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-flux capacitor (classic FIRST prank)
-any number of items from this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXW0bx_Ooq4 -Turbo Encabulator (engineering joke, also from the above video) -sonic screwdriver (Doctor Who) -nanites -nanotubules -buckyballs -some [element] (try xenon, astitine, or anything that you could pass off as "just a material") -an "LHC" -a previous FIRST game piece -a large "black bag" -something in a different language And if the announcer will let you... -an easy button (you can actually buy these...) -chloroform -a very very large bucket Any other ideas or things people have done? :) |
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This was announced at Palmetto. "Warning, dihydrogen monoxide has been spotted in the arena. Please avoid breathing in the dihydrogen monoxide!"
or "If you have a weighted companion cube, please bring it to the nearest apature science incinerator" "The cake is a lie" "Where is Waldo?" "Team ______ lost the game" |
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"Team 11 would like their Mudkipz drill back, if anyone has team 11's Mudpikz drill please return it" - Trenton 08 and 09
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We always enjoyed asking for things like a "left handed ratchet" or "left handed adjustable crescent wrench." Then they staffed the pit admin with people who actually knew tools, and we just got that "....really?" look every time we tried. :/
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Team 2200 is requesting aluminium magnets or 3 sticks of dynamite. :rolleyes:
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Piston return spring :cool:
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Someone asked for "mojo" at the 09' Florida Regional.
I had to stop what i was doing to laugh :rolleyes: |
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I thought a good one was the metric crescent wrench.
Then I discovered that they exist. Guess the joke was on me! :eek: |
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We have not personally done this but...
"team #### is requesting that anyone who has any information on the whereabouts of their robot please report up here... thank you." :D |
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I've heard "roflcopter," "pneumatic programming wrench," and, "six weeks of our lives back."
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This isn't related to robotics but there is a computer and network administrator class at my high school with only a few kids in each hour. During each of these hours there is also a large class of students learning programming of different sorts and there is a single class for accounting. Every time there is a substitute teacher, one of the students in the first hour class asks the sub to remind my friends and I who show up later in the day to swap out the "Hydrogen Moleculizers" in all of the computers. When one of us is notified of this important task we all become extremely serious about getting it done. This has been going on all year and yet not a single substitute has noticed we were joking.
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At SVR last year our programmers sent a member on a search for prop wash, we continued this tradition this year by sending 5-6 of our new members to a series of teams who would say something like "oh we just gave it to XXX, try them" it took them a good 10 minutes and 8 teams to find out what prop wash is
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"Team XXX seems to have lost one of their butlers. If anyone finds Jeeves, you can tell him he's fired."
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In the NYC regionals, the announcer said "Has anyone seen Waldo?"
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probably not intentional, but during west michigan district team 85 had a board game they were raffling away and during the finals the announcer said "XXX you've won the game!" And I could have sworn I heard a few moans across the who arena of people losing the game.
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We always ask for a "Pneumatic Programming Wrench"
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Haha, I was the one who told the announcer to ask, "Team 1758 would like to know where Waldo is!" at palmetto. Good to know somebody actually heard that.
One of our programmers, whose main role is actually to play starcraft, got this through: "1758 is looking for materials to construct additional pylons." We were gonna ask for a LHC or a water spanner and flux capacitor, but then matches got back underway and we were burning too many calories walking back and forth from the queuing area and the admin table. |
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We always try to think of things funny to ask Pit Admin for, but I can't think of any know. If anything, this thread will give us ideas! -Tanner |
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My freshmen year in '06 at SVR, we (675) would get the announcers to say 254 needs a hug, or 254 needs a girlfriend, or 675 is cooler than 1700. We would also be asked "675 stop blowing bubbles in the pits." we like to pull pranks sometimes. ;) Flux capacitor is almost always heard. This year at SVR i didn't hear one prank for the first time i've been involved with FIRST
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"This is a VERY important announcement" - that was it
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How about this: ask for some very odd, seemingly non-pit related things. Try for the "what in the world do they need THAT for?!?!" emotion :yikes:
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Hmm maybe I will request at the Michigan State Championship "Do a barrel roll!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIkJvY96i8w if you don't know it
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Nothing funny was asked for at the two regionals that I attended: Philly and FLR.
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A few years ago, Pit Admin at L.A. went home early one night. Being stationed in Spare Parts, next door, I wound up doing a number of announcements. As I recall, I asked for...
