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I think I speak to everyone who ever attended nationals there when I say...say it with me..."Please stand clear of the doors. Por Favor Metengan se alijados de las puertas." |
Justin |
Jessica Boucher |
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I don't miss the manufactured magic of Disney because Championships creates magic in itself; wherever the event may be held. |
Erin Rapacki |
MrToast |
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Injuries can come out of no where. I know this is only a robotics competition but the injury doesnt care where or what you are doing. |
nightrenegade00 |
Billfred |
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It's one thing to post thoughts, guesses, opinions - that's all good ... However, it's [different] to make statements claiming first hand knowledge & facts without actually having first hand knowledge, facts, or accurate information. |
Jason Morrella |
Daniel Brim |
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Yeah.... I'll pay money just for a picture of Andy [Grady] getting jiggy!
(then recommend it for the Caption contest!) ;) |
Rich Wong |
Daniel Brim |
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Sweeeetttt.....Thats all that needs to be said. :D |
george56 |
kjhobin |
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The mission is to mobilize community, school and corporate resources to support the vision. The method is to provide an interesting, exciting program that gives young people opportunities to explore and expand their capabilities and interests. |
Rick TYler |
Jaine Perotti |
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FIRST is nothing short of a community. |
karinka13 |
shyra1353 |
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When you start thinking of FIRST as a robotic building contest you have left the pavement and you are in deep weeds. |
KenWittlief |
Daniel Brim |
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[Pi day] is an irrational holiday |
KenWittlief |
Daniel Brim |
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For We Will Rock You, we quit counting Saturday morning when it got to 12 times. |
Gary Dillard |
Billfred |
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I've never liked the pressure pads. This just confirms my suspicions: Pressure pads hate robots. It must be some inferiority complex or something. |
Andy A. |
katkana |
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In my book the team building experience of the kids training the engineers in the operations on the field would be invaluable. It might not get a trophy but you win far more in the long run.
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Wayne C. |
Bharat Nain |
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The highest seeded alliance is always placed in the red zone by the computer. In fact, its a great communist conspiracy to mold the mind of teenagers into equating Reds with winners. |
Btower |
Daniel Brim |
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If an alternate is used, all four teams are equal members of the alliance. (Trophies, trips, bling, book tours, custody of the children etc.) |
Btower |
Billfred |
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I suppose you need to let the kiddies (including Copioli) win a few now and then. |
Andy Baker |
Jay Trzaskos |
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I think of the FP's as the party motor, they are kinda like mini smoke generators. |
coreyjon |
Billfred |
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Quoting Fred Durst--"Bring it on." |
Billfred |
Conor Ryan |
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I can still remember how weird it was to look on the other side of our booth and see a kid in a suit tossing purple balls... |
OneAngryDaisy |
Daniel Brim |
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bedtime? there's no bedtime while chief delphi is up and running! |
Alex Cormier |
Jaine Perotti |
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I always get a little stressed as arm operator, especially with Paul Copioli standing behind me screaming at me. |
JohnnyB |
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OooooohhH! OOOOooohh! Can I start the 2009 thread yet? Huh? Can I? Can I? |
dlavery |
Billfred |
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Aw... am I too late to suggest a water game? |
jgannon |
Billfred |
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They truncated our conference title. We are not showing the movie "Finding NEMO" |
RoboMom |
Billfred |
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People aren't getting angry at teams who play defense. They are getting angry at the teams who play BattleBots in the middle of a FIRST match. |
dlavery |
Billfred |
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The game ends after two minutes and fifteen seconds. The build season ends after six weeks. Using the experience to help improve yourself and the rest of the world will take the rest of your life. |
dlavery |
Bharat Nain |
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canadians are amazing.. |
Ashley Christine |
Daniel Brim |
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One thing that FIRST has given me ... Friends who care. |
Arefin Bari |
Daniel Brim |
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oh, the prom! I thought you were missing a PROM (Programable Read Only Memory) ...you had me worried for a minute, I dont know if IFI has any spare PROMs. |
KenWittlief |
Katy |
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Teams should spend more time talking about how to avoid penalties during their strategy sessions.
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Rob |
Beth Sweet |
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I love how these contests always seem to find their way to go back to Dave Lavery and (pick one) Krispy Kreme/Heidi/Photoshop |
DCA Fan |
Billfred |
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I'm still trying to find a way to get FIRST to dump the Chicken Dance song. :p |
Koko Ed |
Daniel Brim |
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I was watching the webcast when that score was posted and thought to myself, "What did they do, steal a donut from Dave?" |
MissInformation |
Koko Ed |
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"Defense wins qualifying rounds, offense wins championships."
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Paul Copioli |
Koko Ed |
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FIRST is again mirroring real life. And in real life, when we build and design robotic and automated systems, it's safety first. Hitting a human in real life loses a lot more than 30 points.
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Fred Agnir |
Kyle |
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I'm not worried about the amount of Segways at a regoinal, I'd rather see them out in the real world than at a robotics competition. |
Joe Matt |
Billfred |
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If something on your robot isn't working, then why don't you take the responsibility to fix it? Isn't that what being a TEAM is all about? |
dlavery |
Billfred |
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Successful teams - in almost any aspect of life (i.e. not just robotics) - don't make excuses and assign blame when something goes wrong. They improvise. They adapt. They overcome. They correct the problem and move on. |
dlavery |
Billfred |
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They really should put warning signs at all entrances: "WARNING! FIRST IS CONTAGIOUS!"
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KenWittlief |
Alex Pelan |
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There's no feeling quite like that one you get when you're behind the diamond plate controlling a metal beast that you've put your blood (literally), sweat (more literally), and tears (probably literally) into, and it working. Undescribable. |
scali |
Bharat Nain |
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What has happened has happened. Humans were involved, mistakes made. Clarification will come... |
Wetzel |
Billfred |
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What's the reason for having a rule if it's not enforced? |
jpsaul7usa |
Billfred |
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Temp wiring is always bad but it is made worse when dealing with a $1000+ part. You wouldn't try to lash a makeshift power source to your PC. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
Billfred |
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I love it when there is someone that obviously "gets it". |
dlavery |
Billfred |
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I also hate it when I keep seeing this message: "You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Andy Baker again." |
dlavery |
Billfred |
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I also hate it when I keep seeing this message: "You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Andy Baker again." |
dlavery |
Leav |
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As long as they're not destroying each other, LET THE TEAMS PLAY! |
Travis Hoffman |
Billfred |
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People... chill. It is week 1. Recall week 1 last year when many teams said "no one is capping with the 2x ball"... "only a few teams are hanging". |
Andy Baker |
Billfred |
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If you don't like contact, your robot is not built well enough. |
sanddrag |
Billfred |
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With three robots, I was expecting better scores but I guess more robots means more penalties, not more points. |
sanddrag |
Elgin Clock |
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 11:17 PM.
Consider that the 12V from your robot isn't any different from the 12V from your car's cigarette lighter. (Err... sorry... that's "power port" these days, thank goodness.) - dtengineering [more] 
