WHO'S READY FOR KICK OFF 2009!!!!!!
 

I CANT WAIT ALREADY OVER 9 MONTHS AWAY!!!!!!!!!!



BUT STILL GOT A LOT OF STUFF TO DO BEFORE KICK OFF

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I'm not....

I've got a 6WD to design for next season and a rookie team to start.

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I need to sleep.

Wake me up when the first hint comes out.

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I will just as soon as FLL 2008 season is over:] .
Plus I've got a rookie team to help prepare before the 2009 season hits them and perhaps an off-season competition in Colorado(we'll see):D :rolleyes:

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I'm so ready, the team isn't yet :)

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I am ready for next years build season i cant wait to start working again. But there is so much to do between now and then. Robotics is starting to consume my life.

Matthew Simpson
Team 75 Driver

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What's this about Kickoff? The season isn't over yet! IRI has yet to be played! (Not to mention the fall offseasons.)

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We've got a couple of NURC bots to build...

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Can't wait for CalGames 08' ! :yikes:

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Haha Starting to? For me, it seems like robotics is the only thing that keeps me sane!:yikes:

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I'm so ready!
who needs sleep?

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CalGames FTW!!!

After that, then I'll worry about Kickoff 2009.

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Nope. Not ready for kickoff yet.

Need to do some catching up on life outside of FIRST before I can go back to robot season full-time(ish).

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Psssh Elgin, who needs a life. I am always ready for the kickoff. But first I wanna see Speed Racer.

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I think I caught up on sleep this afternoon, so I might be ready. Except that someone on my team (and it might be me) needs to learn to program. Urgh

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I can't wait either, so many ideas and stuff to do to fit in such little amount of time.

I think next year we will have to pick something up and place it onto or into something.

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Always ready for the next kickoff...

but still have to make my way through a ton of different off-season events over the summer first :)

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Does anyone know for sure the date of next year's kickoff? I would think it will be January 3rd, unless it's January 10th.

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Not me. Team 1554's gotta round up some money. We've got a grand total of zero dollars and zero cents in our account. *looks up fundraising ideas to get $10k for next season*

We don't participate in off-season events.

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For those of you who can't wait for the next kickoff to come, you haven't been in this long enough. This year was simply exhausting for me. Ask me again in early January, and I still won't be ready.

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At the moment, I'm pumped for the summer. 294 has some big projects planned. Be ready for a strong fall classic showing.

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i just wished everything was delayed one week. Starting bright and early Saturday Jan. 3 is not good for us when it always runs into our winter break. No break for us one week again and with the dates a little closer to the beginning of the year, it'll be tiring after New Year's going straight into build season.:o

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Personally, as a college student, starting early works very well for me. School doesn't start until around January 17th or so, and the first few weeks of class are the easiest part of the semester (relatively speaking), so it allows me to spend more time on FIRST that I would be able to if it were a week later.

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I'm no where near ready.

We still have tons of offseason stuff to do: summer workshops, manage to get ourselves a custom with the new controller for next year, and... much much more that i can't think of at the moment. But I'm sure there's a lot!



But I definitely can't wait for the final game of FIRST as a student. =)

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Kickoff? Ask me again in November or December.

I have two offseasons in May, one in June, possibly one in July or August, and one or two in October/November.

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Same here. Although I'm very excited for next year, we're gonna need a lot of help. Hopefully I'll be a captain next year though.:cool:

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Not ready for kickoff yet - we still have the clues to look forward to. :eek:

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I'm always psyched for future seasons!
But right now I'm trying to focus on finals for college, and then I'll be looking forward to IRI--it is definitely going to be good times there!
:)

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i am totaly ready for next season cant wait

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I can't wait! I need to learn how to program before next season, though.

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I'm counting down the days :)

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heh, we have lots of summer projects not to mention the TONS of fundraising we need to raise to be able to compete next year, then we have a summer competition, BEST, FLL, and so much more to get ready for. i also have to finish my own projects, and study for APs, not to mention finals. call me in 6 months, then we can talk about 2009.

