Team 1114 on Degrassi [Archive]

Karthik

06-10-2008, 00:37

This summer Team 1114 had the opportunity to form a new and exciting sponsorship with the popular teen drama "Degrassi: The Next Generation (http://www.the-n.com/ntv/shows/index.php?id=67)". Degrassi is the most popular Canadian show among teenagers, with literally millions of people tuning in each week around the world.

The latest season of Degrassi premiered Sunday night in Canada, and if you watched the opening credits carefully, you would have seen Team 1114's 2006-2007 World Champion VEX robot prominently featured. (The 0:21 mark, if you're that lazy.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMwyLbDeShQ
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/28674

This episode can be seen this upcoming Friday night in the US, on "the N" network.

There'll be more of Team 1114 on Degrassi's upcoming episodes. I can't say too much, but in February expect to see a lot of Team 1114 (FRC and VEX, as well as students) featured prominently in an ongoing storyline. It should be an awesome way to expose robotics and FIRST to millions of teens across the world!

As the major episodes get closer, I'll post more details and air times. Until then, tune in to Degrassi each week and who knows what you might see.

Duncan Macdonald

06-10-2008, 00:41

Wow, thats pretty cool.

Jonathan Norris

06-10-2008, 01:01

Akash Rastogi

06-10-2008, 01:18

Amazing what a simple high school robotics team can accomplish when they work hard for something.

Keep it up 1114 and don't ever stop doing what you do. This is a huge deal for FIRST. Congratulations.

R.C.

06-10-2008, 01:43

Congrats, way to work hard.

=Martin=Taylor=

06-10-2008, 02:11

I'll admit watching even the opening credits of that show made me cringe... tee....n.. dra...ma..TV....... http://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/confused/confused0043.gif NOoooooo errrrr....

But as you say, this is great publicity for FIRST. Great job!

GaryVoshol

06-10-2008, 08:49

I presume no robots were harmed in the filming of this project?

BandChick

06-10-2008, 10:18

I had such an addiction to Degrassi, and I was so ready to give it up this season (since all the original cast is now "college students"). But I think I will give it another shot just to see 1114!

Congratulations on such an awesome accomplishment!

How did you manage to get involved with this anyway?

Dancin103

06-10-2008, 11:07

That's awesome. This a great way for people to see robotics and hopefully get more involvement. This is an awesome accomplishment and is so fun. Great work. :)

gorrilla

06-10-2008, 13:48

wow even though i hate those type of shows good job

Nica F.

06-10-2008, 15:49

I've always been the one to cringe when my sisters flip on the channel to watch degrassi, but now I think I may just join them.
I like how robotics can get me to do things from machining to watching cheesy teen shows.... :rolleyes:
I'm sure 1114 had tons of fun filiming, and I can't wait to see more!

Sgraff_SRHS06

06-10-2008, 16:56

Amazing what you can do and STILL be 100% taxpayer supported!! No need to be a fancy prep school or to have a high school scandal to gain national attention!

dtengineering

06-10-2008, 17:03

Oh, if ONLY it had been Corner Gas....

Great job 1114!

Jason

synth3tk

06-10-2008, 19:03

Amazing what you can do and STILL be 100% taxpayer supported!! No need to be a fancy prep school or to have a high school scandal to gain national attention!
Is that what Degrassi is about? I've never really watched this show before.

And good job on landing the airtime! This is definately a huge step in publicizing FIRST to the world.

fredliu168

07-10-2008, 00:18

uh oh, looks like the vex bot has sparks flying out of it; hope you had insurance =P.

Grats on getting national coverage =)

Greg Marra

07-10-2008, 00:27

There'll be more of Team 1114 on Degrassi's upcoming episodes. I can't say too much, but in February expect to see a lot of Team 1114 (FRC and VEX, as well as students) featured prominently in an ongoing storyline. It should be an awesome way to expose robotics and FIRST to millions of teens across the world!

Ongoing plot line during build season? Maybe, six episodes long?

kazzykaty

07-10-2008, 10:56

wow! That is sooo awesome. I'm gonna start watching Degrassi now!
<3

BandChick

07-10-2008, 11:07

Is that what Degrassi is about? I've never really watched this show before.

