FIRST Withdrawal Sets In

[cadandcookies]

Well, I'll be distracted until AP exams are over, then it's MSHSL, then it's graduation, then it's grad parties, then there's IRI, then there's the State Fair...

In all seriousness, I'm putting together a CAD tutorial book for Creo. More than enough tech stuff for me. After that, might expand it in a variety of ways, but I'll finish up the basics first (okay, I probably shouldn't have mentioned this because now it will be impossible to finish).

[pmangels17]

As a graduating senior I have a few plans:

Volunteer at Battlecry WPI
Train new kids on CAD since the current CAD students are graduating
See the new Captain America movie a few more times
Watch playoff hockey with my friends
Get ready for college (Go Fighting Irish!)
Expand outreach and fundraising for our team
Find a spring offseason that isn't too close or booked up
Go outside and replace that monitor tan with a real one
See my friends and family
Pass my AP exams (and IB Math HL as it turns out)
And, a personal goal that not everyone needs to or want to try, run a few miles a few days a week, to burn off all the Doritos and Mountain Dew.

[dag0620]

Originally Posted by PVCpirate

And don't forget River Rage(Manchester NH) and Mainely Spirit(Oakland ME) in the Fall! We love offseasons in New England.

One section of the off-season at a time

Also Bash at the Beach (Old Lyme, CT) is the 3rd fall New England Event. This is why I love our region, we have so many great off-season events!

[Link07]

Originally Posted by dag0620

One section of the off-season at a time

Also Bash at the Beach (Old Lyme, CT) is the 3rd fall New England Event. This is why I love our region, we have so many great off-season events!

MAR has as many off seasons as we do official events (7 of each).

[MrTechCenter]

As a senior who broke out in tears after losing a third quarterfinal match as what I thought would be the last match that our senior drive team would ever play. The withdrawal is very real. After doing so much in four years with these people on my team that have become my best friends, it is VERY difficult to let it all go. I'm just glad that we got into Championships and share a few more memories together.

[nixiebunny]

I'm glad to have some free time to get caught up on Nixie watch orders, and to work on my latest project - the Etch-a-Sketch wristwatch! The case is printing right now on the 3D printer in my bedroom.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by dag0620

Get ready for off-season events! We're less then 20 days away from the first of 5 off-season events New England will see over the course of May and June.

I wonder how many of those 125 will decide to show up to... Because we need MORE matches on our machine right?

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by matthew_martin

So now that the Championships are over (and I actually had to go to school today), I've found myself depressed that the past four months of our lives has gone by so quickly! Last year, I made a USB OTG cable by myself just to make something again, but I don't know what to do this year! It seems a little too small of an idea!
What do you guys do when FIRST Withdrawal sets in?

Off season plans:

- Mentor Training for our incoming freshman on 125
- Student Training for incoming students
- A handful of visuals to help teams
- Drivetrain prototype(s)
- Some off seasons
- Finish my quadcopter
- Get more than 3 hours of sleep
- Tune my 3d Printer
- Experiment with 3d printed timing belts

[alexis tuggle]

just make this

[matthew_martin]

Originally Posted by alexis tuggle

just make this

Well of course!

[David8696]

It might be even worse for me; I'm on the strategy team. I have literally nothing to do and it's making me sad. I've already basically memorized the top 500 OPRs and CCWMs (Max, Average, and Last), and I'm now scrambling to come up with another statistic I could create to give myself anything to do.

[kstl99]

Ironic spotlight at the top of my page:

"FIRST is a big family and we‘ll get through this together. - Gary Dillard "

[Landonh12]

It is particularly hard for me because I devote so much of my time to robotics. It has become my favorite thing to do because there is so much opportunity and fun that comes with it.

You work so hard for 6 weeks and with it comes so much reward. Going to worlds was probably one of the best experiences of my life. I can't help but think about all of the great experiences I've had over the last few months. It is a hard pill to swallow.

But, at Fusion 364, we are going to:

- Try to become a beta test team
- Teach incoming freshmen and other members electrical, mechanical, and programming
- Find new sponsors and fund raise, we are quite low on funds
- Give back to the community and spread the mission of FIRST
- Prototype new systems for years to come (Swerve is pretty awesome)
- Attend at least one off season event (Red stick rumble!)

I can't wait to get started again. FIRST truly is a great program.

[Koko Ed]

My Off Season doesn't begin til November.