Started FTC SIM yesterday feeling pretty confident, you know? Figured I’d crack these puzzles quick. Opened the first one called “Robot Dance” or something – looked simple enough with moving blocks around. Messed it up big time right away. Controls felt slippery like trying to grab soap. Kept overshooting targets, banging into walls. Score? Zero. Not kidding.
Took a breath, swallowed my pride. Watched that little robot reset seven times straight. Started paying serious attention to the patterns. Noticed this one corner always messed me up. Switched to tapping controls super light instead of holding them down. Like steering a shopping cart with a wobbly wheel.
What Actually Made Stuff Click
- Stopped rushing: Timers stressed me out bad. Panicked hits always ruined runs.
- Memorized turns: Did that messy corner ten times slow-mo till my fingers knew exactly how far to twist.
- Used resets smart: If anything felt off after five seconds? Smash reset. Saved so much wasted time.
- Targeted medium puzzles: Jumped into the harder 4-Star ones way too early. Dropped back to 3-Star for practice. Felt way better.
Practice run number twenty-something? Finally glided past that dumb corner smooth as butter. Scored 85 outta 100 on “Circuit Scramble” – screamed loud enough my cat jumped off the couch. Kept grinding, puzzle after puzzle. That rhythm started kicking in. Fingers knew when to flick, when to hold. Went back to those 4-Star nightmares.
End of the night? Somehow nailed “Quantum Leap” with a 92. Felt like hitting the jackpot. Don’t care what anyone says – high scores come from wiping out a hundred times first. Took all damn afternoon, but man, seeing that high score pop up? Totally worth it. Fingers crossed tomorrow I don’t forget everything.
