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Yes, I think we can all agree that bad people suck. |
Joe Johnson |
Tristan Lall |
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oooh tight leather bumpers...sexy! |
Nuttyman54 |
Michelle Celio |
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Don't you know anything about programming? It's a black box; you don't need to know how it works. |
Chriszuma |
Billfred |
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hmmm... big open space between arena and pits... thousands of poof balls...thousands of high school kids hopped up on sugar and robotics.... sounds a little dangerous. |
Courtneyb1023 |
Billfred |
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May the road accelerate in the +Z direction, and the wind always be from -Y (modernized Irish blessing). |
KenWittlief |
Jaine Perotti |
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May your shirts be full of buttons, yours inspiration be plentiful, and your error messages be few. |
Barry Bonzack |
Jaine Perotti |
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Fire and smoke are great if you're into Battlebots, but we like to avoid them in FIRST competitions. |
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Elgin Clock |
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No matter what happens to the robot we learned our lesson and we had fun. That's what matters. |
David Guzman |
techtiger1 |
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OUR CNC machine is named Joe, and he has this week of school off. He eats candy instead of electricity. Not so accurate or repeatable, but very easy to re-program. |
Not2B |
Joe J. |
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Life is unfair. Learn to deal with it or be unhappy. |
Joe Johnson |
StephLee |
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Who wants to see your robot get their butt handed to them? |
Joe_Widen |
StephLee |
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Actually there are several Wayne Cokeleys circulating around. We cloned him in 2001. This is his evil twin Mordechai responding.....-WC 3 |
Wayne C. |
Rohith Surampudi |
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Inside Dave's Head (which is a place I'd like to go someday, but I'm not entirely sure what I'd find)... |
Ian Curtis |
Billfred |
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While science and technology can solve difficult problems, it is people and interaction that make it all work. |
DonRotolo |
Bill Moore |
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Football has been a school institution for over 100 years--we can't expect FIRST to show the same potential in a 10th of that. |
Petey |
Billfred |
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you can't eat a poof ball. its filled with magic smoke. it'd kill you quicker than a robot rampaging in autonomous mode, when you have the green light strapped to your face. |
efoote868 |
coastertux |
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So perhaps those that are so eager to complain might realize that if they spent a little less time complaining and a little more time analyzing the problem and developing solutions, then they might have a little less to complain about. |
dlavery |
RogerR |
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Side effect include: Hearing loss, splinters, blisters, extreme sprit, uncontrollable urges to scream "GO MOE", and bright green fashion sense |
The Lucas |
Jessica Boucher |
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If you are playing foozball and your ball bounces back out of the goal, do you expect the table's manufacturer to fix it? No - you groan and keep playing! Nothing's different here. Like Dave said, it's part of the challenge of playing the game. |
petek |
Billfred |
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Don't Canadians spell it that way? Someone should cheque on that.... |
Travis Hoffman |
RogerR |
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Something is subtly different about the competition environment that makes everything worse. |
kaszeta |
Rick TYler |
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I guess that we will just have to live with it, EH!!! :D |
Steve W |
Ian Curtis |
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its not that I cant spell, I'm just being international. . . . I like it |
Stuart |
lukevanoort |
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kids under stress + poor eating habits + even worse food+ walking around a cold ice rink all day + contact with 100s of kids from all over the world = robo flu. Maybe the virus going around is the real "FIRST fever" |
Wayne C. |
Bharat Nain |
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The person that I would, without a doubt, would like to meet the most is my sanity. |
lukevanoort |
Michelle Celio |
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Here, and in general, avoid jumping to conclusions without research. This will serve you well in life.
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DonRotolo |
Jay H 237 |
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we were sick and tired of compromises: "speed or torque", "traction or maneuverability", etc.; bump that, we want it all. all we had to compromise was simplicity. |
RogerR |
Billfred |
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I think we need to take away your hammer privileges.
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Katy |
Michelle Celio |
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One team at the UTC regional scored over 2100 points in autonomous alone. I was highly impressed. |
Greg Marra |
Jessica Boucher |
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As a rookie team member at my first event, i had a great time, the little glitches meaning nothing. |
Gluedtothefloor |
Elgin Clock |
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Ohh the [strike]humanity[/strike] robotity! |
artdutra04 |
Noah Kleinberg |
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"You fogot the gears!!!!" |
The_Gman |
lukevanoort |
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Thanks to everyone who made the regional possible - I know my team had a blast and I'm pretty sure most other teams did too. |
Steve Howland |
Jessica Boucher |
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It isnt about winning and losing (although getting the trophies and medals are nice) |
Winged Wonder |
Billfred |
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Its not about Poof balls or green lights or getting up on the ramp at the end, this is about the learning experience and inspiration gained throughout the year. |
Winged Wonder |
Andrew Rudolph |
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More to the point, stop worrying about whether your "Atlanta bot" got screwed over or whatever. Worry about whether you've got an "Atlanta team."
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RebelWithARobot |
Koko Ed |
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You can't guarantee outcomes -- only effort. If your team did its best, be satisfied. |
Rick TYler |
RogerR |
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I mean, there is a 40 second period where your alliance has to play defense, so you might as well play it well. |
Jeff Rodriguez |
Jon K. |
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what is FIRST?...It's about innovation, hard work, inspiration, teaching, learning, experiment, strategy, competition, meeting new people, being inspired, aiming high and changing paradigms...Really, FIRST is what you make of it. |
jarowe |
Steve Howland |
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Lucky breaks and trying to minimize failures or moments of retardedness are what these games are all about, like any sport. |
Bill Gold |
Holtzman |
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There is no shame in playing the best match you can play. |
sanddrag |
Billfred |
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My teams robots have been good, bad and ugly BUT they were all beautiful because they were there. |
JohnBoucher |
Jessica Boucher |
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If this strategy backfires on any alliance that attempts it, they will have no one to blame but themselves. Be smart - know the risks before proceeding. |
Travis Hoffman |
Billfred |
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"Your really pretty and I like your bot" |
prettycolors91 |
ArmoredFairy698 |
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So I usually end up looking pensive or confused. :) |
Karthik |
Andy Baker |
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I guess everyone cant play real defense, like actually pushing the other robot instead of ramming it with the intent to destroy.
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Dillon Compton |
Karthik |
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FIRST isn't only about winning, it is about making friends, gracious professionalism, and having fun. |
lallamavolador |
Michelle Celio |
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As a real pig farmer*, I definitely endorse team 1902. |
Andy Baker |
Adam Richards |
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For fun, someone ought to spread out a bunch of petri dishes or something all over a regional and see what you bring home with you. Or not. |
KathieK |
Ian Curtis |
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After all, each day is fresh with no mistakes in it [yet]. |
atomikitten |
Alan Anderson |
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