[Squeaky]

This is my first year driving but I have been part of First for 3 years, and I actually was very relaxed when it came down to competition time. I knew that my team and I had built an extraordinary robot and I was just out there showing off what our team had done as a whole. We didn't get much practice driving time before the competition, but our programmers made it as easy as they could with all the switches and buttons they used. (ex. joystick trigger makes the robot go full speed instead of half) I thought the real stress came inbetween finals rounds when you have to replace a chain, a battery, and rebend your arm back into place in 2 minutes because you already used your timeout. I also thought it was pretty stressful when we lost an idler wheel and my mentor yells at me to drive backwards the rest of the match so we don't tear up the carpet and get disabled... I got many complements about that round of driving afterward, but it was tough. My job is easy tho... My teammate / button masher has the tough job. She has to operate our sophisticated arm... She did an excellent job and helped us come out with the W at VCU