Team Spudnik Update 3/20/13

Well, there's only one week left until competition. Aaaaand, we still have things to do. A whole bunch of things to do. Most likely, all of those things are not going to get done prior to there competition, because we're leaving in exactly a week. As of right now, we have no shooter capable of attaching to the robot, we're still short on money, and we also have several robot components that still need finishing

Fortunately, all is not lost. Totally. Our cart is (nearly) completed, we're finally ready to go shopping and get all the parts we need, and we have gotten SOME money. We are, ever so slowly, getting things done, and we are going to at least have a working robot when we get down to the land of much competition. So, while we certainly aren't the best team in the history of the know universe, we can still get things done.

And even though we may not have used our time quite as productively as it could have been used, we did get something out of it. It taught us a lesson: use time more productively, otherwise you have to spend a week panicing. While we didn't do as well as we could have this year over the pre-competition work time, we did learn more about how to do better next year. As such, we're prepared to be awesome in the future, even if we don't quite get there now. Whoo, optimism!

There you are, folks. Week -1 in relation to competition, and we aren't done with stuff yet. Will that stuff get done? Only time will tell! Tune in next time, same time, same station, for the exciting conclusion!