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Welcome to 2021’s third Rolls Report! This week brings us a new buggy, the return of an old team, movie references, and a whole lot of rolls.

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In Attendance

Org	Saturday	Sunday
Apex		Phoenix, Molotov
CIA		Emperor, Kingfisher
Fringe	Boson, Baltic
PiKA	Banshee, Clyodhna
SDC	Bane
SigEp	Kraken, Hydra
Spirit		Seraph

you can blame Tishya

Observations (Gallery Currently Unavailable)

and Vidya

Apex debuted their their newest buggy, Molotov! Phoenix and Molotov got 7 and 8 rolls in respectively.

for it taking so long.

CIA, thank you for being the only team to update your Instagram account with pictures. I appreciate it <3. Emperor and Kingfisher got 7 and 8 in respectively.

And maybe me

Fringe encountered some vision problems, but managed to get 10 rolls in Baltic (the most of any buggy this weekend) and Boson returned for two rolls.

a little bit…

PiKA has returned! Banshee was reported to have some windshield problems and scratched after its first roll, but Cleo got in 7 roll this Saturday.

My b.

SDC, SigEp, and Spirit rolled problem free this weekend. Bane and Seraph rolled 8 times each. SigEp also got 8 rolls if you combine Hydra and Kraken’s counts.

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Movie Parody of the Week:

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This new segment combines my love of memes and pop culture references. Guess the buggy related movie title!

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Rolls Report Contributors:

Jasio S.

Sweepstakes (for being my eyes and ears at rolls)

Welcome back everyone! Sweepstakes has done what may have seemed impossible at first by pulling off another successful day of rolls. Even though Sunday was rained out, teams were able to get up to 7 cycles in on Saturday morning. Saturday was also the debut of SpIApex (more on that later)! Just another example of how students are rising to the challenge of continuing the tradition of buggy in creative and safe ways.

We’ve also got some questions about rolls and the potential Raceday they may be leading up to. Just as a reminder, these rolls practices are strictly for the students participating only and this will likely also be the case for this year’s “Raceday”. It’s still unclear what that may look like, but no matter what happens, these weekends of rolls are major victories for the buggy community.

Another quick note:

If you’ve enjoyed these roll reports or even if you haven’t and think you can do better, my term is coming to an end this year. If you or someone you know is interested in becoming the new Rolls Reporting Officer, feel free to reach out to me (jasiosantillan@cmubuggy.org) and make sure to fill out the nomination form by May 3rd.

Gonna try something new here.

In Attendance

Org	Saturday
Apex	Phoenix
CIA	Emperor
Fringe	Blueshift, Blind Faith
SDC	Bane
SigEp	Kraken, Barracuda
Spirit	Seraph

Let’s see how much free time you have.

Observations (Gallery Currently Unavailable)

Muahahaha

Fringe brought out Blueshift and Blind Faith out this weekend with the former getting 1 roll in and the latter getting an impressive 6 rolls in. There was one stop during Fringe’s run, but it was accident free and things were soon back on track.

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SDC returned with the fearsome Bane styling some bright yellow wheels. It’s good to see that the SDC teddy bear is still coming out to rolls. Bane shared the top roll count with CIA’s Emperor making it around the course 7 times.

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SigEp was out this weekend in full force rolling Kraken and Barracuda. Both buggies made it around the course 5 times.

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SpIApex. This is a new one. In the past we have seen teams team up before (especially when they’re scrambling for qualifying rolls *cough cough Pike cough*). I remember times when CIApex rolled together and shared a follow car. But this weekend we saw a 3 team conglomerate with Spirit, CIA, and Apex joining forces to roll together (while still abiding by the Sweepstakes Covid-19 restrictions). Even in these crazy times, teams are finding creative ways to work together and overcome some unprecedented challenges. Good work SpIApex (though, you should probably workshop the name a little bit more).

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Meme of the Week:

While rolls went on mostly hitch-free, it looks like there was a delay at the start. Drone footage caught this wacky scene where the Ever Given caused yet another traffic jam that students are calling the “Suez Chute”.

(I wonder if anyone else has noticed these)

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Jasio S.

Kaycee P. (for all her Instagram Pictures)

Sweepstakes (for being my eyes and ears at rolls)

Welcome to our special quarantine edition of Rolls! It’s been a bit over a year since buggies have graced the streets of Pittsburgh, but they’re back. Slow and steady will win this race.

