CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #312

[Billfred]

It's a bona fide heat wave here in Columbia, and not just because the caption contest is wrapping up its sixth year!

The scores after the last round (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=967820&postcount=14):

JaneYoung 140
Taylor 137
GaryVoshol 135
Ryan Simpson 127
EricH 125
rsisk 124
Don Rotolo 123
lingomaniac88 113
rtfgnow 107
kramarczyk 95
Karibou 83
Travis Hoffman 82
Al Skierkiewicz 68
Mr. Pockets 63
Wayne Doenges 63
AndyB 56
BrendanB 47
delsaner 41
dodar 40
Akash Rastogi 39
Katie_UPS 38
Chris is me 33
Barry Bonzack 31
NorviewsVeteran 29
Rich Wong 27
rocketperson44 24
jmanela 19
bobwrit 18
Barngirl425 15
Lee Reid 3136 14
The Cyborg 14
MissInformation 13
Daniel_LaFleur 12
Vermeulen 12
Steve W 12
DRAKE343 10
Matt Attallah 7
CHI DONG08 7
cooker52 5
Josh Fox 5
skimoose 5
RMiller 5
J93Wagner 5
KarenH 4
Dan Swando 4
kstl99 4
nitneylion452 4
FinleyM 3
Greg Needel 3
JackG 3
Spiffizzle 3
Cynette 3
Kage 3
rulesall2 3
Austin H 2
Boydean 2
Jared341 2
O'Sancheski 2
Rick TYler 2
Tito H. 2
Zflash 2
Mrs.Drake343 2
Phoenix Spud 2
548swimmer 1
andrew348 1
basicxman 1
Chief Pride 1
Cody Carey 1
cziggy343 1
dman14 1
Graham Donaldson 1
Lil' Lavery 1
N7UJJ 1
nighterfighter 1
Q. Sheets 1
rcmolloy 1
Schnabel 1
Stephen of REX 1
Stormnnormn 1
youngWilliam14 1


And, as is traditional for the last contest of a year, this week's subject comes in video form:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKWIqaDUNM0&feature=related

And, as is traditional, the deadline is nominally Saturday at midnight Eastern.

Go!

[ATannahill]

Where did that Tornado come from?

[EricH]

The Aim High robot worked so well, we're going to use it for Lunacy with a different angle! Now to disguise it...

[rsisk]

http://www.mrbill.com/spbill7.jpg Ever since Mr. Bill's untimely demise in a bottle of Rye, Mr. Hands has drifted from job to job finally ending up as a mentor on a high school robotics in Beverly Hills.

[GaryVoshol]

Not a bad impersonation of the Michigan Hand Map for a team from California. But the thumb is supposed to be extended. Next step, learn to do the Upper Peninsula.

[EricDrost]

http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/gamemode/various/images/various28/various28_080225b-l.jpg
Master Hand has learned a new skill!
Mario "This is just Lunacy!"

[Taylor]

You think that's good, you should see what his right hand can do.

[Vermeulen]

"OK, who gave the robot ipecac?"

[dodar]

Since when did Samus shoot moon rocks?

[JaneYoung]

Team marketing lead:
*dream bubble* Ya know, for a fistful of dollars, that could make my day.

[DonRotolo]

Team 1515's Hand-built robot...

[Wayne Doenges]

Our robot is so small it will fit in the palm of your hand.

[Ryan Simpson]

When it came time to design their robot, Team 1515 decided to replicate the robots in the game animations.

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/4169/2003w.th.png http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/4260/20043.th.png http://img816.imageshack.us/img816/8133/2005.th.png http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/5053/20102o.th.png

However, they've been having some trouble lately. It seems that the opposable thumb is a lot easier to make in an animation than in real life...

[Karibou]

Viewer: "I hope they know that they're not allowed to field a hand. That's not powered by a 12-volt battery!"

[EricH]

[new entry--disregard old one]

"The Force is very strong with this one."

[Billfred]

Alright, alright, here it is!

First place goes to:

You think that's good, you should see what his right hand can do.


Second place goes to:

http://www.mrbill.com/spbill7.jpg Ever since Mr. Bill's untimely demise in a bottle of Rye, Mr. Hands has drifted from job to job finally ending up as a mentor on a high school robotics in Beverly Hills.

Honorable mentions go to:

1) Ryan Simpson
2) Karibou
3) EricH
4) Vermeulen
5) Purple

And the burn award goes to:

Not a bad impersonation of the Michigan Hand Map for a team from California. But the thumb is supposed to be extended. Next step, learn to do the Upper Peninsula.


Which means the final scores for this year are:

Taylor 147
JaneYoung 141
GaryVoshol 138
Ryan Simpson 129
rsisk 129
EricH 127
Don Rotolo 124
lingomaniac88 113
rtfgnow 108
kramarczyk 95
Karibou 85
Travis Hoffman 82
Al Skierkiewicz 68
Wayne Doenges 64
Mr. Pockets 63
AndyB 56
BrendanB 47
delsaner 41
dodar 41
Akash Rastogi 39
Katie_UPS 38
Chris is me 33
Barry Bonzack 31
NorviewsVeteran 29
Rich Wong 27
rocketperson44 24
jmanela 19
bobwrit 18
Barngirl425 15
Lee Reid 3136 14
The Cyborg 14
Vermeulen 14
MissInformation 13
Daniel_LaFleur 12
Steve W 12
DRAKE343 10
Matt Attallah 7
CHI DONG08 7
cooker52 5
Josh Fox 5
skimoose 5
RMiller 5
J93Wagner 5
KarenH 4
Dan Swando 4
kstl99 4
nitneylion452 4
FinleyM 3
Greg Needel 3
JackG 3
Spiffizzle 3
Cynette 3
Kage 3
rulesall2 3
Austin H 2
Boydean 2
Jared341 2
O'Sancheski 2
Purple 2
Rick TYler 2
Tito H. 2
Zflash 2
Mrs.Drake343 2
Phoenix Spud 2
548swimmer 1
andrew348 1
basicxman 1
Chief Pride 1
Cody Carey 1
cziggy343 1
dman14 1
Graham Donaldson 1
Lil' Lavery 1
N7UJJ 1
nighterfighter 1
Q. Sheets 1
rcmolloy 1
Schnabel 1
Stephen of REX 1
Stormnnormn 1
youngWilliam14 1

And, of course, this also calls for some awards:

Year 6 Champion: Taylor (147 points, an average of 2.83 points per entry)

Year 6 Runner-Up: JaneYoung (141 points, an average of 2.76 points per entry)

Most wins: Ryan Simpson (6)

The Travis Hoffman Memorial Burn Award Award: lingomaniac88 (5 burn awards)

The Mr. Clean Award: JaneYoung (141 points without a single burn award)

The Always the Bridesmaid Award: Al Skierkiewicz (68 points without winning a contest)

Funniest Team in FRC: 1676, the Pascack PI-oneers (298 combined points)

Perfect Year of 52 Entries: GaryVoshol, Taylor, Don Rotolo, and rsisk. Other notable runs include EricH and JaneYoung (51 each) and rtfgnow (50).

Onward!