CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #374

[Billfred]

It's that time again!

The scores after the last round (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1075985&postcount=31):

Joe G. 44
GaryVoshol 33
EricH 28
Taylor 24
kstl99 22
JaneYoung 20
rsisk 20
EricS-Team180 18
George1902 17
Katie_UPS 17
dodar 16
DonRotolo 16
Ninja_Bait 15
S.P.A.M.er 17 15
Wayne Doenges 14
Al Skierkiewicz 13
rachelholladay 12
HedgeHogGal99 11
Molten 11
Karibou 10
Bill_B 10
jgw 10
DRAKE2751 8
Rangel(kf7fdb) 8
rtfgnow 6
Andy Baker 5
PAR_WIG1350 5
Chris is me 4
Colin P 3
Aerosound 3
Cynette 2
akoscielski3 2
stundt1 2
Alex Cormier 1
LemmingBot 1
msimon785 1
SparxProgrammer 1
SuperNerd256 1
plnyyanks 1
GCentola 1
Frenchie461 1
Barry Bonzack 1
kramarczyk 1

And the picture:

http://chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/36644

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

Go!

[DonRotolo]

Kids, take my advice: Don't smoke.

<NPOE>Woo Hoo! First Post!</NPOE>

[EricH]

The Fire Game never really took off as a game idea. However, every year, someone tries to play it anyway.

[Joe G.]

In ancient times, minibots and other strange technologies were often accused of witchcraft, and burned at the stake. The smoke that emanated from the victims was viewed as evidence of the evil power contained within, and forever became known as "Magic Smoke."

[JaneYoung]

The refs weren't blowing smoke when they said, "That minibot stinks!"

[Colin P]

This year took the phrase "burning up the competition" to whole new heights.

[GaryVoshol]

1519 comes up with two rule violations:
- "Magic Smoke" is not an allowed MINIBOT material per <R92>
- This fails the "easily removed" requirement of <R94>

[rsisk]

Swerve drive train... $875
1114 Lift System..... $450
Green hair paint...... $150


Smokin' hot minibot.. Priceless

[dodar]

Doing burnouts may be fun, but he isnt the one paying for new tires.

[J.Warsoff]

I bet this will be a new one for the fire department. It's like a cat in a tree...besides for the fact that it's on fire

[Taylor]

The real noteworthy aspect of this picture? The tower actually registered!

[Rangel(kf7fdb)]

WOW that minibot's on fire! Literally!

[Frenchie461]

maybe going to 11 wasn't the brightest idea

[Ninja_Bait]

Actually, the pole is on fire.

[S.P.A.M.er 17]

This is exactly why SPAM chose NOT to include the ludicrous speed option on our Minibot. We couldn't handle the risk of going plaid and releasing all of the magic smoke.

[Molten]

This year team 1519 decided to do something special to mark the 20th anniversary of FIRST. They decided to rig a flux capacitor to their minibot and send it as a gift to Dean Kamen back in 1988. This is what actually gave him the idea for FIRST and explains why the robots were so small during the first year. They struggled with getting it up to 88 mph with such a short pole but eventually got it to work. Unfortunately, they set off the sprinklers in the process and created the first water game. This truly was a historic moment for FIRST in so many ways. Thank goodness someone was able to document it.

[Katie_UPS]

The first-place-minibot-fireworks didn't go quite as expected.

[HedgeHogGal99]

Spreading the word of F.I.R.S.T. like wildfire...literally

[Wayne Doenges]

Driver: "What does this button do?"
*pushes button*
Coach: 'NNNNNNNNNNNnnnnnnnnoooooo *poof* oooooooooooooooooo!!!!!

[kstl99]

I knew it was a bad idea to name the minibot "Mount Vesuvius"!

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Some people just need to see the principle demonstrated. Here we see that supersonic minibots, have a distinct skin temperature rise due to friction with the air. The sonic boom was another story. There will be a rule reflecting a max speed of less than 1000 ft./sec in the 2012 rules.
Thank You,
The Management.

[Jim Wilks]

The programmers thought the HCF (Halt and Catch Fire) function was just a joke and tried it it out. As seen here, the result was not pretty...

[robokiller]

CAPTAIN I'M GIVING IT ALL IT'S GOT BUT IT CAN'T TAKE IT MUCH LONGER!!!

[Bill_B]

Since glass was not on the approved materials list, we had to do the minibot deployment with smoke but no mirrors.

[Karibou]

Tetrix motors are REALLY expensive firewood. I'll leave you to decide how to interpret that statement.

[Billfred]

It's still Sunday!

First place goes to:

Since glass was not on the approved materials list, we had to do the minibot deployment with smoke but no mirrors.


Second place goes to:

The refs weren't blowing smoke when they said, "That minibot stinks!"


Honorable mentions go to:

1) Frenchie461
2) S.P.A.M.er 17
3) jgw
4) Al Skierkiewicz
5) HedgeHogGal99
6) Katie_UPS
7) EricH
8) Aerosound
9) Karibou
10) DonRotolo
11) Molten

And the burn award, though plenty of them could apply, goes to:

The real noteworthy aspect of this picture? The tower actually registered!


Which means the scores are:

Joe G. 45
GaryVoshol 34
EricH 30
Taylor 27
JaneYoung 25
kstl99 23
rsisk 21
Bill_B 20
Katie_UPS 19
EricS-Team180 18
DonRotolo 18
George1902 17
dodar 17
S.P.A.M.er 17 17
Ninja_Bait 16
Al Skierkiewicz 15
Wayne Doenges 15
HedgeHogGal99 13
Molten 13
Karibou 12
rachelholladay 12
jgw 12
Rangel(kf7fdb) 9
DRAKE2751 8
rtfgnow 6
Andy Baker 5
PAR_WIG1350 5
Aerosound 5
Chris is me 4
Colin P 4
Frenchie461 3
Cynette 2
akoscielski3 2
stundt1 2
Alex Cormier 1
LemmingBot 1
msimon785 1
SparxProgrammer 1
SuperNerd256 1
plnyyanks 1
GCentola 1
Barry Bonzack 1
kramarczyk 1
robokiller 1

Onward!