...Teams to leave the venue.:p ...Teams to follow other teams--who just so happened to be leaving the venue.;):p |
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Not exactly asked... but here goes.
I had just asked Pit Admin to help me find an inspector to inspect us. (Inspection had just lost their last one. :P ) Turns out there was one right next to me. "That would be me" "There is one. Will go inspect this guys robot. " So has we are walking back the the pit the guy at pit admin comes over the inter com and says "Will!!! Go inspect the robot!" |
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Buckets of steam/bolts and aluminium magnets anyone? :p |
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i think the only one at OKC was 1710 "1710 has lost their drivers button, they are willing to pay" :)
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"Team 2240 wishes to borrow a miracle. This is not a Joke. Team 2240 needs a miracle"
ah fun times |
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Yesterday, an 1197 alumnus went up to the PA and asked for a hot glue gun.
I thought he was kidding. Turns out our mascot needed a hot glue gun. Her costume fell apart. :/ |
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Not to kill everyone's fun, but is this really something that's all well and good, tricking the Pit Admin? I mean, these are funny, but you're pranking a volunteer.
I know if anyone on 2791 pulls this, they'll get a stern talking to. |
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Chris, I think it's more about easing the stress in the pits. You know as well as I do that being in there can be pretty stressful for everyone involved. A joke announcement like one of these can ease that a bit, provided that it's made at the right time.
Also, often the pit announcers get the joke, and then pass it on to everyone else. It can get pretty monotonous sitting there all day doing nothing but announce "Teams X, Y, Z, A, B, C, you need to report to queueing immediately!" all day. Something like this, if you get the right type of announcer, can break that up for a little bit. Think of it not as pranking the pit announcers, but as enlisting their help in spreading a joke. They don't have to give it if they don't want to. |
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My personal favorite was at GSR:
"Team 1058 is looking for some PVC cement." |
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This was something one of our team members asked for at the CT Regional. This was a few years back, when we were using the old control system.
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My favourite one is one my team is guilty of.
"Team 1503 would like to borrow an 18" left handed metric adjustable wrench." -Nick |
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A 60" Chrome Plated Pipe Wrench.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/43/12...c2ab82b280.jpg Specifically doing it at the Waterloo Regional makes this about 5x better, at least for the UW Eng volunteers. |
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Has anyone ever asked for Pit Admin to help them find Team 46? :rolleyes: |
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I would like to hear a team want to borrow another teams robot for their next match.... |
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I don't remember what team it was, but
"Team xxxx is looking for their robot. If anyone has seen their robot, please bring it to team xxxx" |
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"Labview Download Disk"
Not really funny, more like "Wait...what?" Um...let's see... "Hope" "A finals selection" "Flux Capacitor" "Our Mascot's Head" |
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I heard one of our other mentors talking about asking the pit admin for an AC Battery :p
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"(Pit neighbors team number) needs lube!" is always a good one.
This year at NJ: Team 2495 needs there drive team to report to queuing for a match NOW |
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From us was "team 1306 needs a warp drive", and "Team 1306 would like to know the average flight speed of an unladen swallow" which was followed up with "team xxxx would like to ask team 1306 is it was an african or european swallow" Also, "team 1306 needs Jon Morton in the queue NOW." Not exactly funny considering he's our main driver...
Other ones from the Wisconsin Regional are a wood welder, heartworm pills/a milk bone for a team's watchdog, and a metric, left-handed, flathead screwdriver. |
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at the 2008 nasa/vcu regional...
"team 1337 is looking for a pneumatic roflcopter..." someone brought this up to the pit admin desk... http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/30955 |
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we asked at palmetto this year (jokingly) for lunch :p
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Our captain reigns us in any time we get the idea to ask for silly things over the PA, but a few of our favourites have been:
"Team 1334 has just lost the game. If anyone finds it, can you please bring it to their pit?" "Team 1334 is looking for hugs!" "Team 1334 is looking for an alliance captain." (we'd obviously never say something so unprofessional, this is just when we get nervous about alliance selections) "Team 1334 would like to invite everyone to a dance party in their pit." "Team 1334 would like their devil head back...no questions asked." Oh the fun we could have... |
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My favorite:
"Team 190 is looking for an 8" PID loop" |
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Team 87 is in need of 6 rolls of duct tape and a bowling ball
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at dallas this year, someone asked for barbed wire.
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The announcer at NYC always has something witty to say. The matches were 2 hours behind schedule, so I kept hearing things like "Good job teams! Keep it up and we'll be out of by midnight!". I also heard requests for a flux capacitor, a single tooth sprocket, and an ISA video adapter...
