What I Learned In FIRST This Year...

[Andy Grady]

Hi all!

Its friday, I am bored, so I decided to be a little creative. Here are a few equations that you may or may not be able to relate to.

What I learned in FIRST this year...

1. Gearbox X 2 = Heavy

2. Einstien Field Sound System + Curie Field Sound System = Bargled

3. (Robots + Steps) = Tipsy = (Robot + Ball)

4. Beatty + Hammond = Gold Metal ^ 4

5. (Contraversy / 2) + Gracious Professionalism = Cheesy Poofs and Kingman

6. Dave Lavery + Pimp Hat = Funny! (Thats Pimp Dave)

7. Bowling + 121 = New Shirt for Andy

8. Northeast - Defense = Midwest

9. Kindergarten = Hard

10. I = JVN

Hope ya liked! Anyone else have any good ones?

[jgannon]

11. Curie + Mark Leon = t3h awesome
12. East coast - good teams = west coast
(Yeah, there were plenty of good west coast teams, and we're from the west coast, so don't flame me. I was just surprised that 11 of the 12 teams that made it to Einstein were from east of the Mississippi.)

[Lisa Rodriguez]

13. 3 weeks of design + 1 week of waiting for parts = 2 weeks of build=not good cuz we get kicked out @ 11

14. not having a robot for UTC scrimmage + using last year's robot = winning it? (strange but true)

15. totally reorganizing= a lot of work for years to come, not just this past year

16. hanging onto the past + not being ready for the future = trouble in team

[Mike M.]

17. Fantasy FIRST = awesome

18. Andy Grady = Hanson Lover

19. 162lbs a few days from ship = many many holes to be drilled

::runs and hides from Andy::

[Bcahn836]

20. 20,000 students + 900 teams + robots + Gracious professionalism = FIRST

[Lisa Perez]

21. 20(Late Night Building) + Red Bull = Robot
22. 3(Day at Nationals) + Cheering = 0(Voice)
23. One Team + [(Other Team) - Sponsorship] = Compromise + (True Teamwork)

[Mike Ciance]

24. 3-jointed arm mechanism + programming it to respond to model arm controller = hard and time consuming

25. 3-jointed arm mechanism + programming it to respond to model arm controller + incorrectly bringing in the analog input and not knowing it = extremely hard and time consuming

26. food tickets + spending them = no change

27. crazy senior + tiki mask + elevator + chair + duct tape = photo opportunity

27. Mr. Cokeley + stroke medications = idea for "cool squad"

28. freshman + battery + curiosity =

[Tom Bottiglieri]

29. 486 laptop + programming robot = not gonna work

30. Big Inflatable Balls = NOT for jumping on

31. Looking for fasteners the first time rather than ripping off old bot < repairing old bot after season


32. High Speed = much more fun that low speed.

[opnickc]

33. 67 + 406 = a whole lotta fun*
34. 30" ball - 5" at nationals = bot that can't grab ball
35. 50 floor aviary + parachute guy + glass elevator = cool
36. completely open hotel inside + many FIRST teams = "heeeeeeeeey!" + midnight
37. 50 floor staricase = 2student + mentor + running up
38. Doubler ball + 1241's basket = awesome play
39. 340 + 1126 = awesome alliance

*406's sponsor, Denso, left them this year. They paid financially, but provided no mentorship. In the past, the Denso engineers had built the bot, so none of the students really knew how to build one. 406 asked for help, and 67 responded by letting them work in our shop with our mentors. In a way, they became part of our team. It was a great experience, for the first time they designed and built their robot, and won their first FIRST trophey. Plus, even though we weren't at the detroit regional, we got to go so we could cheer for them. Go Mustangs!

[Lisa Rodriguez]

Originally Posted by afflictionblade

27. crazy senior + tiki mask + elevator + chair + duct tape = photo opportunity

where is this? i want to see it?

[Tom Bottiglieri]

40. Lots of hungry kids + not alot of pizza = lots of angry nerds

41. video i still really want to download + awesome regional = utc regional

[Lisa Perez]

42. Me + (Duct Tape) = (Really Bad Idea)
43. (Georgia Dome) + (Pit Crew) + Sunshine + (Long Walk) = (Really Strong Legs) + Complaints + (Tan Skin)

[Andy Grady]

44. (Playing Field Area + Pits) X Walk = Diet better than Jenny Craig

[miketwalker]

45. Me + Calling grandpa 2 days before championship asking for ride = Trip to Atlanta
46. ComBBAT + Catching balls = Not releasing balls

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by jgannon

11. Curie + Mark Leon = t3h awesome

47. ANYTHING + Mark Leon = awesome. You rock Mark!