New Zealand VEX

[chaoticprout]

As Jeff and Noah said, it's very nice to see familiar faces. Excited to hear how the Regional turns out, good luck.

[phr34kR]

Yea only one support beam either side but with a diagonal support beam formed into a triangle at the top for rigidity (and i got bored)

[SCROSSLEY-GCEC]

ah, k. so no issues with bending/sliding etc?
our robot is fail atm lol >< gotta get it sorted for saturday :O

[usif]

We are just fixing some oddities, and trying to fit into the size restriction

[phr34kR]

Fitting in the sizing box is good I really did like MAG's sizing box though seeing as it was made out of wood it made it nice and square and accurate.

[SCROSSLEY-GCEC]

Haha agreed - the sizing boxes are horrible if they arent exactly 18" when ur robot is 17.75"
its now 17.9" ^^;; better shrink it lol

[phr34kR]

Im still thinking along the lines of a 12ton press to shrink it lol

[usif]

Yeah, I think our last measurement was around 17.8''. We are somewhat horrible in trying to fit in the size restrictions, every other competition they would let us off with 1/2 an inch extra, but I dont think it will happen this time

[SCROSSLEY-GCEC]

TIM!! I AM NOT SQUISHING MY ROBOT IN A 12 TON PRESS! NOR AM I USING A BIG HAMMER!!

yeah i dont think either of us would get away with it at regional - i'm gonna try to reduce ours a bit by then

[usif]

What are you all going to do after the Vex competition? I know that our FRC practise thingy is out of the question, but what will keep us competing

[phr34kR]

Design a new mini game (hopefully) and sleep

[usif]

The problem that I have is time and money....
Its been pretty full on for me (Becuase its practically me and this other guy building the robot). I dont know about you, but our school charges a 125 dollar fee to join Robotics, and although its worth it if we did the FRC and vex throughout the whole year, it wont be if after this competition its all over.

Im just hoping we can still have competitions monthly, or so. Maybe even have battle bot competitions

Its a costly sport, it seriously is.

[phr34kR]

ah atm we have no joining fee (you just have to buy the $40 shirt) but we may introduce one to cover costs its fun though and gives me something to do with my time.

[usif]

I have wanting to ask you...Who did you go to to get your shirts printed out?

Also are we having that boot camp this year?

[phr34kR]

hmm i cant remember i know we brought the shirts from one supplier and took them somewhere else to get them printed and embroided ill have to get back to you on that one sorry.

seeing as the FRC was canceled im guessing no.

BTW how many people do you have on your team?