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Why silence the rude ones and naysayers when you could have the students learn to deal with them? |
JackG |
EricH |
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We want to win, but we would prefer to do so with a great partner team, not just a great partner robot. |
Zach Purser |
Siri |
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I'll try to sum up the icon and compile thing quickly so as not to interrupt the design of SkyNet. |
Greg McKaskle |
EricVanWyk |
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My team heard another team describe the Championships as "10,000 kids jamming the Georgia Dome for 3 days…more nerds per square foot than a Star Trek convention…and more purposefully employed "
Is this true?, Because I don't think there could possibly be a more wonderful place on earth |
Emily3204 |
RyanCahoon |
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Maybe it'll be a bumperless year!!!
Nah...FIRST likes those things too much... |
Fireworks 234 |
Thing2_1723 |
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Lose lips sink... robots? (during a water game at least) |
Zach O |
Alex Dinsmoor |
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"Trying to teach a nerd to be sensitive to girls is like trying to teach a dog Jamacian, and expect it to talk back" |
Hansen302 |
Wildcat |
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Oh the wonders that happen in Michigan competitions... ;) |
delsaner |
Hallry |
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I wouldn't mind dropping a banana peal or throwing a red turtle shell at other robots, but that's the rules! |
SpaceOsc |
Mr. Pockets |
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A stack of hearing aid batteries can also read 13v, but they won't run a robot. |
Alan Anderson |
Jimmy Cao |
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Right, play to win. Play to win the event or play to win one match? This year, unfortunately, they are not the same thing. |
Paul Copioli |
Alex Dinsmoor |
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That little 18 amp-hour battery has a really hard life in a FIRST robot. |
eugenebrooks |
Richard Wallace |
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Sometimes an aggravating season is the most educational. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
Jimmy Cao |
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"FIRST is not about getting as little help as possible - In fact, it's the opposite- the goal is have to make you feel obligated to thank as many people as possible for helping you in ways that you didn't really think you needed or even considered that you could use help." |
boomergeek |
Mr. Pockets |
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The teams that know how to build good robots are the same teams that know how to build good teams, and they engage the students every step of the way. |
Chris is me |
Siri |
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RTM does not stop after competition. |
rtfgnow |
EricH |
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The greatest reward you can give your mentors is to become one. |
Ed Sparks |
Andy Baker |
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I don't think that FIRST is going to get better with a top down solution alone, it is going to take a grass roots effort to strengthen teams. That starts by teams getting off their "islands", self imposed or otherwise. |
Fe_Will |
Travis Hoffman |
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Congratulations! You have been successful! You got what you wished for! Now get to work. |
gblake |
dlavery |
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FRC competitions are fun, people. If you honestly need a video game system to keep you interested, you're ignoring a tremendous experience. |
Mr. Pockets |
Karibou |
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Being a mentor doesn't have an age requirement. As long as you are positively influencing someone you could be called a mentor and a role model. |
EricLeifermann |
jmanela |
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Playing fields outdoors in the snow and the only field faults were when you ran out of gas!...ahh the old days |
ExTexan |
Radical Pi |
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If FIRST is going to succeed in its goals, then we need to help it. |
jcatt |
Ken Patton |
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We might not be as good as 217, or the other traditional "powerhouse" teams... but we are better because of them.
Jason |
dtengineering |
PaW |
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Don't get mad, learn, and get even. |
Eric O |
Jessica Boucher |
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Being good people is as important as being the winners of some robotics competition! |
ExTexan |
Karibou |
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Improve yourself. Try not to tear others down. |
Tom Line |
Akash Rastogi |
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You earn what you work for. |
Akash Rastogi |
Billfred |
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A team does not achieve "Powerhouse" status by dominating every once in a while... they achieve that status by consistently dominating every year. |
Jon Jack |
dlavery |
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To the people in purple - I am so proud of what you have accomplished as individuals and as a team! |
Ken Patton |
JaneYoung |
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(i would watch out for those jag's if i were you) |
Scott Bahl |
Chris is me |
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The rule is the rule because it is the rule. |
dtengineering |
Jimmy Cao |
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I wanted my team to be rewarded for something they do, not because they do it for the award. |
MikePres |
Molten |
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We do a disservice as mentors if we simply complain. We must inspire our students by showing them how we rise to the challenge and solve the problems we face. |
Jon236 |
kramarczyk |
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You hang for show; kick for dough. |
Travis Hoffman |
synth3tk |
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"You are the lead programmer now, therefore everything that goes wrong is your fault. When anything good happens its the teams fault."
"But what if the robot spontaneously combusts?"
"Your Fault."
~Borna |
CodeTBone |
BornaE |
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On day two of build season, I made the mistake of saying "We have six weeks, what could possibly go wrong?" |
Zach Herbst |
Vermeulen |
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Let it be noted in the annals of FIRST history that on this day the game design committee did NOT choose to change, clarify, explain, or interpret ANY PART of the 2010 Manual. |
Richard Wallace |
Karibou |
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What is this, presto change-o rules every week? |
Racer26 |
Bethie42 |
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There are always rules we don't agree with, just like in life. Our character is defined by how we respond. |
Mr MOE |
AlexD744 |
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The best way to deal with an opponent who is going to hang is to go and hang yourself. |
dtengineering |
Lil' Lavery |
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Thermodynamics says that offense is harder than defense. |
dtengineering |
Molten |
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There are two types of competitors in this world, those who aim to rise above their opponents and those who seek to drag them down. Which group do you want to belong to? Which group is more beneficial to our society? Think about it. |
Karthik |
Vikesrock |
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Thinking can be uncomfortable, but I always think that it is beneficial. |
JaneYoung |
Molten |
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The worst that happens is we try our best and lose. And there's no shame in that. |
pfreivald |
cziggy343 |
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One thing that always strikes me at FRC competitions is seeing the little nerds reveling in the same kind of self-celebrating bravado the high school jocks have always indulged in. |
gvarndell |
jgannon |
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Sometimes the best feeling doesn't come from watching yourself excel but rather from watching others excel. |
kristenliz_28 |
Chris is me |
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Perhaps we should just have signs put up that say "Please remove your head and tail before entering". |
Molten |
Karibou |
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Part of Gracious Professionalism is the Professional bit. Doesn't matter if you're a volunteer or a staff member, a failure of this level in the real world would result in getting fired. |
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nighterfighter |
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Good tooling doesn't cost money, it makes money (and prevents doctor visits). |
travis |
Molten |
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