RIP in Peace Dozer

[Electronica1]

2003 - 2015
Beloved game animation and treasured friend to the FIRST community.
Born in a stacking game, died in a stacking game.
Rest in peace, little guy.

[MasterEric]

RIP in pepperonis.

[steinra]

He was missed this year!!!

[Connerd]

First thought at Kickoff: Where's the bulldozer?

[Calvin Hartley]

This little guy was one of my biggest concerns during the animation. You're missed, Plowie. FIRST isn't the same without ya.

[Wetzel]

I think he has retired to Key West.

[JV2073]

RIP dozer!

[SoSavyyy]

Roses are red,
dozers are blue.
RIP buddy
we'll miss you.

[Dominick Ferone]

One year where dozer had the best advantage he was retired.

[MasterEric]

From Reddit:

Dave Lavery, our head mentor, apparently usually does the game animations. He has been trying to get out of it for a while now, and I'm assuming the lack of his signature robots mean he didn't do it this year. I haven't actually heard from him about it, so I'm not positive.

[XaulZan11]

Originally Posted by Dominick Ferone

One year where dozer had the best advantage he was retired.

Dozer's value takes a big hit when you look at where the totes are to start the match. Other than the auto totes, there aren't any good opportunities to get behind a tote to push it into scoring position.

The inability to play robot to robot defense also significantly hurts its value.

[JayNico]

He was a real hero. He was a true...patriot.

@_o7

[Tim Sharp]

It looks like he could be useful in cleaning up "litter" thrown by other teams.

[hexane]

Rest in peace in peace?

[nightpool]

Originally Posted by hexane

Rest in peace in peace?

little known fact: RIP actually stands for "RIP In Peace" (Which in turn stands for "RIP In Peace In Peace")

This is just the first iteration of the recursive acronym.