Accurate description of my notebook every year
asking our coach
”Why can’t we just write a kamikaze auton like last year?”
You have to take one for the team
“Oh, that was three points? I thought it was two…”
Our main programmer re-watched the Turning Point game reveal.
“If you can’t fix it with a hammer or zip ties, it was too complicated in the beginning anyway.”
“Just beat it with a hammer. It worked on an axle, why wouldn’t it on a V5 Brain?”
One of our team member’s names is Alan, so we named the small allen keys “Baby alans” and the large ones “big alans”.
“Anything can be built with enough brute force”
We call big alans “right wrenches”, small alans “left wrenches”, star drive alans “space wrenches”, and wrenches “wrench wrenches”
random screw falls off
“It’s just weight reduction.”
Being scouted by a top tier team
Entire mechanism falls off
“It’s meant to do that.”
It’s interchangeable.
“What do you even do during lunch? All you do is stare at your math homework while browsing VEX Forum…”
Literally me.
Them: “Are we just making posts here in hopes of reviving the spirit of That Moment When, while keeping it on topic.”
Me: “Maybe…”
Them: “…”
When discussing a controversial referee issue:
Describe your team in three words:
“We’re lazy.”
Me “here’s my design for tower takeover”
Teammate: “I have one condition, the robot has to be modular”
Me “If you make our robot modular I will detach your toes.”
Us: gets to worlds and practices the auton we spent 25 hours on
auton: is wack on the worlds fields
Us: forgets auton and makes a simpler version that scores half the points
2 wins and 6 losses later
Driver: turning is horrible, it’s the split arcade
Me: changes to tank drive for testing
turning: REEEE
2 year old omnis are refusing to do their job
me: changes omnis for last 2 qualification matches
next day, loses last 2 matches, ranks <80th in division
me: “atleast there’s next year”
sees game reveal
crap
you mean…
aw snap
''Its important to read the game manual, but also when you’re not delirious"
~Main programmer to main builder after I mentioned several crazy rules that my sleep-deprived mind had invented while reading the game manual front to back.
^Me whenever I have a good idea.