[X][Bonus] Yes
[X] Forum Crawl (Difficulty: Too easy, nothing to learn here) (Reward: ???)
[X] Forum Crawl (Difficulty: Too easy, nothing to learn here) (Reward: ???)
Bolts, Steel, Code, and Joysticks: A Competitive Robotics Quest
- Location
- La La Land
[X][Bonus] Yes
[X] Chat with Mrs. Conner (Difficulty: I literally see her almost every day) (Reward: ???)
[X] Chat with Mrs. Conner (Difficulty: I literally see her almost every day) (Reward: ???)
Season One: Week Eleven
- Location
- Somewhere over the rainbow
[X][Bonus] Yes
[X] Chat with Mrs. Conner (Difficulty: I literally see her almost every day) (Reward: ???)
Mrs. Conner's daughter frustrates you to no end. You can't seem to figure out what goes on in her head; she's graduated from the fork in the plug to "oooh, what's bleach taste like?", and every time you try to get the little tyke to stop finding new and inventive ways to die, she throws a huge tantrum. Geez, why is this so hard? You signed on for babysitting, not baby idiocy prevention hotline.
Ugh. At least you'd get towhine at chat with Mrs. Conner at the end of it.
"Thank you again for handling my daughter. I know how much of a handful she can be, so you're a huge help."
"Not a problem, Mrs. Conner. Can I ask you for advice?"
"Sure, Colene. What kind of advice would you like?"
"I, uh, dunno, just maybe whatever comes to mind?"
"Sure. I've told you about knowing 'how to talk better', as you would put it, would open a lot of options for you. I have just the book for that, so it's your choice if you want it. Sure, How to Win Friends and Influence People is old, but it has aged very well.
Also, you should know that your logbook isn't about your robot; the judges will see plenty of that. What they want to see is the process - Colene, you just skipped straight to the final step, didn't you?"
You blush.
"I guess this is my fault, since I didn't tell you about it before you went ahead and wrote it all up. Oh well. You probably don't need to know how to drive, your programming is pretty solid, and your skill at building is like nothing I've ever seen. I guess I have an old book about algorithms if you want it. You might also want a textbook of applied physics; I imagine it'll help you skip a few grades, if nothing else.
I have my notes from the previous tournament, if you want those, but anything else, well, it'll come down to whether I have it in my attic somewhere."
"T-Thank you, Mrs. Conner."
What will you take?
[] How to Win Friends and Influence People (unlock Social-raising action)
[] The Art of Computer Programming Vol 1: Fundamental Algorithms (Programming Tutorial gains increased strength)
[] Physics: Principles with Applications (7th Edition) (Unknown, related to physics)
[] Mrs. Colene's notes on the tournament (gain notes on tournament)
[] Write-in (will roll for availability)
In a flurry of coding, you and Ahmad perfect the code on your robot by Tuesday, and he begins driving. You're pretty sure he's crying right now.
"Aw, is little Ahmad crying?"
"S-shut up, I was having a moment!"
"See, I told you! I told you you should join my team!"
"Fuck off, you were right, okay?"
"Do I hear Satan shivering?"
"If you're going to insult me, at least be original, about it, dumbass."
"Knew you loved me."
"Shut up, I like your sister better."
Anyway, with that unfortunate business aside (seriously, it wasn't like you were a board or anything), you feel much more confident about the tournament in three weeks.
Free Time! 1 Free Time available per week!
[] Recruit at your school (Difficulty: Should be pretty easy, right? Everybody will want to join me, robotics is great and I'm so good at it!) (Reward: ??? teammate)
[] Recruit in the wild (Difficulty: I dunno, randomly looking for people probably isn't a good idea, and they probably aren't that great) (Reward: ??? teammate)
[] Try to get corporate sponsorships (Difficulty: Those suits will be falling all over themselves to support a new cool STEM program, right?) (Reward: ??? Revenue)
[] Try to get money from friends and family (Difficulty: Huh, my immediate family's pretty receptive. I wonder if my distant relatives are the same?) (Rewards: ??? Expenses)
[] Try to get donations from random people (Difficulty: It worked for the Girl Scouts, why won't it work for me?) (Reward: ??? Expenses)
[] Try to get a job (Difficulty: Some minimum wage job should be willing to hire fourteen year olds, right?)(Reward: 1 Revenue)
[] Rewrite logbook (Difficulty: Crap, I'm starting to forget stuff, make things up?) (Reward: Better logbook??)
