have to wait yet another week.

[Billfred]

Very much true. My apologies on that--the correct scores are:

greencactus3: 40
MissInformation: 26
Jeff Wagelin: 24
Michelle 236: 24
Gary Dillard: 18
Mike Ciance: 17
"Big Mike": 17
dlavery: 17
Andy Baker: 16
DCA Fan: 16
EddieMcD: 16
JVN: 16
Brandon Martus: 15
Elgin Clock: 15
Greg Needel: 14
Jay H 237: 11
Lil' Lavery: 11
Amanda Morrison: 9
Tom Schindler: 9
Astronouth7303: 8
Dorienne Plait: 7
T. Hoffman: 7
Vivelation: 7
Aignam: 6
BCahn836: 6
Matt Attallah: 5
RogerR: 5
Shyra1353: 5
Corey Balint: 4
Eugenia Gabrielov: 4
GateRunner: 4
George1083: 4
JosephM: 4
Ken Patton: 4
ZACH P.: 4
Andrew Rudolph: 3
Ben Lauer: 3
David Kelly: 3
Meli W.: 3
ECarlson: 2
Jessica Boucher: 2
Joe Ross: 2
Aaron Lussier: 1
Coco The Monkey: 1
Collin Fultz: 1
ElfMaster: 1
Kyle45: 1
Katie Reynolds: 1
sanddrag: 1

Just two other things, for the record:
1) Honorable mentions are worth two, unless I say otherwise. :)
2) It's just Billfred. No extra capitalization or anything like that is required.

Alright, now until Sunday...

[Bcahn836]

I sure hope we don't use 100lbs weights in next years game.

[JVN]

It does, however, sadden me that those extra points will pull me out of a tie with JVN; his caption was truly worthy of victory this week, and I know he'll be crushed to find out that he hasn't quite achieved my point level. JVN - you had probably already updated your resume but you'll have to wait yet another week.Gary,
Seriously man... we even threw a party to celebrate.
Then POOF, they awarded victory to Dillard.

I think I should demand a recount.
You Floridians do weird things with voting.
How did you count hanging chads?

Ohh well... I guess I'll just wait 4 more years.

Seriously though.
Being tied with the Pig Farmer is bad enough, but the Astro-dork is still beating me?

The most important thing is that I'm beating Amanda Morrison.

Until next week folks...
When I shall run again.

JohnnyV

edit:
Due to confusion, I'll clarify... Astro-dork = Lavery.
That is all.
/edit.

[Gary Dillard]

Hey Billfred - any chance you can post next week's picture early? I already missed one week with my internet access down from hurricane Frances, and I expect to lose power in a few hours from hurricane Jeanne. These people are vultures - just waiting for any advantage they can seize. Throw me a rope, PLEASE :ahh:

[Steve W]

I know that I am late but I can still post:

Orange you glad your not a freshman.