After a series of unprecedented and very unfortunate events, Sweepstakes has found a way to keep the spirit of buggy alive and return to the course. Rolls look very different this year and Sweepstakes is working with the university to ensure the safety of all its participants. A couple of changes include a limit to 4 teams per day of rolls and a limit of 2 buggies per team along with the allowed number of team members. This weekend we saw (not in person of course) a solid start with 7 teams making an appearance. Saturday, teams were able to get up to 5 rolls in and Sunday saw an incredible 8 cycles.

The weekend was not without its hiccups, but hey that’s just buggy for you. Even some pesky hooligans moving bales to Flagstaff Hill and some very unfriendly window washers weren’t able to stop our determined students!

Hi Tishya

In Attendance 

Org	Saturday	Sunday
Atlas		Baby Buggy?
Apex		Firefly
CIA		Emperor, *Kingfisher
Fringe	Blind Faith, Baltic
SDC	Vanity
SigEp	*Hydra
Spirit		Seraph

I tried to be sneaky with these shout outs

*Sorta… like I said, there were some hiccups.

(Space space space space)

Observations (Saturday & Sunday Gallery)

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Atlas made a return to the course as this year’s only robotic buggy team (for now). The youngest org on the course was unfortunately unable to wake Baby Buggy up from its nap and get it around the course.

But there really isn’t all that much I can do with WordPress

Apex decided to stick with the classics and brought out Firefly on Sunday for an impressive 7 rolls.

Soooooooooo…..

CIA unveiled Kingfisher’s stunning paint job! It was reported that Kingfisher had some technical difficulties leading to a stop and was benched for the rest of the day, but the team managed to get the most rolls (8) of any team in Emperor.

Fringe and SDC hit the ground running quite literally with Saturday rollarounds. Fringe brought out Blind Faith and their newest buggy, Baltic.

SDC rolled back to back with Fringe on Saturday racking up 4 rolls in Vanity.

SigEp had a bit of a rough day, but we hope to see them out and around the course this upcoming weekend! After two stops (one from a bad wheel and another from a loose helmet), the team decided to scratch for the day leading to the Fringe/SDC rollarounds.

Spirit. Got some alliteration for you here since Spirit snagged six cycles with Seraph. That’s all I got.

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Meme of the Week:

Trying something new here since I had to do something with this picture of Carl (this year’s Design Comp. Chair). Carl was making all the girls swoon with the way he was carrying all those barricades on his own.

Good luck next week!

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<3 Jasio

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Jasio S.

Kaycee P. (for all her Instagram Pictures)

Sweepstakes (for being my eyes and ears at rolls)

Welcome back everyone! After Sweepstakes playing with our hearts for the last few weeks, we finally had our first day of uncancelled rolls! Despite the cold, teams were off to a great start making it through the roll order 7 times. It was a nearly incident free day, with most teams getting in a good number of rolls and being able to shed their bags. We also saw the debut of a new team (kind of) and two new buggies!

In Attendance 

Org	Sunday
Atlas	Baby Buggy
Apex	Solaris
CIA	Icarus, Equinox, Emperor, Kingfisher
DG	Brazen
Fringe	Boson, Bumper, Blind Faith, NB
KKS	Insite
PiKA	Raptor, Banshee, Cloudhna
SDC	Vice, Bane, Vanity
SigEp	Kraken, Barracuda, Hydra
SigNu*	Bungarus Krait
Spirit	Kingpin II, Seraph, Zuke, Inviscid

*Sorta…

Observations (Sunday Gallery)

Atlas. Baby Buggy’s back! Atlas made an unexpected appearance when they showed up with Baby Buggy to collect data. Glad to see Atlas after a long hiatus from the course. The team was almost a little too eager to get going, as they tried to squeeze in another walk-around minutes before rolls started.

Apex found themselves rolls ready but short a few drivers this weekend. Fortunately, it looks like Solaris had plenty of fun sunbathing on Sunday.

CIA came out with some new kicks and a new buggy! CIA’s latest build, Kingfisher, flew around the course while Emperor was spotted with some new clothes (a sleek new fairing).

SigNu was spotted at drops prior to rolls, but was mysteriously absent for the rest of the day. Some say they had helmet issues and couldn’t roll, but in any case please refer to the flyer below.

Spirit started off the first rolls of 2020. KP came to a stop by the Westinghouse memorial from some hardware problems, but was quickly cleared and fixed for the following rolls. In better news, according to our man in the chute, a couple of Hill 3 pushers were smoked by Zuke zipping up Hill 3.

I know how much you’ve loved the “Rumor of the Week” segments, so hang in there. I’ve got some new stuff in the works that’ll be just as fun. Stay tuned!

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Ben M.
Ethan G.

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