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Chris is me

21-05-2009 19:53

Re: That poor robot!

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Originally Posted by Herodotus (Post 860786)

I think every year the first joke we make is about building one of the bots from the game animation. The only time I've seen anyone do it is 2008 with 2337 and the kicking bot. :p

One of the robots at the Midwest Regional looked like this year's "basket bot", complete with rollers and basket.

bobwrit

21-05-2009 20:11

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Originally Posted by nahstobor (Post 860779)

I don't understand why nobody has made plowey yet, it can win in any game.

I saw a team this year that did something similar( 100% covered in bumpers, mabye 8" high, top covered in cardbord).

GaryVoshol

21-05-2009 20:42

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Originally Posted by nahstobor (Post 860779)

I don't understand why nobody has made plowey yet, it can win in any game.

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Originally Posted by bobwrit (Post 860794)

I saw a team this year that did something similar( 100% covered in bumpers, mabye 8" high, top covered in cardbord).

Did Plowey have proper bumper coverage this year? At least one of the other animation bots clearly didn't, and a third was suspect. :rolleyes:

Andrew Schreiber

21-05-2009 20:52

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Originally Posted by GaryVoshol (Post 860796)

Did Plowey have proper bumper coverage this year? At least one of the other animation bots clearly didn't, and a third was suspect. :rolleyes:

Proof that the bumper rules were poorly worded in the initial manual! Even Dave couldn't figure them out. ;)

I apologize that this post added nothing to this conversation.

GaryVoshol

22-05-2009 07:17

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But that was the only rules violation I saw this year in the video. Dave always has a fun time meeting his deadlines for the video, before the rules are firmed up. There, back on track.

Jared Russell

22-05-2009 07:32

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Every year our team debates long and hard on whether this is the year that we finally get to build plow-e.

Taylor

22-05-2009 08:06

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I challenge your team to build a Plow-E (or any other of the perennial animabots) and bring it to IRI.

jpmittins

22-05-2009 15:40

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So, since a bunch of people are calling the robot I mentioned "Plow-e" I have decided to come up with a fitting acronym for it, a la WALL-E.

Meet PLOW-E: Potential Lifter Or Wedge, Earth Class

Lil' Lavery

22-05-2009 16:17

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Originally Posted by Jared341 (Post 860838)

Every year our team debates long and hard on whether this is the year that we finally get to build plow-e.

If my teams ever seed at the top 8 and you guys are on the board with plow-e, we're picking you. ;)

DarkFlame145

26-05-2009 19:11

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Originally Posted by jpmittins (Post 860600)

I was recently watching old game animations, and I noticed something funny. In all the games with balls (2004, 2006, 2008) when the voice over says "Robots must be built robustly..." and then it shows a game piece (or several) dropping on the same robot every year, the low blue one that looks like a snowplow. Why is that? I feel kind of bad for that robot now, it's always in the wrong place in the wrong time. Your thoughts?

BTW, who does the voice overs for those animations?

Plow-bot always get's smashed up =P

Tetraman

26-05-2009 22:12

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Well yea...the point of the box-with-wheels Plowey is to prove that if a team makes just a box with wheels, the robot will not be useless can still compete.

But yea, I've been waiting for a team to build it...even for just a side project.

Chris is me

27-05-2009 03:03

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Oh, now that I think of it, I know a team that built Plow-e in FVC 2006-2007. The Plow-e in that animation had hands, though. They were our second pick for alliance and basically they were assigned to hold the Bonus Ball (the game was similar to 2004, but you didn't have to cap goals / there were no HPs)

DonRotolo

27-05-2009 23:02

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Originally Posted by Rich Kressly (Post 860785)

without eating anything but chips, salsa, and diet coke until the new year rings in.

and Krispy Kremes....:D

David Brinza

28-05-2009 01:32

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Originally Posted by Tetraman (Post 861340)

For those who live in regions with "real seasons", Plow-E could indeed be useful...like for clearing snow from driveways!

jpmittins

28-05-2009 02:17

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Originally Posted by David Brinza (Post 861448)

For those who live in regions with "real seasons", Plow-E could indeed be useful...like for clearing snow from driveways!

Real seasons? :rolleyes: I thought for a second you must have been from Michigan or something and were coming on those people from Philly. Now I see you're from LA. Jealous of our sweet (read: terribly annoying) weather? :cool:

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