update #5 "adendum"

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Posted by nick237 at 1/29/2001 11:41 PM EST


Engineer on team #237, sie h2o bots, from Watertown high school ct and sieman co.



On the update #5 under the adendums list this morning FIRST has changed their mind and reinstituted the alliances for this years games. They must have been bombarded with emails requesting the change back to the original way. Any way they are advising all teams that a revised game will be sent out soon but there will not be too many changes.
Dean said that there may be two ramps instead of one and that the stretcher will be removed. also there will be three goals not two. points will be scored for your color ball on top of the goal but the goal does not have to be balanced on the ramp.
More info will be available by wednesday, so it looks like the battles are back on...... yeah. hmmmmm.
nick237

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Posted by Anton Abaya at 1/30/2001 12:10 AM EST


Coach on team #419, Rambots, from UMass Boston / BC High and NONE AT THE MOMENT! :(.


In Reply to: update #5 "adendum"
Posted by nick237 on 1/29/2001 11:41 PM EST:



: On the update #5 under the adendums list this morning FIRST has changed their mind and reinstituted the alliances for this years games. They must have been bombarded with emails requesting the change back to the original way. Any way they are advising all teams that a revised game will be sent out soon but there will not be too many changes.
: Dean said that there may be two ramps instead of one and that the stretcher will be removed. also there will be three goals not two. points will be scored for your color ball on top of the goal but the goal does not have to be balanced on the ramp.
: More info will be available by wednesday, so it looks like the battles are back on...... yeah. hmmmmm.
: nick237

aye i saw this in the bottom. i cant wait to start bumping bots again.... yay to flying metal pieces!

-anton

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Posted by Stephen Riley at 1/30/2001 1:57 PM EST


Engineer on team #419, RAMBOTS, from Wentworth Institute of Technology and Umass/BCHigh and Mathsoft, Solidworks, and NASA.


In Reply to: Re: update #5 "adendum"
Posted by Anton Abaya on 1/30/2001 12:10 AM EST:



i guess our turret will come in handy then, eh anton ?


Steve

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Posted by Ken Leung at 1/30/2001 3:54 AM EST


Student on team #192, Gunn Robotics Team, from Henry M. Gunn Senior High School.


In Reply to: update #5 "adendum"
Posted by nick237 on 1/29/2001 11:41 PM EST:



I am not sure why, but I keep downloading the older version of team update 5, and it doesn't have the adendums list in it. Maybe it's my computer setting or something. Can anyone help me out?!?! I need to show my team the newer version of update 5...

Or else none of them will believe what I told them.

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Posted by Travis Covington at 1/30/2001 11:08 AM EST


Student on team #115, MV ROBOTICS, from Monta Vista High School and Hitachi Data Systems - 3com - NASA Ames.


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Posted by Ken Leung on 1/30/2001 3:54 AM EST:



i dunno...this sounds awful strange..

can somebody show mw this?

thanks..

-TC

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Posted by Patrick Dingle at 1/30/2001 10:24 PM EST


Other on team #639, Red B^2, from Ithaca High School and Cornell University.


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Posted by Ken Leung on 1/30/2001 3:54 AM EST:



I have no trouble downloading the newer version. Perhaps you need more practice using your so-called computing machine.

Patrick

: I am not sure why, but I keep downloading the older version of team update 5, and it doesn't have the adendums list in it. Maybe it's my computer setting or something. Can anyone help me out?!?! I need to show my team the newer version of update 5...

: Or else none of them will believe what I told them.

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Posted by Michael Betts at 1/30/2001 11:06 AM EST


Engineer on team #177, Bobcat Robotics, from South Windsor High School and International Fuel Cells.


In Reply to: update #5 "adendum"
Posted by nick237 on 1/29/2001 11:41 PM EST:



Nick,

It's unlike you to pull our leg, so I take your statement as the truth, BUT, I see no "adendum" in Update #5. I did a reload and see no 5A or 6...

What is the URL of the document you are referencing?

Thanks...

Mike

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Posted by Brandon Martus at 1/30/2001 11:07 AM EST


Other on team #47, ChiefDelphi, from PCHS and Delphi Automotive Systems.


In Reply to: Re: update #5 "adendum"
Posted by Michael Betts on 1/30/2001 11:06 AM EST:



note what forum this was posted in


: Nick,

: It's unlike you to pull our leg, so I take your statement as the truth, BUT, I see no "adendum" in Update #5. I did a reload and see no 5A or 6...

