Taking Home Tetras

[geeknerd99]

Watching the closing ceremonies at the Championships, I noticed the tetras on all of the fields except the Einstein field being placed on carts and wheeled away. For some reason, at that moment, I had a sudden urge to take one or two tetras home. Does anybody know if this would have been possible?

[DarkJedi613]

I believe the fields stay "together" (as in grouped all the parts) to be used in offseason competitions. So no, unless they were broken, than perhaps.

[Billfred]

If disassembly after Kickoff in Manchester was any indication, then yes, they get shipped with the field to whereever the field winds up.

You'd have had a better chance last year with FIRST Frenzy. Once those balls popped, they made great hats. And they were able to be grabbed pretty easily too.

[ben281]

hahahahah, i think this is quite funny. i thought i was crazy, but i had the exact same thoughts! I wanted one of those tetras too! lol. I guess i know there are 2 crazy people out there ; ) haha cya next year!
Ben
TEAM 281

[DCA Fan]

They travel with the fields but if you ask a coordinator he might let you take one home...that's how I got one of the boxes from Stack Attack

[Brandon Holley]

I scored myself a tetra, but it was a broken one out of the newton/galileo practice field.. 0

[Mike Schroeder]

my guess is no, they only had enough for each field, the only thing first had extras of was the clovers, and these tetras have to travel to quite a few offseason competitions, so i doubt they would've let you take it.

[Queen_of_Mascot]

At the NYC regional, a tetra was broken by a robot, and part of my team took home part of said tetra. Then again, it wasn't a complete tetra...

you're better off building your own.

And they don't taste very good either... >_<

[Kyle]

I got a game piece from ever year I have been in FIRST. I have a yellow ball from 04 and a bin from 03 but no tetra but there is always the off season when one is broken beyond repair.

[ZZII 527]

Top 5 ways to come away with a competition Tetra:

5. Tell FIRST that you will return all the balls, bins, and floppies you have collected over the years in exchange for a Tetra.

4. Inconspicuously trade it for one of your team's white PVC tetras held together with duct tape and zip ties.

3. Tell your driver to forget about winning, just try to get a tetra so hopelessly tangled in your arm that the field reset crew lets you keep it.

2. Pay off a your little brother/sister to run out onto the field and hug a tetra, then cry hysterically if they try to take it from him/her.

1. Rig a bungee system from the catwalk on top of the Georgia Dome. Bungee down to just the height of the center goal at the end of a match, grab a tetra off the top, and pull yourself back up. Then, run.

Or just take one. Ask first. (pun intended)

[Bcahn836]

Well I could see first keeping the bins from 2003 for like storage and stuff, but a few reason besides offseason competitons they would keep them for maybe next year? Or maybe the VEX competion next year as goals maybe?

[David Guzman]

Our team was actually given a red one and a blue one from the practice field. They were broken but they even gave us the bolts to fix them.

Dave

[dez250]

I am wondering for all you who took tetras from the practice field, who you asked if you could have them. All tetras that were damaged were repaired, and if a single leg was damaged beyond repair (the t-nut stripped out) then a replacement leg was put in. FIRST has specific instruction that the tetras are part of the field and do not go home with people. Taking a tetra without proper authorization is the same as stealing.

[Queen_of_Mascot]

The ones we took from reigonals were BROKEN, the plastic rings were destroyed, PVC bits cracked, if any of you were there at NYC reigonals, you saw how some of those robots just spun and threw those tetras about. Actually, that'd make a good game... see how far a robot can launch a tetra.

[[527]phil]

Hmmm, stealing tetras might be a little obvious, but stealing signs might be a little easier, not that i did it