Robotics Members Automatically Good Dancers?
 

For the past 2 national competitions i've seen some awesome dancers. But this weekend at UTC I was blown away. My friends and I from 236 were working the LEGO booth and we met up with 4 of the best dancers we've ever seen in our lives. They were Paul from 228, OJ from 228, Andre from 237 and Seth from 121. All I see are people running around and busting moves. I'm sure you've all seen our Tick Dance or we've made you do it. This makes me think, does Robotics automatically make a person a good dancer?


Melissa

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Not at all. But, you do tend to come up with new dances on the spot to out do your opponents dances.

As for those people you mentioned, I see you only mentioned 1 person from a team. Maybe that is the average, only one good dancer per team.

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i dont think so... im alright (from what ive been told by honest friends)... and there is one kid that can not dance for his LIFE on our team... its kind of sad haha... and ill tell seth you said that (he doesnt have an account)

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no. Sam Harding is a very good dancer however I am not. Trust me.

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Add another one to your list, Herectic.... :D

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Rhode Warriors, You should ask Seth to dance for you. Maybe you guys could come up with a ruitine for nationals.


Has anyone had the pleasure of being asked to do the tick dance?


Melissa

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I'm a terrible dancer, but I guess being with other FIRST people who are just like me makes me care less about embarassment, so much that the guy in charge of video on my team included me making a fool of myself dancing in a recent promo video for the team. Ah! I can't help it. I'm reserved all other times... ;)

Guess that answers why there are so many good dancers in FIRST. Some people end up being far less embarassed, therefore go nuts.

-jill

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I think that sums it up.

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I'd have to agree.. it seems as though there are a lot of people who are quite gifted when it comes to dancing. I only wish that i could have seen OJ perform his split...

I should warn you though, at the UTC regional i went up to the MC with a few fellow ticks and paul from gus, to ask him if the mascots could come up and all do the tick dance during one of the dead times. He then told us that there is an acutal rule against dancing!

(Sounds a tinsy little bit like footloose...) :p

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How sad! What would a robotics competition be like if there was no dancing?

I say we call a dance off at nationals! Who's in?

Melissa

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The White Boy Dance, is the king of all Dances, and the King of the White Boy Dance is ME!!! seriously, just ask anyone at NJ regional, i was the large volunteer that was dancing to everything and at annapolis, anyone at the dinner at the Radison knows my mad skilz yo

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I think we all dance b/c we dont care what the others are thinking since we are having a good time. Then again, I'm one of two people on my team that dance...

Dance Off anyone?

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I'm gonna have to say ditto here... but I dance anyways, because I think dancing next to Sam offsets my bad-ness.

hmm, maybe not? ;)

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I'm sure your great. No dance is bad in our book....unless its fresh ;)

Melissa

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I know exactly who your talking about. She was wearing a green cheerleading outfit?


Melissa

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I'd have to agree with Andre's dance, it's pretty awesome, but I have firsthand knowledge that robotics does not a good dancer make. Try looking for me (FIRST-e, The Dynamos' mascot) at the next competition. I'll prove your theory wrong without even trying :D I hope to learn, but for now, I just flail and pretend I know what I'm doing

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Oh yeah, if you wanna see dancing check out my breakdancing to vanilla ice's Ninja Rap..ok maybe not...lets say that Dexy's Midnight Runners have a better chance of reforming, putting together a new album and bringing down the "Hip-Hop" dominance era...

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I think that the rason so many people that are involved in robotics dance because a FIRST competition is a place where people can jsut be them selves. Most students are rather reserved because they are usually worried about their "image" when they are at school or other places. Thats one thing that I think is great about the FIRST orginization, they let "closet" nerds/geeks be themselves as well as let people who love making fools of them selves (namely me) have fun and let loose. BTW did anyone who was at GLR see those guys from Tech-Fusion(0279) dancing, they were the best!

On a lighter note, wow I can't dance! Ask anyone who was at the Great Lakes Regional,(I was the guy in the cape and beanie[my temporary excuse ofr a mscot unifor] that always had the camera) when I was trying to dance with the mascotts, wow that was too fun. Good times, good times.

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#1 will do!

#2 no... im willing but afraid of being taped and blackmailed by a team member =P (note to self, tape seth at nat's to blackmail him =D)

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I really shouldnt be saying this but....Seth and Paul from Gus were slow dancing hand in hand and it was pretty sexy. That was the perfect moment to tape him but i dont know how willing he'll be these days


Melissa

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It's a lot easier to dance when you're hiding behind a mask or team mascot outfit.

Not that I've done it, though. My dancing is reminiscent of Vincent Vega's in Pulp Fiction. That's the best I can do, even when surrounded by fellow nerds.

Watch for a crazy gorrilla at Chicago.

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Man, what a dork.. That rule was written for Team Socials. In NJ the MC's encouraged the mascots to come up and strut their stuff during the "slow" times.

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Can someone actually tell me what the rule against dancing is? Or point me to it (even though I think I lost my handbook for this year somewhere underneath my bed and my locker at school since it has been MIA since...ooo...January! LOL!)

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I'm not sure where the 'no dancing' rule is stated.


Why would you deny hot mascots the chance to dance?


Melissa

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I just thumbed through the FIRST manual and didn't find any rule against dancing. I'm thinking with the scaled back rules this year that either they didn't post it or repealed it.

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Well let's see, I can do The Robot, Macarena, and can move with a little rhythm, oh, and the YMCA. I've been meaning to learn the "Cotton Eyed Joe" dance, but haven't gotten around to it yet. And I'm okay at DDR.

On another note, I really hate dances, and that included the old team parties (the dancing part anyway). But I guess the team party was really meant for taking an enjoyable night and meeting other people from other teams. I certainly took advantage of that. But now, they're "socials" (which incidently, I've never been to one ever since they started calling them that, but I hear they're not as good), but that's getting off-topic.

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One can only hope! Dancing is like a... a... custom, an integral part of competitions! :p Doing the tick dance is like some sort of wierd initiation into the techno tick family- once you do it- you're a member for life!

Well, enough drama- but i enjoy dancing as much as the next person, no matter how talentless i may be- it's oddly liberating! hahahaHA!

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How about swing dancing? They were playing some good swing stuff at the Chesapeake regional and I was tempted to just start asking anyone to dance, but I was still suffering from a head wound. Back to the point, though, does anyone hear know how to swing dance?

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There was some swing dance music at UTC and my friend (deanismyidol) and I were working the LEGO booth when our head mentor came out of nowhere and grabbed deanismyidol and started swing dancing with her and then walked away as if nothing happened :confused:


Melissa

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kind of ish... Unfortunately I don't know all the cool flips and jumps and all that. I know a few of the more basic steps though. :D Well, just for the lead, I never really mastered the follower steps - after you learn lead, it's hard to go back to the backwardness and turns and blah. Yeah, I think I'll stop rambling now...