: What is the URL of the document you are referencing?

: Thanks...

: Mike

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Posted by Andy Grady at 1/30/2001 12:29 PM EST


Other on team #126, Gael Force, from Clinton High School and Nypro Inc..


In Reply to: update #5 "adendum"
Posted by nick237 on 1/29/2001 11:41 PM EST:



I wonder if anyone has called Dean or FIRST on this one =)

How soon we all forget the Joe J inncodent

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Posted by Andy Grady at 1/30/2001 12:36 PM EST


Other on team #126, Gael Force, from Clinton High School and Nypro Inc..


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Posted by Andy Grady on 1/30/2001 12:29 PM EST:



inncodent = incorrect
incident = correct

Thanx Jess =)

Hey here is a great question of the week for a future date...Question x/x/xx: How many spelling mistakes has Andy Grady made since the creation of this forum?
Not even big blue the super computer could calculate that one!

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Posted by Joe Ross at 1/30/2001 12:53 PM EST


Engineer on team #330, Beach Bot, from Hope Chapel Academy and NASA/JPL , J&F Machine, and Raytheon.


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Posted by Andy Grady on 1/30/2001 12:36 PM EST:



: Hey here is a great question of the week for a future date...Question x/x/xx: How many spelling mistakes has Andy Grady made since the creation of this forum?

Am I allowed to answer it?

Less mistakes than I have seen some people make in a single post ;-)

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Posted by Deej at 1/30/2001 1:59 PM EST


Engineer on team #190, Gompeii, from Mass Academy and WPI.


In Reply to: update #5 "adendum"
Posted by nick237 on 1/29/2001 11:41 PM EST:



Do you think that this has something to do with the post earlier about how to start a rumor in the Rumor Mill???


: On the update #5 under the adendums list this morning FIRST has changed their mind and reinstituted the alliances for this years games. They must have been bombarded with emails requesting the change back to the original way. Any way they are advising all teams that a revised game will be sent out soon but there will not be too many changes.
: Dean said that there may be two ramps instead of one and that the stretcher will be removed. also there will be three goals not two. points will be scored for your color ball on top of the goal but the goal does not have to be balanced on the ramp.
: More info will be available by wednesday, so it looks like the battles are back on...... yeah. hmmmmm.
: nick237

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Posted by JVN at 1/30/2001 4:05 PM EST


Student on team #250, Dynamos - Capital District Robotics Team, from Shenendehowa High School and General Electric and Verizon.


In Reply to: update #5 "adendum"
Posted by nick237 on 1/29/2001 11:41 PM EST:



Although I have begun to grow fond of the
"kinder, gentler FIRST" I kinda long for the old days...

Is there anyone out there who can honestly say
they didn't enjoy seeing their robot drop
a competitor?

Needless to say, we have already
begun alterations...

The flamethrower prototype is being rushed
through testing. The battering-rams
are being cast as I type.

See you on the battlefield!
~John #250 (got enemies? Team 250 can help)

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Posted by Jessica Boucher at 1/30/2001 4:14 PM EST


Student on team #237, Sie-H2O-Bots, from Watertown High School and Eastern Awning Systems & The Siemon Company.


In Reply to: update #5 "adendum"
Posted by nick237 on 1/29/2001 11:41 PM EST:



Well, the "addendum" might be faux (who knows? I stopped asking long ago ;) ) but we've just lost another day of meeting.

So I'm sitting in the wood shop with a group of the mechanical team who were fiddling with a starter motor, sparks flying every so often. One of them comments jokingly: Gee, wouldn't it be ironic if (Principal's name here) walked in and thought it was something dangerous?

A few minutes later, the fire alarm sounds, and we're all outside in the pouring COLD rain, talking about what we accomplished the night before at the meeting.

20 minutes roll by, and we're corraled around the school to the auditorium, where we're told that the buses were coming and that we could return at 2 to get our stuff. This is 11AM, and I've been home ever since.

Noone really knows what happened, but our regular meeting was cancelled, with a small meeting of the mechanical team happening elsewhere. So now I'm meetingless, I dont know if I have rehearsal tonite, we were supposed to have an interview with the local paper (who knows when we can get that rescheduled), and...my stuff is still in the wood shop.

Is everyone else having as many school problems as we? How did you deal/work around it?

Ok, thanks everyone for letting me vent.

-jessica B, #237