Blowing off some steam
 

Hey!
I was just wondering what some of you do to blow off some steam and have soem fun? Last year we played a type of dodgeball but we broke a clock so that got banned. SO I was just wondering what you all were doing for fun?
Thanks,

Our team does Counter-Strike. :) Well, we used to in the pre-season, now we're just too behind to do any CS. *grin*

Have people file of alluminum, polish, and make crimps!!!

JK mostly we just kinda stop working and starting cracking jokes (roughly in that order) and I warn you they can get really really bad. I give examples but these kinda jokes loose their appeal when the moment is lost, such as: "Hey, look over there" (with no idication of direction)

lol
 

Yeah we played cs, but um yeah, out teacher ended up finding out with the district, and um, yeha that didnt go over too well lol.

we have a pretty fun atmosphere in the shop.. so we're always joking around and having a good time..

but every saturday night we close the shop around midnight and go and play CRUD for an hour or so..

it's fun and builds some team unity.. and let's the steam out (too much sometimes :P)

CRUD???
 

Ok maybe its just from being from WI, or im just infactuated with my comp that I dont know what CRUD is. Would you mind explaining it to me?
thanks

I let off steam by poking the underclassmen with a stick.

Paintball
 

Normally before the season starts the Technokats play paintball a couple times...(dont know how well it would go over during build season), but this is an excellent way to "promote" team work and to get to know people, while blasting the heck out of them with paint!!!!!

If anyone has a paintball place in our near your town i would highly recommend it for your team.


:D

We go out and get food. Some of us may drive a tad fast (70-80+), but we get food. It lots of fun when 4 carloads of hungry robtics kids showup at Taco Bell.
Or we park our cars in such a way as to block others in...saran wrap...

And other stuff mostly related to goofing off.

70-80+ more like plus and trying to go inbetween cars on a two lane road

*whistles*

BOWLING!!! YEAH!!!
 

Each Saturday, we collect empty bottles of water, set them up in the ten pin pattern, and bowl in the hallway with either a roll of duct tape or the FIRST soccer balls...:D

I like to drive fast. MMM, I want to make my car at least a 15 second car. Probably could and it wouldn't be too hard, just need the money. Usually I actually just go to the gym or play guitar. I love my guitars.

I'm trying to learn how to play a guitar...
Not doing very well, but that may be because I have no books/music/tabs/someone telling me what to do. Just an acustic I am borrowing from my girl.

I usually take a nap during class or run out into the street naked screaming i am a bannana. I have a lot of steam now because all of the wieners on my team keep asking me stupid questions like why wont the 3/8" wrench fit the 3/" nut? or Is the robot finished yet? I cant believe it takes all six weeks to build a little robot.
I warn them all that they will get left in florida and that i have already offered them as slaves to any robotics team that wants them if they dont stop asking stupid questions.

I'll take some slave monkeys in Florida to go get me food.

Oh yeah, I fogot one thing.


I do enjoy the occational prank or two to blow off some steam!

At nats we went to the Awlful Waffle at 3:3...10:30, well before bed check. It was fun.

hey
 

hey um not to liek burst your bubble,

I should have said this earlyer.

I kinda ment what to you guys do as a team to blow off some steam???? Though I do liek the poking a freshman with a stick idea LOL!!

C yah

I think the only team based steam blowing we do is lunch/dinner on build days.

yeha we do that too, but yeah we work everyday, so we just need a break sometimes, especially me considering my "build" goes until like march 18!!!

Carolyn i will take 2 tacos and a coke.

I'll take an animatronic bagel, some cream cheese, and some OJ.
Thanks Carolyn!:)

We play rugby. When it is late at night, we get our cars out and shine our lights on the fields. We also have been playing cross campus capture the flag. That is really fun.

I found you there you are right next to the large tree.

we usually just sit around and do nothing.... playing euchre is cool too

Re: Paintball
 

Paintball...very fun. We went a while ago. Had a blast. Tad expensive, but worth it.

Euchre...awesome game...

As is CRUD...can't get enough CRUD...

its just sad when we all go to the grocery store and the clerks seriously ask us if were all part of one family (ok so most of us look kinda alike, but still, 10 kids all the same age?) ping pong is our new passion, were planning to have a table or two at the st louis regional so we dont kill each other, come challenge us, well love it (ive perfected my backhand, but yes my serve needs work) :)

asher

oh and jones, you gotta have a ton of jones soda (preferably fufu berry for me thanks)

heh, we did this earlier today, the video is actually in the general forum under "so how are YOU getting to the competitions?" what we did was see how many people we could fit in the crate we are going to be shipping our robot in, we managed to get 17 in there with a very tight fit. we actually were wondering how many people other teams could fit in their crates, can anyone beat 17?

oooh!! i wanna try to beat it, i'm not sure we will tho...that's pretty good ;)
also, what is CRUD?

17/25 or so?
68%?
Maybe higher.
But standing was better than trying with some people sitting down. I got to be one of the three guys on the bottom. :D
After the 16th person got on I called it quits. It also took them like 5 minutes between each layer to get new people in.
I lost all feeling in my legs, and when the fourth layer got in it turned to a burning sensation in my right leg.
I called it after the 5th layer got in, I was beginning to become afraid of actuall damage to my legs/feet, as I was sure the feet were not getting anywhere near proper ciculation...

Had fun anyways.

That's a good idea. That would be a good stress reliever. We have a pretty crate this year.

I like to do a kooky dance.

Sorry, Carolyn, that wasn't me. I made the classic mistake of walking away from the computer while still logged in to CD, and one of my wonderful team members made the offer "on my behalf."

So, no kooky dance this year.

Unless we do well at Nationals. In which case "Dave's Happy Dance" may have to be seen in public once again.

Whether the Dave's Happy Dance will be performed with or without hair will depend on how we do at VCU.

-dave


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Team 116: Creating the technology of tomorrow, some time late tonight.

Hmmm, Dave without hair, that sounds like fun. How about this Dave, Carolyn, you and I *and anyone from 116 or any other team that wants to join* will do a little kooky dance together!!

Depends. Will I be allowed to remain dry?

-dave

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I have a flamingo in my office. He just wandered in one day and decided to stay...

Has he found the other ones yet?:)

Yes Dave, you may remain dry for the kooky dance. And don't worry, we have a lot of in-team pranking to do, so I'm not sure that I'll have much time to go down the road to your hotel. *opps, I think I may have said too much ;-) *

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Oh, hi Carolyn. Hi Adam!