"Quotes" that were said during build season

[EricH]

"Team XXXX happily accepts!"

L.A. selections, numerous times. Much better than "graciously accepts".

[Bmcdonnell]

In Mecanum Drive, the wheels fight each other... kind of like having a humidifier and a dehumidifier in the same room.

[davidthefat]

Originally Posted by EricH

"Team XXXX happily accepts!"

L.A. selections, numerous times. Much better than "graciously accepts".

Has any team ever rejected in the history of FRC?

[Frenchie461]

Well, It's definitely ghetto rigged now. What could go wrong.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by davidthefat

Has any team ever rejected in the history of FRC?

Yep, there've been quite a few declines. As a matter of fact, a smart #1 seed can break up lower-ranked potential powerhouse alliances by getting them to decline. There've also been conflicting commitments causing declines, as well as wanting to form your own alliance.

[demosthenes2k8]

Originally Posted by Karibou

Man, I'm jealous. I was going to do Sumo Bots, but when it got changed to a trial event, our coach told us to drop it and concentrate on the other building events who ended up winning?

Well...Merrimack got first, second, AND third for Sumo Bots, and first and second overall. But it was an epic event! It helps that five of the six of us do FIRST, and used FIRST experience and mentors to help. (As well as know which motors would be the best for our needs.)

[The Zevling]

Originally Posted by davidthefat

Has any team ever rejected in the history of FRC?

Actually, teams in the top 8 decline all the time. Every once in a while there'll be a team that gets rejected down the line, until they reach the teams that have to accept to be on an alliance. Those usually accept, unless their robot isn't working.

[216Robochick288]

As our wonderful team traveled from Michigan to Waterloo, Canada, we were unsure what we would face. Well we found a few differences...

Mentor driving- "Guys! What does a flashing green arrow mean?!?!?"
Student complaining while wearing shorts- "Dear Canada, Why do you insist upon being so cold? Michigan was at 50 degrees [F] before we left! With love, the States."

"I'm in a car that's not my own, with kids that aren't my own, in a country that's not my own... In the middle of a blizzard.... What am I doing?" - Mentor driving

A game of I-spy gone wrong
"I spy something.... Red!"
"Its the Canadian flag..."
"YEAH! I spy something.... Red!"
"Its the leaf!"
"Yeah! I spy...."
-grumbling, not looking up- "Its the leaf!"
"Wow! Youre good at this!"

[9 hours straight in a car will do this to you]


-On the way over the border, we were playing bomberman on our DS's-
"Do you think the guards will mind us talking about blowing stuff up...? because we are in the middle of a game..."


-at the mid competition party-
"...and to think, all of these Canadians are now my friends because of a game of ninja!"

Me, Right after the end of the awards - "So we are coming back next year, right Mr. Hepfer?"

"I wanna grow up to be a Canadian. Canadians are amazing. Forget engineering!"

[Bethie42]

A member of our drive team, talking about trying to get onto the field during semi-finals [our driver is about 5'2 and tiny, and the mascots were apparently pressed pretty close]

'I'm trying to get onto the field, and there's a dancing skunk in the way! I understand they're enthused, but really?'

Me and our programming mentor, in disbelief that our hacked-out autonomous code was working reliably, high-fived each other at about ten-minute intervals most of Friday:
'High five! And again! And once more!'

Telling a rookie team about how strong Fischer-Price motors are compared to Denso window motors: 'We put a Fischer-Price motor on our elevator, and we promptly broke a belt! Which maybe speaks more of the strength of our belts than it does about the motor...'

[LonelyBot2345]

My team had a little accident with our battery and it started to leak..(No harm done)

Driver securing the battery: OMG someone spilled juice on the robot ughh...

Mentor: Juice what are you talking about...

Driver wipes some off and shows mentor and rubs glove against wall and fingers are exposed for like 2 mins we found it funny then panicked

[Karibou]

Originally Posted by davidthefat

Has any team ever rejected in the history of FRC?

There was a team at the West MI district (I believe that it was 2153, but I don't know for sure) that was pulled into the top 8 (from the top teams continually picking from each other). When it was their turn to pick, their representative politely informed the crowd that they would be withdrawing from the competition
because they had to make the long drive back up to the UP. Their student left the field to a tremendous round of applause.

[theprgramerdude]

Did we just build the kit of parts chassis in one day?

Yeah.

Why didn't we do this earlier? (said sometime during week 3-4)

[Tommy F.]

This happened once when I was asked to drill something.

"You did that wrong."
Me: "Oh. Where's Ctrl+Z?"

That's what happens when you let a programmer do something mechanical.

[548swimmer]

Electrical: I need some dikes!
Me: I have a pair in my back pocket.
Electrical: *reaches in pocket*
Mentor: Why are your hands in his pants?
Me: I have dikes in my pants and he's getting them out...

[Zuelu562]

Me: "If FIRST is life, then why isn't it called 42nd?" Referring to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Many groans. Many MANY groans.