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Re: 5 points I make..(and a little excess)
Posted by Jerry Eckert, Engineer on team #140 from Tyngsboro, MA High School and New England Prototype/Brooks Automation.
Posted on 3/30/99 7:02 PM MST
In Reply to: Re: 5 points I make..(and a little excess) posted by Jeff Bazydlo on 3/30/99 6:51 PM MST:
: I think what Colleen was trying to say was that a robot breaking down before
: a match is in the competition... What I think is that building a robot
: to overcome a task, what is the task? The task is besides the floppies and
: puck, it is competing against 1 or 2 other teams, being able to take your
: licks and still run, compete, and come out on top. If your robot can not
: take a lick or two or something breaks well it is fate trying to say 'not
: this year' really...
: I am not trying to make people angry, but we have had our problems in years
: past and maybe that is why we try every year to protect from everything
: that could possibly happen, but you can't! Luck eventually pulls the plug
: sort of speak on your hopes and dreams. That is the competition in the real
: es
Keep in mind that a big part of FIRST, especially once the competition
gets to the elimination rounds, is to put on a good show for the audience.
In most cases a 2-on-1 isn't much of a show...
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