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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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They truncated our conference title. We are not showing the movie "Finding NEMO" |
RoboMom |
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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 |
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Aw... am I too late to suggest a water game? |
jgannon |
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OooooohhH! OOOOooohh! Can I start the 2009 thread yet? Huh? Can I? Can I? |
dlavery |
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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 |
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For We Will Rock You, we quit counting Saturday morning when it got to 12 times. |
Gary Dillard |
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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 |
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As a team leader if I do not INSPIRE I have failed, and I do not like to fail. |
Mike Martus |
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Be civil in all things and you will get far. |
Wetzel |
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each year the chairmans award is given to the team the judges think deserve it the most, for that year. How can it be any other way? |
KenWittlief |
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Mentors can't get tired, it says so in the manual. SENIOR mentors, therefore, must have a different manual! |
KathieK |
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Isnt it fun submitting your mentors behind their backs for the WFA? |
Lil' Lavery |
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It's ok to be tired. That's what CD Mods are for. |
Jessica Boucher |
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IT ISN'T THE STUDENT'S JOB TO DISCIPLINE OTHER STUDENTS. That's why God invented mentors. Let them do their jobs. |
Collin Fultz |
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And while I am not that big on hero-worship, I am pretty darn proud to know Dave. However, this does not mean that I will stop picking on him |
MissInformation |
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I think of the FP's as the party motor, they are kinda like mini smoke generators. |
coreyjon |
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I admit that it isn't practical...but it sure is fun. |
Crebb |
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There's more elegant ways to play defense than beating on the other robot. |
Bill Moore |
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umm i don't have a life. so no, i really doubt i'll go to the movies anytime soon. wait, does...april count as soon? |
nehalita |
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Earlier today, I finally saw a copy of the [WFA] essay that was submitted by my team (there will be a separate reckoning later with all those that kept this a secret from me). The narrative overwhelmed me. |
dlavery |
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My suggestion is to first focus in on your drive base. Get it running, and drive it into the ground and see what breaks. Then fix it. Rinse wash and repeat. |
Andy A. |
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the jocks may have muscle, but we have extruded aluminum :D |
[527]phil |
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Use checklists. If it's good enough for NASA, it's good enough for FIRST. |
Rick TYler |
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Safety glasses may be a nice forehead protector, but thats not what they are made for. |
Quatitos |
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Winning is an outcome, not the whole point. |
StephLee |
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FIRST is not all about the robot, it's about the experience. Don't sour yours by whining about it later. |
StephLee |
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Obviously, really large issues need to be addressed, and if you feel there is a huge problem, by all means, go ahead, if you can be polite, productive, and graciously professional, address it. |
Amanda Aldridge |
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I have some free time tonight (What?) |
Brandon Martus |
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If you have a problem with a team, go to that team and address it with them. Don't air your slanderous opinions here for all to see. |
Andy Baker |
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Questions are rarely stupid. |
Alan Anderson |
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I remember...my first nationals in 1998, when I was in High School, and thinking "Wow, that's really cool. Engineering looks fun..." |
Karthik |
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What seems logical to you will seem strange to someone else. Never assume that someone else will do the logical thing. |
Wetzel |
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GP makes us all on one and the same team. They understand that in order for any of us to succeed, we need to help out where we can. It is why you will see so many other teams helping a team with a failing robot, buggy software, team strategy, etc. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
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Now, I either need to convince Mike Martus to start the webhug early (or move it back 1 hour), skip the webhug, miss the first part of the presentation, or just clone myself. |
Andy Baker |
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Although I don't agree with the ref's call...we accept it because a ref's call is a final call. |
David Guzman |
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Dave Lavery, Lou Rosanio and Karthik are all Woodie Flowers winners this year. So mentors it seems like if ya want the WFA it might be a good idea to put on a kilt :) |
Kyle |
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We should also remember the fact that the FIRST Manual is not supposed to be enterpreted with lawyer speak. If so you could make it say many things. |
Anthony |
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I would like to meet...Andy Baker: I've never met a pig farmer before... |
MissInformation |
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We use a student coach/team captain for Team 342. This allows us mentors to sit in the pit area during competition and just relax. Watching the competition really gets our stomachs tied in knots. |
cbolin |
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Spelling mistakes make me sad...Almost as sad as not being able to go to Atlanta this year.. Almost. |
Elgin Clock |
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Man, Dave always has to one up us. We build robots to play games, he build robots to go on other planets, Elgin makes CD 30 inches, you make it 63 inches. |
Levin571 |
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Programmer's pride. FIRST needs some more. |
Ben Margolis |
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Unfortunately I think IFI made us buy a new one. Something about 200amps across the power connector not being a warranty item. |
GeorgeTheEng |
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And we drafted without computers...forget the calculators...we used slide rules...the punchcards piled up so high we needed more office space...and we programmed in three feet of snow...up hill...both ways |
Rich Kressly |
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not national champ.....WORLD CHAMPION |
Stephen Kowski |
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anything is possible with dedication. |
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