"Quotes" that were said during build season

[aphelps231]

"We were supposed to queue in two minutes which was one minute ago" -a mentor

[astriano375]

* after auton starts and we run the code that does nothing*

"Hey look the code worked"

"Maybe it will break and give us a 3 tote auton"

[HolyDollar]

Originally Posted by Jack Gillespie

Do you have any pneumatic fluid?

Can you get me a left-handed screwdriver?

[Zac Schofield]

"Our Robot Om nom nom tote!"
~Our CEO

[carpedav000]

Originally Posted by HolyDollar

Can you get me a left-handed screwdriver?

I also need a metric sharpie.

[GreyingJay]

Originally Posted by carpedav000

I also need a metric sharpie.

I wish you could convert them more easily. Our workshop gets a little cluttered when you have to keep separate sets of pens, pencils, erasers, etc. for imperial and for metric.

And don't even get me started on screwdrivers...

[3BlindMice]

Random Team Member - "What is wrong with the shop vac?" as a sawdust fountain appears at the exhaust.
Me - "Did you put the filter back on when you dumped the sawdust?"
RTM - "What filter?"

This leads to a trip back to the dumpster to retrieve the filter paper. After 20 minutes, the shop vac is once again ready and the power switch is flipped. <Sawdust Fountain>

RTM - "But we put the filter back on."
Shop vac is opened, showing the filter laying in the bottom of the tank.
Me - "Did you put the plastic filter ring back on to hold the filter in place?"
RTM - "What plastic ring?"
Me - "Take it to the WALL OF SHAME (the place for broken tools and equipment) until we can order a new one."

[TheBoulderite]

"Go drive the grabber station."

-One of our software mentors

[carpedav000]

(an 8th grader referring to a cordless drill chuck)

*How do I make the screwy-tighteny thing release?!?!

[MaGiC_PiKaChU]

*autonomous didn't work*

-You didn't make a sacrifice before this match, did you?

[Zac Schofield]

"...I got it before I Kamen"
(came in... get it?)

<during our robot's initial testing>
"Get in the Zone, AUTO ZONE"

[Pretzel]

A conversation within the drive team during a match at championships in which our claw motor burnt out.

*Claw begins smoking and spitting out sparks in copious quantities*

Operator: Hey Tyler, the claw is on fire.
Me (driver): So it is.
Me: Hey (human player), the claw is on fire.
HP: That's cool.

*Human player continues to load totes*

Operator: What is that, five now?
Me: Unfortunately.


This season we also used less than durable joysticks manufactured by Thrustmaster. Two of them, used by the driver, had issues with the hard stop on the twist axis breaking. The first one also damaged the joystick in such a way that it could turn left anymore (making for an interesting right turn only match at Colorado), but the second one kept working in a unique manner.

*Joystick snaps while turning left and over-twists to face directly at me, the driver"
Me: Hey (coach), another joystick broke.
Coach: No it didn't, you're still driving around fine it seems.
Me: Look at it...

*Coach looks to see backwards joystick*

Coach: Oh, we should fix that.

[rainbowbear998]

"So you're telling me, that we got acrylic laser cut and you let the software guy touch it? Why would you do that?"

Said after we got some acrylic laser cut to make our robot look less dodgy and it was snapped in half by one of our software guys within five minutes. The sheet metal and hot glue repair was beautiful though...

[Sperkowsky]

Originally Posted by Jus_McG-3193

I'm going to have to take personal credit for that one . For those wondering, we said it jokingly of course seeing as team 48 (Delphi E.L.I.T.E.) is one of 3193's most trusted friends. It was brought up when a team member confused the maximum point stack for 48 points instead of 42. Why I chose Jackie Robinson I will never know

Jackie robinson is #42

[Padava]

A programming student after running a new auto.

"OK, so there are a bunch of numbers on this screen, so I'm going to read them"

15 seconds later

"I don't have the number I needed."