CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #293

[Billfred]

Last week of build or not, I expect a spike of activity.

The scores after the last round (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=920476&postcount=23):

JaneYoung 99
Taylor 93
lingomaniac88 86
Travis Hoffman 80
GaryVoshol 80
kramarczyk 77
Don Rotolo 75
Ryan Simpson 73
rsisk 72
EricH 66
AndyB 56
rtfgnow 53
Mr. Pockets 52
Karibou 49
Al Skierkiewicz 48
Wayne Doenges 42
Akash Rastogi 39
dodar 33
Chris is me 32
NorviewsVeteran 29
Barry Bonzack 29
Katie_UPS 25
Rich Wong 24
BrendanB 24
rocketperson44 24
delsaner 24
bobwrit 14
MissInformation 13
Daniel_LaFleur 12
Steve W 9
Barngirl425 8
Matt Attallah 7
jmanela 7
CHI DONG08 7
DRAKE343 5
skimoose 5
RMiller 5
J93Wagner 5
KarenH 4
FinleyM 3
Greg Needel 3
Cynette 3
nitneylion452 3
rulesall2 3
Austin H 2
Boydean 2
FoXy92 2
Jared341 2
O'Sancheski 2
Rick TYler 2
Tito H. 2
Kage 2
Phoenix Spud 2
andrew348 1
basicxman 1
Chief Pride 1
Cody Carey 1
dman14 1
Lil' Lavery 1
Mrs.Drake343 1
N7UJJ 1
Q. Sheets 1
Spiffizzle 1
Stephen of REX 1
Stormnnormn 1
Vermeulen 1
youngWilliam14 1


And the picture:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/15851

As always, the deadline is theoretically Saturday at midnight Eastern.

Go!

[EricH]

"I dropped my official piece of paper through the ramp."
"Drat! Now how are we to tell if 293 is actually on the top?"
"We could get the field crew to open up the ramp."
"Nah, too much trouble. We'll just eyeball it and get another piece of paper."
"Are you sure? They told me that they had a very limited supply, unlike those darn bins."
"Oh, right. Hey, let's get a fragment from the next bin that breaks beyond repair. It'll be faster than either opening up the ramp or getting another piece of paper."

[ATannahill]

Although the minituration ray is cool, it only made their opponent smaller, the robot is still on the ramp.

[lingomaniac88]

The referees volunteer their bodies in the newest safety video. Here, they demonstrate the dangers of putting your head into the robots while running. Warning: those who are squeamish may want to look away.

[Wayne Doenges]

Ref 1: "I lost one of my contacts."
Ref 2: "We can't stop the elimination rounds so you can find it."
Ref 1: "What if we pretend we are trying to determine if this robot is on the platform until I find it."
Ref 2: "OK, works for me."
*25 minutes later*
Ref 1: "I found it."
Ref 2: "Great."
Ref 1: "So is this robot on or off the platform?"
Ref 2: "I don't know."

[Taylor]

"I'm smaller than the robot."
"No, I am."
"I'm way smaller than you are."
"No, you're not."
"Sure I am."



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"Okay, maybe you are. What were we doing again?"

[dodar]

BOW TO YOUR ROBOT MASTERS!!!

[GaryVoshol]

Ref 1: "Are you sure Lavery said there was a clue here?"

Ref 2: "Well, not in so many words. But think about it. 116 twice is 232. Subtract that from 293 and you get 61. Team 61 is the Shifters. So if this robot has a shifting transmission, there's gotta be a clue here somewhere."

Ref 1: "I'll give you your clue. Just decide whether the robot is touching or not and let's get on with it."

[rsisk]

Two volunteers practice the ancient art of replacing referee heads with robots.

[JaneYoung]

Ref one:
Are you sure we're supposed to check for heads stuck in robots? Why would the GDC advise that?

Ref two: You know - it's that precautionary visionary advisory thing. They probably think someone (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/32882) will stick their head in a robot sometime and then the GDC will have to come up with a new rule. What we need to worry about is the stacking. You watch, someone will come up with stacking robots as a plan of strategy. Knocking down stacked bins will seem like child's play.

