March 2012
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EVERYONE FRCTOP25 IS BROADCASTING
February 2012
42 posts
AHHH ONLY TWO MORE DAYS UNTIL COMPETITION SEASON.
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TEAM PROFILES!
So I’ve come up with a preliminary profile set up. Now it is up to you guys to VOTE:
Option 1: Photo post
Option 2: Link Post
Note that for the Link Post, I don’t want you to post the Logo, and for the Photo post you MUST submit either a picture of the logo of adequate size OR a team photo.
Also, Please look at the info I’ve posted. Is there any other information you want...
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REANNAUNICORN →
Name: Reanna
Age: 16
Team: 692
Years: 1
Position(s): Media & Community Outreach
Reason: I’ve always been interested in robotics, and a few of my friends were joining as well.
Motto: When life gives you 100 reasons to cry, show life you have 1000 reasons to smile.
Obsessions: FIRST, Unicorns, FOOD, Robotics, our team website, sherlock, smiling, laughing, shopping, tumblr,...
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Week 1 Regionals
-Week 1 Regionals and who will be at which one (from survey)
Week One March 1-March 3, 2012 Alamo Regional, San Antonio, TX BAE Systems/Granite State Regional, Manchester, NH
sixmerrymurderesses, libbykamen
Greater Kansas City Regional, Kansas City, MO Smoky Mountains Regional, Knoxville, TN
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March 2-3, 2012 Hatboro-Horsham MAR FRC Qualifying Event, Horsham, PA Kettering...
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libbykamen asked: Speaking of meetups, I'd be happy to do meetups as well! Week 1: Granite State, Week 2: Finger Lakes, Week 3: Montreal, Week 4: Boston, Week 5: Connecticut. Week 6: ??, Week 7: MAR Championships, and of course World Champs! Follow me/leave stuff in my ask if you'd be interested in any of those!
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Lenape Qualifying Event
Date: March 24-25
Time: Anytime
Location: Bleachers?
Who to look for: Team 2590, black shirt (says a last name that starts with D and ends with C—don’t wanna give away too much), I’ll always be the one wearing the red bow in my hair.
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Hatboro-Horsham Qualifying Event
Date: March 2-3
Time: Anytime
Location: Bleachers?
Who to look for: Team 2590, black shirt (says a last name that starts with D and ends with C—don’t wanna give away too much), I’ll always be the one wearing the red bow in my hair.
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Festival du Robotique (Montreal) Meetup
Date: March 15-17
Time: Anytime
Location: Bleachers?
Who to look for: Team 2590, black shirt (says a last name that starts with D and ends with C—don’t wanna give away too much), I’ll always be the one wearing the red bow in my hair.
IMPORTANT: FIRSTers Tournament Meetups
I’ll be at the following tournaments
Week 1: Kettering University District [after lunch on Saturday only]
Week 2: Waterford Kettering District
Week 3: Detroit (Wayne State University) District
Week 4: Waterloo Regional [Saturday only, assuming I can get through the border]
Week 5: Troy Athens District
Week 6: Michigan State Championship
Week 8: World Championship Event
I’ll...
Who else didn't finish the robot?
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Steeleagle →
Name: Hailey
Age: 15
Team: C.O.R.E. 2062 Waukesha, Wi
Position: CAD member
Reason: Went to a regional 3 yrs. ago and was asked to join by my sister’s friends in my freshman year
Motto: C.O.R.E.P.R.I.D.E.
Obsessions: Harry Potter, MCR, Star Wars
HELP US PLEASE →
libbykamen:
danielle-brains-hp:
Hi,
I’m part of a Robotics team in Australia (yeah just a bit of a nerd) and we have been asked to attend the FIRST international robot competition in America. Obviously this costs a lot of money so please check out our Facebook, website and YouTube links and send us some love down under <3 :)
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/MASRobotics
Website:...
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Who's still up because *gasp* we've less than a...
And if you’re still up, shouldn’t you be working and not on tumblr? lol
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It's Crunch time people!
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Safety Goggles At Night: I thought they might see,... →
THIS GIRL IS AMAZING.
safetygogglesatnight:
I thought they might see, just that once when they went to the open house. That they’d see the robot is more than “free labor”. The robot isn’t really just a robot. It’s a symbol of accomplishment. Proof of what you’re capable of, alone and as a team. I don’t just mill and weld, I design and…
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That awkward moment when you get sick the last...
60-70 hour week anyway? Of course! -_-
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poikalucretia asked: Your tumblr is AWESOME. My name is Niina and I'm from Team 702 "Bagelbytes" from Culver City, CA. If you were in LA Regionals last year, we had the famous robot that caught on fire mid-match.... but survived and continued competing to quarterfinals le video youtube. com/watch?v=2wmWhxV6liY (if you listen carefully they're playing music fitted for the occasion such as "hot...
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FRC Team Numbers Matching Game →
team971:
Match the team number with the team name :)
971 created a matching game that cycles through about 40 FRC teams/numbers.
Enjoy!
~971
edit: this now has 53 hits! Albeit at least 15 of them are from me alone…
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How does your team manage and save weight?
The Killer Bees (Team 33) Started a Blog! →
This is the girls’ blog that Team 33 started, and we want to get word out about it. If anyone from other teams is interested in writing for it, could you have them contact me (searching-for) or someone else from 33 so we can arrange that? Also, of course, if anyone wants to read, feel free to check it out :)
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Awkward when a bunch of people from...
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What regionals/competitions is your team planning...
Please answer if you know. I want to compile a list for all those who want to do meet ups.
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martian86 asked: What? Less than two weeks til bag and tag? WHY IS THE SEASON SO SHORT?
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It's the beginning of Week 5. Is your team done...
Robotics Shirts trade?
thehokeypokey:
Ello folks, my team is finally selling tshirts
They are $17 for a normal team shirt (247 da bears)
If you don’t want to pay, you could trade me for an XL of your team shirt :D (I’d order your size of course)
anyone interested?