[Christopher149]

How far back can I go?


2011:
- scoring in autonomous for the first time in memory
- building a mecanum drive to redeem for 2010's bad one
- becoming alliance captain for first time

2013:
- qualifying for MSC for first time

2014:
- building a robot that did almost everything (except goalie pole) and did it pretty well
- first time feeling like a legitimate alliance captain (2011 didn't feel quite real) and #1 seed at that
- qualifying (on merit, not waitlist) for CMP for first time
- needing to use our crate for first time since 2009
- winning our first (and second) award for first time in 10 years
- getting CheesyVision installed at CMP
- finally having something a team requested over PA (at CMP, heatgun [beaten by someone else], white bumper paint to 3847 Spectrum)
- seeing the awe of the faces of our team at CMP upon seeing the size of it
- not getting ill at CMP (except for cough and runny nose after getting home)
- starting work on a "book of knowledge" so that there is a permanent record of past successes and failures, and not just me telling the students about them
- trying (though not succeeding) at a 2-ball auto
- finally having an event three hours away. Victoriously close to home! And I'm not joking.

somewhere in the past:
- becoming less adversarial and more congenial with our sister team, 2586 CopperBots, up in Calumet