Saturday (8:45-7:00+)
The Broadcast (9-10:30)
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About one hour after the adds
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Watch the field video tours as well
Read That Manual! (10:30-12)
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8 Groups
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Complete rules worksheet
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Note questions for further discussion
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Skip sections 1 & 2, start at “Game Overview”
Rule Regroup (12-1)
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Mentors Check rule worksheets
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Present questions, entire teams answers
- May publish to FIRST Q/A
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Rules test
Lunch (1-2)
- Stragglers finish rules quiz??
Match Strategy (2-3:30)
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4 groups
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“What should we be doing during a match”
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Use da spreadsheet
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Groups should be ready to present a few strategies to the team
Present Match Strategies (3:30-4:30)
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Each group presents 2-4 strategies
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Confirm time estimates
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Discuss strategies
Strategy Go-Backs (4:30-5:30)
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Modify strategies according to group discussion
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Further research to prep for decision time on Sunday
Free-Form Ideation (5:30-END)
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Ustructured time to discuss anything related to the game
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Crazy strategy ideas
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Mechanism Ideas
Sunday (9-10:30+)
Initial Strategy Determination (9:30-10:30)
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Small groups present changes to strategies
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Team Discussion & Decision: Primary Gameplay Strategies
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Team Discussion & Decision: Subsystem Prorities
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Create mechanism brainstorming groups
Mechanism Brainstorming (10:30-12:30)
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Each new small group discusses the “how” for each subsystem
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Deliver: A few concepts which accomplish primary robot strategy
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Sketches, Crayon CAD
Lunch (12:30-1:30)
Mechanism Regroup (1:30-2:30)
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Each group presents concepts
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Decide what to prototype immediately
Prototyping (12:30-END)
- Groups make shit IRL