Degrassi: The Next Generation is a Canadian teen drama television series, set in the Degrassi fictional universe created by Linda Schuyler and Kit Hood in 1980...

Degrassi: The Next Generation follows a group of students attending Degrassi Community School who face challenges common to teen life, such as self image, peer pressure, child abuse, sexual identity, self-injury, school shootings, teenage pregnancy and drug abuse.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degrassi:_The_Next_Generation

Graham Donaldson

07-10-2008, 15:55

Nice job 1114! That's an absolutely amazing accomplishment.

Oh, if ONLY it had been Corner Gas....

Great job 1114!

Jason

Seconded! Is season 5 out on dvd yet? My family buys the dvd sets to see it down here in the states (or at least, in NJ).

Mr MOE

07-10-2008, 16:12

Karthik:

Fantastic job. This is a terrific way to get the word out. Looking forward to a little Simbot- Degrassi action! I know the show is very popular and deals with a number of real life teen issues.

Karthik

20-10-2008, 19:23

For hint about the storyline, take a look at this picture from the Degrassi website (http://www.the-n.com/ntv/shows/flipbook.php?id=67&flipbook_id=5129&page_num=20).

http://www.the-n.com/media/flipbook/ntv/degrassi/alli_s8/alli_20.jpg

dtengineering

21-10-2008, 00:05

:eek: In awe, once again, of the marvel that is team 1114.

Jason

love4hellokitty

21-10-2008, 22:49

Wow!!! :yikes:

very, very cool.
I'll have to see when Degrassi airs.

congratulations 1114! this is just further proof of your awesomeness (yes, I know that's not a word)

Karthik

09-11-2008, 00:29

This week on Degrassi...

In episode 805, which premiered on the-n on Friday, and re-airs this Sunday at 9:30 pm, as well as on CTV in Canada at 7:30pm on Sunday, Team 1114 had a few cameos, including:
- Two scenes with the students working on the 2005/6 1114 VEX Robot
- CAD images of the 2008 1114 FRC robot displayed on monitors in the background
- The FIRST: Behind The Design book being used as text book.

Here's a picture of one of the scenes from the Degrassi Website

http://www.the-n.com/media/flipbook/ntv/degrassi/805/deg_805_01.jpg

It's pretty neat, the scene where they were working on their VEX robot at home was no longer than a minute, but involved three of us being on set for an entire afternoon. (The robot is actually being driven off camera by Simbotics' FRC driver, Brandon Pruniak)

Anyways, check it out if you're interested! (And be sure to watch the credits!)

kevin.li.rit

09-11-2008, 01:01

Congrats 1114! As I've told you before this is a huge accomplishment. To my knowledge this will be the most publicity a single FIRST team has ever received. I look forward to seeing how your robots are incorporated into the episodes.

There was an hour long science channel documentary about 3 teams back in 2003(with 596 appearing in a brief shot).

Anna B.

09-11-2008, 16:40

Here's a picture of one of the scenes from the Degrassi Website

http://www.the-n.com/media/flipbook/ntv/degrassi/805/deg_805_01.jpg

I saw what happened after above picture- someone let out the magic smoke! :P

ATannahill

09-11-2008, 16:45

Will the scenes including the robots be posted on line, I really don't want to spend an hour watching a show for about 5 minutes of content.

Jonathan Norris

09-11-2008, 18:28

There was an hour long science channel documentary about 3 teams back in 2003(with 596 appearing in a brief shot).

I've seen that documentary its well done, but I doubt it reached the hundreds of thousand (probably millions) of young people that Degrassi does.

Karthik

09-11-2008, 18:34

I've seen that documentary its well done, but I doubt it reached the hundreds of thousand (probably millions) of young people that Degrassi does.

Yup, millions. According to their media guide, Degrassi regularly pulls in over a million viewers for each episode worldwide.

