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I think you're right with the team number. I also just want to say that we (team 857) had a slightly longer drive than 2153 but accepted as captain #7. This was also our first year as alliance captain.:D

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973 sparked a line of rejects in San Diego. We were the 6th seed when I believe the 3rd seed team tried to pick us, but we weren't happy with their proformance and rejected. Their next pick also rejected, so they finaly picked a "non-top-8" team.
The 4th seed then tried to pick us, but after being reminded that we were uneligable to be picked they picked the 8th seed, which rejected. :o
After that picking was Smooth as only one team was in a position to reject and they didn't get picked. First time I ever saw or heard of something like this. Interesting turn of events.

Lol... post 2973

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i remember that. possibly the most cringeworthy moment of the regional. besides that girl getting all jacked up in the pits

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sigh, so many times from our mechanical sub-team:

"that's what she said"

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*Well, it sounds like a software problem.*
*Well, it sounds like a hardware problem.*
*Like a boss.*

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Mentor - "Is that lexan or acrylic"
Student - "I think it's lexan" *Bends piece just cut* Snap! *Shards fly everywhere* "Opps, I ment acrylic."

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Mentor: "I created perpetual motion!" <he was kinda serious for a few moments>

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Me: OWW!!!
E: The heat gun is not an arm rest. Especially when it is on.

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Wait what? Do tell.

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Forgot about this one until today.

"We're doing FIRST." - Some mentor as I can't remember exactly who said it (Terry Sherman?)

For an explanation, that phrase is used to describe the act of completing, living up to, or acting out FIRST's core ideals like gracious professionalism for example.

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Mentor: "GUYS! I have to act responsible and tell you to knock it off. On the record, you guys need to stop."
Me: "But off the record..."
Mentor: "I find it hilarious."

Mentor: "Sometimes life takes you by surprise at three in the morning."
Me: "O...kay?"
Mentor: "And decides to throw up on the lobby carpet."
Me: "I don't like this analogy anymore."
Mentor: "Well, someone came in late last night with someone who had clearly been having a good time."
Me: "Eew."
Mentor: "Poor Matt, the first time he gets an analogy and it ends up being the actual story."

Student: "So, Matt, Dean's List Winner and good role model for all FIRST students, why are you teaching M how to count cards?"

Mentor: "Shush! Jerry's talking! That doesn't EVER happen."

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Me: "Engineering is a constant battle between what you want to do and how physics loves to massacre your design."

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(Sorry about posting again so quickly...)

Student: (Note that his family owns a relatively well-known chicken farm) "How'd they make a thousand cupcakes in two hours? It takes me five hours to make one batch!"
Mentor: "That's because you have to wait for the chicken to lay the eggs!"

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Programmer: Yeah, there definitely has to be a bug or two in this code.
Me: Are you kidding? This has way more than one or two errors!
Programmer: Yeah, this is actually pretty bad.
Me: I know! Forget bugs, there's a TARANTULA in our code!

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One mentor, talking to another mentor: What are you doing mounting it like that?! Come on, you're going to make us look like amateurs! Amateurs!

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Mentor 1-"why is it not working?" (referring to a tetrix motor)
Mentor 2-"Because there is a 3in shaft in there!"

Random Student (from across the shop)- "THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!!!"

(when building the prototype arm, and forgetting to attach the motor)

Student- "I was born to be stupid..."