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Re: My Pre-Kickoff 3 cents - 2007 version

Oh man..
Gotta drink for that kind of words...


(4 minutes later)
Me and my programmer have just had a fine shot of Sprite...
=]

Anyhow, i think that there are somethings that i can add to that, and i think that everyone who enters this thread should think of what he can add to what's already been said...

a) Remember, you are still a school student. And school grades and family ARE prior to FRC, anywhere and anytime (well, maybe except the final week of build season, and even then it depands on the case).

b) The main goal of you and your team is to create a robot. Do not invest the first 3 weeks in making an awesome animation and only then start building your robot.

c) We are robotbuilders, not some kind of politicians. Therefore when u are haveing a meeting on how your robot should work, or any other issue, be patient, and let other people talk. Dont disturb them by interrupting, think of how would you feel if u were interrupted.

d) Mentors aren't supposed to TELL you how your robot should look like, The ones deciding that kind of things are students, the Mentor is there to tell you when you are getting unrealistic and to do the durty job. Trust me, they enkoy it. (At least i do).

e) If at any point, you are not enjoing what you do on FIRST, you are doing something wrong. The people which are in FRC are enjoing every single second of their lives starting Kick Off and ending National Event. Event stuff like seeing your robot screw up an autonomy cause another team rammed u during it, you should be happy. IT means that your bot was good anough for them to think he's dangerousm and launching their autnomous at you.

f) Use Chief Delphi as much as you can, many great ideas will be posted here, and also good codes or other stuff that WILL help you.

g) Make friends, not enemies. It is very easy to be angry at someone when he did something you dont like, but FIRST poeple are supposed to forgive and give a second and third cahnce. Everyone makes mistakes, YES, even you.(and even Dean, though i have no proof =])

h) If you are building a robot and no one at your School\Area epart from the team and their frinds\family knows about it, you have missed a BIG point of FIRST. Show off, you robot is amazing, and people in your town and school will love to see it in action, and you will love seeing their reactions to your robot.

i) The greatest thing to ever experience in an FRC season, is seeing that bunch of metal and sensors u spent 6 weeks on work in the end. You will never forget that first autonomous to which the crows was claping and not beliving u just did it.

j) Students dont have experience in building robots. You might think that u know nothing about robotics now, and maybe you really dont. But after 4 days in FIRST you will know just enough to build a good robot. Imagine what you will know after 6 weeks of beeing in =]


That's it for us, hope you guys cn add more and more advices here =]
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