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Re: Rituals during build season
Not sure if it counts but the annual BOB rag making in the metal shop when we find ourselves at the end of build season or in competition season.
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Re: Rituals during build season
Our ritual is late nights and lots of pizza
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Re: Rituals during build season
When we finish our robot we put a fortune on it form a fortune cookie
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Re: Rituals during build season
Our build sessions are always full of Vitamin Water and MGMT/Vampire Weekend
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Re: Rituals during build season
country music is a staple of my team, 2783... mainly because a lot of us are from the city and robotics a chance to listen to it without looking like hillbillies. I personally am more of a rocker but it makes the team happy... It's a Louisville/ KY thing.

not anything else since the team has had some major changes this year...
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Re: Rituals during build season
The first saturday of build is wing day, we get wings for lunch. Usually paid for by one of our kids that graduated but still comes back.

Best day ever.

And we noticed a trend in our robots:
Theres always some sort of teeth/tooth design on the robot somewhere (as in decoration) and its never planned.
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Re: Rituals during build season
We have dance-offs. It happens whenever we get stuck. Helps us get creative again. This year's freshmen have yet to experience this.
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Re: Rituals during build season
We remind ourselves that the robot doesn't have to work well it just has to look good

and lots of Monty Python/ need more cowbell jokes on the last few days of build time
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A few of us have mcdonalds breakfast every time we have a weekend meeting. The goodness is mostly in the tradition, that and the layers of butter
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Re: Rituals during build season
We start robotics every day at 3:34 (Our team number). That gives us 30 min between school and robotics to "blow off our adolescent steam." =P
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Re: Rituals during build season
We have team social night during build season, we work from Mon - Sat but then on Fridays we do LAN parties (i.e. Halo, starcraft, etc.), board games, laser tag, ice skating, etc. to bond and hang out as a team.
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We have team social night during build season, we work from Mon - Sat but then on Fridays we do LAN parties (i.e. Halo, starcraft, etc.), board games, laser tag, ice skating, etc. to bond and hang out as a team.
We usually do the same thing!!! We have HUGE LAN's at my house (10+ TV's, 360, all networked, and on live..) Its awesome! Plus we Laser Tag a lot now too. Our teams will have to have a competition in St. Louis!
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Our build sessions are always full of Vitamin Water and MGMT/Vampire Weekend
just stop,no one listens to vampire weekend
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