[] Forum Crawl (Difficulty: Too easy, nothing to learn here) (Reward: ???)
[] Programming Tutorial (Difficulty: How do I find the good ones for robotics?) (Reward: Software+)
[] Sketch a design (Difficulty: Not hard at all, kinda want to do this anyway) (Reward: One time bonus to Hardware check)
[] Chat with Mrs. Conner (Difficulty: I literally see her almost every day) (Reward: ???)
[] Write in (veto/approval/reinterpretation at GM discretion)
[X] Chat with Mrs. Conner (Difficulty: I literally see her almost every day) (Reward: ???)
Mrs. Conner's daughter frustrates you to no end. You can't seem to figure out what goes on in her head; she's graduated from the fork in the plug to "oooh, what's bleach taste like?", and every time you try to get the little tyke to stop finding new and inventive ways to die, she throws a huge tantrum. Geez, why is this so hard? You signed on for babysitting, not baby idiocy prevention hotline.
Ugh. At least you'd get to
"Thank you again for handling my daughter. I know how much of a handful she can be, so you're a huge help."
"Not a problem, Mrs. Conner. Can I ask you for advice?"
"Sure, Colene. What kind of advice would you like?"
"I, uh, dunno, just maybe whatever comes to mind?"
"Sure. I've told you about knowing 'how to talk better', as you would put it, would open a lot of options for you. I have just the book for that, so it's your choice if you want it. Sure, How to Win Friends and Influence People is old, but it has aged very well.
Also, you should know that your logbook isn't about your robot; the judges will see plenty of that. What they want to see is the process - Colene, you just skipped straight to the final step, didn't you?"
You blush.
"I guess this is my fault, since I didn't tell you about it before you went ahead and wrote it all up. Oh well. You probably don't need to know how to drive, your programming is pretty solid, and your skill at building is like nothing I've ever seen. I guess I have an old book about algorithms if you want it. You might also want a textbook of applied physics; I imagine it'll help you skip a few grades, if nothing else.
I have my notes from the previous tournament, if you want those, but anything else, well, it'll come down to whether I have it in my attic somewhere."
"T-Thank you, Mrs. Conner."
What will you take?
[] How to Win Friends and Influence People (unlock Social-raising action)
[] The Art of Computer Programming Vol 1: Fundamental Algorithms (Programming Tutorial gains increased strength)
[] Physics: Principles with Applications (7th Edition) (Unknown, related to physics)
[] Mrs. Colene's notes on the tournament (gain notes on tournament)
[] Write-in (will roll for availability)
In a flurry of coding, you and Ahmad perfect the code on your robot by Tuesday, and he begins driving. You're pretty sure he's crying right now.
"Aw, is little Ahmad crying?"
"S-shut up, I was having a moment!"
"See, I told you! I told you you should join my team!"
"Fuck off, you were right, okay?"
"Do I hear Satan shivering?"
"If you're going to insult me, at least be original, about it, dumbass."
"Knew you loved me."
"Shut up, I like your sister better."
Anyway, with that unfortunate business aside (seriously, it wasn't like you were a board or anything), you feel much more confident about the tournament in three weeks.
Free Time! 1 Free Time available per week!
[] Recruit at your school (Difficulty: Should be pretty easy, right? Everybody will want to join me, robotics is great and I'm so good at it!) (Reward: ??? teammate)
[] Recruit in the wild (Difficulty: I dunno, randomly looking for people probably isn't a good idea, and they probably aren't that great) (Reward: ??? teammate)
[] Try to get corporate sponsorships (Difficulty: Those suits will be falling all over themselves to support a new cool STEM program, right?) (Reward: ??? Revenue)
[] Try to get money from friends and family (Difficulty: Huh, my immediate family's pretty receptive. I wonder if my distant relatives are the same?) (Rewards: ??? Expenses)
[] Try to get donations from random people (Difficulty: It worked for the Girl Scouts, why won't it work for me?) (Reward: ??? Expenses)
[] Try to get a job (Difficulty: Some minimum wage job should be willing to hire fourteen year olds, right?)(Reward: 1 Revenue)
[] Rewrite logbook (Difficulty: Crap, I'm starting to forget stuff, make things up?) (Reward: Better logbook??)
[] Forum Crawl (Difficulty: Too easy, nothing to learn here) (Reward: ???)
[] Programming Tutorial (Difficulty: How do I find the good ones for robotics?) (Reward: Software+)
[] Sketch a design (Difficulty: Not hard at all, kinda want to do this anyway) (Reward: One time bonus to Hardware check)
[] Chat with Mrs. Conner (Difficulty: I literally see her almost every day) (Reward: ???)
