NOISEMAKERS AT THE COMPETITION....
 

Posted by Anton Abaya at 2/3/2001 6:48 PM EST


Coach on team #419, Rambots, from UMass Boston / BC High and NONE AT THE MOMENT! :(.



Okay remember last year they had a rule about noisemakers???

i dont see that rule this year....

does that mean we can make noise as much as we want?

woo hoo?

-anton

noise? no good.
 

Posted by Ken Leung at 2/4/2001 7:12 AM EST


Student on team #192, Gunn Robotics Team, from Henry M. Gunn Senior High School.


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Posted by Anton Abaya on 2/3/2001 6:48 PM EST:



National last year was too much noise already... and they don't have rules this year~?!? I can still remember the sticks banging on the ground and the music, but mostly I just remember my ears hurting.

Maybe we can just hope that this year, there won't be as much noise as before...

noise- fundemental
 

Posted by Erin at 2/4/2001 10:15 AM EST


Other on team #65, Huskie Brigade, from Pontiac Northern High School and GM Powertrain.


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Posted by Ken Leung on 2/4/2001 7:12 AM EST:



I miss the Sigm@cats loud boombox travelling to their next match (my best pit memory from 99), and I miss hearing blowhorns when people win... and hey, being one of those people with the sticks, I LOVED THEM TOO!!! (Even though some places with wooden floors didn't...)

Yay for noise.

-Erin

the more noise the better
 

Posted by colleen - T190 at 2/4/2001 11:34 AM EST


Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science and WPI.


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Posted by Erin on 2/4/2001 10:15 AM EST:



that's the whole part of the competition.. cheering for your team...

is everyone just supposed to sit down w/ their hands in their laps and watch matches..

no way.. go noise... make lots of it.. something has to make this competition exciting..

people who don't like the noise can go watch on one of the many big screens... like erin said.. it's "fundamental" to the competition

(loud noise == good,)
 

Posted by Jon - T190 at 2/5/2001 10:26 AM EST


Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Mass Academy of Math and Science and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.


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Posted by colleen - T190 on 2/4/2001 11:34 AM EST:



Frankly. the noise and excitement are part of the whole scene that is FIRST. you don't get psyched at a golf tourney with the guy with the little yellow sign telling you to be quiet...

go Happy Gilmore people! take this quiet "seemingly-unexciting" game and have fun! make ruckus!

Team190!
Goats!
Spiders!
Hampsters!
Oh my!

Noise!?! Who's callin our cart noise?!?
 

Posted by Robby at 2/4/2001 11:24 PM EST


Other on team #108, The SigmaC@Ts, from AIFL and Motorola.


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Posted by Erin on 2/4/2001 10:15 AM EST:



::Takes a bow on behalf of team 108::

Okay. Perhaps that really wasnt my place. Bah, whatever. Anyways, I think that as long as the noise is kept to a minimum of oh, say, none from noisemakers/cheering/cart music in the pits, it's all good. But why eliminate it from the fields. Go deaf. That's part of the fun. Isnt that part of the reason for cheering and bringing noise makers to a football or baseball game? It's exciting, make all the noise you can with whatever you got. Just keep it out of the pits and it would be fine.

Victory laps should be taken outside and not in the pits. That was one thing that created a lot of the trouble. Oh, and apologies for getting musical carts and whistles banned earlier years. If you guys think you had it bad just listening, try being in the center of a group of 80 students all with those wistles. In 98 team 108 heard them for a good 3 weeks if not more after the competition. And we kept on smilin. Hey, we did offer free earplugs!

-Robby O
oshortwan@hotmail.com
FIRSTanimators Moderator
Team 108 Animation Mentor

Not only go deaf, but....
 

Posted by Jessica Boucher at 2/5/2001 6:34 AM EST


Student on team #237, Sie-H2O-Bots, from Watertown High School and Eastern Awning Systems & The Siemon Company.


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Posted by Robby on 2/4/2001 11:24 PM EST:



:Go deaf. That's part of the fun. Isnt that part of the reason for cheering and bringing noise makers to a football or baseball game? It's exciting, make all the noise you can with whatever you got. Just keep it out of the pits and it would be fine.

Lose your voice. Then go home and have your director rip out his hair 'cause his strongest soprano can barely talk. Actually, it won't be a problem this year, "Brigadoon" ::shameless plug:: is a week before Nationals, so I can lose my voice at UTC too...those will be interesting morning announcements after I return ;)

-Jessica B, #237

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Posted by Josh at 2/4/2001 2:58 PM EST


Engineer on team #419, Rambots, from Wentworth Institute of Technology.


