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Unread 05-01-2007, 19:14
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Re: 101 Things I Wish I'd Known Before My First FIRST Tournament
Make sure that your batteries are :
1 - Charged
2 - fastened securely
3 - plugged in

and most of all, that your robot is turned on!
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Re: 101 Things I Wish I'd Known Before My First FIRST Tournament
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-understand how to use a machine properly and safely before using it (mangled fingers...not fun)
thats a huge one. getting part of ur thumb taken off by the drill press isnt fun. Ive seen it and its pretty dusgusting.
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Re: 101 Things I Wish I'd Known Before My First FIRST Tournament
Get everyone involved. Even the smallest freshman can have an idea an engineer would have never have come up with.
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Re: 101 Things I Wish I'd Known Before My First FIRST Tournament
Bring earplugs of some sort. It gets VERY loud.
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Re: 101 Things I Wish I'd Known Before My First FIRST Tournament
Within a year FIRST/Chief Delphi will consume your life and all you will think about is alliance picking and how much you hate water games.

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Re: 101 Things I Wish I'd Known Before My First FIRST Tournament
Gunna have to go with.

Bring Ear-plugs when you get head-aches with loud noise.
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Re: 101 Things I Wish I'd Known Before My First FIRST Tournament
I wish I would have known that it could be more draining than a sports season....

yet incredibly addicting!!!
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That FIRST talks in riddles when giving game hints
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