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I think Akash was referring to generally asking for a date to prom, and not in the manor that the particular young man asked out a girl, which, I might add, takes guts. |
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Today at the Greater Toronto Regional there were announcements for; Team xxxx (i cant remember the team) needs someone who knows what they are talking about, Team xxxx needs 100 feet of shoreline.
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Today at GL--- er... the Michigan State Championship Event, there was an alert to a 'found' red comb and Verizon phone... We're lucky the comb was not keys, and Lady Ga Ga's "Just Dance" was not playing at the same time. :p
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At 10,000 lakes today, one team asked for a coat hangar.
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At GLR-[cough] erm...Michigan State Championships, after the matches were over today, I asked if they could put out a request for Team 240.
ALL of Team 240. They didn't show. It made me very sad...:( |
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Not a request but today at Las Vegas, I was standing on our pit table during the day sometime putting a poster on the scaffolding and I heard over the PA "Team 39 Needs A stepstool!"
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Who was it that made the announcement at the end, regarding a lost bag of The Game? |
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1501 and 2791 had a nice running joke about us "borrowing" their practice bot. A team tried to run a pit announcement asking for it, but no dice.
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MN Northstar Pit admin is pretty no-nonsense and sharp, but we have got away with requesting an "FTL Drive" for two years in a row.
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"team XXX is in need of three gallons of rocket fuel" |
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At Lonestar this year, we enjoyed a good joke - we asked for WildTime Orbit Balls :P
In addition, the team immediately after us stated that they needed more pylons :P |
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Left-handed Screwdriver...
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Team xxxx is looking for team spirit.
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At the CT regional this weekend, they asked for the Orkin man to report to the pit for Team 236... (for those of you who are not familiar, Team 236 is the Techno-Ticks!)
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Also, I was talking to 2791 and 1501. And the joke came up that Chris was actually going to go up there and have them request 1501's robot for 2791 in CT. I would've highly enjoyed hearing that. |
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Team ____ needs more vespene gas.
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"team #### is requesting that anyone who has any information on the whereabouts of their robot please report up here... thank you."
i was considering asking that when our robot didnt come back from its qualification match at the GTR. turns out we were just stopped by inspectors. |
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We were having a rough time getting our programming to work so we asked for a working code and also for a working robot. I think we also had someone go ask for more time.
The pit admin loved us at Dallas and we started joking around with one of our mechanical guys (because he was always the one to give stuff away) saying that she had a thing for him. |
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Since metric crescent wrenches do exist, I propose a change to Adjustable metric crescent wrench since they DO NOT exist
It would be unfortunate if a team actually needed one and pit admin didn't believe them, or people didn't take the announcement seriously. So, we should stop crying wolf. even if they aren't likely to find one anyway. |
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Being the pit announcer at FL for the past few years (and NYC before that) has been a lot of fun. I apologize for the lack of humor this year; wasn't feeling too hot. Best things teams asked for:
their drivers a break flux capacitor horse their robot If you think up something funny for "Please get your robot inspected," or "Please take your robot to the field," please let me know! |
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(The valuable robot part? An inspection sticker. Without a very cheap piece of sticky paper, the $5000+ robot can't compete.) "Teams X, Y, and Z. If you are not at the field in the next minute, we will orient the queuing wormhole to appear in your respective pits. This will grab your robots, your team members, and all your tools. Due to a minor error, only the robots and drive teams will ever be seen again." Oh, and my favorite pit-clearer: "Team X is heading out of the pit. Please follow them. Thank you." Best used at pit closing. |
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This year, we have our roommates assigned to us at the hotel instead of picking them ourselves.
I might ask for new roommates. |
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Also, my friend just came up with one:
The wives of the mentors of Team 386 would like their husbands back asap. |
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the ones I hear the most often are "flux capacitor" (my team did this the most, of course. lol) and also making the announcement that everyone lost the game. And then you hear a pit-wide groan. fun times! lol.
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"Team 1547 is looking for Waldo. If you can find him please return him to Team 1547."
