pic: IRI Prank #1

[Arefin Bari]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

Could someone provide details of the Thursday night "professional" prank?

Makes me recall the time Steve Warren stuck a note on our crate at GTR on Thursday morning before we arrived. It instructed us not to open it and see "Customs" instead. Except we WEREN'T in on the prank.

Me and few others thought we should pull something on 1114 (specially on Karthik). The idea behind it was to freak Karthik out by taking the robot out of the arena and not bring it back until 8:30 next morning. Few adults and kids from 1114 were involved with us as well (We took their permission before touching the robot).

Anyways, we took the robot out of the arena and took it back to where I was staying (The robot was in the car the whole time and it was supported by many things that will prevent it from breaking, also I was driving very slow). Team 1114's kids were with me the whole time. Around 8 at night, they wanted to go back to the hotel and I didn't feel comfortable keeping the robot in the car the whole night so I took the kids back to the hotel and stored the robot in the meeting room in the hotel that 1114 was staying at. We took pictures of the robot standing in front of the podium giving "lectures" to 1114's kid and so forth. That same night, I went to hang out with team 1114 at their hotel. Karthik had no idea that the robot was downstairs locked in a room.

Next morning, the robot was back in the arena safe and sound. Unfortunately, the prank wasn't successful since Karthik found out that same night. The teacher brought the robot back to the arena.

It's not a good thing to mess with someone else's property without getting their permission; but I believe it's okay when permission is taken as well as the people who it belongs to are involved as well.