Forum: Off-Season Events
18-07-2013, 15:55
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,790
Re: IRI IRC
I have always been of mind that it would be cool to have a #chiefdelphi IRC chat... If that was an idea people would be interested in, it would ideally have a ChanServ and active ops, but I think it...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
30-05-2013, 22:34
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,550
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Forum: General Forum
30-04-2013, 12:38
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Replies: 24
Views: 5,093
Re: A Message from Bob Tuttle
At least 10 matches? That sounds amazing, but I am interested in how they will accomplish this. Looking forward to the solution.
EDIT: Corrected my dumb math mistake to prevent confusion for...
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Forum: Championship Event
29-04-2013, 23:50
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Replies: 0
Views: 507
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Forum: Championship Event
29-04-2013, 23:35
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Replies: 113
Views: 24,435
Re: Einstein 2013
I would say not. Yes they made a mistake. Yes it was bad. However, remember that volunteers are humans too. I was working Einstein and worked with the person who made the mistake. The guilt they...
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Forum: General Forum
29-04-2013, 13:18
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Replies: 308
Views: 52,891
Re: 2013 Lessons Learned: The Negative
To clarify, they did have the nets and the same 1/3 fields.
I was referring to the frisbees that flew OVER the netting, sorry for that misunderstanding.
Did the goals at FiM have the full chain...
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Forum: General Forum
29-04-2013, 12:57
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Replies: 308
Views: 52,891
Re: 2013 Lessons Learned: The Negative
How about this: Instead of inviting teams that may end up discouraged from poor performance against extremely competitive teams, instead have less teams total and use some of the extra funds...
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Forum: General Forum
29-04-2013, 12:41
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Replies: 308
Views: 52,891
Re: 2013 Lessons Learned: The Negative
Something that I do not think has been mentioned is the practice fields at regionals.
I loved the full practice field at Worlds. When my team played at our regional competition, I was...
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Forum: Championship Event
28-04-2013, 01:43
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,649
Re: FIRST Finale Feedback Thread
I noticed that outside the planetarium there was a lot of outdoor stuff set up and some FIRST logos... I'm not sure if this was an unrelated event, but I suspect that a major part of the event that...
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Forum: College & University Education
26-04-2013, 01:46
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Replies: 42
Views: 4,674
Re: FIRST Seniors' Colleges
Heey UIUC! A lot of Midwest Regional seniors going to UIUC Engineering, myself and 2 other team members.
I'll be at University of Illinois for Computer Engineering.
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Forum: Championship Event
22-04-2013, 00:19
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Replies: 3
Views: 835
Buttons?
This will be my FIRST Championship and the sheer amount of buttons is going to be hard to wrap my head around. At my regional, I would normally collect all of the buttons. World however, will be a...
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Forum: Career
14-04-2013, 17:24
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Replies: 45
Views: 12,295
Re: SpaceX Internship Opportunity
I've been spending the day on mine as well! I'm still going to try getting it in for tomorrow though. It pays to be early! I'm just worried about my video editing skills factoring into showing my...
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Forum: Career
14-04-2013, 16:33
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Replies: 45
Views: 12,295
Re: SpaceX Internship Opportunity
The deadline has been extended to May 6th (http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/blog/spacex-internships)
In case anyone wanted to do it but didn't have enough time to apply.
Good Luck...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
13-04-2013, 18:30
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Replies: 2
Views: 973
Re: pic: Robophins 4302 - 2013 Robot
Thanks! I look forward to it too! This is my last year, but hopefully the younger students can keep the team growing strong (and survive the mass exodus of the seniors -- the majority of the team).
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Forum: Extra Discussion
12-04-2013, 11:41
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Replies: 2
Views: 973
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Forum: General Forum
02-04-2013, 21:05
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Replies: 49
Views: 5,258
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Forum: General Forum
02-04-2013, 20:03
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Replies: 1
Views: 578
Re: Illinois Robotics Organization - FB Contest
Voted! Good Luck! Hoping to join IRO next year (will be matriculating to UIUC Engineering). I might stop by at Midwest in the pit and chat with you guys about what IRO is like. See you Thursday!
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Forum: General Forum
02-04-2013, 20:00
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,652
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Forum: General Forum
02-04-2013, 14:26
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Replies: 49
Views: 5,258
Re: Will The GDC Change Climb Points?!?
There was a thread discussing this a couple of weeks ago, and the main issue with doing this is that all the design decisions of every team, regardless of whether they have a climber or not, were...
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Forum: General Forum
02-04-2013, 14:04
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Replies: 35
Views: 3,044
Re: Favorite Work Song?
It really is impossible to pick a single song, and for me even a list...
I can't even compile a list because I am too worried about missing out on some stuff.
However, a site I have discovered...
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Forum: General Forum
01-04-2013, 21:45
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Replies: 184
Views: 41,762
Re: High Score
Just wanted to highlight this as extremely good strategy. I know people are in another thread discussing who will be on einstein and I think is a good example of Einstein level strategy (FCS +...
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Forum: Championship Event
01-04-2013, 21:40
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,702
Re: Volunteers going to Champs
Excellent. That sounds perfect. Not only will I get the satisfaction and experience of volunteering, but I'll also be in for an amazing spectacle AND have time to tour the pits! Thanks for the...
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Forum: Championship Event
31-03-2013, 13:39
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,702
Re: Volunteers going to Champs
This is my first championship event. I signed up to be a volunteer for Friday and Saturday (trying to mitigate days lost at school and not imposing on the people I will be staying with in St....
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Forum: Championship Event
26-03-2013, 19:14
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Replies: 76
Views: 16,557
Re: RoboProm 2013
How is the volume at the event? Will it be the kind of event where the music is too loud and all you can do is dance? Not that I have an issue with loud music... its just that I am going to...
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Forum: General Forum
23-03-2013, 23:58
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,406
Re: Show Bot
Changeable color LED strips. LEDs make everything cooler.
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