pic: Karthik WAI

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Team introductions during the finals of the 2008 Waterloo Regional

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I had a feeling this would show up here as your WAI at some point.
Just remember, it’s not how high you can get, but how come down that matters…

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He’s not really jumping, he is just so light there was a small updraft and it took him away… :slight_smile: He might be close to upper orbit by now

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W00T! Karthik hovering right by our robot! That is definitely my new desktop background for awhile…

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Wow! He really got some air there didn’t he??
The characters they pick for commentating are so energetic and fun. Gotta love 'em

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He might be demonstrating how 1114’s 'bot will hover autonomously in 2009, to score bonus points. If air time has sufficient scoring value, I’ve gotta believe the Simbots will find a way to make their robot do that. [edit: The Great Gazoo is known to hover frequently.]

More likely we will see Karthik doing this on a Championship field in Atlanta. Maybe not this year, but soon.

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@Richard: Karthik has said he will be sitting in the stands in Atlanta this year. As for the future, I couldn’t say.

@Karthik: I’ve seen you do those jumping introductions at Waterloo and GTR for a few years now… what perfect timing by the camera operator. Never mind that getting such a clear picture while you’re moving so fast would be difficult to say the least.

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Karthik, how’d you do that!!!

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My guess is Flubber. :smiley:

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Oh wow, flubber… I remember that movie… /me feels old

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Actually, he hovered like that most of the weekend.

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Actually…my sources tell me he was being hurdled by 1114’s robot:rolleyes:

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I couldn’t quite tell what it was from up in the nosebleeds, but
I think the source of Karthik’s hops might be explained partially if we can identify the strangely-coloured liquid concoction in the plastic bottle he visited frequently at the GTR scorer’s table. :slight_smile:

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But… team Zero Gravity was in Philadelphia.

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**INVISIBLE BIKE!!!

:stuck_out_tongue:

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So you mean like this?

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Epic Win…I’m speechless…

Michelle, this is my new background. :cool: :stuck_out_tongue:

EDIT: Kinda pixelated, if you have a larger version, could you send it to me?

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i can see a new trend starting here. LolKarthiks.

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I think this is just about how high Karthik jumped when that final score was revealed… :smiley: :wink: