pic: Sneaky at Gen Con

[Ryan Dognaux]

Originally Posted by Steve W

I am a bit surprised that you would post a picture of your team breaking the rules. This is not what FIRST is about. How do you expect others to trust you and your team when you flaunt the rules????

I always snuck in drinks during the Championship because I don't want to pay 3 dollars for a drink, or whatever ridiculous price they charge. "Breaking the rules" vs. being ripped off big time for a drink - I don't really see it as a big issue. You had to buy it from somewhere so it's not like Pepsi is losing out. Besides, these guys weren't even actually entering the exhibit halls for the convention - they were just putting on a demonstration outside to spread the word of FIRST.

Anyway, it was really cool to see many Indiana FIRST teams demoing at Gen Con this year. I went to check it all out and saw teams 45, 393, 1501, and 829 showing off their FRC and VEX robots. I wasn't there to see this, but supposedly the Mythbuster guys showed up later on to check out their demo and signed some stuff.

A few pictures from the demo:





And lastly, a pretty cool video of 1501 shooting balls