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leeweek 07-03-2006 18:47

Re: What to do with all these poof balls?
 
i think robots on robots dogeball contests would be interesting, like your trying to control a robot while getting pegged with poof balls

i like the on-bus doge ball idea though, might make parents and mentors mad....

Jay W. 07-03-2006 23:24

Re: What to do with all these poof balls?
 
how about a distance competition?

After Nats everyone pulls their robots out, speeds up their launchers and see how durable Atlanta's skyscrapers really are....

Bill Moore 08-03-2006 12:41

Re: What to do with all these poof balls?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Jay W.
how about a distance competition?

After Nats everyone pulls their robots out, speeds up their launchers and see how durable Atlanta's skyscrapers really are....

Make it distance, and accuracy.

Anybody can shoot off a spaceship, but if you want to reach Mars, you have to be somewhat accurate with your aim.

Someone bring a bullseye target and duct tape, and each robot gets 5 shots. Best shot of the five is marked -- next shooter!

You also need to find a sponsor for awards (best shot, tightest pattern, most balls destroyed, etc.).

Marc P. 08-03-2006 12:51

Re: What to do with all these poof balls?
 
I sort of like the dodgeball in Atlanta idea. How about at the annual Chiefdelphi webhug, everyone brings a few personally signed poof balls. After the webhug, everyone unloads in a massive game of dodgeball. After we're all tired, or needed on the field/in the pits, everyone walks away with a few randomly signed poof balls, then start a thread to see who got whom's signed poofs.

KenWittlief 08-03-2006 13:14

Re: What to do with all these poof balls?
 
What to do with all these poof balls?

Ok, we'll need an elephant, a bowling ball, and 4 pounds of wax...

wait better yet, collect all the poof balls from all the teams

get a bunch of giant tooth picks (like dinosaur tooth picks)

and make a model of human DNA

no wait, even better - hang them all from the ceiling with string, and make a scale model of the Milky Way Galaxy! each poof ball = 1 star

BTW: arnt you glad they named our galaxy after Milky Way candy bars, and not something stupid like the Good n Plenty Galaxy, or the Almond Joy Galaxy?

Chrisms 08-03-2006 17:42

Re: What to do with all these poof balls?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by KenWittlief
What to do with all these poof balls?

Ok, we'll need an elephant, a bowling ball, and 4 pounds of wax...

wait better yet, collect all the poof balls from all the teams

get a bunch of giant tooth picks (like dinosaur tooth picks)

and make a model of human DNA

no wait, even better - hang them all from the ceiling with string, and make a scale model of the Milky Way Galaxy! each poof ball = 1 star

BTW: arnt you glad they named our galaxy after Milky Way candy bars, and not something stupid like the Good n Plenty Galaxy, or the Almond Joy Galaxy?

uhh.. I'm pretty sure the candy was named after the galaxy, could be wrong, but I'm almost positive.

I kind of like that sign a poof ball and throw it thing. That would be really interesting. then you could be pen palls or something(type-pals?). haha.

Nuttyman54 08-03-2006 18:21

Re: What to do with all these poof balls?
 
hmmm....CD Pals! use the PM system! that would be just freaking awsome, and a great way to meet new people!

Nitroxextreme 08-03-2006 19:24

Re: What to do with all these poof balls?
 
We arn't exactly sure what we are going to do to the poof balls....

lets just put it this way...let the destruction began

Dan Petrovic 08-03-2006 19:42

Re: What to do with all these poof balls?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Rickertsen2
Dodgeball of course. We had several spontaneous matches erupt throughout the build season.

We had a dodgeball eruption during our driver and co-pilot practice. It ended with our mentor being cornered by a bunch of kids pelting endless amounts of Poof balls at him

Chrisms 08-03-2006 19:50

Re: What to do with all these poof balls?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by InfernoX14
We had a dodgeball eruption during our driver and co-pilot practice. It ended with our mentor being cornered by a bunch of kids pelting endless amounts of Poof balls at him

thats hilarious!

our team had a team "bonding" day one Saturday during build. and we all went to our gym and played volleyball with some balls that a kid brought in(his mom works at a local volleyball clinic thing, so we had tons)
we had two courts set up... needless to say the court next to mine got a brilliant idea... they all picked up spare volleyballs. i look over, and tell my friend "take cover" he's like "huh? OH!" no sooner was that said than the other court screams "3 2 1 dodge ball!" and volleyballs just go flying!

i like the CD pal thing honestly. I think that could be really cool. Any chance of that actually happening?

jacobbiljo 09-03-2006 17:10

Re: What to do with all these poof balls?
 
our team is not following the normal build season and is just starting our robot now. We live in Welland Canada and would gladly pay the shipping for a team around our area to send us a few of their balls

contact me at jacobbiljo@hotmail.com if you have a proposal

KenWittlief 09-03-2006 17:16

Re: What to do with all these poof balls?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by jacobbiljo
our team is not following the normal build season and is just starting our robot now.

ummmm....... what !?!?

( you cant toss information like that here on CD without explaining - your team is building a robot but not competing? )

Bryan NDbotics 09-03-2006 23:37

Re: What to do with all these poof balls?
 
yes plz, i am on jacobbiljo's team. we are not competing this year, we are just doing a test run to get started, there is another team from our reigon that has been helping us immensly and that is SimBotics from govenor Simcoe in St Catherines. anyway we are despreatly in need of poof balls to help with the build since they are no longer in stock on the poof site. any help would be greatly appreciated. thank you.

wsansewjs 11-03-2006 00:40

Re: What to do with all these poof balls?
 
This idea may be harmful to some unattention people, but at the end of the Nationals where the finals take place, when the champion wins the competition, everyone who have their own poof balls can throw it out from the audience into the playfield to celebrate! Imagine so many poof balls flying in darkness upon the glowing bright playfield? It would be amazing!

But this idea may be harmful to people. . .

-WJS

jacobbiljo 15-03-2006 19:16

Re: What to do with all these poof balls?
 
We will be competing in the Canada's Wonderland invitational tournament


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