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If you break a rule, you lose reputation. it is as simple as that. it really doesn't matter if you are a veteran or not; if you do something wrong you deserve to pay for it.

if we were to weigh out decisions as suggested, a sort of system of "well I'm almost a newbie! give me a break!" would occur. The dead band of not knowing the rule well enough would increase to infinite.

Hopefully, if the so called newbie (who should hopefully be a more mature high schooler) will be mature and reasonable enough to figure out that they did something wrong and learn not to do it again. it is a learning experience.

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Wen is it goin to be on tv and what channel and what time

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the regionals would be broadcasted on saturdays only on NASA tv. the channel, however would vary by your tv provider. to check the listings or find the link to stream it on your computer, go to usfirst.org. there should be a link somewhere on the website.

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yo i'm new to this forum.

whats up.

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Sorta new, signed up a loooooonnng time ago though!

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Hi ny name is Greg, I am the current GM for team 1516, I am new to this peticular forum, but not new to posting in forums. This will be my third year in robotics, I am a senior at California High School. We entered the 2006 California games, and the aliance we were paired with did very well in winning the overall event. Big thanks to 254 and 698(?). But in all honesty we got very lucky because our shooter failed to work well later in the day and we resorted to playing defense. Anywho I hope to become a regular around here, and wish everybody well.

Greg Boehm
Team 1516 GM

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No matter whether you're a newbie or not, there is always going to be SOMEONE who doesn't agree with what you post, or how you post it. Negative reputation is a part of life, mabye it doesn't put a red dot next to your name or in your user CP, but people are confronted with it every day. Yeah, it's important to usher the newbies in with a bit of a rule-breaking grace, but you have to learn to live with disagreement.

Well said, Fin. :D

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Hey all!
As you can all see, I am a new member in this forum. So welcome me! lol

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ooh i like this cuz im a newbie. gosh ppl r nice. but i bet that the same "newbies" will do the same to other "newbies" after a while and that would be pretty ironic

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I agree completly, but Im confused. If people don't want old threads brought up, or same questions asked multiple times, then how are noobies supposed to ask questions without making a new thread or bringing up the old one? Not all topics are new, but not all their questions may be answered.

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This is one where some people like it one way, some like it another. What I try to do is search for the old thread, see if my questions have been answered, and if they haven't (and it's a year or so old), I'll ask my question, linking to the old thread as similar content but not answering.

Like I said, it's personal preference. For the most part, we'd rather you bring back the old thread if you're choosing between the two. If someone neg reps you for bringing back an old thread, tell us and we'll yell at them (hehe).

Welcome to all of our Newbies 2007!

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I am a 2-3 year competition veteran, and a new member at chief delphi, and everyone here seems to be as nice as they are at the competition. Very gracious, you might say. Tell me if I say something stupid, so I won't later though ;)

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Hello all. I am Clint and I am on Team 2180. We are a rookie team thus being our first FRC competition. We competed in the VEX Challenge earlier this year and won Chairman's Award at the NJ Regional. Hopefully we can pull off the same feat again at the NJ Regional in Trenton. Hope to meet some of you at the competition. We dont mind any help or suggestions that you guys throw out there for us. We need all the help we can actually get. :)

This site looks to be great and everyone seems so friendly. Hopefully I can help contribute to the site as well as other members. Thanks for having me here guys and gals!

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Welcome Clint, and goo luck to your team this year!

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