What the trackball is REALLY used for!

[Laura 1547]

So last Saturday, 1547 got down to business testing out how much fun we could have with a trackball. On one of our breaks, some of the girls on Waldo decided to have a little fun and hurdle themselves over the ball...pun intended!
They're really funny videos and there's more but I'll link my two favourite ones

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fOpogHxL0Uk
and
http://youtube.com/watch?v=oMty70zk4Hk&feature=related

enjoy!
Laura xoxo

p.s. what has everyone else done with their trackballs? I've heard stories of seeing how far people can drop theirs before they explode. Any other videos to have a laugh at?

[Brad Voracek]

Hahah, looks amusing!


... if only we still had a ball =)

[3v3rgreen]

Yeah, that's quite the video. Ours beats yours though. We saw another post somewhere on delphi about dropping the ball from tall heights. So obviously, anything on delphi is true and doable so we tried it. We absolutely destroyed our trackball...Video coming shortly!

[Arefin Bari]

After Dave sees these videos, I am sure he will decide not to ever use these trackballs again with the evidence of students hurting themselves. Thank you Laura.

[1619Aaron]

Lol good job. And why does every one feel the need to destroy it?

[Katy]

Originally Posted by Arefin Bari

After Dave sees these videos, I am sure he will decide not to ever use these trackballs again with the evidence of students hurting themselves. Thank you Laura.

Students are an immensely talented group. That creativity and curiosity is part of what makes their work good. It also means the game could take place in a completely padded room and they'd still find ways to injure themselves. I wouldn't worry about it too much.

[BallOwnedMe]

It was really fun playing with the ball, even though it owned me..

it's actually a long fall off that ball.

P.s> we didn't destroy the ball

[Drwurm]

Is it bad that our team did that on the first day except it was males?

[Arefin Bari]

Originally Posted by Katy

Students are an immensely talented group. That creativity and curiosity is part of what makes their work good. It also means the game could take place in a completely padded room and they'd still find ways to injure themselves. I wouldn't worry about it too much.

Katy you are right as far as the game taking place in a completely padded room.

... just keep in mind that, if you are to get hurt at school, the school is completely responsible for you. I know of few teams who were threatened by their school to shut down the program because of kids getting hurt.

All I am trying to say is, be safe and careful with what you do.

[Laura_587]

We just had loads of fun pushing it down the stairwell at school. (Bouncy, bouncy, bouncy). We threw it around the hallway some, but there are lots fo pipes and sharp edges under the ceiling that we had to aviod.

[CzarValvador]

Try standing on it...

[Jacob Paikoff]

We used the trackball to play 4 on 4 indoor Trackball Soccer, which is pretty much normal soccer except with a trackball.
The only problem is that today everyone who played is complaining that they got hurt by the ball.

[Danny McC]

We havent used our trackball for anything. But I want to play soccer because a lot of kids on our team play. And i feel horrible but in the second video when the girl jumped and fell I couldnt help but laugh. And than i felt bad aha

[Magiciandude]

Haha...that looks like fun.

We had a bit of fun with our trackballs too...doing something we called ball surfing...
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=64537
or
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5LqJyDrwKGo

Its too bad the safety people would get all up on us at regionals for this type of thing though

-Chris Folea(pronounced Foh-Lee-Uh)
"Dreams are like rainbows...only idiots chase after them."

[TeamG.I.R]

We like to bounce it around as if in bball. Now we'll really have fun w/ it knowing that we dont have to test anything out using the ball.