RoboZone Podcast Episode #083 - Frankly a Great Interview and Exciting Announcement!

FIRST General Forum
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Soundcloud Link: https://soundcloud.com/robozonepodcast/episode-083-frankly-a-great-interview-and-exciting-announcement

Episode Description -
In this episode, I get the great privilege to interview Frank Merrick from FIRST. During this interview we cover topics such as Franks background and adventure into FIRST, his experiences from past seasons, and what his favorite game has been. We discuss the events that led up to the announcement of removing Bag Day for the 2020 season and why 2019 was not the right time for the change. Finally, there is a huge announcement about something that will be in our Kit of Parts for this season. This is an episode you do NOT want to miss. There is a t-shirt giveaway at the end so please listen all the way through!

Interviewee: Frank Merrick - Director - FIRST Robotics Competition

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Good-Guy Frank: “There’s going to be a moment during the game animation when teams just may lose their minds.”

Great googly-moogly! :eek: :ahh: :yikes: :confused:

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Why wait until the animation?

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My guess is that it’d be something new and challenging enough to be “impossible”, but not something that can be hinted at beforehand.

I’d like to say water game but there’s no way they can keep that a secret until the animation. There would need to be an adequate amount of time to prepare teams with new electronics or whatever.