January has been filled with progress within NoMythic, from the kickoff of the new season to building our robot. January started with the season kickoff event! Our entire team started the month with gathering together to learn about the new game and its new challenges, including mapping out game strategies for our game plan, discussing scouting ideas for the competition, and field geometry to calculate measurements and ankles. These efforts have resulted in the programming subteam being able to focus on creating a robot that not only aims precisely at the speaker but also being able to climb the chain so we can get ready for one of our highlights coming up in February: the competition in Duluth “Northern Lights Regionals”. 

In addition to the building of the robot, our operations subteam has been working on reaching out to sponsors. Writing sponsor emails and having sponsor meetings with our fantastic sponsors. We are as always grateful for the sponsors that believe in us and support us. We also had a board game and bracelet beading night to build on our community and collaboration between our team members. These events not only create a sense of belonging to the team, but also diversifies the STEM and robotics field. January has truly been an exciting month with each member contributing to the  progress on our team. With Duluth coming up at the end of February and a lot of preparation in January , we’re ready for a new exciting  robotics season!

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This December, NoMythic went to a local practice competition called MINNE trails! We came in second place with our lovely alliance, and we overall had a fantastic time. MINNE trails were great practice for the upcoming season, and our new students got a good glimpse into what our competitions will be like.

We are also participating in the SWIFT-FRC initiative this year. Teams involved will be making and passing out bead bracelets at competitions as a reference to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour. The goal of this initiative is to grow the community and promote inclusion in FIRST.

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This past November has been filled with experiences and achievements for NoMythic. We started the month with a visit to the Science Museum, where our team had an incredible opportunity to introduce the world of STEM to kids. Seeing the joy and excitement for robotics was a reminder of how we as a robotics team can impact our community.

Furthermore, we both had our annual Tie-Dye, where we had the chance to dye our colorful purple team shirts unique to our team, and attended a FRC Beading Party arranged by our fantastic friends at 2450 WindChill. At the Beading party we joined other wonderful teams listening to Taylor Swift and beading bracelets, while building a strong and lasting community across the robotics community teams.

Last but not least we got ready for and attended the Minne-Trials, and ended in second place! Minne Trials was magical. We put our team spirit on display– cheers from our team filled the room, pushing us to overcome struggles. When we had technical issues with our autonomous in the robot, we worked together as a team and fixed the problem. Minne-trials also gave the opportunity for new students to try driving the robot, and to be a part of the competition team.

November has been truly magical and we look forward to many more months to come!

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This past October, NoMythic started our 2023-24 season! We finished our recruitment for this year, and our team now has 31 amazing students. Over the month of October and a bit of September, NoMythic has been very busy with events, tasks and building our team. Our team has hosted our annual team retreat where we went over team norms and culture. The retreat was perfect for us to welcome our new students onto the team, and bond as a team through bonfires, board games and team building exercises.

We also attended various events including the Harvest Fest at Great River School and the allergy free Halloween event at the Mall of America. At the Harvest fest, we introduced the world of robotics to the students and families from Great River School. The allergy free Halloween event is for kids with allergies who can’t just go out and trick or treat. At the Mall of America event, kids had a blast driving our robot, learning about robots, and meeting our team. 

We are all very excited for this coming up season, and we are already preparing for a small practice competition called the MINNE trials in the beginning of December. We are all looking forward to seeing what this new season brings!

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We just got back from the 10,000 Lakes competition in Minneapolis, and we have some very exciting news to share: we are going to Worlds!!! That’s right, on April 18th, we’re leaving Minnesota for the World Championship in Houston. We are all very excited and just as busy, but first, we need to talk about everything that has happened in the past week.

The competition began with practice matches on Thursday. Just like in Duluth, we had our scouts talking to other teams and carefully watching robots compete, our pit crew making improvements and repairs on the robot, our drive team beautifully driving our bot, and our media crew documenting the whole experience. Unlike Duluth however, we had an entirely new robot, named Tyche! Just like Moira, Tyche is quite fast and maneuverable, but unlike Moira, it can score pieces anywhere, meaning more potential points. Many of Tyche’s parts were manufactured by Quality Tool and/or anodized purple by Twin City Plating, two of our amazing sponsors.

Qualification matches began on Friday, and we managed to perform quite well. Our drive team quickly mastered the new and more complicated robot, and our performance kept getting better and better as the day went on. After qualification matches finished up, we headed back to Avalon School for a team meeting as well as to eat and appreciate a meal from The Naughty Greek, another one of our lovely sponsors. 

Saturday started a bit late due to a blizzard the previous night, but we all managed to get to the competition thanks to team members giving each other rides, making sure everyone could get there safely. After a few more qualification matches, it was time for alliance selection, during which we got picked by the fourth seed alliance! Together with our alliance, we managed to do very well in the playoffs and placed third at the whole competition, a result we are all very proud of. After playoffs it was time for awards, which were easily the highlight for many of us. After great suspense and anticipation, they announced that our team has won the Impact Award! The Impact Award is the most prestigious award in First. It celebrates the team that has the greatest measurable impact on their members and the community around them, and the winner is invited to Worlds to compete against other teams. We all jumped up and screamed when we learned we had won, and we are now working very hard to get everything done in time.

One of those things to get done is fundraising. We need to raise around $25,000 dollars to get to and compete at Worlds, and we would absolutely love it if you could help us out! Our team is doing a GoFundMe to get us the money we need to help us continue our impact, and if you could support us at all we would appreciate it so much. $25,000 dollars is a lot, but any amount you can give will go a long way. 

We are also hosting an open house fundraiser on April 11th from 6:30 – 8:00 at GRS! We’ll also be hosting it virtually on our Youtube channel, NoMythic2491. Should you attend, you will get to learn more about the team, take a tour of our shop, and meet our team! We would love to see you there.

Overall, we had a very fun and successful competition, and we are greatly looking forward to what is next!