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Re: What did you get done on kickoff?
I moved from being clueless, to overwhelmed, to excited. I'm simply a NEM (oh yeah, I learend that too) with a new team. Just getting started and trying to jump in and do what I can. That's why I joined this forum.
 Wish me luck! And good luck to all of you. 
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08-01-2012, 19:07
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Re: What did you get done on kickoff?
We did our strategy on the bus and we should decide tomorrow or Tuesday on our plan. We met with engineers and went through the kit and First Choice to see what goodies we could use. We then made prototypes out of Fischertechnik pieces and we are mostly set.
Tomorrow we disassemble last year's bot and work on the kitbot.
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08-01-2012, 19:16
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Re: What did you get done on kickoff?
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 Our team went over our key concepts for gameplay (the WHAT), and have started brainstorming for the HOW.
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08-01-2012, 19:28
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Re: What did you get done on kickoff?
I promoted the holy heck out of SCRIW II (details posting once we've got them locked down, but provisional information was shared locally), got two kits from Charleston to Columbia (one for 2815, one for 1293), and joined in the discussion with the team once I got back.
2815's concept development method isn't the most elegant--we all more or less agreed on the general idea, but when refining the points we more or less become a prove-me-wrong-ocracy--not a democracy, not a dictatorship, but one where nobody's afraid to blow holes in another person's concept so that stronger concepts can be developed (especially amongst the mentors--we're a little gentler with the kids). We left for the day around 5:00 with some lingering questions, some of which were continued on our email list; the rest will be tackled when we pick back up tomorrow night.
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08-01-2012, 19:37
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Re: What did you get done on kickoff?
Yesterday we split into subgroups to go through all of the rules and come up with questions that needed clarification after the end of the feed such as changes in robot specifications from last year, the Hybrid period, and areas of interest on the field.
Today we came up with ideas for strategy and robot designs based on our research of the rules and previous years (specifically the 2006 game).
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08-01-2012, 20:00
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Re: What did you get done on kickoff?
In order, we:
-Watched the kickoff video (5:30 AM T_T) -Did inventory -Brainstormed strategy and robot attributes -Ordered the hoops -Downloaded the simulator and troubleshot it until it worked -Reorganized and cleaned our room -Dragged out and fixed old robots for new driver candidates to practice with -Built a mockup bridge out of plywood -Ran human-based simulations -Ran computer-based simulations -Drew some strategic conclusions -Ate dinner -Slept
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