Whatever Happened to the Old Chief Delphi?

[Collin Fultz]

The old Chief Delphi merged forces with Huskie Brigade to form Team 51 "Wings of Fire".

Eric - you should search before you post.

[Cynette]

Originally Posted by Collin Fultz

The old Chief Delphi merged forces with Huskie Brigade to form Team 51 "Wings of Fire".

Eric - you should search before you post.

And that's the Chief Delphi we know and love. In the midst of a somewhat serious discussion - total silliness! Yay Collin!

[Taylor]

Originally Posted by Collin Fultz

The old Chief Delphi merged forces with Huskie Brigade to form Team 51 "Wings of Fire".

Eric - you should search before you post.

"The wise speaks because he has something to say. The fool speaks because he has to say something."

'Nuff said.

[Robert Cawthon]

The Mayan calander? Just because it ends, (resets?) doesn't mean the end of the world, just time to change calanders. Ours ends every year (duh!) and it doesn't signal the end of the world. Just the end of the calander. On the other hand, I plan to have three days of parties (one before, the day of, and the day after) just because. Why not?

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Robert Cawthon

The Mayan calander? Just because it ends, (resets?) doesn't mean the end of the world, just time to change calanders. Ours ends every year (duh!) and it doesn't signal the end of the world. Just the end of the calander. On the other hand, I plan to have three days of parties (one before, the day of, and the day after) just because. Why not?

That depends, though. It's not just the end of the calendar, but rather the end of a cycle of the Earth. December 21, 2012 is the first day of the 14th b'ak'tun (13.0.0.0.0). Most Mayan records simply do mention it as essentially the turn to a new calendar and/or a massive new year's type celebration.

However, according to some records, some Mayans believed that we were living in the "fourth world," and each of the previous three had ended at the first day of their 14th b'ak'tun. One monument refers to (though partially destroyed) "black[ness] will occur" at the end of the thirteenth b'ak'tun and makes references to a Mayan god generally accepted to be associated with war and the underworld.

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

However, according to some records, some Mayans believed that we were living in the "fourth world," and each of the previous three had ended at the first day of their 14th b'ak'tun. One monument refers to (though partially destroyed) "black[ness] will occur" at the end of the thirteenth b'ak'tun and makes references to a Mayan god generally accepted to be associated with war and the underworld.

I am so out of here...but wait, where would I go?

[David Brinza]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

I am so out of here...but wait, where would I go?

Well, I'm waiting for clues from the GDC. It will be so easy figure where to go!

(My feeble attempt to make this feel like the "Old Chief Delphi")

[,4lex S.]

Did this thread just progress from negativity on CD --> end of the world???

Either way, we just need more engineering related threads to talk about, rather than just talking about changes in the rules. Everyone used to build/design and post drive systems/offseason projects, and I have seen only a fraction of what I feel is normal.

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by ,4lex S.

Did this thread just progress from negativity on CD --> end of the world???

I guess you just don't understand how important CD is to some people.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

However, according to some records, some Mayans believed that we were living in the "fourth world," and each of the previous three had ended at the first day of their 14th b'ak'tun. One monument refers to (though partially destroyed) "black[ness] will occur" at the end of the thirteenth b'ak'tun and makes references to a Mayan god generally accepted to be associated with war and the underworld.

Nothing a little bit of duct tape can't fix.

[David Brinza]

Since this thread may have morphed into the end of the (Mayan) world, here's an interesting story on what happened to the Mayans:

"Whatever happened to the Mayans?"

Aren't there some "lessons learned" in that article???

[GaryVoshol]

Just think of the possibilities for the 2013 game clue(s).

[Karibou]

I don't want to drag this thread further off-topic, but I've always wondered what the difference is between 12/12/2012 and 12/12/1912, 12/12/1812, etc. They're all 12/12/12 :/ All of the "OMG 12/12/12 WE'RE GONNA DIE BECAUSE IT'S FREAKING 12/12/12" comments that I see everywhere always annoy me for that reason.
I always figured that all of this "end of the world because the Mayan calendar says so" business is just a result of the Mayans not calculating far enough into the future, and modern people just mis-interpreting that. I mean, come on, we can probably calculate into the 3000s with our fancy computers, but they didn't have any of that Maybe they just gave up after that point.

Back on topic...
I don't believe that I ever really knew the "old" ChiefDelphi, because I joined in 2007. I wasn't really active until mid-2008, but I can still see a definite difference between now and this time last year. As someone has already stated, there seems to be a lot fewer "Hey guys, I CAD'ed a new swerve module, any suggestions?" threads and a lot more topics related to things that are occurring outside of the "shop", such as community service, cool robotics-related articles in magazines and papers, and A LOT of discussion on the items from Bill's Blog. I know that it's not always all about the mechanical aspects of the team, but it's nice to see what other teams are doing to improve their gameplay (after all, building the robot is kind of a big part of the team). I find a lot of the discussions on the chances for 2010/the blog entries to be really interesting, but it's not long before they end up going wayyyy over my head and start discussing logistics that I really don't need to know.

I think that this mightttt be because of the poor mentor/student ratio on CD. I see A LOT of mentors and college students making posts and having conversations, but I don't see a lot of students posting. I'm not really intimidated by adults that I don't know (well, okay, I am when I'm face-to-face with someone, but I'm the kind of person who opens up and talks a lot more when I have a computer in front of me), but I know a lot of students who are, and that may also be hurting the discussions. I cannot and will not speak for everybody, but people in general just have a natural fear of being wrong and being yelled at/scolded/told that they're wrong. Adults seem to get over a huge part of this fear at some point, but the students are still in school, and we've been trained to believe that being wrong is a bad thing. I know that a lot of kids are doing some really great things on their team, but I never see any of this being posted about, and I think that it's because of the intimidation factor.

Anddd I don't know where I'm going with this I'm very bad at writing out what I'm actually thinking, and I'm not very good at communicating concisely. It all makes sense in my head...

Edit: Oh yeah...that's right. Negative comments. Negativity->fear of posting because of a natural feel of being wrong->downsized conversation->??

I feel like I just went really off topic in the other direction :/

[Mr. Pockets]

Originally Posted by EricH

I’m not going to say that CD should shut down or be a “FIRST is great” forum. Those are the worst two options of many. But what I am going to say is that we all need a break. Go outside and have fun. Get away from the internet for a day or three. Go watch a sports game in person--preferably one that you don't have to go to because of X relative being in it. Have a snowball fight, if you have snow already. Come back refreshed, ready for another year, and then make your break a little earlier next year.

I've actually taken to only checking CD 2-3 times a day (and only once for more than 2 minutes at a time). I find myself amazed at the amount of free time that I have

I'm almost curious what it would be like if we learned conclusively that the end of the world would be on a certain day. Sounds like science fiction, but it is a strange thought. I personally doubt that the world will end in 2012, but at the very least no one will begrudge me if I'm wrong

Originally Posted by Karibou

I mean, come on, we can probably calculate into the 3000s with our fancy computers, but they didn't have any of that Maybe they just gave up after that point.

Y2K. Sorry couldn't resist.

[JaneYoung]

Kara, you've touched on some great points.

One that I've thought about is the graduation/moving on factor. For example, there may be preseasons where maybe one or two people catch the CAD bug and have a great time designing and introducing their work into the Image Gallery for discussion opportunities and viewing. Then you may have preseasons where that doesn't happen. There could be a cyclical aspect of this that is not being looked at or thought about. It's a way of noticing and acknowledging that one person (and their absence) can make a difference when it comes to inspiration and impact.