I would like the thank all you guys for your compliments.
I'm the driver for team 1657, HaMosad, Mevoot - Eron.
yesterdays loss was really disappointing. we had a winning robot not less capable then MisCar's but we still lost. our great team managed to fix all the mechanical problems prior to the finals, but still we lost.
as a driver, i fell that i pretty much did the same as in other matches that we were more lucky in. and maybe that's it...luck. although i think that we can say that "luck" is also about a combination of alliance members and strategy. but then again, i was focused only in my robot for these short 2 and a half minutes so i cant really say what's the cause...
but still, seeing your own creation works is amazing. we built our robot completly by ourselvs. the only help we got what so ever was Yona, a Lumenis worker that dropped by every now and then and gave some advices about electronics. the entire thinking fabrication process was done by the amazing skills of my fellow team members, working days without any sleep (my rercord was 16 hours
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For me, a thing that was really upsetting was also the fact that we didn't got the "Good sportsmanship award" (or some other award that focuses on off the field behaviour...sorry, too many award names for me to remember
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our team arrived in 6:30 am to volunteer and help constructing the competition's arena. we built every tetra, loaded each robot crate, vacuumed the carpets and lined the Plexiglas boards. our team brought hundreds of pounds of equipment. from a vacuum cleaner to an air compressor, a disk saw and a grinding wheel. other teams were more then welcomed to use our equipment. there were entire teams that wouldn't had the ability to make their robots functional to the match without us and our equipment! also, prior to the competition, we built the entire arm-tip to one of the teams that wouldn't make it in time!.
I'm not saying we did all that and expected some kind of reward. heck, i wasn't even aware of that kind of award until the moment that Blair (the amazing MC) announced it, and all of my team-members eyes gleamed, coz we knew we deserve it. but nonetheless, we were the ones to stay and clean the arena well after everybody else left.
But as being this involved in the making of the event and not just participating in it, i had to pleasure of meeting and making friends with some great staff people and volunteers from First. people like Adam, Michell, Shy-El and Blair (again..the amazing MC) and many more. i wasn't just concerned about my teams performance, but i can say i was concerned about the entire event's success. now i can wear my First's "CREW" t-shirt with pride!
too bad it's my one and only First competition. being 18 i gotta join the army next year.
anyway, i would like to wish MisCar and Steampunk all the luck they need.
and i wish they would represent my country well. im here crossing my fingers for you. i know they are some good guys and they are gonna have fun in Atlanta. and also, thanks for saving me the long flight