Ref one: No way that's going to happen. Ok, I don't see anyone in there, let's go.

[BrendanB]

Ref1: "Why are you kissing the platform?"
Ref2: "Because team 25 touched it."

[DonRotolo]

Taking the concept of "kick butt" robotics waaaay too far... (ouch!)

[Katie_UPS]

The "pretend your a dungbeetle" race wasn't very fun.

[nitneylion452]

M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening in FIRST

[Ryan Simpson]

5, 4, 3, 2, 1! He's down! Winner...293!

[Karibou]

Spectator: "So 25 named their robot Dean Kamen, and 293 named theirs Woodie Flowers? This all makes so much sense now..."

[kramarczyk]

Woodie's coming out of retirement to emcee again!?! We are not worthy!!!

[Travis Hoffman]

293 robot: "I didn't see any 'Zebra Crossing' signs...did you?"

25 robot: "No, I didn't. I declare open season." *grins evilly (naturally :D )*

[Billfred]

Apologies for the double-invocation of the BIWWTM Rule--I've spent entirely too long (something around 26 hours over the weekend, plus three more hours after work Monday) on a project. It's really cool, this robotics competition some guys from New Hampshire put on. I'll tell you about it another time, though.

First place goes to:

Ref 1: "Are you sure Lavery said there was a clue here?"

Ref 2: "Well, not in so many words. But think about it. 116 twice is 232. Subtract that from 293 and you get 61. Team 61 is the Shifters. So if this robot has a shifting transmission, there's gotta be a clue here somewhere."

Ref 1: "I'll give you your clue. Just decide whether the robot is touching or not and let's get on with it."

Second place goes to:

Woodie's coming out of retirement to emcee again!?! We are not worthy!!!


Honorable mentions go to:

1) Katie_UPS
2) Karibou
3) BrendanB
4) JaneYoung
5) Taylor
6) lingomaniac88
7) Wayne Doenges

And the burn award goes to:

"I dropped my official piece of paper through the ramp."
"Drat! Now how are we to tell if 293 is actually on the top?"
"We could get the field crew to open up the ramp."
"Nah, too much trouble. We'll just eyeball it and get another piece of paper."
"Are you sure? They told me that they had a very limited supply, unlike those darn bins."
"Oh, right. Hey, let's get a fragment from the next bin that breaks beyond repair. It'll be faster than either opening up the ramp or getting another piece of paper."

Which means the scores are:

JaneYoung 101
Taylor 95
GaryVoshol 90
lingomaniac88 88
kramarczyk 82
Travis Hoffman 81
Don Rotolo 76
Ryan Simpson 74
rsisk 73
EricH 69
AndyB 56
rtfgnow 54
Mr. Pockets 52
Karibou 51
Al Skierkiewicz 48
Wayne Doenges 44
Akash Rastogi 39
dodar 34
Chris is me 32
NorviewsVeteran 29
Barry Bonzack 29
Katie_UPS 27
BrendanB 26
Rich Wong 24
rocketperson44 24
delsaner 24
bobwrit 14
MissInformation 13
Daniel_LaFleur 12
Steve W 9
Barngirl425 8
Matt Attallah 7
jmanela 7
CHI DONG08 7
DRAKE343 5
skimoose 5
RMiller 5
J93Wagner 5
KarenH 4
nitneylion452 4
FinleyM 3
Greg Needel 3
Cynette 3
rulesall2 3
Austin H 2
Boydean 2
FoXy92 2
Jared341 2
O'Sancheski 2
Rick TYler 2
Tito H. 2
Kage 2
Phoenix Spud 2
andrew348 1
basicxman 1
Chief Pride 1
Cody Carey 1
dman14 1
Lil' Lavery 1
Mrs.Drake343 1
N7UJJ 1
Q. Sheets 1
Spiffizzle 1
Stephen of REX 1
Stormnnormn 1
Vermeulen 1
youngWilliam14 1


Onward!