The Most Spectacular Falls of 2010

[Bjenks548]

Originally Posted by apalrd

There was one robot at Kettering that had this flimsy arm that would sometimes fall off if it didn't catch the tower when it unfolded. That was funny.

We were playing against 548 and they tried to push us but then flipped onto their side, driving in circles since they were resting on one pair of wheels and a bumper. They righted themselves, and came to play more defense against us. Then the 20 second sound was played and we began unfolding our arm. They drove over a bump and landed on their back, rolling around. We hit them with our arm while attempting to grab the tower, and they rolled around some more.

Just to add to this, the second time, we didn’t flip onto our backs... it was more of a face plant. 33 came along and hit us onto our back with their claw, leaving a nice hole in our latex and ripping part of it off. After the match the ref apologized for the missed call of the 10 second grace period. But we got our revenge in the elimination matches!