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Feb182010

Roomba Drinking Games

We purchased our first iRobot Roomba the other day. I have to say it's one of the coolest , and most useful, things I've ever bought. Watching it pinball around our apartment vacuuming, and doing a damn good job of it, is extremely entertaining. It makes you realize exactly how far technology has truly come. All of this begs at one serious question... how can we utilize this beautiful piece of technology to get us inebriated?


I've come up with a couple to start off, post yours in the comments and I'll update the list with the good ones. Also, if you have any recommened names for games that are already posted, let me know. All drinking games should have catchy names. I take no responsibility for any damage to your Roomba or yourself, play and drink at your own risk!

 

  1. Spin the Robot

    Basic Premise: Everyone sits/stands in a circle with the Roomba in the center and enough space between people for the Roomba to escape. Whomever the Roomba bounces off of must drink. If the Roomba escapes the circle, everyone drinks. If the Roomba escapes, he is put back into the center of the circle and the cycle starts again.

    Notes: You will need some way of randomizing what direction the Roomba faces (or where everyone is sitting/standing) since it generally travels in a straight line after being turned on. One way of doing this would be for everyone to stand in a circle and roll a pair of dice. Whatever they roll is the number of people to their left or right that they move. Also note that some Roomba's may begin with a circular pattern, in which case this isn't needed.

  2. Plinko

    Basic Premise: Everyone randomly picks a position in a group with a few feet between them for the Roomba to travel. Once everyone has their places, they can not move. The Roomba is placed at the front of the group by a designated person and turned on. The Roomba will travel towards to group of people bouncing off whatever it hits. Each person it hits must drink. If the Roomba attempts to "wall follow" (or bounce around their feet to find out where the particular obstruction ends), they must finish their drink. The person who lets the Roomba loose should try their best to get the Roomba to hit its first target inside fhe group of people to keep the Roomba from hitting the first person, changing direction and going away from everyone.

    Notes: Once again, you will need a way of deciding who will place the Roomba and let it loose.

  3. Musical Robots

    Basic Premise: This is a variation of Spin the Robot except everyone stands in a tight circle with no room for the Roomba to escape. Whoever the Roomba hits as it makes its way around the circle is removed from the circle. After someone is removed, everyone should move in tighter to prevent the Roomba from escaping the circle. Because it is hard for the last couple people to create a circle that will contain the Roomba (he's crazy, after all), you can either enter some kind of elimination mode or... everyone can drink. Your pick. Either way you get inebriated.

    Notes: As always, you will need to randomize the orientation of the players.

Now give me your suggestions. I know these are basic, but I'm sure you imaginative people will come up with some better ones.

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