Andrew Schreiber

09-11-2008, 18:36

Yup, millions. According to their media guide, Degrassi regularly pulls in over a million viewers for each episode worldwide.
<joke>
Wow, shouldnt those millions be doing something more useful than watching tv?
</joke>

Congratulations 1114.

Mr. Lim

09-11-2008, 21:59

Just caught the episode on CTV @ 7:30pm. Good episode! Glad to see Degrassi is just as edgy as it was when I used to watch the original.

Joey Jeremiah, you're my hero!

fredliu168

11-11-2008, 06:30

You can watch the episode at

http://watch.ctv.ca/degrassitng/season-8/degrassitng-ep-805-man-with-two-hearts/

It's possible only Canadians can view it.

Karthik

11-11-2008, 15:49

You can watch the episode at

http://watch.ctv.ca/degrassitng/season-8/degrassitng-ep-805-man-with-two-hearts/

It's possible only Canadians can view it.

American's can find full episodes of Degrassi on The N's website at:

http://www.the-n.com/theclick/

I'm not sure if episode 805 is up yet, since I can't access anything inside "The Click" from Canada.

Vikesrock

11-11-2008, 16:10

I'm not sure if episode 805 is up yet, since I can't access anything inside "The Click" from Canada.

Looks like 8x05 is up on the site you linked.

Joe Ross

11-11-2008, 16:13

American's can find full episodes of Degrassi on The N's website at:

http://www.the-n.com/theclick/

I'm not sure if episode 805 is up yet, since I can't access anything inside "The Click" from Canada.

It's on there, but I can't figure out how to get a direct link. It's the episode "Man with Two Hearts". I found it by going to Degrassi -> Full Episodes

ATannahill

11-11-2008, 19:35

Does anyone know the timestamps pf the robotics scenes?

Karthik

26-11-2008, 18:44

This week on Degrassi (http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20061126/degrassi_schedule_061126/20081124?s_name=degrassi2006&no_ads=sky):

"Clare gets invited to the dance by K.C. AND Connor. When it looks like their struggle for her attention will jeopardize Robot Wars, she decides to go with neither. "

This will be the first half of a two part episode featuring Team 1114's 2008 robot Simbot SS, as well as a plethora of 1114 students. This episode will be airing in Canada on CTV at 7:30 pm on Sunday. This same episode will be airing in the US sometime in February on The N.

Karthik

01-12-2008, 17:49

Here's a link for legal online viewing of the episode.

http://watch.ctv.ca/degrassitng/season-8/degrassitng-ep-808-lost-in-love-pt-1/

The 2008 Team 1114 robot was featured in three scenes in this episode, and plot was set up nicely for the next episode's robotics competition!

Below is a screen capture of one of the robotics scenes.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y261/karthik1114/Degrassi808ScreenCap.jpg

Travis Hoffman

01-12-2008, 19:57

Karthik

01-12-2008, 20:29

"Sorry, the video you are trying to watch is not available in your region." :ahh:

Unfortunately, CTV has to geo-lock their content due to international copyright laws. This episode is scheduled to air as a one hour Degrassi movie special in February on the-N network in the US.

rjmah

01-12-2008, 22:32

Thanks for the CTV link. I didn't get a chance to tune in yesterday. Great episode! Has anyone tried some IP spoofing software? I had used a copy to access a US only website but now I can't seem to find it on my computer(s). It was software for public wireless access users to hide their machine from being scanned.

Nawaid Ladak

07-12-2008, 01:40

the geo-lock software CTV is using is the same as the one that Discovery Canada used for GTR and the archive there after

im going to start at season one and work my way up, since i used to watch this show when i was younger.

Karthik

09-12-2008, 15:51

Not sure if this is a false alarm, but according to zap2it.com and muchmusic.com, episode 809 of Degrassi, "Lost in Love" part 2 is scheduled to air on MuchMusic at 7:00 pm. This episode will show the culminating Robotics competition, including appearances by Team 1114's 2006-2008 robots as well as 10 1114 students acting as extras.

