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Sorry guys I didn't update. I was sooo busy today doing scouting. I saw the 122 KeneticKrawler in operation and meet Dave today. Also around 2pm the annoucer came on to say "The person with the grey Segway please remove it from the pit unload station, it will be towed." Yes Dean was there, and Woodie, but it was sooooo under the raidar. No annoucement. No Segway. I had to look up and see a guy with denim on with puffy black hair to find out he was there. Dean looked a little sad/mad today, don't know why. He was also checking his mail on his phone a lot, problably some things from DEKA comming through. Woodie was there and 384 brutaly attacked his shirt with around 10 signatures with '384' on it.
Now to what you all have been waiting for: THE ANNOUCEMENTS!!
-Bins were breaking, but not as much as throught would.
-Autonomous is a big pain. Lots of times people forget to turn it on, on their controller. MAKE SURE YOU DO THAT!
-10 seconds is fine enough for you to stack your boxes with the other team and get back.
-TANK TREADS ARE PRACTICALY USELESS. From what I've seen they slipp a lot.
-Many bots have the problem with going up the ramp at the wrong angle, and getting stuck. Make sure you guys are flexable on this.
-Many teams didn't do auton.
-Only 5-6 teams did an auton program that nocked down the wall of bins.
-King of the Hill wins it.
-Although I will see what happens durring the qualification rounds, stacking never happened today. NEVER.
-Many teams had their stack sensors off by a long shot. They over shot and ran over the field and got stuck.
-MANY TIP OVERS! If your bot is over 3' tall, make sure your weight is under your mid line! Robodogs got knocked over durring every practace.
-Line tracking is SLOW, but is good if you are like 343 and have huge sails.
-The field takes no time to re-set. The robots are barely off before it's done.
-Limbs were flying everywhere! A light cover was smashed, lexan flew off, and an arm came off.
-Robots that were off durring auton went up field barriors and got stuck. BE CAREFUL!
-There is a new LIVE scoring system being used! Using PDAs, the score is updated constantly on the screen a lá ESPN style in the upper left corner. It shows the score, if players are on their pads, and displays what regional you are watching.
-There are gates to enter the pits where a person is standing to make sure people are wearing safty glasses.
-THIS GAME IS EXTREMLY EXCITING! Compared to last year where I was litteraly sleeping through the practaces, this year is amazing.
As for my favorite bot? Well, I'm not saying yet. But it does knock over all the bins on the wall at once. That's just a hint.
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