Forum: College & University Education
09-10-2016, 22:51
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Views: 305
Saint Paul College GoFIRST Alumni Club
I have a feeling that FIRST Alumnis on my campus are much more likely to be reading Chief Delphi than paying attention to Student Life Office emails, so good news everyone! GoFIRST Saint Paul College...
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Forum: College & University Education
03-09-2016, 12:37
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Replies: 3
Views: 341
Starting a GoFIRST at my Community College
At the University of Minnesota, there is a FIRST Alumni club called GoFIRST, and at my college, Saint Paul College, I am starting an Alumni club just like them. Because of the size of my college, I...
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Forum: Championship Event
26-04-2016, 22:32
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,946
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Forum: Championship Event
24-04-2016, 19:28
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,583
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Forum: Championship Event
24-04-2016, 15:24
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Replies: 56
Views: 9,955
Severe Weather in St. Louis
There is a possibility of severe weather and tornadoes in St. Louis during championships. It would probably be a good idea to develop and go over your severe weather plans with your...
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Forum: General Forum
23-04-2016, 00:03
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Replies: 73
Views: 14,188
Re: 2016 Carver Subdivision
It will be the FireBears team 2846's first champs! We'll have fun playing with you all.
Also, I made a quick Anki deck of the robots from the photos on Blue Alliance if you wish to use it...
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Forum: Championship Event
10-04-2016, 00:09
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Replies: 35
Views: 5,570
Re: Tips for first time at champs?
Also, our team has a diabetic, two people with celiac, and one person who is allergic to tomatoes, meaning that concessions are potentially dangerous for them. At the regionals, we could simply...
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Forum: Championship Event
10-04-2016, 00:05
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Replies: 35
Views: 5,570
Re: Tips for first time at champs?
Yo, FireBears got wildcarded at 10K! Scouting worked! I ran the twitter account! Dean Kamen signed our flag again! We also won team spirit and safety, ie, the two awards that make alumni think we're...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
04-03-2016, 17:48
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,990
Hardcore Auto Warning
Noticing that at Lake Superior that some autonomouses hit the wall so hard that it knocks the drivers station off the table. There was a round where it happened to us and it cost us about 20 seconds...
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Forum: Scouting
04-03-2016, 14:09
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,167
Multi-team scouting coalition for regionals?
What I've noticed is that a lot of teams including my own team have had difficulties with getting together a scouting team, and even when they do get together a scouting team, a scouting team is very...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
03-03-2016, 21:39
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Replies: 0
Views: 804
Defense Names Anki Deck
I made a simple Anki deck of the defenses for my team since it's impossible to talk strategy without memorizing it. Have fun!
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Forum: Scouting
03-03-2016, 13:13
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,019
Pit scouting metrics?
What questions are you asking for pit scouting? I feel like I'm missing something, but I think the only things to really track are drive train, wheel diameter, can it go through each defense, can it...
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Forum: Scouting
03-03-2016, 13:09
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,206
I think I had a post about this last year,...
I think I had a post about this last year, qualitative scouting can be good if it's detailed, and if scouters can properly recognize their own biases. If it's not detailed, like our team's...
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Forum: Team Organization
08-01-2016, 20:59
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Replies: 2
Views: 595
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Forum: Off-Season Events
14-11-2015, 18:01
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,027
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Forum: IT / Communications
12-11-2015, 19:22
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Replies: 1
Views: 639
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Forum: IT / Communications
12-11-2015, 19:13
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Replies: 1
Views: 639
Starting a Tsu group for FIRST Robotics Discussion
Not sure how many of you are on Tsu, being that there isn't a FIRST robotics group, I'd say not many people. It's the Facebook competitor that was in the news for being blocked from facebook. Anyways...
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Forum: Team Organization
15-09-2015, 00:02
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,839
Preventing freshman flight?
How do you guys prevent freshman from quitting right at the beginning of build season when meeting frequency increases, and how do you continue to benefit members who cannot meet every day of build...
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Forum: Scouting
06-07-2015, 07:18
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,602
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Forum: Regional Competitions
01-03-2015, 17:12
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Replies: 50
Views: 8,756
Re: Double Decker in Duluth
We were in the third place alliance at Northern Lights :D It was so much fun, thanks guys for the great time! (Our robot 2846 was the one that grabbed and stacked 2 totes horizontally.)
We noticed a...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
09-02-2015, 12:01
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,875
2846 - Recycle Rush
https://36.media.tumblr.com/09d4cb211b1e3c09799178c31f8bb5a4/tumblr_njikl1dHp01s2am1so1_540.jpg
https://www.facebook.com/events/749711118438748/
Our robotics team is going to be hosting an open...
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Forum: Team Organization
02-02-2015, 00:40
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Replies: 19
Views: 4,089
Re: PR Question
http://i58.tinypic.com/mm68wg.jpg
This is what our pit looked like up in Duluth. It's a pretty average pit. We had shelves with our display out front, generally you want enough workspace for your...
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Forum: Videography and Photography
02-02-2015, 00:33
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,237
Re: Captioning YouTube Videos
So we've noticed that not a ton of teams subtitle their videos, and FIRST doesn't even subtitle their things, so we're going to change that.
FireBears Subtitling Initiative...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
13-01-2015, 22:14
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Replies: 1
Views: 537
Selling Things to People in the Twin Cities Area
http://www.firebears.org/?p=821
Yo, because the FireBears are really running out of space in our closet, and since we don't have a build space, we are selling things, including old game pieces to...
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Forum: Scouting
04-01-2015, 23:51
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,671
Re: 2015 - A New Kind of Scouting?
There are basically three defensive strategies you can have in this game. Blocking noodles thrown by the human player, Delivering noodles thrown by the human player to the landfill or the recycling...
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