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At championship, as we do at every regional, we'll be counting every point scored (or lost) by each robot. Nothing beats numbers. |
Derek Bessette |
Billfred |
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I'm pretty sure most teams would be OK with being somewhere between Division by Zero and Cheesy Poofs! ;) |
Dennis Jenks |
Andy Baker |
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99.9999% of the FIRSTers are really nice |
Denman |
Billfred |
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only here would you find someone calling a motor cute.... |
Denman |
Billfred |
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How many robotics kids does it take to turn on a light? |
demosthenes2k8 |
NorviewsVeteran |
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DO NOT THROW THINGS AT THE PROGRAMMER! |
demosthenes2k8 |
The Megan 2207 |
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"So we have an arm, and the pot on it tells how high we are...
...and then we know how high we want to be...
...and if we're not high enough we go higher."
(I have to leave the room, we're all laughing too much.) |
demosthenes2k8 |
bam-bam |
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"Congratulations to our FIRST team coming back from the championships in St. Louis." (We all applaud) "Remember, if you're not FIRST, you're last!" - Our pilot on the second plane back home. |
demosthenes2k8 |
Nick Bouressa |
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...when you hear a kid say "oink oink" and you say in your head "BOOM!" |
delsaner |
wendymom |
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Oh the wonders that happen in Michigan competitions... ;) |
delsaner |
Hallry |
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I, as a programmer, always strive to have the entire robot operate with as little driver input as possible. Those pesky humans.... |
dellagd |
Kevin Selavko |
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Weird. On a forum where people talk about robots, we have a robot trying to talk to people. |
dellagd |
Whippet |
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I hate to do say it with these words but...We're all in this together. |
dellagd |
DeformedFedora |
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Woah woah, what about fingers? The programmers have to use something to type with? |
dellagd |
synth3tk |
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Just that the robot battery wont catch fire if you drop it the wrong way. Those LiPos pack quite a punch. |
dellagd |
Whippet |
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It's not about taking risks, but more about identifying them (which is the hardest part) and reducing them. |
Deke |
Kevin Leonard |
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I saw a big opening in the bees section and asked if we could sit for this match and was told we were welcome to sit there. Your team made space for about 15 of my team members that came with me. |
Debbie |
JaneYoung |
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Students dream up the ideas for bots, it is than up to the mentors and engineers to make these dreams a reality. |
dddriveman |
Bharat Nain |
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Mentors can either hide the experience of failure or support the right of a student in gaining that experience. |
dcbrown |
DonRotolo |
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there's no time like week 5 to learn programming :D |
dcarr |
Ether |
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It's amazing what you'll find in the FIRST Manual :) |
dcarr |
Hallry |
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The point of outreach isn't to "win" a "game" so I'm not sure what you hope to achieve with such a concept. The idea of "beating" another team in terms of outreach is fundamentally flawed. |
dcarr |
Hallry |
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The best metrics are your own. Do you see the impact of your efforts in your community? Do you feel like you should/could have won Chairman's, but another team was even more deserving? That's how you know FIRST is really working. |
dcarr |
Hallry |
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If you're doing it to win, you're doing it wrong. Teams who truly understand why they are doing what they do will win Chairman's simply as a result, an added benefit. The award isn't the goal. It's the impact you create, and the results you see. |
dcarr |
Hallry |
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Facebook for FIRST already exists. It's called Facebook :) |
dcarr |
Alan Anderson |
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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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ADMIT IT! Dave Lavery has better legs than Amanda Morrison! |
DCA Fan |
nehalita |
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I'm impressed and incredibly amused that you found so many of Dave's evildoings, though granted, they aren't that hard to search out. |
DCA Fan |
Billfred |
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I have a feeling that we're about to deprive the world of Poof balls for a while. |
DCA Fan |
Michelle Celio |
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Corn dogs for everyone! |
DCA Fan |
JYang |
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I'm unconvinced that this thread itself is not a performance art piece. |
DCA Fan |
Jessica Boucher |
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The problem was too many penalties with too much room for judgment. |
dbSparx |
Andy Baker |
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If mentors don't respect the students' desire to learn and take an active role in the construction, they're missing the point of FIRST. If students refuse to accept the knowledge and experience of the mentors, that's not independence - it's arrogance. |
DB213parent |
RogerR |
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I'm in it for the challenge, winning is just a side effect... |
davidthefat |
Alan Anderson |
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Building things from scratch builds character. |
davidthefat |
Ken Patton |
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Im ready for anything. |
davidthefat |
RoboDesigners |
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I was a rookie last year, I didn't expect much. Now I got a taste of what it is, I want more. |
davidthefat |
Matt Krass |
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Seemed like a solid plan in my head. |
davidthefat |
Basel A |
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What makes a team great is not what they do during the 6 weeks, but what they do the rest of the year. |
davidthefat |
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"The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else's highlight reel." |
davidthefat |
Steven Donow |
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I don't know if the WPILibrary has a FluxCapacitor.vi in it. |
DavidGitz |
DeformedFedora |
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It seems ironic to me that a robotics competition would come down to human error, which is precisely what the field of robotics attempts to prevent. |
David8696 |
Amanda Morrison |
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The competition is over, I have no other FIRST-related activities to pursue–WHAT ELSE AM I GOING TO DO WITH MY LIFE BUT BROWSE CHIEF DELPHI UNTIL JANUARY???? |
David8696 |
Whippet |
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Arguing about the rules doesn't change them. Fighting doesn't change them-and neither does feeling righteous. |
David66 |
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i will not post here...i will not post here....well...okay, yes I will |
David66 |
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Teach them to fish by catching the first fish for them. (Give them the answer, but also give them how you came to that conclusion) |
David V |
Billfred |
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I love it when awards go to the right people. |
David Kelso |
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It will mean far more than you can imagine...and really, you can't lose. |
David Kelso |
Andy Baker |
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It does it automagically. |
David Kelly |
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FIRST doesn't end after high school, for some of us, it is only beginning. |
David Kelly |
David Hoff |
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