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FUN Spotlight Episode 2 - AndyMark

Guests: Mary and Andy Baker https://andymark.com

Mary and Andy come into the spotlight to talk about the origins, history and what's to come for AndyMark including the trails of owning a business, their new SDS partnership and release dates for FTC and FRC Products.

Also available at YouTube: https://youtu.be/ouTHndn3daI

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0:00 Pre-Intro

1:21 AndyMark Intro

2:06 Tyler Shares his First Memory of Andy

4:53 How AndyMark Got Started

9:40 Getting Through Pain Points

12:15 Key Moments in AndyMark

15:49 Branching Outside of FIRST

20:35 FTC Game Design and Supplier

24:31 Andy Goes Solo in AndyMark

28:37 Baker Family Values

32:35 Moving to a New Facility

34:54 Future Outlook and SDS Partnership

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FRC Round Up Episode 10: Heard, but not Seen. Guest: Cory Walters FRC 2767

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0:00 Intro

2:05 Stop Yelling Robot

11:15 IRI 2022 Recap

24:34 Do We Need New Air Tanks?

Pilot Episode 1 of FUNdamentals - FRC Robots on a Budget with guests from FRC 1756 Argos and FRC 3357 COMETS.

Host: Syke Leake

Co-Host: Allen Gregory

Producer and EiC: Tyler Olds

0:00 Pre-Intro

1:26 Intro

2:30 Time and Monetary Management

13:33 3357 Budget Dive

37:10 1756 Budget dive

FRC Round Up Ep 9: Queue the Inflation

Guest: Marshall from FRC 900

Topics:

0:00 Intro

2:13 Remembering a Mentor Lost

4:52 FRC Queue

15:21 Stryker Spotlight

16:16 Inflation for Teams in 2023

27:46 Kettering University Spotlight

28:57 Cheap KoP Wishlist

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FUN Spotlight Episode 1 - Rainbow STEM Alliance

Available on YouTube https://youtu.be/tx5xdCA86Go

Guest: Jon Kentfield - President and Co-Founder https://www.therainbowstemalliance.org/

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Ishaan and Tyler break down and rank the top Freight Frenzy Ri30H/Quick Builds.  Up your game by becoming a member of FUN Nation! Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuJUknE5JjilAfNnmbvr22Q/join or subscribe at https://twitch.tv/firstupdatesnow Join the FUN Discord to keep the conversation going at https://discord.gg/firstupdatesnow 0:00 How teams are rated 3:16 Rank #11 4:33 Rank #10 5:46 Rank #9 6:39 Kettering.edu Shoutout 8:00 Rank #8 9:29 Rank #7 (Tyler says 6) 10:48 Rank #6 12:17 Rank #5 13:56 Rank #4 15:26 careers.stryker.com Shoutout 16:09 Rank #3 18:26 Rank #2 20:08 Rank #1

Nick and Kevin from AndyMark breakdown their input into the Freight Frenzy game and field and also discuss new products released and upcoming from AndyMark.  Up your game by becoming a member of FUN Nation! Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuJUknE5JjilAfNnmbvr22Q/join or subscribe at https://twitch.tv/firstupdatesnow Join the FUN Discord to keep the conversation going at https://discord.gg/firstupdatesnow

0:00 Intro

0:47 FIRSTGeneral Updates

4:32 Stryker Sponsor Spotlight

5:17 FTC Updates

7:24 FRC Updates

12:22 Ending

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Guests: Rishi and Sam from FTC 11260 Up-A-Creek Robotics

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Guest: Kyler from baseBot.io

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Guest: Jackson Isenberg FTCLib

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Guest: Don Bossi - FIRST President 2013-2019

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Guest: Abhinav Diddee

(Mind the audio glitches)

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Guest: Tyler Veness - FRC 3512 & FRC Discord Programming Guru

Hosts: Marshall Massengill & Tyler Olds

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Guest: Tyler Veness - FRC 3512 & FRC Discord Programming Guru

Hosts: Marshall Massengill & Tyler Olds

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uest: Jon Kentfield - President: Rainbow STEM Alliance

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Guest: Jon Kentfield - Rainbow STEM Alliance

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2020 Virtual Maryland Tech Invitational V-MTI

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Guest: Tyler Holtzman FRC 2056

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Guest: Tyler Holtzman FRC 2056

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Guest: Adam Heard FRC 254

Hosts: David Powers and Tyler Olds

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Guest: Adam Heard FRC 254

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Headlines:

WVROX is cancelled - IRI is working on options for July?, other off-season events

Chairman’s vs. Engineering Inspiration What CAD program will your team use in 2021

Paul Copioli assumes new position after acquisition

FIRST Signing Day FTC Game Teaser - June 4th 

xRC Simulator adds VEX and 2 more FRC Robots. 

Robots to the Rescue - Friday 7:30pm eastern  

Extended discussions: 

Will we see any Off-season events in 2021?

Chairman’s vs. Engineering Inspiration - Is the 50/50 split weird?  

Guest Interview: Andy Baker - Impacts to AndyMark with announcement of Infinite Recharge Extension, AndyMark survey and more. 

Trivia - Call into the FUN Discord (discord.gg/firstupdatesnow) for a chance to win the current take from FUN jackpot (currently $30 Amazon Gift Card).

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Discussions on no more stadium closing ceremonies and what it will mean for FTC Changes to 

Judging: Feedback and the Connect Award FTC 

Interview and AMA with FTC 10435 Circuit Breakers

Trivia: Faceoff against one of the hosts in a 1v1 trivia. 

Covering events that feed to the Detroit Championship. Aired on 1/15/20

Counting down the top 25 teams as voted by the audience.

FTC Recap covering events that feed into the Houston Championships

Kristine is joined by the Open Alliance teams 2826 and 6328 to talk about the Infinite Recharge build season.

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In this episode we see the prices set by our 6 contestants for the FUN Pick'em Draft. Some teams were sold for great value while others went for an overpriced amount.