Most memorable moment at a first competition

[Ian W.]

well, one of my most memorable moments was during a match. we were losing, our robot was on the other side of the field, and perfectly lined up to come back. there also just happened to be a goal directly in the way, in scoring position for our opponents. so, me being the driver, and the only one in the player station who knew how the game played (yes, it's pretty sad), i gunned it full reverse, smashnig through the goal, and right into the player station. the entire player station shook, and i just smiled, cause i knew we had won (we got +10 points, they got -10 points). then, for some reason i do not know, and probably never will know, the human players on my alliance started throwing balls into the goal that i had knocked out of scoring position. because of that, we lost by a few points, and i'm still mad to this day. this is also why anyone going into the player station must be able to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and most importantly, know the rules of the game.

the coolest part about that round though, it left a lasting impression on our robot. literally. fropm smashing into the goal, i created a huge dent in an aluminum post on our robot. we left it in for good luck.

another memorable moment is the breaking of the lexan. yes, you can break lexan. if i hadn't smashed the robot into the goal, shearing off a bit of lexan, our robot would have been over weight (this happened during practice). the piece of lexan weighed about .2 lbs. our robot was 130.0 lbs, on the mark. we got very lucky i hit the goal with the lexan.