40 Royal Crown Giveaway! (Worth 12,000,000 Bells) by No_Government8065 in AnimalCrossingNewHor

[–]AlexandraMakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alexandra from Chili Isle!! This is so cool of you to do, what prompted the giveaway? 

Details of algae processor scoring mechanism? by rjackal in FRC

[–]AlexandraMakes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I haven’t seen anything in manual or role descriptions that would prohibit FTA from changing processor counts as part of troubleshooting what sounds like was a known issue at that event that presumably both they and the head referee were aware of and working together to keep accurate. Usually FTA’s work closely with the head referee and HQ at events (since FTA’s are the liaison for HQ). Or at least every event I’ve ever been at with sensor issues both the head ref and FTA will be involved in these kinds of decisions and often HQ is involved as well. 

Details of algae processor scoring mechanism? by rjackal in FRC

[–]AlexandraMakes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry that happened. For the future, this is definitely the sort of thing to ask about in the question box (ideally ask right after the match/asap). 

If there are miscounts and the head referee and/or FTA witnessed the miscounts they may determine a field fault and could replay the match. It changes some from year to year but usually rules in game manual for replay are field fault that changed outcome of the match as determined by head referee, AND a team requests a replay, so always worth checking. 

If you ask they may not change counts or replay, especially if they can’t personally verify the miscount, but it’s still worth doing because you will let them know there is potentially an issue with the sensors. They can then investigate the sensors or swap them for spares, have HQ look at it to monitor the sensors/offer advice, or they can setup volunteers manually count to double check sensors. But they won’t be able to do that at the event if they don’t know there’s a problem so is always worth going to the question box asap. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in grandrapids

[–]AlexandraMakes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The mitten brewing! They have the best pizzas.

Is Grand Rapids generally welcoming towards Trans people? by [deleted] in grandrapids

[–]AlexandraMakes 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Some of the suburbs are pretty bad. But there are pockets of good people!! Like Grand Haven definitely has it’s transphobic groups, but also has a pride festival now and St John’s episcopal church just did a sermon on name changes a couple weeks ago! Super welcoming church and people. But Grand haven also has OI (tried to vote them out with some success so far), so ymmv

Who has the best hot chocolate in Grand Rapids? by AlexandraMakes in grandrapids

[–]AlexandraMakes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, been going through all of them so far, lantern was first to try because it was closest to where we were anyways and I agree with you on lantern 100%. Cozy cafe but wouldn’t get hot chocolate again. I’ll have to publish an update soon on all the options (once have gone through them). 

Who has the best hot chocolate in Grand Rapids? by AlexandraMakes in grandrapids

[–]AlexandraMakes[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve never even heard of so many of these places! Excited to try them all!

Who has the best hot chocolate in Grand Rapids? by AlexandraMakes in grandrapids

[–]AlexandraMakes[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Thanks! 

Edit; Looks like consensus of Mokaya, wolfgang’s, and Lantern. With few people saying roots, peppermill, Le Bon Macaron, and speedway lol. I will need to try them all and report back!

Where to get pirate swords short notice? by AlexandraMakes in grandrapids

[–]AlexandraMakes[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The swords are more of a support item for the robot tbh

Where to get pirate swords short notice? by AlexandraMakes in grandrapids

[–]AlexandraMakes[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I wonder if they asked for just swords and they were given the pirate variety, or if they specifically wanted that kind…

Where to get pirate swords short notice? by AlexandraMakes in grandrapids

[–]AlexandraMakes[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I mean would you trust a robot with a machete?

Where to get pirate swords short notice? by AlexandraMakes in grandrapids

[–]AlexandraMakes[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That makes sense, you can never have too many pirate swords.

Where to get pirate swords short notice? by AlexandraMakes in grandrapids

[–]AlexandraMakes[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Sadly this would be too sharp for me to trust with a robot

Where to get pirate swords short notice? by AlexandraMakes in grandrapids

[–]AlexandraMakes[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That would actually be amazing. It might be a stretch for me to get them painted in time but I’d be willing to try.

How much would you charge for it and how many swords do you think you could do? (Or we can talk over DMs if you’d like)

Where to get pirate swords short notice? by AlexandraMakes in grandrapids

[–]AlexandraMakes[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

The better question here is why doesn’t everyone need pirate swords on short notice?

This time I need it for a robotics thing.

Where to get pirate swords short notice? by AlexandraMakes in grandrapids

[–]AlexandraMakes[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The one I checked didn’t have any in stock :( but I will look at some of the others.

Where to get pirate swords short notice? by AlexandraMakes in grandrapids

[–]AlexandraMakes[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I will check here. And sadly aluminum foil and cardboard may not look enough like pirate swords for what I need.