This comes as a surprise to me, as this episode was scheduled to air in Canada in January. It may just be a listing mistake, so we'll have to tune in to find out. The episode is also scheduled to air at 10:30 pm on Wednesday. (Immediately after a showing of last week's episode, which also featured Team 1114)

Karthik

14-01-2009, 21:06

Lost in Love part 2 (ep 809) is slated to air this Sunday, January 18th on CTV in Canada. I've seen the episode, and there's plenty of great robot action featuring Simbot SS and various background shots of 1114 students.

Here's the commercial for the episode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymk9qnDcYhM (pay attention at the 0:14 mark)

nahstobor

14-01-2009, 21:12

fog machines on the field of competition!? Why hasn't FIRST thought of this.

suj

14-01-2009, 21:24

that's amazing

BenB

15-01-2009, 00:01

Karthik

15-01-2009, 00:07

What time will it be on?

My bad, Ben. Sunday at 7:30 pm on CTV.

Danny McC

15-01-2009, 00:25

My bad, Ben. Sunday at 7:30 pm on CTV.

Will this be on in America? Or was it already? I dont know.

Karthik

15-01-2009, 00:42

Will this be on in America? Or was it already? I dont know.

Most likely airing on The-N as a one hour movie special on February 13th. Once I get confirmation of the exact date and time I'll post it here.

Danny McC

15-01-2009, 15:13

Most likely airing on The-N as a one hour movie special on February 13th. Once I get confirmation of the exact date and time I'll post it here.

Thank yiou.

Prontopwnage

15-01-2009, 19:44

Lol has Dean cried himself to sleep yet with envy because your about to get more views than him?!!!!??
Tee Hee

Prontopwnage

15-01-2009, 19:45

Lol has Dean cried himself to sleep yet with envy because your about to get more views than him?!!!!??
Tee Hee
Great job getting on Degrassi!!!

Karthik

19-01-2009, 13:41

The episode is now available online in Canada at:

http://watch.ctv.ca/degrassitng/season-8/degrassitng-ep-809-lost-in-love-pt-2/

Here's a picture from the episode where you can see some interesting things in the background:

http://images.ctv.ca/gallery/photo/degrassi_809/image4.jpg

XaulZan11

19-01-2009, 13:55

I wonder what the ratings would be if they showed 1114's 2009 robot...

Karthik

21-01-2009, 01:00

Here are some small clips from the episode, with some decent robot shots:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmdpmDHeu_Y&fmt=6

rjmah

28-01-2009, 21:14

The episode is now available online in Canada at:

http://watch.ctv.ca/degrassitng/season-8/degrassitng-ep-809-lost-in-love-pt-2/

Catching up on a few things. Watched the second Degrassi episode. Has anyone tried using:

http://hotspotshield.com/

to release the Canadian Geolock. It allows me to watch the-n in Canada.

Nica F.

05-02-2009, 01:26

Here are some small clips from the episode, with some decent robot shots:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmdpmDHeu_Y&fmt=6

Even though that video clip made me remember why I never watched Degrassi :p , I throroughly enjoyed the robot bit during 1:32-1:37.

Karthik

13-02-2009, 17:14

Both episodes featuring Simbotics will be airing in the US tonight at 8:00 PM on the N network: http://www.the-n.com/theclick/?categoryId=5006&titleId=22708 . Be sure to tune in for some Valentines Day robot action!

Badflea

20-02-2009, 19:24

man..I started flipping out when I saw that robot.

MikeMascaro

20-02-2009, 19:30

I saw it on Valentines day and I was flipping out. I knew I had seen that robot before from last year and it was killing me to know how it gone on that show. Now I know.

But that's amazing, and great publicity as well.

kevin.li.rit

20-02-2009, 19:49

They should be wearing safety glasses.

JackN

21-02-2009, 00:17

Today I was watching TV and flipped channels to MTV to watch America's Best Dance Crew (my secret favorite show). Lo and behold I didn't see ABDC but instead Degrassi was on and within 5 minutes I saw 1114's robot. It was a crazy experience. I for one did not know that Degrassi was even on MTV. Now 1114 is getting even more buzz and publicity for their team on one of the biggest networks in the USA, way to go.