“I dropped my official piece of paper through the ramp.”
“Drat! Now how are we to tell if 293 is actually on the top?”
“We could get the field crew to open up the ramp.”
“Nah, too much trouble. We’ll just eyeball it and get another piece of paper.”
“Are you sure? They told me that they had a very limited supply, unlike those darn bins.”
“Oh, right. Hey, let’s get a fragment from the next bin that breaks beyond repair. It’ll be faster than either opening up the ramp or getting another piece of paper.”
The referees volunteer their bodies in the newest safety video. Here, they demonstrate the dangers of putting your head into the robots while running. Warning: those who are squeamish may want to look away.
Ref 1: “I lost one of my contacts.”
Ref 2: “We can’t stop the elimination rounds so you can find it.”
Ref 1: “What if we pretend we are trying to determine if this robot is on the platform until I find it.”
Ref 2: “OK, works for me.” 25 minutes later
Ref 1: “I found it.”
Ref 2: “Great.”
Ref 1: “So is this robot on or off the platform?”
Ref 2: “I don’t know.”
Ref 1: “Are you sure Lavery said there was a clue here?”
Ref 2: “Well, not in so many words. But think about it. 116 twice is 232. Subtract that from 293 and you get 61. Team 61 is the Shifters. So if this robot has a shifting transmission, there’s gotta be a clue here somewhere.”
Ref 1: “I’ll give you your clue. Just decide whether the robot is touching or not and let’s get on with it.”
Ref one:
Are you sure we’re supposed to check for heads stuck in robots? Why would the GDC advise that?
Ref two: You know - it’s that precautionary visionary advisory thing. They probably think someone will stick their head in a robot sometime and then the GDC will have to come up with a new rule. What we need to worry about is the stacking. You watch, someone will come up with stacking robots as a plan of strategy. Knocking down stacked bins will seem like child’s play.
Ref one: No way that’s going to happen. Ok, I don’t see anyone in there, let’s go.
Apologies for the double-invocation of the BIWWTM Rule–I’ve spent entirely too long (something around 26 hours over the weekend, plus three more hours after work Monday) on a project. It’s really cool, this robotics competition some guys from New Hampshire put on. I’ll tell you about it another time, though.
First place goes to:
Second place goes to:
Honorable mentions go to:
Katie_UPS
Karibou
BrendanB
JaneYoung
Taylor
lingomaniac88
Wayne Doenges
And the burn award goes to:
Which means the scores are:
JaneYoung 101
Taylor 95
GaryVoshol 90
lingomaniac88 88
kramarczyk 82
Travis Hoffman 81
Don Rotolo 76
Ryan Simpson 74
rsisk 73
EricH 69
AndyB 56
rtfgnow 54
Mr. Pockets 52
Karibou 51
Al Skierkiewicz 48
Wayne Doenges 44
Akash Rastogi 39
dodar 34
Chris is me 32
NorviewsVeteran 29
Barry Bonzack 29
Katie_UPS 27
BrendanB 26
Rich Wong 24
rocketperson44 24
delsaner 24
bobwrit 14
MissInformation 13
Daniel_LaFleur 12
Steve W 9
Barngirl425 8
Matt Attallah 7
jmanela 7
CHI DONG08 7
DRAKE343 5
skimoose 5
RMiller 5
J93Wagner 5
KarenH 4
nitneylion452 4
FinleyM 3
Greg Needel 3
Cynette 3
rulesall2 3
Austin H 2
Boydean 2
FoXy92 2
Jared341 2
O'Sancheski 2
Rick TYler 2
Tito H. 2
Kage 2
Phoenix Spud 2
andrew348 1
basicxman 1
Chief Pride 1
Cody Carey 1
dman14 1
Lil' Lavery 1
Mrs.Drake343 1
N7UJJ 1
Q. Sheets 1
Spiffizzle 1
Stephen of REX 1
Stormnnormn 1
Vermeulen 1
youngWilliam14 1
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