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"Team 2879 would like 70 feet of uninsulated platinum wire, a fishing pole, a 30x50 piece of plywood, two flux capacitors, a helium/argon laser, an FTL drive, and two spare car tires. Don't worry, it's not what you think"
I am totally doing this next year Thaine |
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Next year, I really want to say "Team 1306 would like everyone to know that they're never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around, or hurt you."
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By reading that post, have I been Rickrolled?
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Indeed you have.
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We were having drive practice with our practice robot a few weeks back and had a problem with a moving part sticking. Since we had no lubricants with us, we turned to the remains of the KFC meals we had just eaten, wiped the part with a used chicken leg, and had no more problems. We laughed at the time about potential pit announcements:
"Team 1519 is looking for a KFC #1 meal" or "Team 1519 is looking for chicken grease" We also wondered about adding a KFC #1 meal to our Bill of Materials :) |
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I can't eat relish or drink diet coke. |
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At northstar I could have sworn I heard someone ask for a Ipad and it wasnt even out yet!
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Thank you soooo much KING TeC...you made my day when I found the fine print that morning. |
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-Team 25 needs a can of mojo
-Team 25 needs a programming wrench |
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one my team usually puts out is "team 1529 is looking for a flag holder"
the best ones are ones with previous year stuff. =D and being rick rolled... thats always awesome |
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"Would you like some wind shears to help apply the prop wash?" :cool:
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At Championships I'm pretty sure we heard someone ask for "a robot chassis." Now that's a pretty gutsy request. "Would you like a 4WD, 8WD, swerve, or holonomic?" "Whatever will win, please."
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At work on a really busy Saturday and customers have attitude, it is hot, no room, and crazy. I want to pick up the phone and say, "Attention customers. If there is a Charlie Brown in the store please come to the checkout, your dog is trying to use your credit card. He is a small, white beagle, name tag says SNOOPY on it." And just see what happens. Someone will laugh while my boss wonders why he promoted me to an assistant! :D
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Well, we haven't really any announcements but here a few great pranks.
We once convinced a rookie there was a thing called "Wireless PWM cable" and we asked here to CAD 8 meters of it. And she did!!I wish I had it here, but it was basically two heads of a PWM cable. Another good one is the "Electricity powder". Sometimes we get innocent rookies to fall for it, when we do these odd to prove it's real. Sometimes we make up tools, but they are mostly in Hebrew so I'll spare you guys. Another favorite one is the "two sided liquid exploding glue with lumps" |
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Sticky grease?
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These didn't happen (to my knowledge) but here is a few ideas.
-A light saber -Programing help and mountain dew -Your own 469 (probably wont work next year unless they surprise us again) - A hanger (again probably wont work next year) - Regolith - A cupid shuffle - The matrix - A terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger will suffice) |
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" Will xxxx and xxxx please come to Pit Admin to come pick up your invisible sandwiches"
"Can anyone do the thriller dance? If so I'll give the team and person a shout out" ^I managed to do the thriller dance and got the shout out. :) |
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-Luck
-Style -Blinker fluid -Social life -Marbles: "Team 95 has lost their marbles, please help them find their marbles" -Pop quiz: "Who is Von-Dorr and why do they name motors after him?" :rolleyes: |
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We got a rookie to ask for a blow torch to heat the motors up so they would go faster (lack of good programming had the jags not at 100%).
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at the Oklahoma City Regional we almost asked for them to announce..
"We need a roll of toilet paper for a Mr. L*****r..............*sigh* and a mop." |
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Just a heads up, the latest Manual release tells teams explicitly to not do this...
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Chris, all the manuals have done that. However, it is a largely-ignored rule, mainly because a) the pit announcers want something to break up their day, and b) because it gives everyone a laugh for a bit, if they're in hearing range.
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"Does any team have an extra game manual, team **** needs to read the over the rules about asking the Pit Announcers not to make frivolous announcements?"
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team xxxx would like to know if anyone has found their cheetos. These are very important, their programmer can not operate with out them.
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"Team 1058 the PVC Pirates need some PVC glue" |
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*wanders off to find her blinking red nose...* |
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Considering that they added "please", I think they're getting desperate.
