Strangest moments at compititions

[Brandon_L]

Post what strange moments or interactions you had with other teams during competitions or other times at that, things that you wouldn't expect but would only probably find in FIRST.

At the NJ regional we had these huge massive arms last year (2008) that got ripped off when another team clipped us. After that happened we actually did better and we tracked down the team that clipped us and thanked them for destroying our herding mech and showed them what we did with what was left of it (we had a panel that moved up and down) so we stuck teeth to them since they were now useless. I believe it was MORT....

Before: http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...g/P4070701.jpg
note the arms on the flap that goes up and down
After: http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...g/P4090751.jpg
Teeth

Thanks MORT, if it wasn't for your beastlyness out bot wouldn't have teeth!

[gorrilla]

waching as our 2007 robot did wheelies(this thing was a beast) into other robots....

[Laaba 80]

In 2007, before our entire team wore cheeseheads, I wore a cheesehead in Atlanta. I was eating lunch with a group from my team when a few girls from another team came over. One asked if she could have some cheese, and proceeded to try to pick some off. After realizing it is foam and not cheese she turned and ran away pretty quickly. She seemed pretty embarrased, but I found it hillarious.

[NorviewsVeteran]

The strangest moment was last year at VCU when, after two years of being a minion, I went up to the stands for lunch and realized that was the first time I had been out of the pits the whole time.

[JesseK]

When our elevator wire kept snapping, our neighbors in Atlanta (Team 1983 Skunkworks) showed us a lightweight rope that supports ~5000lbs of force. It's the fantastic stuff used in sailboats...I got an up-close view of it this summer out on the Chesapeake...

Had our FTC bots not worked so inadequately at the Va State competitions in December, our FRC team wouldn't be so diligent about documenting firmware and software updates.

Eh, nothing really extravagent.

[gorrilla]

and in 2007 when our robot lost two treads on the left side, and justin got it all the way back accross the field and up a ramp in 27 seconds for the win...

[bobwrit]

Our 2008 robot's arm. 'nuff said(for those of you not at Colorado, we ripped the thing to shreds several times. At our last match it looked like the arm had scabs on it.)

[Brandon_L]

I remember at the NJ regional the Canadian Waldo team was there...they stopped by our pits and this kid on our team pulls out his camera and goes "hi!" *click* and walks away.

[SlaminSwimster]

2008 pitt. our plexi shattering. yes we learned our lesson

[commodoredl]

I think I recall one time at FLR when a team had brought in a ton of cardboard boxes and made a massive fort out of them down on the floor.

[Brandon_L]

Originally Posted by commodoredl

I think I recall one time at FLR when a team had brought in a ton of cardboard boxes and made a massive fort out of them down on the floor.

Priceless.

[JaneYoung]

The first time I saw Dave Lavery zipping around on a Segway.

The first time I saw Dean Kamen zipping around on a Segway.

The first time I saw Al Skierkiewicz and Dottie Skierkiewicz traveling around the pits together on their Segways.

The first time I saw Mark Koors riding his bicycle between the FRC fields at the Championship, slowly.

[1522_Kira]

I would say at the 2008 VCU regional.
Spending five hours on Friday morning putting together a 25 by 25 Cristopher Walken picture. Only to find that we were missing four pieces and that they wouldn't allow us to put it up anywhere...Atleast it have ten minutes of fame.

[NorviewsVeteran]

Originally Posted by 1522_Kira

I would say at the 2008 VCU regional.
Spending five hours on Friday morning putting together a 25 by 25 Cristopher Walken picture. Only to find that we were missing four pieces and that they wouldn't allow us to put it up anywhere...Atleast it have ten minutes of fame.

I remember that! It needed more cowbell.

[Graham Donaldson]

At some regional, I forget which (or the year), a kid came up to the earplug dispenser we have in our pit. The earplugs are white and another bright color (purple, yellow, or green), so the kid turned the handle, one popped out, and he put it in his mouth...

THAT's when he realized it wasn't candy.