pic: IRI Prank #1

[Mike Schreiber]

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[vivek16]

I hate to ask, but what is it?

thanks, Vivek

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by vivek16

I hate to ask, but what is it?

thanks, Vivek

It's a robot the 1024 made that would be driven around by remote control and beep at people.

[GaryVoshol]

You know you've been involved with robotics too long when you see a remote-controlled traffic barrel coming up behind people and honking - and it doens't faze you.

[jtdowney]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

You know you've been involved with robotics too long when you see a remote-controlled traffic barrel coming up behind people and honking - and it doens't faze you.

And you have been in way to long when the fact that the same barrel ended up saran wrapped to a bench doesn't faze you either.

[AndyB]

I heard 1114 had their robot saran wrapped during the alliance selections. Never saw a picture though.

[RyanN]

Originally Posted by AndyB

I heard 1114 had their robot saran wrapped during the alliance selections. Never saw a picture though.

It was. It was right near our pit. I was scared to start packing everything up because we had a large roll of saran wrap to pack everything up with. It was not us though.

[Karibou]

Whenever they need a steady supply of traffic barrels, they're welcome to come to Grosse Pointe and take all of ours =]

But why Saran wrap it to a bench? Of all the other things that it could be wrapped to (Andy Baker ( ), a trackball, etc), you had to choose a bench.

[Dan Petrovic]

Originally Posted by Karibou

Whenever they need a steady supply of traffic barrels, they're welcome to come to Grosse Pointe and take all of ours =]

But why Saran wrap it to a bench? Of all the other things that it could be wrapped to (Andy Baker ( ), a trackball, etc), you had to choose a bench.

Well, the bench wasn't occupied. It wasn't busy, like Andy Baker. It wasn't difficult to work with, like a track ball.

It also made it really easy to carry it to 1024's pit when we were finished.

[Andrew141WOBOT]

I wondered why it was stuck to a bench. That thing hit me coming back from a match

[JVN]

Originally Posted by AndyB

I heard 1114 had their robot saran wrapped during the alliance selections. Never saw a picture though.

Yes, I saw the result of this. Personally I believe this was way out of line. Pranks are all well and good, but in my opinion you should NOT be messing with another team's robot without their permission. ESPECIALLY right before eliminations.

Not funny.

-John

[Cory]

Originally Posted by JVN

Yes, I saw the result of this. Personally I believe this was way out of line. Pranks are all well and good, but in my opinion you should NOT be messing with another team's robot without their permission. ESPECIALLY right before eliminations.

Not funny.

-John

I agree. I walked by while looking for some parts to fix our bot with, and saw some people wrapping it. I would not be happy if random people took my robot out of it's pit and started screwing with it.

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by JVN

Yes, I saw the result of this. Personally I believe this was way out of line. Pranks are all well and good, but in my opinion you should NOT be messing with another team's robot without their permission. ESPECIALLY right before eliminations.

Not funny.

-John

I'm with you John. If that had been my robot someone would have had a stern talking too.

[Lowfategg]

Originally Posted by JVN

Yes, I saw the result of this. Personally I believe this was way out of line. Pranks are all well and good, but in my opinion you should NOT be messing with another team's robot without their permission. ESPECIALLY right before eliminations.

Not funny.

-John

I agree. No one should be playing with other peoples robots unless the team that owns the robot is asked first.

[Ryan Dognaux]

I'm glad someone wrapped up that cone, it was funny for about the first ten minutes and then I was just annoyed the rest of the weekend by it.