Holy Crappola!
Jeebus, it’s been a whopping 4 months?? Okay, small update:
We went ahead and build an FTC robot or two, had fun at the regional in Phoenix, and all was well. This was, of course, after we finished build season, during which the cooliest group I’ve ever met helped build the awesomest robot I’ve ever seen. The new system and LABView were amazing, which made my final year on the team that much better. Luckily, we’ve got an incredible group of students ready for next year, so I’m quite satisfied that our mission as seniors was accomplished.
Right, so, the competitions. Basically, FIRST came out with the game Lunacy, to which we build an awesometastic spiral-hoppered turreted shooter of sorts that could track targets autonomously on the go and adjust for distance accordingly as well. It held a max of 15 orbit balls and had a fire rate of abouuut 4 per second, maybe a little less. We seeded 4th in LA and made it to the semifinals with one of the coolest teams ever, 330. We then proceeded to the Arizona regional with a hood that made the balls fire straight down (thus vetoing all work done for tracking and long distance shooting… *sigh*) However, we seeded 1st, had an overall record of 15-1-0, and won the event. Holy Jeebers, Batman! I got to drive the robot and win a regional : D So that fulfills my senior year, just winning a robotics regional.
However, we just recently also went to the Championship in Atlanta. We seeded 17th of 88 teams in the Newton Division and made it to the quarterfinals, breaking our record from the last time we went to Atlanta. We also visited the World of Coca-Cola and the Aquarium, which were quite fantastical adventures in themselves.
Anyway, we just got back from that on Sunday. I need to whip out my unicycle some time now that it’s getting hot (and Mr. Forbes needs to fix the swamp cooler!!). Piano is pretty awesome right now, there’s a recital coming up that should be lots of phun. And I’m going a week on just water! And I have a giant infested wart on my foot! Yay!
Til then… lata foo’s!
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