[] Write in (veto/approval/reinterpretation at GM discretion)
LordVile
There's thinking and thinking with explosives.
- Location
- INDIA
[X] The Art of Computer Programming Vol 1: Fundamental Algorithms (Programming Tutorial gains increased strength)
Gotta stack em buffs
[X] Rewrite logbook (Difficulty: Crap, I'm starting to forget stuff, make things up?) (Reward: Better logbook??)
It's getting worse. Deal with it now.
Gotta stack em buffs
[X] Rewrite logbook (Difficulty: Crap, I'm starting to forget stuff, make things up?) (Reward: Better logbook??)
It's getting worse. Deal with it now.
- Location
- California
[x] How to Win Friends and Influence People (unlock Social-raising action)
Our extraordinarily low social stat is going to cause a great deal of problems in the future. It needs fixing,preferably as soon and as fast as possible.
[x] Rewrite logbook (Difficulty: Crap, I'm starting to forget stuff, make things up?) (Reward: Better logbook??)
There is nothing more urgent as of now, and the player character brings up a good point: short term memory is called that for a reason.
Our extraordinarily low social stat is going to cause a great deal of problems in the future. It needs fixing,preferably as soon and as fast as possible.
[x] Rewrite logbook (Difficulty: Crap, I'm starting to forget stuff, make things up?) (Reward: Better logbook??)
There is nothing more urgent as of now, and the player character brings up a good point: short term memory is called that for a reason.
- Location
- USA
[x] How to Win Friends and Influence People (unlock Social-raising action)
[x] Rewrite logbook (Difficulty: Crap, I'm starting to forget stuff, make things up?) (Reward: Better logbook??)
Can we only grab one book?
[x] Rewrite logbook (Difficulty: Crap, I'm starting to forget stuff, make things up?) (Reward: Better logbook??)
Can we only grab one book?
Hey, what happened tp Ahmad's robot? Is it somewhere around? I think we can find a use for it.
ConfusedPotato
Unverified Verifier
- Location
- Australia
[x] How to Win Friends and Influence People (unlock Social-raising action)
[x] Rewrite logbook (Difficulty: Crap, I'm starting to forget stuff, make things up?) (Reward: Better logbook??)
[x] Rewrite logbook (Difficulty: Crap, I'm starting to forget stuff, make things up?) (Reward: Better logbook??)
[x] How to Win Friends and Influence People (unlock Social-raising action)
[x] Rewrite logbook (Difficulty: Crap, I'm starting to forget stuff, make things up?) (Reward: Better logbook??)
[x] Rewrite logbook (Difficulty: Crap, I'm starting to forget stuff, make things up?) (Reward: Better logbook??)
Yeah I was wondering about this too, as it seems like we could have combined our expenses we put into our robots to make something qualitatively superior.
Recycled parts are horrible
Except for the fact that we've been told we'll be able to reuse the parts we built our first robot with, instead of having to pay the full expense price again. So that argument makes zero sense.
- Location
- England
[X] How to Win Friends and Influence People (unlock Social-raising action)
[X] Rewrite logbook (Difficulty: Crap, I'm starting to forget stuff, make things up?) (Reward: Better logbook??)
We need to not be the absolute worst at literally everything that isn't robot construction, and I mean everything.
[X] Rewrite logbook (Difficulty: Crap, I'm starting to forget stuff, make things up?) (Reward: Better logbook??)
We need to not be the absolute worst at literally everything that isn't robot construction, and I mean everything.
- Location
- Somewhere over the rainbow
At a time, yes. IC...
Mrs. Conner: *uncomfortably shifting around* I'm normally quite organized, but these books just kept on coming so I dumped them all in a pile in the attic. I know I have them, it's just that getting them is gonna upset the whole pile.
It's still at Ahmad's home, along with all his parts. If you want to reclaim it, you'll have to spend a Free Time slot.
Not really, considering you've maxed out how good your current robot design can be. Reusing the core electronics may allow you to build another robot more cheaply, however.
Yes, recycled structural components are terrible. On the other hand, if you're tampering with the core electronics when you have essentially no other parts you deserve what's coming to you.
Really, what's going on here is that Ahmad bought the bare minimum parts and electronics and didn't cut anything, so most of his 7 Expenses that went into building it can come right out.
Eh, you're relatively very good at Software, so this isn't entirely true.