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Kickoff? What is this kickoff you speak of? Surely you don't mean that event that happens after we go through numerous off-season events and drive our current bot into the ground. But, in all seriousness I'm always ready for Kickoff. I just have to start working on my waterproofing skills. ;)

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ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!!!!! I can't handle another build season right now. Finals, marching band, IRI and all that good stuff comes first. Crap, where'd my summer vacation go???!!! Plus all the fundraising I'm doing so we can have extra cash in our robotics account, and anything else in store for us. Although, I am mentally preparing myself for kickoff, which I'll be excited for in the middle of November.

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Oooh...summer projects? What are you guys gonna be up to this summer?

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I just realized what the song "Wake me up when September ends" is really about!

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ZzZ... ya ma just a couple more months sleep okay ZzZ

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Kick off 2009???

i'm still waiting for monty madness, bruswick eruption, and the new two day event, AUGUST ADVENTURE, from teams 25 and 1089!!!!!!

after that, then we can wait for kickoff!!
bring on the clues (after offseason events of course)

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lol umm no, ive got to get sponsors for my FTC team, start an FLL team, get sponsors for that, start an FRC team, get sponsors for that

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lol though seriously thats kinda insulkting because isnt that about when his dad died?

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lol this was my rookie year and i realized that

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REALLY??? Yep our rookie year.

There's a lot to do but I can't wait. I can't wait for FTC registeration to open.

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CalGames:confused: why havent i heard of this.. i would like to know some info.

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I hear New Zealand is going to be a regional location next year...I can't wait for 09! :D

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Northern California. That's about all I know.

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It's an off-season event for the FRC teams in Northern CA. This is last year's flyer. The info for this year's has yet to be released.

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How about FIRST take a break and have no kickoff until 2010!












































.....just kidding.:D

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Probably should have made a poll "Are you ready for Kickoff '09?" yes or no?

I'm not I've got APs, Marching band, Hawaii vacation (that's right be jelous), IRI, Kettering kick-off, My Birthday, Christmas, a lot of community events and demonstrations, and we CAN'T build another robot until we break this one via overuse...

Any guesses yet? How about that water game? (HAHA FIRST TO MENTION IT FOR 2009!)

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Robots pushing 3' boxes........on ice

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Been waiting for this since last years kickoff. :cool: Heck yeah I am excited.

However, I have 9 off-season competitions between now and then, 8 of which I am competing in. :yikes: This is gonna be crazy awesome.

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Not Just for Nor-Cal. 997, 968, and 980 have also made appearances.

Its the largest offseason on the west coast, and provided we can get more room I'd love to see all the west coast teams coming to compete.

There's no need to go all the way to Indy for a good offseason event ;)

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i sent the flyer to my mentor.. ill see what he says its only a 250 mile ride there.:D

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How can we start 2009 when we haven't even finished 2008. Maybe the Championship is over and everything official with FIRST but there is so much more!

125 along just withing the next 6 weeks will be competing in 3 post seasons, 1 of which we are running! Its a lot of work. I think I can count my nights off since December on 2 hands, maybe...

There are probably a few more scattered competitions over the summer and fall that we'll be in attendance. Then there is just the general need to keep the team going. That means sponsorship and recruitment. All of this which must be planned and executed.

So I'm as ready now as I would be in January but I could definitely use the time to get everyone in Boston prepped. We work with a lot of young teams in the area, so we have some seminars to plan and get going.

Let me know when we can sleep?

Is there ever really a FIRST off-season? If you find it let me know.

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Im am defintely not ready, our team has to develop a working mecanum drive code so we can drive straight. we also need to go on a massive recruting campaign for members. In past years weve had 60+ but now we have about 15

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330 has also gone.

Have any teams east of the Rockies showed up to Cal Games? None have come to the SoCal postseason events... Might need to change that.

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You can make it with fifteen, we usually have less than that, though we have been growing slow and steady these past few years.

I'm always ready:cool:

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we had 4!!!! and it was our first year :ahh:

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I give you props for making semi-finalists. Congrats, seriously.
I wonder how you make divisions of labor on a team like that?

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I think the answer is, "Who's available? XXX needs doing!"

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Sounds like us.:D

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im def not ready....
need sleep now.....

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Two teams to start, and rest to catch up on. Don't mention Kickoff anywhere near me. On the up-side, I don't have too much going on in my life right now besides robotics, so I don't have to worry about that.

