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I'm responding to something that Ian wrote earlier that really struck a chord:
> I'm kind of thinking that after the last train event, I don't think I can
> handle the stress involved with robot events anymore. Train is so gentle.
> Delicate. Slow. Relaxing. Everything about the robot events (or the last
> one, anyway), was cram cram cram, push push push, hustle-bustle here and
> busy-busy there. I supose that's partly my fault - leaving programming to
> the last minute... but there's something about the tranquility of train and
> building construction that's suddnly recaptured me from my youth. I think
> it's what I want to focus the majority of my efforts on from now on.
Boy Oh boy, this is how I feel about robots right now. Everything seems to
go wrong and get postponed until the last minute and causes unnecessary
amounts of stress. Building robots is WAY harder than one would first think.
I enjoy building, but when I have to build and tear apart a mechanism 30
times before I get it right... That leaves zero time for programming, which
I am not great at anyway... I think Dave is the only one who is able to
build robots early enough to allow enough time for programming, and pull the
whole thing off with finesse. I guess I don't feel the same way about trains
or towns (since I have 100% Technic and mindstorms:), but my take on the
tranquility thing has been to dig up the instruction books, and build some
of the alternate models that I never gave any attention earlier. Its kinda
relaxing to know that everything that you need is there, and that it will
all work out in the end:) Don't get me wrong, though, I like being creative
and building original mechanisms, but it does get frustrating... All this is
just sharing my thoughts, and needless to say, I have a robot to build by
next week, and a program to write five minutes before the competition:)
slightly robot stressed...
Rob
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