Forum: General Forum
03-05-2013, 16:09
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Replies: 62
Views: 6,843
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Forum: General Forum
30-04-2013, 21:14
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Replies: 37
Views: 7,802
Re: Teams breaking the game
In my nine years of youth robotics I've never seen a robot break a game like 2W did Gateway. I know most of you are FIRSTies and don't pay much attention to VRC, but go watch that video that Jason...
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Forum: Rumor Mill
28-04-2013, 00:38
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Replies: 44
Views: 22,856
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Forum: VEX
08-06-2012, 16:19
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,401
Re: VEX in the Southeast
You can also find events on this handy map. (http://www.robotevents.com/map) There aren't many displayed yet, but it will really fill up in September and October.
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Forum: Robotics Education and Curriculum
18-11-2011, 14:44
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Replies: 14
Views: 5,000
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Forum: General Forum
11-09-2011, 21:27
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Replies: 24
Views: 7,386
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Forum: General Forum
09-09-2011, 21:02
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Replies: 19
Views: 8,137
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Forum: General Forum
21-07-2011, 16:21
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Replies: 9
Views: 13,587
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Forum: General Forum
30-05-2011, 19:26
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Replies: 67
Views: 11,502
Re: Why Losers Lose?
I've heard this dozens of times over the last seven years -- there simply isn't enough STEM stuff to be done on a single robot to engage 20-30 students or more, so teams have to come up with non-STEM...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
17-05-2011, 11:45
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Replies: 38
Views: 7,480
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Forum: FIRST Tech Challenge
05-05-2011, 21:37
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,358
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Forum: General Forum
02-05-2011, 22:32
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Replies: 107
Views: 23,958
Re: 2011 Lesson Learned: The Negative
I don't believe I have ever tried to sit in the stands at an FRC event when I haven't had some parent or kid tell me I had to move -- stretching back to the 2005 Portland tournament when I nearly got...
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Forum: VEX
02-05-2011, 22:19
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,040
Re: Definition of the word Vex
In 2005 there was a very limited pilot program using VEX components playing a small version of the 2004 FRC game.
In 2006 there were a few teams playing "Half-Pipe Hustle" as FIRST VEX Challenge...
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Forum: General Forum
02-05-2011, 19:11
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Replies: 108
Views: 18,600
Re: Losing on Purpose to Gain Advantage
We had this discussion with our teams and the conclusion was that if I ever had proof that one of our teams threw a qualifying match, either they could quit or I would.
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Forum: General Forum
02-05-2011, 18:54
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Replies: 108
Views: 18,600
Re: Losing on Purpose to Gain Advantage
You've created a straw-man argument based on assuming an unlikely edge case, and then used that to scold quite a number of intelligent, thoughtful contributors. Since the OP did not include the...
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Forum: General Forum
01-05-2011, 12:57
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Replies: 108
Views: 18,600
Re: Losing on Purpose to Gain Advantage
You can either choose to do the right thing or the wrong thing, and it's pretty clear that "anything you can get away with is OK" is the wrong thing.
How would you feel if YOUR alliance partner was...
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Forum: Championship Event
29-04-2011, 18:43
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Replies: 176
Views: 47,585
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Forum: FIRST Tech Challenge
28-04-2011, 19:23
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,082
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Forum: General Forum
21-04-2011, 14:26
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Replies: 99
Views: 25,727
Re: Robotics Merit Badge
The BSA has a new promotional video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KsH8HW37V8) up on YouTube for this merit badge.
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Forum: Championship Event
12-04-2011, 22:16
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Replies: 201
Views: 38,516
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Forum: Championship Event
07-04-2011, 17:07
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Replies: 201
Views: 38,516
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Forum: General Forum
06-04-2011, 12:39
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Replies: 22
Views: 6,786
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Forum: FIRST Tech Challenge
06-04-2011, 01:23
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,870
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Forum: General Forum
25-03-2011, 13:09
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Replies: 257
Views: 62,224
Re: Another Culture Change
We have 2-1/2 mentors running an 8-team, 50-student VRC program. I only wish that I actually had time to build some robots. I spend my mentoring life dealing with parts acquisition and storage,...
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Forum: General Forum
21-03-2011, 20:56
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Replies: 257
Views: 62,224
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"If you can't hurdle, you can't win."
"Remember to practice your obnoxious amateurism."
. - dlavery [more] 
