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Unread 16-04-2008, 08:41
Betty_Krocker Betty_Krocker is offline
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Re: Most Unfortunate Incidents

Lets see...

Well for starters, last year being our rookie year we placed 5th in the VCU regional. I honestly think that this was bad for us. I know at least for myself that I and most of the returning members had unrealistic ideas about how well we were going to do this year, being very bummed when we dint even make it in the top 30.

And this year, we had a flawed idea from the start. Some I and a few other member spearheaded a tosser design, which was ultimately shot down due to the fact that it would cause the ball to be thrown out of the arena or hit other bots, damaging them, etc. Instead we settled for a design that wasn't even built, so the idea the team voted on was never put into practice. Any one who saw us could see that we had very large wide arms, to be used for catching the ball, not driving around the track. Well since we did have to drive (important people on the team *cough* *mentors and such* thought we would be able to sit and wait for the ball) it made it very tough on me as a driver to navigate the track. Eventually be tied our arms down and I had more to work with, making the team mad in the process. Over all we had problems from the start.
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