Temporary Vanishment

[dragyn]

Well, I'm gonna' be gone the next couple of days.  I'm participating in a Robotics competition, but (strangely enough) I won't have access to the internet.

So, I'll probably be back on Monday...I doubt this will affect any of you, just thought I'd let ya'll know.

[Witchiebunny]

Ooooh! good luck!

[fesworks]

Well draw some strips while you are gone! I keep waiting for new ones!

[griever]

Robotics competition?  Good luck!  Will it be like battlebots?

[fesworks]

oh, and upload pictures too!

[Munerift]

Good luck dragyn, I'll be rooting for you!

[Xepher]

Man, Robotics was the one thing I miss from high school. Loved doing that stuff. What are you involved with, B.E.S.T. by any chance? That's what our school did. Anyway, good luck!

[dragyn]

I'm back!

@Fes:  I didn't even have time to sketch anything, let alone a comic.  Sorry.

@Griever:  No, our robots weren't allowed to fight.  That would've been expensive, and I doubt the school would have paid for that.  It would've been cool, though.  

@Xepher:  This was the F.I.R.S.T. robotics competition.  Can't say I've heard of B.E.S.T.

@Everyone Else:  Thanks, guys!  I appreciate it.

Anyway, our team ended up ranked 52 of 54.  Not that bad, for a rookie team.  It feels good to be back, though.

[Gwyn]

What do these acronyms stand for?

[Xepher]

BEST is "Boosting engineering, science, and technology." FIRST is "For inspiration and recognition of science and technology."

BEST is older, and a bit smaller scale in budget, but it's more widespread. FIRST does some much larger, bigger-budget robots, and have competitions at places like Epcot. Back when I did BEST, they'd actually sponsor state finalist teams to go on to the FIRST competition, as most teams couldn't afford it on their own

[dragyn]

Really?  Cool.  I didn't know that.  I knew that some teams had come from other competitions, just not which other competitions.