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Justin Montois 29-12-2008 16:28

Funny descriptions of FIRST games.
 
Reading descriptions of the game by people who are not involved with FIRST is really funny sometimes.

Like this description of the 2005 game in a local newspaper...

"The students' creations zipped back and forth in a rink, picking up television-sized tetrahedrons and stacking them while jousting with one another."

Does anyone else have any?:)

colin340 29-12-2008 16:31

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epic
remember rees reading that on the plane

Tottanka 29-12-2008 16:51

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when organizing the Israeli 2007 off season event, i was interviewed to a radio show, who described rack and roll as "Robots who work in fixing flat tiers"

Libby K 29-12-2008 18:27

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I described Rack n Roll as 'Connect Four gone Wild" once.

wilsonmw04 29-12-2008 18:30

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I described 2008's game as a cross between NASCAR and bumper pool.

Billfred 29-12-2008 19:14

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A friend of mine who hadn't attended an FRC event insisted on calling it a conference (much to my irritation). In hopes of getting her to lay off, I linked her to the TBA video of QF 4.1 of IRI 2008 (for my money, the single best match of the year), after which she described it as, I quote, "a bouncy ballathon".

Justin Montois 29-12-2008 22:50

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Billfred (Post 788156)
A friend of mine who hadn't attended an FRC event insisted on calling it a conference (much to my irritation). In hopes of getting her to lay off, I linked her to the TBA video of QF 4.1 of IRI 2008 (for my money, the single best match of the year), after which she described it as, I quote, "a bouncy ballathon".

I know how you feel, I know a few people who commonly refer to it as "the convention":rolleyes:

AndyB 30-12-2008 19:10

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Billfred (Post 788156)
A friend of mine who hadn't attended an FRC event insisted on calling it a conference (much to my irritation). In hopes of getting her to lay off, I linked her to the TBA video of QF 4.1 of IRI 2008 (for my money, the single best match of the year), after which she described it as, I quote, "a bouncy ballathon".

That was my favorite match of the year as well. I remember when our driver was rounding the corner to line it up and I just yelled "Spear it!". I thought all three of us were going to die laughing after the bot fell over after the buzzer. I love IRI.

Alex Cormier 30-12-2008 20:10

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Billfred (Post 788156)
A friend of mine who hadn't attended an FRC event insisted on calling it a conference (much to my irritation). In hopes of getting her to lay off, I linked her to the TBA video of QF 4.1 of IRI 2008 (for my money, the single best match of the year), after which she described it as, I quote, "a bouncy ballathon".

I like Semi 1 Match 2 a little bit more. ;)

Ian Curtis 30-12-2008 20:25

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I always found 2007 a hilarious game to describe.

"It's sorta like playing tic-tac-toe on a hat rack... with innertubes."

Justin Montois 23-01-2009 15:11

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Just got a new one from our local paper about this year's game...

"which combination of conveyor belt, combine and auger would best enable the robot they're designing to aim balls at enemies on a field designed to imitate the moon's gravity."

They make it sound like we're shooting Evil Moon Creatures.:rolleyes:

16MentalTempest 23-01-2009 16:18

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Quote:

Originally Posted by wilsonmw04 (Post 788125)
I described 2008's game as a cross between NASCAR and bumper pool.

I would describe last year's game as simply 'epic'. :D

Of course, the first description I got from my dad was something about hockey meets basketball. Might not be far from the truth, actually.

Ian Curtis 23-01-2009 16:29

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"Imagine playing basketball on an ice rink, except the baskets on the player's backs."

kc2pix 12-02-2009 20:32

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I say Lunacy is a combination of Bumper Cars, Air Hockey, Basketball, Dodgeball, and those ball pits at fast food restaurants!:p

robowarriors41 12-02-2009 21:34

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Overdrive? Imagine NASCAR, with balls!


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