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Re: Goals for 2012
Ok, I will post a small list - though it probably could be much larger:
#1 - Have as many people that start the build season finish the build season. #2 - Eat less pizza. #3 - Eat less subway. #4 - Sleep more (har har har) #4.5 - Build a practice robot AND a competition robot #4.6 - Have the students do more this year and the mentors do less #5 - Win the Bayou Regional again And/Or win the Chairman's Award #5.1 - Be a successful Drive Coach. #6 - Raise the rest of the funds to attend the Lonestar and Championship #7 - Go to the top of the Arch in St. Louis #8 - Go back to The City Museum in St. Louis #9 - Make it to one of the top eight alliances in St. Louis #10 - Win Einstein Ok - so I thought big. Sometimes my eyes are too big for my stomach :-) -Daniel |
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Why is this important? Making this statement actually changes some of our decision making throughout the season. It drives us to never stop improving because we are not rated on our top goal until the end of the season. Also, gameplay always changes a bit over the competition season. When discussing strategies the question we try to answer is how will this game play on Einstein? It also affects robot design in that reliability becomes even more important when trying to play up 12-15 matches in one day. There are also small things like an argument had between 2 mentors about putting the compressor on the robot where one states, "When we are on Einstein, put the robot on the field and then have to wait for a Dean speech we are going to want the compressor on the robot". All of these seemingly small things add up to preparing us for the Championship. So what's my point here? Don't be afraid to dream big and therefore plan big. I am always amazed at what my team is capable of and don't think anyone should discount their team's abilities to achieve big goals. What happens if you don't achieve your goal? Not much, it’s just a robot competition. However, it does allow you to evaluate why you missed it and change what you do the next season. "Never expect it, always prepare for it". -Eric |
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These are the goals we had way back in aim high
1. Build a robot. 2. Don’t let it get destroyed. 3. Get picked by one of the top eight teams. |
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Keep the design simple, build it tough, and drive it like you stole it. And BE one of the top eight teams.
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Here is one for you: go a season without waiting an hour on the field for first to figure out why things arent working
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@FIRSTtm134 I will agree with you there because that happened a few times at the LA regional.
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We have been very successful at Championship. We have also not won a regional since 2006. Except for qualifying by winning the championship the previous year we have been to the championship via the waitlist sign up every year since '06. If you haven't qualified for Championship, why haven't you just signed up? When evaluating strategies which affect design decisions at the beginning of the season, I can't think of any season which planning for a championship strategy would cause you to build the wrong robot. It usually makes sense to develop new strategies for regional play, but if you designed your robot to play a championship strategy, it will likely have the capabilities you need to contribute to your regional. Also, don't forget that the last overall pick a division has a good chance of winning a division. If you don't think you can be a top 8 team, strategize to be a great 2nd pick in a division. It could reduce the requirements for your robot while still satisfy a goal of "win championship" -Eric |
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1. Build on 20 years of hard work.
2. Inspire a new generation so they come back another year. 3. Repeat. |
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1.Enjoy an inspiring and motivational journey towards an inspiring and motivational destination.
2. Prepare to be awed by the stories, impressions, work ethics, struggles, and commitment of the teams and their members. 3. Strive to listen carefully. Here's to a terrific 2012 season, Jane Edit: Right after I made this post, I checked Facebook and read an article that Andy Baker had posted a link to. Here is the article. Moments like this make the journey so worthwhile and the path, beautiful. AndyMark, Inc., the TechnoKats, and the Kokomo community must be so very proud of Glenda. ![]() Last edited by JaneYoung : 27-12-2011 at 10:48. Reason: Andy's article |
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Ed's is my favorite so far!
1. Continue to inspire and engage a new generation of firsters. We have a large amount of seniors and new students. The passing of the torch is important this year for our future growth as a team and for the growth of these new students as well. 2. Have the "Ahaha" moment before our first regional. I will explain what I mean by this. We have the past few years redesigned our robot or enhanced a certain feature based off more competitive designs after our first regional. While this constant improvement is part of the design process I would like to be one of the teams that gets it right the first time this year. The team that other teams look to base their redesigns off of. 3. Build a more simple robot: This is our first year attempting 2 robots so they need to be simple in order to pull this off. Our drivers grow tremendously over the season and continuously work on their technique and skill. I would like to see this growth start earlier on and have them tackle the challenges of adapting to the new robot well before it's first practice match. 4. Build a more simple robot: Doing one thing well is almost always better than doing everything. We have spent time this off season analyzing old games preparing our minds to attack this new challenge. The success robots have in the competition season is directly related to how the teams start the 6 weeks Last edited by pandamonium : 27-12-2011 at 18:26. Reason: ... |
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Goals for Ursa MAjor as an Alumni..........
1. BUild a working bot in the 6 weeek build and not finsh at compition 2. Weigh less than 120 before bag and tag 3.Win a Regional 4.Win any award 5.Have FUN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The guy who had fun will be in apperance cuz i will be on break GO Luck Ursa MAjor ![]() |
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Re: Goals for 2012
Our rookie year (2007) just building a functional robot was a stretch goal. We got crushed at the St. Louis regional and while we didn't see the field Saturday afternoon nor have our number called for any awards we were inspired by our pit neighbors 829 who shared with us the meaning of FIRST as well as some traction material for our ramps. We also got a first hand peek at some world class team like 45, 148, 217, 525, 1625, etc at what in hind sight was a fairly stacked event.
2008 goal -- Build something simple and robust that would be a good 3rd pick. We didn't want to miss Saturday afternoon ever again. Result: A super fast lapbot that seeded 4th and 2nd in the two regionals we competed in. 2009 goal -- Find a way to qualify for the championship event. This led to our first Chairman's submission. And while the niche robot did see play on Saturday afternoons it was the Chairman's Award earned in Minnesota that punched our ticket to Atlanta. The robot did not get picked for elimination play in Atlanta. 2010 goal -- Goal A, Win a regional. Goal B, play in the championship elimination rounds. To do this we knew we needed a robot that played well with other great robots but could also win a game on its own should our partners prove less capable. We couldn't just be good in a secondary game aspect like in 2008, we had to tackle the primary objective. Result: #1 pick by 71 in Minnesota and regional champions. #3 alliance captain in the Curie division and division finalist. 2011 goals -- Goal A, win a regional as an undefeated #1 seed. Goal B, play on Einstein. Goal A was accomplished at the Colorado regional. We missed goal B and have it back on the list for 2012. 2012 goals -- We are seeing a lot more rookies at the tournaments we are attending this year and one of our goals is to be that inspirational resource like 829 was for us when our journey first started. We've never won our home regional (KC) and that is certainly on the list as well. |
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1. It's my first year (and last because I am 12th grader) as my team captain. I want to be successful.
2. To find an alternative pizzeria (the pezzeria we used to eat from is in renovation) 3. Not to push the red buttons every day(we have 3 giant red buttons that shuts off the power if we push them) |
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