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Re: What to do with all these poof balls?

I still vote a Giant dodge-ball game outside of the GA dome in the grassy area where most teams relax and play frisbee. Come on, any takers? How many people can we gather to play after the CD webhug?
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Re: What to do with all these poof balls?

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I say donate them to you local childern's day care center. It's a win-win situation. You get rid of the balls, and the kids have a new toy.
This idea was suggested also right after kickoff by atomickitten.

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Re: What to do with all these poof balls?

1) The company that sold us all the Poof balls is willing to buy them back for $3.99 each (ha, ha, nasty rumor-starter!)

2) Donate them to your local children's day care center. Good idea, been thought of by many teams. Just be sure to wash them off first (yucky when the children start to lick/eat the Poof balls....hmm, maybe not such a good idea after all)

3) Donate them to local hospital to use at their discretion for children's ward and/or Alzheimer's ward (again, be sure to clean them off before donating)

4) churches and other social service agencies (as an example, the national centers for Interfaith Hospitality Networks www.ihn.org)

5) Chop them up into shreds and give to FedEx stores to use as packing material (hmmmm, probably not as biodegradable as cornstarch packing noodles they currently use)

GOT IT! Why not have the team members sign the balls and give them to the school principal, the main sponsors, the mentors, etc as a "token of appreciation" trophy that will sit on their desk and be a topic of conversation for future reference.

Just think of an easier way to spread "gracious professionalism" and the spirit of FIRST.

By the way, our team is madly chopping-up tetras from 2005 into trophies....Be aware that your team might be getting one from us this year!
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Re: What to do with all these poof balls?

speaking of buying back, i wonder if FIRST people enjoyed stock shares of the company just before the game was announced...

i think if one was in dire need, one could use the robot's battery, and get a fire going with the ball in a few seconds...
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Re: What to do with all these poof balls?

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Or all of us that have shooter robots can use them to help the war efforts in Iraq. How freaky would a wave of poof balls be?
Guns and RPG's vs. poof balls.....not the best matchup
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Re: What to do with all these poof balls?

Dodgeball isn't the best idea - one of our guys managed to get a poofball through a shatterproof glass window.

We have no idea now.
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Re: What to do with all these poof balls?

I don't know about you, but our balls seem a bit torn up from overuse... But to look on the bright side, we now can make enough confetti to have a huge FIRST party!
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Re: What to do with all these poof balls?

Our first (test) poof ball died quickly; it was neatly halved afterwards.

Okay, how about poof balls + pool of water = I see water polo or bobbing for poofs in the not-so-distant future! On the plus side, it may also wash some grime off the balls, too.
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Re: What to do with all these poof balls?

I'm not so enthusiastic about bobbing for poofs. I'm not sure if I want to experience the taste of overused, soggy foam...

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Re: What to do with all these poof balls?

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Our first (test) poof ball died quickly; it was neatly halved afterwards.

Okay, how about poof balls + pool of water = I see water polo or bobbing for poofs in the not-so-distant future! On the plus side, it may also wash some grime off the balls, too.
I don't see robots swimming anytime soon, this might be a lack of imagination on my part though.

Poofballs are really quite special, forged from the strongest of foams, capable of smashing through plateglass windows with the gentlest of underhand tosses - weakened only by clumsily designed loading mechanisms...

I think they might be filled with magic smoke.

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Re: What to do with all these poof balls?

Donating the balls is a great idea... unless they look like most of ours. All chewed up and nasty.

Dodge ball with poof balls? ouch... I've been hit with enough this season. but it would be fun to get all the balls together, just to show how many were used!

since they are all multicolored, I think it would be fun if we could somehow come up with a giant piece of artwork to do with the balls (place them out to create an image) i don't really know how well it would work though.

I think ours will either be taken home by members as a trophy, or they will just remain in their boxes laying around "robot central" (I know that at least one is coming home with me, though)
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Re: What to do with all these poof balls?

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I like the daycare idea... but our poof balls were all torn to bits and pieces... they probably aren't too safe to give to small children anymore... with bits of plastic strips easily torn off.

I like the idea of having the team sign them and give them out. I'll have to suggest that to my team captains

the Atlanta Dodge ball fest 06 sounds fun too... hmmm choices choices.
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Re: What to do with all these poof balls?

You guys are thinking too small...we make a giant cage out of lexan and extruded aluminum...and make a giant poof ball pit.

You know like the kind that McDonald's have in their playplaces...excpet this will be like a 50'x50'x5' poof ball pit in Centennial Park


that sounds like fun!
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Re: What to do with all these poof balls?

you can't eat a poof ball. its filled with magic smoke. it'd kill you quicker than a robot rampaging in autonomous mode, when you have the green light strapped to your face.
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Re: What to do with all these poof balls?

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Guns and RPG's vs. poof balls.....not the best matchup
not vs the poof balls,there just the ammo. Ill put my robot against a gun,if its for the country Besides we need to spread FIRST internationally
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