Re: The dark side of alliances...
 

yep - if everything works perfectly all the time then

1. you arent doing anything new
2. you arent learing anything
3. you arent pushing your abilities out of your comfort zone

Re: The dark side of alliances...
 

I think we made the ultimate stupid mistake on our very first match of our first regional (Peachtree) .......

The drive team never turned on the main breaker. They saw the blinking leds on the controller and assummed everything was good to go. :rolleyes:

The good news is that I don't think we'll ever have that problem again. :ahh:

Re: The dark side of alliances...
 

Whoops. That's a good one. I guess that shows how important it is not to get TOO specialized...

Re: The dark side of alliances...
 

Everyone makes mistakes...I myself was the arm operator for our robot, and forgot to pay attention to the gigantic markings that indicate when our hook is being overextended (ends up making a mess of our winch mechanism). To make a long story short..we had to hang to win the match, were in position with ample time, and I blew it. But in the end...winning isn't everything.