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Re: 101 Things I Wish I'd Known Before My First FIRST Tournament
39- Keep your pit ORGANIZED. It is MUCH easier to get repairs done on a tight schedule if you dont have to spend ten minutes looking for a tool.
40- Make sure everyone knows about the robot. Being able to have any team member speak eloquently to the judges is a huge plus!
41- Do not get more complicated than is nessecary. "Keep it simple, Keep it safe."
42- If something goes wrong with your robot, dont stress out too much. There will ALWAYS be someone willing to help, and someone with a worse issue.
43- Check all systems before every match. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE TIGHT CONNECTIONS AND THE SERIAL CABLES ARE FULLY SCREWED IN.
44- Most problems are electrical or in the program. If something goes wrong, check these first.
45- Buy non-standard joysticks, the ones in the KoP suck.
46- Eat. Take lunch breaks, and one or two other ones. Otherwise the stress will kill you.
oh, and last but not least....
47- Sleep before the competition, because for three days you wont get much if any.
I just got back from my first FIRST regional, and this woulda been useful!
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