Gunfire and Mayhem @ Caltech

striderteen · 7th Dec 2001, 07:34 PM

Got your attention, didn't I?

But then again, it got MY attention too...after all, it's not every day your homework is interrupted by a massive blast!!

No, it wasn't Columbine II...just another 'Tech tradition. We have a fully functional six-inch breech-loading artillery piece, which is fired at the beginning and end of every term (before finals week). Of course, I'd forgotten all about it, so the shot startled the hell out of me.

And I find that Infiltration has given me some degree of combat reflexes, too...my reaction to "loud gunshot" was to duck and look for a sniper!

UTProphet · 7th Dec 2001, 07:36 PM

You are one crazy fellow

Donnellizer · 7th Dec 2001, 07:59 PM

Are you trying to hit a rival college...? Hehe.

Mad_Dog · 7th Dec 2001, 08:24 PM

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Originally posted by striderteen
No, it wasn't Columbine II...just another 'Tech tradition. We have a fully functional six-inch breech-loading artillery piece, which is fired at the beginning and end of every term (before finals week). Of course, I'd forgotten all about it, so the shot startled the hell out of me.

nice

. university of toronto engineers have one too. whenever it's transported from it's secret hiding place, there are always six members of the "Brute Force Squad" chained to it, so it's impossible to steal. i would love to try though.

striderteen · 7th Dec 2001, 08:25 PM

You have to hide yours??? Ha ha, ours is in the open...we fire about six times a year, for various traditions and events.

FiringAimlessly · 7th Dec 2001, 08:40 PM

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Originally posted by striderteen
And I find that Infiltration has given me some degree of combat reflexes, too...my reaction to "loud gunshot" was to duck and look for a sniper!

- ever since I started playing non-Quake FPS's I've found myself moving along walls for cover and scanning buildings for sniper spots...

Mad_Dog · 7th Dec 2001, 09:04 PM

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Originally posted by striderteen
You have to hide yours??? Ha ha, ours is in the open...we fire about six times a year, for various traditions and events.

the one our engineers have is pretty small... probably an inch shell max, six people can carry it. the engineers tend to steal other school's engineering mascots, so they have to hide their stuff pretty well to keep it.

striderteen · 8th Dec 2001, 02:58 AM

Heh heh. We "borrowed" ours from a military museum several decades ago...we DID end up paying for it, though, so we didn't REALLY steal it.

7th Dec 2001, 07:34 PM	#1
striderteen Registered User Join Date: Jul. 26th, 2001 Location: Caltech, Pasadena, California, USA, North America, Earth, Sol System, Milky Way Galaxy Posts: 1,490	Gunfire and Mayhem @ Caltech Got your attention, didn't I? But then again, it got MY attention too...after all, it's not every day your homework is interrupted by a massive blast!! No, it wasn't Columbine II...just another 'Tech tradition. We have a fully functional six-inch breech-loading artillery piece, which is fired at the beginning and end of every term (before finals week). Of course, I'd forgotten all about it, so the shot startled the hell out of me. And I find that Infiltration has given me some degree of combat reflexes, too...my reaction to "loud gunshot" was to duck and look for a sniper!

7th Dec 2001, 07:36 PM	#2
UTProphet Trial By Fire Join Date: Dec. 8th, 2000 Posts: 509	You are one crazy fellow __________________ [img]************************/images/membersig/utprophet.jpg[/img]

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7th Dec 2001, 08:25 PM	#5
striderteen Registered User Join Date: Jul. 26th, 2001 Location: Caltech, Pasadena, California, USA, North America, Earth, Sol System, Milky Way Galaxy Posts: 1,490	You have to hide yours??? Ha ha, ours is in the open...we fire about six times a year, for various traditions and events.

8th Dec 2001, 02:58 AM	#8
striderteen Registered User Join Date: Jul. 26th, 2001 Location: Caltech, Pasadena, California, USA, North America, Earth, Sol System, Milky Way Galaxy Posts: 1,490	Heh heh. We "borrowed" ours from a military museum several decades ago...we DID end up paying for it, though, so we didn't REALLY steal it.