07-03-2003 21:25

Jeff Rodriguez

THAT IS AWESOME!!!! how long did it take you?

07-03-2003 21:30

sevisehda

Looks like the fireplace in my cabin. Did you guys do it by hand or with a form underneath?

08-03-2003 02:22

Everrift

i wasn't one of them, how ever i do know that they did make that by hand.

08-03-2003 19:20

ChrisA

Though I kind of look down on you for doing such a think I have to admit that that is pretty cool and I never would have thought of doing such a thing. Congrats.

13-03-2003 16:55

Firewolf

dude, that is intense
how DID you guys do that?
And did it happen to fall at all while you
were under it?
let me use an over used term here and say:
'mad props'

13-03-2003 17:06

ebmonon36

At the St. Louis Science Center, they had blocks that you could build an arch like that and it supported itself, although they had rubbery vinal so they stuck together.
Eric

23-03-2003 09:34

iheartlinux

you guys amazzzzze me
AMAZE I SAY!
tell me how because i must do it now

23-03-2003 09:49

Adam Y.

Actually when you think of it those totes are the perfect shape to make an arch out of. Since they are shaped like a key stone.

06-04-2003 18:58

Jonathan M.

At the St. Louis Science center last year me and my friends built made the thing many times. Mainly because they all wanted to take turns running into it like neanderthals. Heck I must admit after the last time I even kicked the thing down. It was mad fun that social.

"Shibby!!!"

06-04-2003 20:59

Dan-o

About 4 people from MOE365 made a similar, but slightly larger arch in about 10 minutes. We were going to take pictures of it, but didn't have a camera. Great job. I will try to make it again and post a pic soon.

19-05-2003 17:01

Nikhil Bajaj

rock on, you guys.

19-05-2003 17:04

GregTheGreat

Okay I have to say that that would be a cool stack to do out on the field. (Even though it would be illegal)

Maybe someone can pull that off at an invitational. Might take a few minutes though. lol

19-05-2003 20:55

BBFIRSTCHICK

sweet

Sweet!!! I give you guys mad props! I think if myself and a few teammates tried to do that someone would get fatally injured in the process!! rock on!

19-05-2003 22:55

Dan Richardson

:: applauds vigorously ::

19-05-2003 23:33

Ben B

That was us! I actually helped build that, unfortunately im not in the pic but it is fun to build them. We've built that arch quite a few times and actually knocked our biggest one over on some of our teammates useing our robot at our schools open house.

20-05-2003 09:36

Gadget470

I don't see how it would be illegal to do. It would only be considered a stack of 4 or 5 though. I don't any FIRST robot could perform the arch building though, we don't have sophisticated enough materials in the kit.

20-05-2003 09:47

Josh Hambright

If you had REALLY FAST and REALLY AMAZING human players it could be done with the 8 on your alliances side, But that might be considered illegal since they aren't all stacked right side up one ontop of another... so that might be what Ben was refering to.

20-05-2003 13:38

Right, Josh.....

If they gave the human players 10 minutes instead of 10 seconds (maybe less) it might be possible

Plus yes, since all the bins aren't stacked correctly this would be a penalty

20-05-2003 13:50

Joe Matt

The bins must be totally nesting in the scoring zone to count. The bin bottoms must also be touching completly on the ground.

Geeze, how many times have you heard that before?

20-05-2003 18:11

Gadget470

Sorry, misunderstood, thought he had meant a robot performing the stack.

21-05-2003 18:07

Pin Man

nice!!!

23-05-2003 20:02

Frank(Aflak)

I am a Stl resident, and my school is adjacent to the science center. Heh, we even lend them our lot for big events, and I've done that arch many times. Its wicked fun to knock it down.