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Jan 10
Dear Diary,
Two meetings today. One was at David’s house for software people to get all the software installed and functional. The other meeting was arranged by John and I to get a field element made. We scouted out parts at the garage and found the supplies we needed to make the bump in the center of the field. We worked from 2:00 till 8:00 and go the entire thing done. Some of the by-products were getting the table saw to the garage, and also contacting Mr. Hass about possibly building at his house (next weekend). We build the bump with Minimal outside help with Karena’s mom simply supervising while we did the measurements, cutting, and assembling.
Both the Software and Build meetings went well. The software group got everything installed and we finished building the bump. We’ll do tests with it tomorrow to see how it affects the ball’s movement. It seems a LOT bigger in person than it did in the videos. This seems like a much harder task. I’m glad we built it because it emphasizes how significant the 45 degree angle really is. Look forward to kicking balls at it. (need to pump them up)
-Chinmay
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09
Jan 10
Dear Diary,
Today was kickoff, the long awaited event for our entire team. WE received the game and started discussing online immediately. I had to leave early to go and get soccer balls so we could experiment with them at the meeting in the afternoon. We had a great turnout (over 40 people) for or kickoff meeting. Lots of familiar faces of mentors who we haven’t seen in half a year were present, and we had a great time analyzing the game and game rules. Some key points
-Lower score than previous years and lots of double penalties definitely avoid.
-Many different tasks (driving over bumps, shooting, passing over 1 or 2 bumps, possessing, hanging, providing bars, hanging from other teams bars.
-Field elements. Complex field. What is on it?
We arranged times for meetings to build field elements (which are most important?) and get the software installed on Sunday, as well as design meetings throughout next week.
-Chinmay
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Mar 08
