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151 and 166 had a problem with our Animation team being hidden away in a locked room last year and the year before. Then our Animation mentors left and were replaced, and this year there were students and mentors from robotside coming in all the time. This freaked me out 'cuz of all the pressure to get things done, until I learned that the only reason people hadn't invaded the Animation room last year was because our old mentors wouldn't let them. People do like the animations -- it's cool, even if it's not robotics. And the more exposure kids get to seeing what the weirdos in that side-room are creating, the more likely they are to want to learn 3DS, even if they don't fully switch from robot-work to animation-work.

The other side of things, getting Animation people out with the robot, really depends on the students in the Animation team. This year all but myself were Animation-only people who didn't even show up for Animation that often. I for one would have done more robot-work, but I didn't have the time since I was doing so much of the animating.
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Give me a computer powerful enough, a deadline long enough, and caffeine, and I'll model the Universe.

For me, animating is not a career goal. It's not a hobby, either. It's being awake at 5 am at BAE wondering why my hand is self-intersecting, and who the heck X-ref'ed my screwdriver; that's what it is.