Things you only do ONCE!

[sergioCorral842]

33. Live

[BigJ]

34. Forget to tell the robot to stop in autonomous.
35. Stay up until 1am Thursday night in the hotel room coding autonomous.

[fb39ca4]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

10. Mount your bumpers upside down. (except teams 11, 111, 1111)

And teams 1, 8, 88, 69, 96, 101, 609, 619, 689, 808, 818, 888, 906, 916, 986, 1001, 1691, 1881, and 1961. Any more I have forgotten?

Originally Posted by Bstep

Design the robot with Mechanum wheels.

This. After 2012, never again for us.

[Gregor]

Originally Posted by apb2390

Team 1684, The Chimeras, did this last year and it greatly increased our versatility. We were constantly happy to have it.

My team did a double sided intake too. It was a neat little feature, but totally not worth the space it takes up (and how much fun electronic placement gets), considering how easy it is to turn around.

[Mykey]

36. Forget to search for a prior thread of the same topic.
37. Call the "Championships" the "Nationals".
38. Forget to have a blast doing FRC!

[BigJ]

Originally Posted by Mykey

37. Call the "Championships" the "Nationals".

39. read the first line of Gregor's signature

(I kid I kid)

[DampRobot]

Seriously/jokingly suggest a water game on the next years game thread.

[Woolly]

Originally Posted by fb39ca4

And teams 1, 8, 88, 69, 96, 101, 609, 619, 689, 808, 818, 888, 906, 916, 986, 1001, 1691, 1881, and 1961. Any more I have forgotten?


This. After 2012, never again for us.

Depending on the font, 25, 52, 205, 502, 1251, 1521, 2005, and 2255 could get away with it.


Also, Mecanum didn't go very poorly for us, granted we've never had an incredibly solid drive-train before.
Ironically, the during the first days of build season, a group of students on our team (including me) suggested what amounts to Titanium's drive-train with Vexpro shifters.

[D.Allred]

40. Play "Ultimate Descent"

[David Brinza]

41. Believe you can painlessly stop a runaway autonomous robot by stepping in front of it (pre-bumper days).

[RyanN]

42. Weld in shorts.
43. Hop around the shop like a nincompoop like you have hot spatter in your shoes.

[pmangels17]

44. Accidentally give out spare/needed robot parts at competition because they "just looked like regular angle to me"

45. Cut yourself accidentally with a tape measure

46. Bend a pair of forceps so they fit into a small space with a nut

47. Put an 18v battery on a 12v motor

[YCJeon772]

48. Rivet right beside all the LED's

Originally Posted by DampRobot

Seriously/jokingly suggest a water game on the next years game thread.

Read the "next year's game" thread.

[NotaJoke]

regolith