Game Hint #1

FIRST has posted the first game hint here. As usual, it's cryptic and I have no idea what it is.

Finances!

We made $1103 at the HB FLL District. More than anticipated. GO TEAM!

FLL Hathaway Brown District

We still don't know exactly how much money we made yesterday, but we did make money. All in all, everything went phenomenally. There were some mini-crises (I spent almost an hour and a half in the computer lab with a sometimes crying coach; it all worked out fine.), but everything ran fairly smoothly. The Hathaway Brown BlazorBots (the 5th grade team) won first place on the table competition and also won a slot at the state competition!

Some pictures from the day:

Computer in 210

Good news! The computer in 210 has completely been set up to run all of the FIRST code (from last year).

To use it just start it up and log in as FIRST. If you need to install software you will need the administrator password. I am not sure how we are going to moderate the use of the administrator account so for now ask James Hale or Dr. Newman to help you out.

Have a good break!

Reccomended Reading

Students

• 2010 Game Manual The first few sections are out now. The rest will go live on Jan 9.
• The Blue Alliance hosts video tutorials and match video archives. Worth a look, and their coverage of the kickoff event is usual great.
• The Chief Delphi forums are a great place to find answers, ask questions, or meet more of the FIRST community
• FIRST CAD Library and EWCP CAD Library for models of kit parts and common Off the Shelf components

Mentors:

• FRC Handbook
• 2010 Game Manual The first few sections are out now. The rest will go live on Jan 9.
• The Blue Alliance hosts video tutorials and match video archives. Worth a look, and their coverage of the kickoff event is usual great.
• The Chief Delphi forums are a great place to find answers, ask questions, or meet more of the FIRST community
• FIRST CAD Library and EWCP CAD Library for models of kit parts and common Off the Shelf components
• Bill's Blog is maintained by the director of FIRST, and is a good source of information and announcements
  

FIRST Scholarships

As you may know, FIRST offers tons of scholarships to schools all over the country. Most are for seniors but there are at least a couple for juniors. Check out the list of this year's at http://www.usfirst.org/aboutus/content.aspx?id=508

Sponsorship Update

The Pizza Hut in Solon is giving us a VERY significant price cut on the pizza we're buying for the FLL Regional on the 12th. We should be able to make a whole lot of money. Pizza Hut is officially one of our sponsors!

Game Manual

The first three sections of the 2010 Game Manual are available here.