After Coming Back From The LA Regional: My Thoughts On FIRST

[Grim Tuesday]

Originally Posted by davidthefat

IDK if that idea really works... because when you play games, does that ever happen? One guy moves the player and the other aims and shoots? Our driver was fantastic, when our bot was working fine we got all our balls on our side into the goal. and we has 2 or 3 "coaches", and 1 driver at a time

IT works. We were alliance captains, and got knocked out in the semifinals by one point to the winning alliance. This game is not basketball, or soccer. It is FRC.

You also complain about being a poor team: Our school gives almost nothing besides a building and amazing teachers. We get our money from fundraising and sponsors.

From what I have seen that is different from what I know for FIRST. People communicate with other teams beyond good game. For example at West Michigan District in the pit one of our seniors got approached for an autograph by a person from a different team it was a pretty amusing event if you only seen it. It is good to have teams to work on different parts but everyone can get involved with something else. If you are a programmer you could learn to help with some hardware if the code is finished.

This is so true. Our team and team 365 chilled together for quite a while talking and chatting. They ended up beating us in the semifinals, but they ending giving their "moeaward". I still am not sure what that is, but I cant wait to talk with some of their team again. They were all so nice, and it makes me feel proud to be part of a game where teams can be nice, and still compete.