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This year team 1519 decided to do something special to mark the 20th anniversary of FIRST. They decided to rig a flux capacitor to their minibot and send it as a gift to Dean Kamen back in 1988. This is what actually gave him the idea for FIRST and explains why the robots were so small during the first year. They struggled with getting it up to 88 mph with such a short pole but eventually got it to work. Unfortunately, they set off the sprinklers in the process and created the first water game. This truly was a historic moment for FIRST in so many ways. Thank goodness someone was able to document it.

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #374
 

The first-place-minibot-fireworks didn't go quite as expected.

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #374
 

Spreading the word of F.I.R.S.T. like wildfire...literally

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #374
 

Driver: "What does this button do?"
*pushes button*
Coach: 'NNNNNNNNNNNnnnnnnnnoooooo *poof* oooooooooooooooooo!!!!!

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I knew it was a bad idea to name the minibot "Mount Vesuvius"!

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #374
 

Some people just need to see the principle demonstrated. Here we see that supersonic minibots, have a distinct skin temperature rise due to friction with the air. The sonic boom was another story. There will be a rule reflecting a max speed of less than 1000 ft./sec in the 2012 rules.
Thank You,
The Management.

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #374
 

The programmers thought the HCF (Halt and Catch Fire) function was just a joke and tried it it out. As seen here, the result was not pretty...

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #374
 

CAPTAIN I'M GIVING IT ALL IT'S GOT BUT IT CAN'T TAKE IT MUCH LONGER!!!

Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #374
 

Since glass was not on the approved materials list, we had to do the minibot deployment with smoke but no mirrors.

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Tetrix motors are REALLY expensive firewood. I'll leave you to decide how to interpret that statement.

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It's still Sunday!

First place goes to:

Second place goes to:

Honorable mentions go to:

1) Frenchie461
2) S.P.A.M.er 17
3) jgw
4) Al Skierkiewicz
5) HedgeHogGal99
6) Katie_UPS
7) EricH
8) Aerosound
9) Karibou
10) DonRotolo
11) Molten

And the burn award, though plenty of them could apply, goes to:

Which means the scores are:

Onward!