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Re: Programming goofs!

Just this past weekend at the GVSU Regional, I was programming our autonomous, with each round as a trial. Unfortunately, I had missed the first round of my trial because I was helping another team with their driver station. Everyone told me that it basically didn't move, the arm went up and very slow. What they left out was that it went backwards. So, being the troubleshooter I tend to be, I just upped the speed and duration.

Unfortunately, that sent our robot all the way across the field, giving us a penalty. I don't have any video for you, but if you were there, it stood out quite well... I felt horrible. But, in the end, our auton got us a place on the first seed alliance! Thanks 67 and 2054!