I'm going to FLL! (First LEGO league) Is anyone else going to be in FLL? I know Jakeob is! (Link to his profile.)
http://scratch.mit.edu/users/Jakeob/ I know he is new, but he is my friend IRL.

I heard about it at my school, but I never did it.

My friends won second place a year or two ago.

I participated about three times, it was very fun.

Hardmath123 wrote:

My friends won second place a year or two ago.

WOW! what year?

banana500 wrote:

I participated about three times, it was very fun.

Cool!

Ean173 wrote:

Hardmath123 wrote:

My friends won second place a year or two ago.

WOW! what year?

I think the year before last (2012: Food Factor). I was on the team but dropped out after the second day because it seemed like too much work. It actually was too much work, and by the end of it all the team members were pretty mad at each other. But yeah, those guys are pretty smart. I teamed up with one of them for last year's Robofest and we came 4th (hey, we beat the Koreans! Their robot looked like it could kill me in my sleep. ).

Hardmath123 wrote:

Ean173 wrote:

Hardmath123 wrote:

My friends won second place a year or two ago.

WOW! what year?

I think the year before last (2012: Food Factor). I was on the team but dropped out after the second day because it seemed like too much work. It actually was too much work, and by the end of it all the team members were pretty mad at each other. But yeah, those guys are pretty smart. I teamed up with one of them for last year's Robofest and we came 4th (hey, we beat the Koreans! Their robot looked like it could kill me in my sleep. ).

Do you live near New Braunfels? My team is on there. AND my mom is a coach, We have not much fighting on out team.

No way, New Braunfels? I met a team from there at Michigan (Robofest). Wouldn't be you, would it? I was the crazy guy playing Tetris on his Mac because we had 20 minutes to spare.

I'm not involved in FLL, but I do participate in the next level, First Tech Challenge (FTC) and First Robotics Competition (FRC). Hopefully you take the next steps, the Midwest Regional (FRC competition in Chicago) was a breathtaking experience. We didn't make it to be a captain but we were a high level pick in Alliance Selection. I'm unsure how competition works in FLL though.

16Skittles wrote:

I'm not involved in FLL, but I do participate in the next level, First Tech Challenge (FTC) and First Robotics Competition (FRC). Hopefully you take the next steps, the Midwest Regional (FRC competition in Chicago) was a breathtaking experience. We didn't make it to be a captain but we were a high level pick in Alliance Selection. I'm unsure how competition works in FLL though.

The competitions there are a lot more individual as opposed to the head-to-head competition in FRC. You have a game board with Lego set pieces that your robot needs to be able to manipulate in various ways. There are two boards adjacent to each other in each round, but other than the shared setpiece in the middle, the two robots don't really interact. Plus, all of your robot's runs are pre-programmed, and the operators are responsible for setting it up for each run rather than directly controlling it, which makes reliability and efficiency two of the most important factors in a robot.

I participated in FLL in elementary and middle school, so I'm glad to see Scratch members taking part as well! My team never made it to nationals, though we were an extremely close second at our state competition in my 5th grade year.

That's Coolio!

Harakou wrote:

16Skittles wrote:

I'm not involved in FLL, but I do participate in the next level, First Tech Challenge (FTC) and First Robotics Competition (FRC). Hopefully you take the next steps, the Midwest Regional (FRC competition in Chicago) was a breathtaking experience. We didn't make it to be a captain but we were a high level pick in Alliance Selection. I'm unsure how competition works in FLL though.

The competitions there are a lot more individual as opposed to the head-to-head competition in FRC. You have a game board with Lego set pieces that your robot needs to be able to manipulate in various ways. There are two boards adjacent to each other in each round, but other than the shared setpiece in the middle, the two robots don't really interact. Plus, all of your robot's runs are pre-programmed, and the operators are responsible for setting it up for each run rather than directly controlling it, which makes reliability and efficiency two of the most important factors in a robot.

I participated in FLL in elementary and middle school, so I'm glad to see Scratch members taking part as well! My team never made it to nationals, though we were an extremely close second at our state competition in my 5th grade year.

We see the FRC at the same place we do FLL!

16Skittles wrote:

I'm not involved in FLL, but I do participate in the next level, First Tech Challenge (FTC) and First Robotics Competition (FRC). Hopefully you take the next steps, the Midwest Regional (FRC competition in Chicago) was a breathtaking experience. We didn't make it to be a captain but we were a high level pick in Alliance Selection. I'm unsure how competition works in FLL though.

Was it at the West Side community center?

Hardmath123 wrote:

No way, New Braunfels? I met a team from there at Michigan (Robofest). Wouldn't be you, would it? I was the crazy guy playing Tetris on his Mac because we had 20 minutes to spare.

Ean173 wrote:

Was it at the West Side community center?

Hardmath123 wrote:

No way, New Braunfels? I met a team from there at Michigan (Robofest). Wouldn't be you, would it? I was the crazy guy playing Tetris on his Mac because we had 20 minutes to spare.

No, LTU.

I am in FLL in WV

I did FLL! It was really fun and i recomend it to peoplez

-Catey111

FLL FTW!

was in the 2013 one. and btw 11111

I did it this year. It was super fun.

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