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Posted by Ken Leung on 2/4/2001 7:12 AM EST:



: National last year was too much noise already... and they don't have rules this year~?!? I can still remember the sticks banging on the ground and the music, but mostly I just remember my ears hurting.

: Maybe we can just hope that this year, there won't be as much noise as before...

Just wait till Florida...

Rambots are bringing powered speakers, cd player, and HOURS of Rock!

Josh
Team 419
"Wha?"

Re: NOISEMAKERS AT THE COMPETITION....
 

Posted by Nate Smith at 2/4/2001 1:31 PM EST


Other on team #66, GM Powertrain/Willow Run HS, from Eastern Michigan University and GM Powertrain.


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Posted by Anton Abaya on 2/3/2001 6:48 PM EST:



There's a rule in the Regionals overview section saying no audio systems, whistles, or blow horns in the pit area...I don't see anything (yet) about around the field...I don't really have a whole lot of time to look here either...

Nate

Re: NOISEMAKERS AT THE COMPETITION....
 

Posted by Anton Abaya at 2/4/2001 2:27 PM EST


Coach on team #419, Rambots, from UMass Boston / BC High and NONE AT THE MOMENT! :(.


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Posted by Nate Smith on 2/4/2001 1:31 PM EST:



: There's a rule in the Regionals overview section saying no audio systems, whistles, or blow horns in the pit area...I don't see anything (yet) about around the field...I don't really have a whole lot of time to look here either...

: Nate

oh thanks, this is good to know. i almost bought a hundred whistles.

Re: NOISEMAKERS AT THE COMPETITION....
 

Posted by Kyle Huang at 2/4/2001 3:08 PM EST


Student on team #192, Gunn Robotics Team, from Gunn High School and Sun Microsystems, Nasa/Ames and Xerox PARC.


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Posted by Anton Abaya on 2/3/2001 6:48 PM EST:



i don't know about any rules, so i'm just dispensing my opinion...

last year at competition, teams had noise makers, whether it be home made or purchased... and some of them (not all of them) were very VERY very loud. example being tall wooden sticks which were used to smash against the stands. i guess nobody else noticed, but when i would walk in front of or behind the stands while that was happening, it would beat my ear drums, leave my ears ringing for half an hour afterwards, and give me a headache.
having spirit and going crazy for your team is great! i'm all for that, i mean just look at GRTs team at nationals. but sometimes it gets excessive, imho.

: Okay remember last year they had a rule about noisemakers???

: i dont see that rule this year....

: does that mean we can make noise as much as we want?

: woo hoo?

: -anton

those lovely sticks
 

Posted by Erin at 2/4/2001 3:20 PM EST


Other on team #65, Huskie Brigade, from Pontiac Northern High School and GM Powertrain.


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Posted by Kyle Huang on 2/4/2001 3:08 PM EST:



yeah that is true...

but your lucky some teams (mine included) left them home....it could have been worse :)

erin

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Posted by Dominique at 2/4/2001 3:49 PM EST


Student on team #65, Huskie Brigade, from Pontiac Northern High School and GM Powertrain.


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Posted by Anton Abaya on 2/3/2001 6:48 PM EST:



Okay? There is a difference in cheering for your team and going crazy. I believe you should be able to cheer for your team as much as possible. There is a line though, some noise is just simply crazy. So I would keep the noise to a common sense level. Not a crazy level.

voice is OK
 

Posted by Joe Ross at 2/4/2001 9:47 PM EST


Engineer on team #330, Beach Bot, from Hope Chapel Academy and NASA/JPL , J&F Machine, and Raytheon.


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Posted by Dominique on 2/4/2001 3:49 PM EST:



: Okay? There is a difference in cheering for your team and going crazy. I believe you should be able to cheer for your team as much as possible. There is a line though, some noise is just simply crazy. So I would keep the noise to a common sense level. Not a crazy level.

I think that anything that you can do with your own voice is fine. I don't mind people yelling or screaming for their team. What I don't like is when a team from a sponsor that sells hearing aids pulls out everything possible to make me lose my hearing. There is nothing wrong with showing team spirit by cheering on your team, but there is a line that should not be crossed.

As for in the Pits, I think those should be left for working on your robot. It isn't very easy to work when everyone is blaring their music from their robot cart, or making sure that everyone knows that team xxx has the best whistles. Especially when you are in the pits, please consider gracious proffesionalism before you make too much noise.