True. Electronics do port better, though still not advised if you are doing any desoldering.
We can also try to sell the robot to regain some of expenses. Or even upgrade with our superb skill and then sell. Or make it a tool for training matches between our sister and Ahmad
[X] Physics: Principles with Applications (7th Edition) (Unknown, related to physics)
[X] Rewrite logbook (Difficulty: Crap, I'm starting to forget stuff, make things up?) (Reward: Better logbook??)
[X] Rewrite logbook (Difficulty: Crap, I'm starting to forget stuff, make things up?) (Reward: Better logbook??)
Season One: Week Twelve
- Location
- Somewhere over the rainbow
[3] Physics: Principles with Applications (7th Edition) (Unknown, related to physics)
[1] The Art of Computer Programming Vol 1: Fundamental Algorithms (Programming Tutorial gains increased strength)
[5] How to Win Friends and Influence People (unlock Social-raising action)
[literally unanimous lol] Rewrite logbook (Difficulty: Crap, I'm starting to forget stuff, make things up?) (Reward: Better logbook??)
A/N: Yeah, uh, sorry about not updating.
You decide to take How to Win Friends and Influence People. You were at least self aware enough to know your weaknesses, so you decide to shore up your biggest one; the arcane art of talking to other people.
More importantly, though, you were going to have to rewrite your logbook, with the specific details of your thought process. Hm.
Perhaps explain why you thought that elastics here might be good? You may as well spell it out in excruciating detail so simple that a toddler could understand that because these screws would go there that this axle had to be like so....
Logbook quality improved!
You suppose the week has been a learning experience for you, as you realize that maybe you shouldn't assume everybody can keep up with you, so maybe dumb things down a little?
+1 Social!
In other news, Ahmad isn't crying anymore, but the robot is doing things you think should be the limit of its ability, but Ahmad keeps insisting that he can do better. Whatever he's doing, it's certainly working, seeing as how it looks like he's driving literally twice as well as he was last week. You feel bad for the other competitors in the tournament two weeks away. They'll have to go against this monster.
Free Time! 1 Free Time available per week!
[] Recruit at your school (Difficulty: Should be pretty easy, right? Everybody will want to join me, robotics is great and I'm so good at it!) (Reward: ??? teammate)
[] Recruit in the wild (Difficulty: I dunno, randomly looking for people probably isn't a good idea, and they probably aren't that great) (Reward: ??? teammate)
[] Try to get corporate sponsorships (Difficulty: Those suits will be falling all over themselves to support a new cool STEM program, right?) (Reward: ??? Revenue)
[] Try to get money from friends and family (Difficulty: Huh, my immediate family's pretty receptive. I wonder if my distant relatives are the same?) (Rewards: ??? Expenses)
[] Try to get donations from random people (Difficulty: It worked for the Girl Scouts, why won't it work for me?) (Reward: ??? Expenses)
[] Try to get a job (Difficulty: Some minimum wage job should be willing to hire fourteen year olds, right?)(Reward: 1 Revenue)
[] Rewrite logbook (Difficulty: Crap, I'm starting to forget stuff, make things up?) (Reward: Better logbook??)
[] Read How to Win Friends and Influence People (Difficulty: I can read! It's just the whole talking part is hard...)(Reward: Social?)
[] Forum Crawl (Difficulty: Too easy, nothing to learn here) (Reward: ???)
[] Programming Tutorial (Difficulty: How do I find the good ones for robotics?) (Reward: Software+)
[] Sketch a design (Difficulty: Not hard at all, kinda want to do this anyway) (Reward: One time bonus to Hardware check)
[] Chat with Mrs. Conner (Difficulty: I literally see her almost every day) (Reward: ???)
[] Write in (veto/approval/reinterpretation at GM discretion)
[1] The Art of Computer Programming Vol 1: Fundamental Algorithms (Programming Tutorial gains increased strength)
[5] How to Win Friends and Influence People (unlock Social-raising action)
[literally unanimous lol] Rewrite logbook (Difficulty: Crap, I'm starting to forget stuff, make things up?) (Reward: Better logbook??)
A/N: Yeah, uh, sorry about not updating.
You decide to take How to Win Friends and Influence People. You were at least self aware enough to know your weaknesses, so you decide to shore up your biggest one; the arcane art of talking to other people.
More importantly, though, you were going to have to rewrite your logbook, with the specific details of your thought process. Hm.
Perhaps explain why you thought that elastics here might be good? You may as well spell it out in excruciating detail so simple that a toddler could understand that because these screws would go there that this axle had to be like so....