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I realized that metric crescent wrenches existed, but I always thought that adjustable metric crescent wenches were a 'safe' joke. Now what do I do? |
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You could always try asking for an adjustable Allen wrench.
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As far as I know, none of these were ever tried, but would make great messages:
1. Team XXXX needs a Delorean, and if anyone has a spare Mr. Fusion, it would be very appreciated 2. Team XXXX needs some lead to patch a leak, and maybe some concrete. Anyone with experience on nuclear reactors would be great. 3. Team XXXX would like some non-functional duct tape And these last one needs some background information: Our winch system was dubbed by one of our mentors as the hooker. At several points (usually when it was broken or removed) I wanted to go up and ask: 4. Team 1178 needs to find their hooker, anyone knowing its whereabouts please respond. 5. Team 1178 needs someone who can come and fix their hooker |
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I really want to request a "Blue Tardis" this year, but I'm the Rules Guru for my team, so deliberately breaking one just seems like a bad example... XD Oh well.
On that note, asking for a Chameleon Circuit would be fun, too. |
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I'm volunteering at the GKC regional this year and these posts just made me go change my preferences for where I want to be stationed. My top one is now pit announcer. -crosses fingers- hope it happens. |
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"Team XXXX is leaving the arena. Thank you for doing so, Team XXXX." or "Team XXX is leaving the area. Please follow them." Great ways to politely clear out the pits, instead of the classic "The pits are closing. Get out." (I also used the old "The pits are closing in 5 minutes. Please pack up and head for the exits.") |
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no one quite knows way the team started this, but for years we have been asking for stuff like these ...
Left handed metric wrench(s). ( doesn't really come from one place, it's just a tool joke ) Self Sealing Stem Bolts, ( Star Trek Deep Space Nine ) Knibbler Pins, ( no idea, it's just a thing. ) 19/16ths left hand threaded bolt ( again, no idea. It just happened ) 20Kw DC electromagnets ( another, "why?... How?!," it's just a thing some kids thought up ) 50ft of Coaxial cable. ( seemed like a thing to do at the time. ) a MOAB ( that was remembered the year after by an official ) Someone asked for their Dungeon Master, a players hand book, their "Gee EM". A "Dee twenty ". ( several of us had them on hand ! ) A cup holder for the robot. ( it needed coffee ! ) We asked for Saw dust ( for the radioactive Hamsters, Rumored to be living in our robot... As a power source ). That joke got us suuuuuuch a looking over by the judges and safety people. crystalized Dilithium. ( reverse the words... ) |
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A canister of Dihydrogen Monoxide is always a good request. Just make sure the announcer is aware that it could be lethal if inhaled in it's liquid form but will only curl your hair if you are exposed to it in it's gaseous state.
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I get that look every time I open my mouth. It's all part of who I am. And.......I love it! |
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Last year we asked for a hydrospanner.
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The only thing funnier than dihydrogen monoxide is hydroxic acid. It has almostthe same qualities, but is also an acid.
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Team XXXX is looking for their pet Ewok.
I want to see the heads turn looking for it. :rolleyes: |
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I think I'll put in a request for a couple pounds of unobtanium this year.
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" ... Team nnnn is seeking a faster minibot "
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Team XXXX is looking for a new driver, theirs was shot by Solo. |
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1825 needs 10 lbs of depleted uranium to weight there kicker
1825 needs dilithium crystals. This one they told us they would say when they ran out of real announcements |
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A couple members of our team were doing a scavenger hunt and one of the items was a 1/4 in pop rivit. We told them to ask other teams...we ended up hearing, "Team 2851 needs a 1/4 in pop rivit" over the PA. All for one team's free T-Shirt.
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The best we've done was probably asking for a wireless extension cord.
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Team 256 would like their diamond pickaxe back. They need it to mine the iron for their robot.
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when i was off doing something away from the robot i suddenly heard "team 1126 is requesting nail polish remover" still don't know why we did that...but apparently we actually needed it...:rolleyes:
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We asked for redstone wiring last year.
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