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Someone get the feathers... I'll bring the tar :ahh:

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i have no life outside of first!!!!!


it has swallowed me whole!


and i love it!

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Thats right...gotta focus on National Sport Launch and NARAM.

BC

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mmmmm....yeah, sleep still looks good right now...so does passing finals and getting the new Colorado rookie team ready for next year, and mentoring Lego League...so, I'll start counting down after the Colorado Lego League Championship.:]

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I am so ready i have been ready since last season ended Robotics is my life whether during the off season or the build season i am always in the shop building and getting ready. Now only 1 month 21 days 22 hours 45 min 26sec till the kick off

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Not even close to ready...can we delay it till like...January 2010? :p

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I would not be opposed to this.

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.......You do not want to say that around a bunch of robotics nerds! :ahh:


I'm not 100% ready either, but I'm 110% excited for Kick-Off 2009! Our new website's been keeping me busy, the other students have been doing some fundraising. I want to do some more work on the robot cart before Kick-Off, I don't know if that will happen.

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I'll meet you half way, they give us the new controllers and then delay the kickoff until January 2010. Sounds good to me.

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i like the sound of that. im sure our programmers would be even happier. though i do want to know the game.

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am ready!!!!!!!
we can do it

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I am enjoying my free time. I'll be ready the day after Christmas.

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ahh don't even say that this year hasn't gone by yet. one year at a time plz. even though i can't wait lol

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I cant wait, not knowing the game is driving me nuts.

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Don't tell Dave. He'll start giving hints :yikes:

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I think we're about due for some hints right now.....

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That's what I was thinking...

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6 weeks left, tell your freshman to measure this time carefully and at kickoff find out if they think the robot can be built in 6 weeks.

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AHHH!!! More time! Na, we will be ready. :D

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I would love to be ready. We need a rehab program >.<

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If you'll be traveling to NH for kickoff this year, consider attending the workshops on Friday - http://www.usfirst.org/community/fir...nt.aspx?id=840
Click on More Information to get the schedule and general topics.

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I think a better question would be "Who isn't ready for kickoff 2009?"

Cause I think everyone's kinda ready.

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No, really, I'm not. See, the week AFTER kickoff school starts up again and Im totally not ready to think about Virtual Reality :( Though I am taking a course in Labview.

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Can somebody please just find a psychic and tell us what the game is? I'm getting ancy!

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Honestly i was ready by the end of Championships for the new game...

Im ready for Christmas, then second Christmas!!!!

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Can't we get some hints and a time traveling machine?

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Do not say that in front of Dave

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I think I'll be ready once the break kicks in. But in the meantime, I still have to train our rookies to use Autodesk Inventor, that knowledge must be passed on so we can have CAD geniuses to replace me once I graduate! :D

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Too late, Mr Lavery has smelled the blood in the air and will now release another red herring which we will all interpret as Water Game.

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[quote=thefro526;743026]Kickoff? What is this kickoff you speak of? Surely you don't mean that event that happens after we go through numerous off-season events and drive our current bot into the ground. But, in all seriousness I'm always ready for Kickoff. QUOTE]


Numerous off season events?--- check

Drive current Robot into the ground?---check

Ready for Kickoff?---check---ALWAYS :]

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Excited? Yes...

Ready? Nope....

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39 days, 11 hours, 33 minutes, 42 seconds

can't wait
but i hope we get some more money before then. I really don't like the idea of raffling off the contents of our shop just so we can go to competition. Maybe we can sell some freshmen to medical research?

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I'm smelling something for Thanksgiving weekend...and not just the turkey.

I'm expecting a game hint during this weekend. How about you guys?

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I'M DEFINITELY READY FOR THE 2009 KICKOFF!!

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Im ready, i cant wait to see what the GDC has come up with this year. I hope its an adequate challenge for the new hardware.

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Oh yeah im always ready for the kickoff!!!!!!

Ready for the season not even close seeing that its a rookie team and they still have alot to learn about first. but i can't wait til it starts. good luck to all the teams and have a great yr.

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kickoff.... Some of us are still doing all we can to get that much needed $$$

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$$$ what is that? Oh wait, its something that is very elusive and difficult to get. Can't wait for Kickoff!