Logbook quality improved!
You suppose the week has been a learning experience for you, as you realize that maybe you shouldn't assume everybody can keep up with you, so maybe dumb things down a little?
+1 Social!
In other news, Ahmad isn't crying anymore, but the robot is doing things you think should be the limit of its ability, but Ahmad keeps insisting that he can do better. Whatever he's doing, it's certainly working, seeing as how it looks like he's driving literally twice as well as he was last week. You feel bad for the other competitors in the tournament two weeks away. They'll have to go against this monster.
Free Time! 1 Free Time available per week!
[] Recruit at your school (Difficulty: Should be pretty easy, right? Everybody will want to join me, robotics is great and I'm so good at it!) (Reward: ??? teammate)
[] Recruit in the wild (Difficulty: I dunno, randomly looking for people probably isn't a good idea, and they probably aren't that great) (Reward: ??? teammate)
[] Try to get corporate sponsorships (Difficulty: Those suits will be falling all over themselves to support a new cool STEM program, right?) (Reward: ??? Revenue)
[] Try to get money from friends and family (Difficulty: Huh, my immediate family's pretty receptive. I wonder if my distant relatives are the same?) (Rewards: ??? Expenses)
[] Try to get donations from random people (Difficulty: It worked for the Girl Scouts, why won't it work for me?) (Reward: ??? Expenses)
[] Try to get a job (Difficulty: Some minimum wage job should be willing to hire fourteen year olds, right?)(Reward: 1 Revenue)
[] Rewrite logbook (Difficulty: Crap, I'm starting to forget stuff, make things up?) (Reward: Better logbook??)
[] Read How to Win Friends and Influence People (Difficulty: I can read! It's just the whole talking part is hard...)(Reward: Social?)
[] Forum Crawl (Difficulty: Too easy, nothing to learn here) (Reward: ???)
[] Programming Tutorial (Difficulty: How do I find the good ones for robotics?) (Reward: Software+)
[] Sketch a design (Difficulty: Not hard at all, kinda want to do this anyway) (Reward: One time bonus to Hardware check)
[] Chat with Mrs. Conner (Difficulty: I literally see her almost every day) (Reward: ???)
[] Write in (veto/approval/reinterpretation at GM discretion)
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- Location
- England
[X] Read How to Win Friends and Influence People (Difficulty: I can read! It's just the whole talking part is hard...)(Reward: Social?)
It would be nice if we had anything at all.
[X] Chat with Mrs. Conner (Difficulty: I literally see her almost every day) (Reward: ???)
Then next week we test our new skillz out and also see if this action is at all worthwhile. Then, tournament.
It would be nice if we had anything at all.
[X] Chat with Mrs. Conner (Difficulty: I literally see her almost every day) (Reward: ???)
Then next week we test our new skillz out and also see if this action is at all worthwhile. Then, tournament.
[X] Rewrite logbook (Difficulty: Crap, I'm starting to forget stuff, make things up?) (Reward: Better logbook??)
[X] Read How to Win Friends and Influence People (Difficulty: I can read! It's just the whole talking part is hard...)(Reward: Social?)
Logbook is on a timer before our memory is toast
[X] Read How to Win Friends and Influence People (Difficulty: I can read! It's just the whole talking part is hard...)(Reward: Social?)
Logbook is on a timer before our memory is toast
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- Location
- USA
[X] Rewrite logbook (Difficulty: Crap, I'm starting to forget stuff, make things up?) (Reward: Better logbook??)
[X] Read How to Win Friends and Influence People (Difficulty: I can read! It's just the whole talking part is hard...)(Reward: Social?)
The pain of only having one free slot a week. We need to figure out how to get additional free time.
Edit: Switched first action to log book.
[X] Read How to Win Friends and Influence People (Difficulty: I can read! It's just the whole talking part is hard...)(Reward: Social?)
The pain of only having one free slot a week. We need to figure out how to get additional free time.
Edit: Switched first action to log book.
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ConfusedPotato
Unverified Verifier
- Location
- Australia
[X] Rewrite logbook (Difficulty: Crap, I'm starting to forget stuff, make things up?) (Reward: Better logbook??)
[X] Read How to Win Friends and Influence People (Difficulty: I can read! It's just the whole talking part is hard...)(Reward: Social?)
[X] Read How to Win Friends and Influence People (Difficulty: I can read! It's just the whole talking part is hard...)(Reward: Social?)