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slacker(6) + 20 POS comps
________________________________ = Pretty Nice Animation
Time spent on games

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confused team captains + not keeping track of picked teams = CRAZY alliance pickings

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College Advisor + Part Time Job + FIRST = Hard to maintain a decent GPA :(

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Late design + not debugged code :Whistle: = maniac regionals

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Really great robot with all bugs worked out + bad alliance pairings = no fun

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Few things I learnt:

Mentor + stroke = team in chaos;

Students + wrong information = dangerous situation;

Students + Stubborn = bad impression on mentors;

Good friends + Competitions = FUN;



I learnt more than what words can express just being around FIRST, team 25, and especially other teams. I feel blessed. Thank you all:)

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Escalators + scouting checks in between each match = Tired Becca

Hottub jets + sore calves = content

deck of cards + 8 random people I don't know + security guards in the Omni = long lasting friendships

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me+awards alone on a table=future klepto

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Woody + metal sheer= busted open thumb

skinny dipping dare + woody= not good

bus sharing with rival team= bad
bus sharing with rival team + iPod + PowerBook + DVDs= GOOD

peachcobler= really frikin good!!!! :D :D

VIP Pass + Chris Leary from TechTV= fun

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as useful as duct tape is, there are some alternatives.. yeat some applications truely NEED duct tape.

pneumatic tires sometimes bounce in the way you want them to, and sometimes dont... and become a painful memory to some innocent builders.

always have your main breaker switch in an easily accessible location on the robot during testing.. especially when testing an autonomous program that a blind programmer made.. sometimes things dont work out as planned and one of us has to run around in circles around a 130 lbs robot spinning at full speed with a VERY dangerous 6 foot arm swinging around in order to reach into the robot to switch it off.
oh, and when its a four wheel drive robot, its even harder to stop the robot for if it was 2 wheel drive, you just need to tip it onto its casters.

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Even better, use a dongle. :D. Saves a lot of time, and easy to use.

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1 brave freshmen + small bee costume = a funny looking mascot

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the plasma cutter is my new best friend

and.... never wake your main driver the night before regionals when he is sprawled across an entire mattress sound asleep ;)

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New season + not many smart freshman = really pissed off veterens

busted crate + lighter = something I really want to do

first time in Atlanta + not knowing the way to hotel + really early in the morning + being stuck with all our crates and supplies + team ditching these few people = me and others being really really pissed off

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10 students + 3 mentors + Atlanta subway = LOST