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* We saw people from Pittsburgh having a discussion of the schedule in the TCHS Cafeteria. | * We saw people from Pittsburgh having a discussion of the schedule in the TCHS Cafeteria. | ||
* We saw a video of the game reveal that showed the instructions of the game and how to score points, lose points, and keep the same amount of points. | * We saw a video of the game reveal that showed the instructions of the game and how to score points, lose points, and keep the same amount of points. | ||
− | + | *We tried to determine what was under the tarp before the game release...we didn't get far. | |
+ | *The game is really interesting with many different strategies. | ||
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* we got to meet the other teams and see how hard or easy our competition is. we also got to become friendly with other teams | * we got to meet the other teams and see how hard or easy our competition is. we also got to become friendly with other teams | ||
* we got to meet and hang out with the other competing teams in the competition. Josh knew some of the people from the other team. there were about 10 teams in the cafeteria at once. | * we got to meet and hang out with the other competing teams in the competition. Josh knew some of the people from the other team. there were about 10 teams in the cafeteria at once. | ||
− | * There were teams that were in their senior year of high school. We must step up our game to do better than them. | + | * There were teams that were in their senior year of high school. We must step up our game to do better than them. |
+ | *We showed some other teams the FRC warehouse we work out of. | ||
+ | *We all played on the field. | ||
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* we spent an hour reading the rules and started to get sleepy. we all listened and learned all the rules. | * we spent an hour reading the rules and started to get sleepy. we all listened and learned all the rules. | ||
* we watched a video about the rules and one of the refs explained them. | * we watched a video about the rules and one of the refs explained them. | ||
+ | * Sadly, some rules ruled out our ideas. | ||
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|'''Brainstorm / Prioritize / Strategize''':D | |'''Brainstorm / Prioritize / Strategize''':D | ||
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*brain storm we started our brain storming in the FRC room watch was very hot. When the meeting in our room ended we rushed in and conintuned our brain storm. | *brain storm we started our brain storming in the FRC room watch was very hot. When the meeting in our room ended we rushed in and conintuned our brain storm. | ||
* We read the rules of the FTC Manual which took us one hour. The game was also displayed in the manual. | * We read the rules of the FTC Manual which took us one hour. The game was also displayed in the manual. | ||
+ | * We thought shooting the balls would be really unreliable, so we are leaning towards making a mechanism that can reliably dump balls into the tubes. | ||
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Revision as of 23:38, 8 September 2014
Competition Season Meeting
Meeting Date | Meeting Time | Location | Attendees |
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Saturday,September 6, 2014 | 10:30am-5pm | TCHS Brandywine | Trevor, Brad, CJ, Morgan, Nick, Amal, Eric, Josh, Justin, Braden, Laura. |
Tasks | Reflections |
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Attend the Game Reveal |
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Eat Pizza |
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Meet other Teams
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Learn the Rules |
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Brainstorm / Prioritize / Strategize:D |
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- brain storm we started our brain storming in the FRC room watch was very hot. When the meeting in our room ended we rushed in and conintuned our brain storm.
- We read the rules of the FTC Manual which took us one hour. The game was also displayed in the manual.
- We thought shooting the balls would be really unreliable, so we are leaning towards making a mechanism that can reliably dump balls into the tubes.
Recorded by: Amal | Date: | Journal Editor: | Date: |
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