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dumbest..well last year our team built our own goals to try the robot out, they were built just like the ones FIRST had. Well i decided to stick my head inbetween the pvc pipes and pull them apart and let them go ..so yeah they came back and slapped me on both sides of me head. there are tons of other stupid (yet intentional) things ive done...i guess im the team clown *shrugs*
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Re: I'm an idiot (sometimes)... and proud of it!!!

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Well seeing as I'm not the only one on this thread... here I go...

It began as a simple dare from a fellow friend at nationals last year... he had one of those stupid but cool voice changer thingies... you know the ones they sell at disney? Well we also had access to a phone ... and the room numbers to all our teamates... oh... and calls to rooms from rooms were free...

Anyway... we went through the list and placed prank phone calls and messages from our room using the voice changer so nobody... so we thought... could tell it was us...

Ten minutes after placing a call on one of our captains phones... she came to the room... she was pretty POed but she forgave us... five minutes after that her boyfriend gave us a visit... he still hates us for it...

that was also the night we got caught on the waterslide after midnight with a few others... We only thought that the water had been shut off... it never occured to us that the slide was actualy closed
I was in this 2. Her boyfriend was really pissed he wanted to bweat us. Also at the slide I layed on it and got smashed down and it hurt. First is very fun though.
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Well seeing as I'm not the only one on this thread... here I go...

It began as a simple dare from a fellow friend at nationals last year... he had one of those stupid but cool voice changer thingies... you know the ones they sell at disney? Well we also had access to a phone ... and the room numbers to all our teamates... oh... and calls to rooms from rooms were free...

Anyway... we went through the list and placed prank phone calls and messages from our room using the voice changer so nobody... so we thought... could tell it was us...

Ten minutes after placing a call on one of our captains phones... she came to the room... she was pretty POed but she forgave us... five minutes after that her boyfriend gave us a visit... he still hates us for it...

that was also the night we got caught on the waterslide after midnight with a few others... We only thought that the water had been shut off... it never occured to us that the slide was actualy closed
oh dear god, Persico...you're going to have to tell me more aobut THIS one...
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I was being lazy and needed to test a motor... so i just grabbed the leads and touched the battery.... well, there was a large spark and everyone got quiet... ... Not a big deal, but it scared a few people...
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So um.. I'm not sure how dumb this is, but it's definitly my most embarassing FIRST moment.

My team was in the first practice round in Annapolis this year, and I eagerly volunteered to be the human player. I was confussed beyond belief, and everything was going so quickly.. anyways, the announcer was talking about how things were going to work, and he said "I'm going to go 1, 2, 3, 4, go (while pointing to each human player station)" anyways, he repeated himself and I thought that the round was beginning, so I quickly picked up the stack of bins to put them out onto the field. Only, the match WASN'T beginning, and I realized that after about 5 seconds, when I stopped and the bins fell over. The announcer then went on to explain how things were going to work AGAIN, while I felt like the biggest fool ever.


... good thing that it was only the first practice match, so not too many people saw. My teamates are definitly NOT letting me forget it, though.

And of course there are tons of dumb things that I did during the 6 week building period.
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lol Kristen, our human player did that in a match on Saturday, and lotsa ppl saw....Actually I think one of the other human players did it as well - so it wasnt such a big deal.
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Lol.. I kinda did that..

Its the first match of the day, and so the announcer says "1.. 2.. 3.. " (I go) "go! .. *trumpet noise*" ... yeah, I felt kinda stupid cuz Im sure more people than normal were watching cuz it was the first match on saturday.. oh well

Hmm.. actually I think I caused 3 minor penalties for my team come to think of it.. (other occasions though).

As far as dumbest thing I've done.. our third practice match, I set the switches for our auto mode.. test it on our cart.. satisfied about it.. and then I set them wrong somehow. Needless to say our bot went straight.. then turned directly into the railing. Not a good thing at all..
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Well...it was at the Great Lakes Regionals...one of the parents from my team wanted me to hang up our team banner...so, having nothing else to do, I grabbed a bunch of zip ties/cable ties, carried the banner up and started securing the banner with the ties...well, me, being amused by random things, decided, "Hey, this would make an interesting ring..." Um...big mistake I ended up pulling too hard, and eventually, I realized, "Uh...how come my finger feels funny?" By now, it was a nice shade of blueish red...me...started to panic. Since I was still sitting above the pits, I had to run down the stairs, crashed into some TNT people (Sorry about this! ) and literally sprinted over things to get to my pit. When I got there, I couldn't find any wire cutters or scissors...so, I grabbed a screwdriver and pryed it off...luckily, no one noticed this little incident from my team
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Dumbest thing? Well...

Helping a team member try to get the pins that spell "Hadji" to win a prize from Team # 279 by trading pins for pins.
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Last year... Nationals... I walked around in the pouring rain with lightening striking every 3 seconds with 200 metal buttons on...(but I was ok)
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