Forum: General Forum
21-12-2016, 23:23
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Views: 7,294
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Forum: General Forum
02-12-2016, 12:12
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,138
Re: [FRC Blog] Judged Awards in 2017
Worried about regionals that are running behind already having late award ceremonies, but overall I think this will be a more positive change.
I am really hoping that they put the awards rules into...
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Forum: General Forum
02-12-2016, 12:02
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Replies: 10
Views: 974
Re: Advice for new Technical Lead
Being a lead can be a stressful position, especially in FRC where we only have 6 weeks to build and sometimes only 6 minutes to make a fix in the middle of a competition. I'll give you some advice...
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Forum: General Forum
02-12-2016, 08:50
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,074
Re: drivers\coach selection
Typically we will make a rules test (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OWBZN5twP6hbv012ST4CenhaG16dswzmW-t6vzo04yc/edit?usp=sharing), and also conduct interviews...
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Forum: General Forum
31-10-2016, 17:03
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Replies: 54
Views: 6,151
Re: What hath we wrought? 2016 Horror Stories
It didn't happen till the off season, but we completely destroyed a ball shifter gear. Other damage includes innumerable broken chains, 3 destroyed intake plates, and a bent frame...
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Forum: General Forum
25-10-2016, 21:05
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Replies: 40
Views: 4,610
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Forum: General Forum
21-10-2016, 13:06
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Replies: 83
Views: 13,226
Re: Best looking robot ever?
Thanks for the mention! :D That was my senior year as a student and my favorite robot. W-Ham-O is still one of our main outreach robots and serving us well!
As far as the best looking ever, watching...
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Forum: General Forum
21-10-2016, 10:26
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Replies: 69
Views: 6,388
Re: [FRC Blog] Stop Build Day Survey Results
The results seem to lean toward keeping a stop build day, but I would be curious to see the results of each survey question. Mind you, many of the questions did seem to be biased towards removing...
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Forum: General Forum
19-10-2016, 12:13
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Replies: 8
Views: 934
Re: Florida FRC Funding
Thank you for this fantastic work in helping make FIRST happen in Florida! This is a huge step. I am excited to see where this goes and would love to help keep the ball rolling!
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Forum: General Forum
07-10-2016, 13:31
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,308
Re: Hurricane Matthew
So far Bacon seems okay, just a lot of us without power. We won't be able to check the build space till tomorrow since there is a curfew till 7am. We will be rolling into roboticon a tad late but we...
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Forum: General Forum
06-10-2016, 13:39
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,308
Re: Hurricane Matthew
Yes! Everyone stay safe! Hope to see everyone doing well at roboticon this weekend, but safety comes first!
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Forum: General Forum
28-09-2016, 13:49
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,599
Re: 2056 Ways to Inspire Conference
I would love to see that how to win 23 regionals in a row presentation, along with the 2056 scouting one. I hope that these are recorded and posted because I know a lot of teams would benefit from...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
07-09-2016, 12:01
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Replies: 98
Views: 10,585
Re: paper: Stop the Stop Build
A fantastic compromise. I am glad to see a take on this from one of the greatest FRC statisticians out there.
I have been very supportive of the retention of bag day for the reasons listed at the...
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Forum: General Forum
25-07-2016, 13:22
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Replies: 54
Views: 9,494
Re: Inspirational teams
Thanks man! That means a lot! Especially coming from someone who has made some pretty awesome programs himself.
As for my inspirations, the big three are usually 254, 2056, and 1114. All three are...
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Forum: General Forum
02-05-2016, 12:16
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Replies: 27
Views: 3,480
Re: Questions about FIRST Future
This is exactly how I have been feeling over the last couple of years. FIRST laid out a nice model for the future in 2011 with the district map, a model that a lot of people got behind. We thought...
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Forum: General Forum
22-04-2016, 20:33
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Replies: 73
Views: 14,193
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Forum: General Forum
21-04-2016, 12:20
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Views: 6,779
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Forum: General Forum
19-04-2016, 14:34
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Replies: 93
Views: 9,032
Re: If YOU were the GDC...
1. Change the 20 second penalty for being in the courtyard to 10 seconds. I think it would lead to a lot more on the fly strategic decision making at the end of the match to see if it was worth it to...
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Forum: Championship Event
04-04-2016, 22:25
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Replies: 172
Views: 25,724
Re: 2016 CMP Grand Shirt Trading Thread
I am very interested in acquiring a 2056 hoodie. I am willing to trade shirts, hoodies, polos, cash, or whatever anyone from 2056 is willing to trade for a hoodie.
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Forum: Chairman's Award
23-03-2016, 20:28
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,941
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Forum: General Forum
13-03-2016, 14:16
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Replies: 5
Views: 798
Re: Ball / Boulder Consistency
We ran into some problems with boulders worn differently than were expected. We had 3 different wear boulders we tested our shooter with, however, none of them were torn. Many of the boulders (at...
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Forum: General Forum
23-02-2016, 11:57
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Replies: 25
Views: 6,308
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Forum: General Forum
22-02-2016, 21:30
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Replies: 32
Views: 6,029
Re: [FRC Blog] Audience Displays and a Favor
Love all of the information FIRST is giving us on matches.
Though I have to point out, how could the regional high score be broken with a high score of 190 in eliminations when two alliances scored...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
19-02-2016, 18:27
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,067
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Forum: Extra Discussion
31-01-2016, 14:19
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Replies: 35
Views: 4,881
Re: pic: Are these legal?
We used orange in 2013 and 2014 but we decided to switch back to red so that we would be compatible with other FRC teams, as the orange ones were too hard to force together with the red ones.
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Hmmm, the Michelangelo method of robot building. Just cut away anything that doesn't look like a robot. - GaryVoshol [more] 
