I haven’t posted in a year, so you can tell how awful this is. I’m trying to watch the @Reds on @FDSportsbook but the commercials are like 9 times louder than the game. Can we fix this? The strategy of irritating me into spending money on products is not a good one.
Opening robot announcements about to begin. I hope there’s an in memoriam for those robots we’ve lost: Tweeky from Buck Rogers, Mars Rover Sojourner, K2S0 from Rogue One.
The competition floors are lower to the ground at VEX than BEST. I preferred the elevated floor. Had a nice WWF vibe. Always small part of me hoped the Ultimate Warrior (RIP) may come barging out.
The theme is “Hero” so lots of kids dressed as Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, and Batman. Have yet to see an Aqua-Man. Maybe if the competition was held in a lake, he’d get more run.
These robot competitions love starting before the sun is up. Robots can still work at 10 AM, guys; it doesn’t have to start at 7. My coffee hasn’t kicked in yet.
It’s also my wife’s birthday. Some folks go on lavish trips to Italy for birthdays; we visit middle school cafeterias to watch kids bang robots into each other.