CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #37

[nobrakes8]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Carefully 1071 quietly snuck up on the unsuspecting herd of referees hoping to catch the lot of them off guard when at the last second it realized : it had brought a tetra instead of a cage and it was too small.

Where you guy's get that pic?!?!?!? ... Team's aren't supposed to know about our intimidation to the refs... there is a reason why 1071 had no penalities thursday or friday

[Denman]

Team 1071's variation of mousetrap - referee trap!
(see http://images.hasbro.com/common/imag...ageMain400.JPG if you dont understand what i mean )

[Kyle Love]

Let's play a game of luck...whoever stays here the longest with out getting nailed by a tetra is the winner! 3...2...1 GO!

[Ian Curtis]

Ref 1: Blah Blah Blah
Ref 2: umm... guys we really should (gets cut off by first ref)
Ref 1: quiet this penalty regarding 1071 is really important!!
(refs continue to talk despite ref 2 trying to tell them about there unsafe practices)
Safety Inspectors burst onto field: What are you doing!!! Remember how FIRST has an increased awareness of safety!!!
Ref 1: What are we doing (looks up) Oohhh.....

[Travis Hoffman]

Rejects of the 2006 FIRST Game Design Meetings - Dave Lavery's idea to use past competition field elements to create Ref Trap, a life-sized robotics version of the Milton Bradley board game Mouse Trap, was soundly rejected by the design committee. Everyone acknowledged that having a robot autonomously stack four 2003 bins to trigger a 2001 big ball to roll down an arm of the 1998 scoring platform, pushing the 1999 puck into a 2001 goal that fell over and vaulted Team 190's acrobatic 2004 robot up and over the 2000 hanger bar to kick a PVC tube from a stationary 2004 goal that allowed 11 purple 2004 balls to roll down the 2003 ramp and trigger the 2004 ball corral that allowed another alliance robot (that's two so far) to fall out of the corral and bounce off of the 1997 inner tubes so it could land on the 2001 see-saw which would launch a human player into a 2002 goal (filled with 1999 floppies and minus the center PVC tube - ouch) which would smack into a third robot, arm extended, dislodging the 2005 tetra to trap referees who were lured to the spot underneath the trap by a pile of tasty looking 1992 corn because the regional staff was instructed not to feed them before the competition started would be "hella cool" in theory, but too unfair in practice, for the inconsistent appetites of the volunteer refs from regional to regional would give some teams a decided edge over the rest, as certain refs would be more inclined to venture into the trap area to eat than others. For the refs pictured in this photo of the game mock-up, that was not an issue, as Dave locked them all in his basement for three days with only the aroma wafting from 100 empty Krispy Kreme boxes to keep them company.


*Disclaimer: The laws of physics were not consulted during the construction of this post.

[EricH]

Quick! Trap the refs!

[nehalita]

sticks and stones may break the bones but tetras will capture the soul

[DCA Fan]

*elmer fudd voice* "be vewy vewy quiet....we're hunting referees...*fudd laugh*

[Rich Wong]

“YES!…… Alright John, you drew the short straw and I got the long one this time, SO I get to stand on you shoulders to get the tetra off of 1071.”

[Cory]

Originally Posted by nobrakes8

Where you guy's get that pic?!?!?!? ... Team's aren't supposed to know about our intimidation to the refs... there is a reason why 1071 had no penalities thursday or friday

I was working field reset and figured that was an opportune time to capitalize on bad depth perception

[Kevin Kolodziej]

(spoken in a quiet whisper, like a Discovery Channel documentary)

Watch carefully as the 1071 machine quietly sneaks up on the unsuspecting herd. The group is found at their usual spot of leisure, nestled comfortably in the Valley of the Middle Range. Little do they know that they are being stalked and are about to be captured. The cycle of life must go on, however, for it is Zebra season.

[MissInformation]

"Shhhhhh! You've gotta be quiet or they're going to catch on that this is just another pyramid scheme..."

[Billfred]

And the insanity continues...first place goes to...

Originally Posted by T. Hoffman

Rejects of the 2006 FIRST Game Design Meetings - Dave Lavery's idea to use past competition field elements to create Ref Trap, a life-sized robotics version of the Milton Bradley board game Mouse Trap, was soundly rejected by the design committee. Everyone acknowledged that having a robot autonomously stack four 2003 bins to trigger a 2001 big ball to roll down an arm of the 1998 scoring platform, pushing the 1999 puck into a 2001 goal that fell over and vaulted Team 190's acrobatic 2004 robot up and over the 2000 hanger bar to kick a PVC tube from a stationary 2004 goal that allowed 11 purple 2004 balls to roll down the 2003 ramp and trigger the 2004 ball corral that allowed another alliance robot (that's two so far) to fall out of the corral and bounce off of the 1997 inner tubes so it could land on the 2001 see-saw which would launch a human player into a 2002 goal (filled with 1999 floppies and minus the center PVC tube - ouch) which would smack into a third robot, arm extended, dislodging the 2005 tetra to trap referees who were lured to the spot underneath the trap by a pile of tasty looking 1992 corn because the regional staff was instructed not to feed them before the competition started would be "hella cool" in theory, but too unfair in practice, for the inconsistent appetites of the volunteer refs from regional to regional would give some teams a decided edge over the rest, as certain refs would be more inclined to venture into the trap area to eat than others. For the refs pictured in this photo of the game mock-up, that was not an issue, as Dave locked them all in his basement for three days with only the aroma wafting from 100 empty Krispy Kreme boxes to keep them company.

Second place goes to...

Originally Posted by Gary Dillard

"Since this is such an important decision, the manual says we have to discuss it in private. Tell team 1071 to lower the tetra of silence."

(obviously, I got it)

Honorable mentions go to...
MissInformation
robo hottie71
Koko Ed
DanielBCR
Arefin Bari
Katy
nobrakes8
iCurtis
nehalita
Jay H 237

And since there weren't that many zingers this week, the burn award is hereby awarded for sheer odd factor...

Originally Posted by Dorienne Plait

Spectator 1: How many people do you think the 'bot can trap?
Spectator 2: No clue...hey! I'll bet you it'll smack someone right upside the nose and make 'em all fall like dominos!
Spectator 1: Yeah! You're on buddy!
Spectator 2: What're we betting on?
Spectator 1: A box of Krispy Kremes! Dave'll get so jealous!
Spectator 2: Oh yeah! Let's do it.
Both spectators watch, and notice the tetra never falls. They sigh sadly, and then spot someone in the distance. It's Dave Lavery prancing by with...a box of Krispy Kremes! The guys stand there, jealous and beady eyed, glaring at Dave. Dave, on the other hand, takes a big bite out of a KK doughnut in front of them and skips away, singing happy Care Bear songs along the way...

Onward!