Re: What will FRC 2016 Stronghold be remembered by?
 

I think the reason that we are focusing so much on fouls, is the fact that they were so influential in the outcome of champs.

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For me, there are a lot of highlights which I think this year will be remembered by. I'm so grateful to have been in the stands to watch 330's remarkable semifinal performance and share in the energy of that moment. Also Will i Am and a Finals tiebreaker decided by a single penalty (please change the first tie breaker to something not subjective).

Personally I will also remember being inspired when I felt burned out. I was inspired by my team who managed to repair a robot that was beat up and along with our alliance partners 2823, 3130 and 2415, take 2056, 1690, 3015 & 1405 to a tie-breaker on Tesla during Semi's.

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For me, it will be remebered as the year I undoubtedly fell in love with robots. This is my sophomore year, so my first year with 708 was Recyle Rush which wasn't exactly the most exciting thing for newcomers.

This yeas was 708's most successful year and I'm proud to say I helped make it happen. Being involved from the design group, to manufactuting, and ultimately being the robots operator made the experience unique and I'll be forever greatful to my team for that. Being a finalist on Newton helped elevate the experience, despite going out.

Say what you will about red cards and field faults, but Will. I. Am. said it best. #tsimfd

Re: What will FRC 2016 Stronghold be remembered by?
 

As a member of 5050 I can say that we did have some trouble with our treads. We had 2 3D printed pulleys, and 4 aluminium pulleys. They also were replaced after MSC. But overall they did a pretty decent job.

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Escaping robots anyone?

Speaking of which, how frequent are escaping robots in FRC? I'd imagine the polycarb "walls" were added due to escaping robots at one point, but I didn't really hear of any since, until this year.

Also, definitely happy our team managed pneumatic wheels. Even though we did break all the teeth off a 14t aluminum gear :ahh:

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Honestly, this makes me a bit wary.

The fact is, lots of people who enjoy robotics are nerds. While pushing for mainstream acceptance of STEM is obviously a laudable goal, I don't think we should do it at the expense of alienating the people who already like it. When we send the message "no, robotics isn't nerdy, it's actually cool!" we have to be careful that we're not tacitly sending the message that robotics would not be worth enjoying if it were "nerdy." That's equally damaging.

Re: What will FRC 2016 Stronghold be remembered by?
 

The year with the short robots.

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"At one point" goes way back to the '03/'04 timeframe. I know at least one escaped in '03; I believe steel cables were used instead of Lexan shortly afterwards, and then the Lexan was used.

Re: What will FRC 2016 Stronghold be remembered by?
 

The year of no human player feeding station. No one directly and only fed from there, they atleast had to harvest the ball. The ball wasn't just placed in the robot

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I don't suppose you'd have a video of that?

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Nope, 'twas in a practice match back in '03. Video of practice matches is notoriously hard to find if it even exists, especially 13 years later.

Re: What will FRC 2016 Stronghold be remembered by?
 

I didn't think you would, mainly because its from 13 years ago.

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In addition, regular penalties felt very fair this year. I found that the 5 points was usually just enough to compensate an alliance for the points they could have scored if the opposing alliance didn't commit that foul, plus a little extra to discourage teams from pushing the boundaries of committng a foul.

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I disagree, last years tote feeding station, and this years ball feeding station, were both similar. The only difference with the balls are that they rolled further.

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I absolutely agree. Does anyone have videos of it?