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Team#### needs a girlfriend.
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Hydrospanner (for Star Wars fans)
50 ft of #4 (or larger, like #2 or #0) wire 900 MHz or 40 channel radio (e.g. the IFI radio from 2008 and previous years) CNC mill/lathe or CNC operator/programmer |
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One I always wanted to do at GLR (back when it was still GLR) was ask if we could borrow Teams 66, 67, and 68's sponsors. Just because. Of course, we can't do it now, GM and Daimler-Chrysler-oh wait...it's the new GM and Chrysler-Fiat now...
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A few years back, when our team was in Las Vegas
the request was for some :"robert steel".... (please see my name) We had a number of teams actually bring over some metal... We thank them for trying to help... personally I would like to see a request for "an unlimited supply of Xena tapes and Hot Pockets...." reference the movie Armageddon... and the computer geek... |
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Heard at Wisconsin Regional - team asked for a "wood welder." Another team quickly resonded with a bottle of Gorilla glue. Witty move by both parties I thought.
BTW: There truly is a device known as a wood welder. Just sounds funny to be heard on the PA! |
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Anti Matter Container Battery - We will need it back in about 10 minutes or else
Left-Handed Metric Ballpin hammer Meaning of life |
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DUCT TAPE! Which happened to be about 80% of our bot by the semifinals.
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Next year, I'm SO going to ask for some dark energy. I'll be waiting in the pit for the person who bring me a Dark Energy Pokemon card. |
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you just became my hero, the Hydrospanner :D |
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One of the freshmen on our team wanted the Pit Admin to announce
"Team Chaos needs some order." I thought it was cute |
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Seems to me that this week, Thursday is going to be full of this sort of stuff, seeing as we're holding regionals ON April Fool's Day.
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"Team 1622 needs a wheel" |
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At the Buckeye '08 Regional, I heard the PA announcer say, "Team XXX is in need of a new robot"...not a good sign!
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Here is one that might get a lot of attention. "Team XXXX needs a Geiger counter. They think they have a leak.” :yikes:
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I'd mention unobtanium, but if somebody falls for that one... |
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I happened to like all the funny pit announcements simply because they're all funny and of course they're always announced at the right time. =). I always here the common Flux Capicator but I wouldn't mind hearing some new ones =). NYC and NJ I think was full of the funny annoucnements although I'm not too sure about SBPLI.
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"Today is Mr. Hodge's birthday, and Team 624 would like to recognize him in song. 'Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you...'"
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hahaha, before we found this thread it was going to be flux capacitor, shortly followed by warp core.
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I would love to see someone ask for unobtainium, and be provided with a past-or-present FRC game piece that was at one time or another, deemed unobtainium.
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What about asking for a "Chuck Norris" xD
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Anyway, at Philly this year a couple of the kids on my team got one of the freshmen to get spare parts to say "423 needs bocky" on the loudspeaker. In the high school from where most of my team hails (where is that? look it up yourself, it will be an adventure!), bocky is a slang term meaning...erm...you know, when a woman wants to do something special for a man...a more common vernacular is a compound noun, starting and ending with b...I don't have to spell it out for you, do I? A nod's as good as a wink, no? Good times. I hope everyone is using April Fool's Day wisely at any regional they might be attending (although the above story is 100% purely true). |
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It's a shame nobody can hear announcements in the pits at GWCC. I'd really like to see the reactions to "Team 45 would like to borrow JVN."
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The sad part is, I think a few are still looking. |
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Well, today being April Fool's Day, we were expecting to get some pranks at our regional, but I didn't hear any. We'll certainly put some in tomorrow. I think we'll start off with a metric crescent wrench.
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Turns out we were penalized for each of the 89 seconds after our alliance's ball handler didn't return the ball through the trident :ahh: |
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We were fouled up! We asked for a metric crescent wrench and the lady knew what that was. We were shut down. The taste of defeat is bitter. :ahh: :)
want to ask for anything more, so if anyone else at North Star is reading this this weekend, please try something! |
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I want to ask for someone to come up and tell them a joke to say. I think that would be pretty funny.:)
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other things to try asking for:
-elbow grease -headlight fluid -magic smoke to fix your crio/Jaguar/other -a life |
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Someone at the Michigan Event asked a girl out to prom through the main field announcing system.
Which makes me think... "A date to prom..." |
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