11-03-2008 06:37

IndySam

Re: pic: Team 1522 - Fear the Walken

Every time I saw their robot with his picture on it during the webcast I cracked up.
Very well done.

11-03-2008 06:53

Morgan Gillespie

Re: pic: Team 1522 - Fear the Walken

That is wild. Must have caused many people to do a double take while walking about at VCU.

How did they decide upon Walken as their robot name however?

11-03-2008 06:59

Coredesat

Re: pic: Team 1522 - Fear the Walken

I asked someone from the team, apparently they just wanted a witty name for the robot. They sure did a good job; it's probably my favorite robot name ever.

12-03-2008 15:52

Ian S.

Re: pic: Team 1522 - Fear the Walken

Originally, it was an inside joke between a couple of our team members, then it snowballed into an email to christopher walken himself, large posters all over our school, naming of the robot, and later even more pictures at the competition. The announcer at the VCU regional had some problems pronouncing his name, errors such as stephen hawking, but hopefully you got the point.

I'm glad you all like it, even if it was confusing to some of you. Get ready for more cowbell at Georgia!

13-03-2008 00:11

Coredesat

Re: pic: Team 1522 - Fear the Walken

I remember someone from 1522 coming to pit admin asking about that. I had problems trying not to laugh for whatever reason, though I felt bad for both 1522 and the announcer in question.

13-03-2008 09:57

1086wulf

Re: pic: Team 1522 - Fear the Walken

i loved the poster at vcu and one of the people on the team gave me one of their small posters, i have it hung on my wall

14-03-2008 18:17

xMarkThePiratex

Re: pic: Team 1522 - Fear the Walken

Glad to see we've gotten our name out, all i have to say regarding future plans is keep an eye out at the Gerorgia Dome. we might have some BIG planned.

15-03-2008 00:47

Coredesat

Re: pic: Team 1522 - Fear the Walken

I won't be there but I'll be looking forward to seeing it on the webcast/in pictures.