They glow in the Ohio sun as well!!
 

I'm wearing my newly aquired MOE jersey to school today and see how many people turn their head while I walk by. I'll let you know what everyone thinks!!

My team told me that I wouldn't do it, so I guess I'm proving my point as to I will!! Well, off to school I go with my MOE jersey!!

Dear the Lucas,

How can I be "hooked up" with one of your team shirts? Tell me so I'll be ready for philly next year. I REEEEEAAAALLLLYYYYY want one! Any way, in Virgina when my team went to lunch we attracted a bunch of stares. I'm sure they were thinking "What are kids doing walking around in the same t-shirt?" Orgazination of teams with their shirts can be great publicity for FIRST and your sponsers. Congrats to Raytheon for winning the Government's new DD-X destroyer program contract. You beat my main sponser Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics and Survalance Systems.

My Opinion...
 

I am opposed to anything that makes more noise than clapping your hands together. All these things do is make other teams use louder, more obnoxious things to get noticed. They also seem to drive the DJ's to play their music even louder so everyone can hear it.

Maybe it's just me, but I don't think these events should be so loud that you will recieve permanent hearing damage if you do not wear earplugs.

I personally think the sticks you refer to had little to do with Moe winning the Spirit Award. I think the size of your team, enthusiasm level and clear connection between your team and robot is what did it. I firmly believe you would have won the award without the "sticks"

Our students had what we called "Clappers" last year that were very similar to your sticks. We asked asked our team to not use them because they were just too annoying.

If every team hoping to win the spirit award were to use "Clappers" all that would happen is the total level of noise would go way up without any individual teams really benefitting.

Just my 2 cents...

bwhahahahaha!! i have a cool moe shirt too shelley... got it at our second regional-philly...shirt, bandana at richmond..stix...tool belt...blinky button...and i got to wear the cool green captain's hat for a whole 5 minutes!!!!!! who-ho!!!!! Go MOE!!!!!!! hehe can u beat that one??? lol

P.S. Thank u Brian!!! :D

Glad to hear I'm not the only one!!
 

Alex...Great to hear I'm not the only one that has a MOE jersey in their position!! I can honestly say though I was the first NON MOE person that has worn the CAPTAINS HAT!! Jake let me wear it my freshman year when we was driving. I think someone has that on film somewhere?!? Maybe....

Ok, not saying that there's any thing wrong with team spirit, but those sticks, whew. Last year, they had those sticks, and it made scouting quite hard when one is sitting right in front of them :) I'm not saying they're annoying or anything, great team spirit and all, but sometimes it's just a lil loud.

hehe, Alex has competition! :D Shelly, I'm sure she'll try to outdo you, too bad nats is already over. Well that won't stop her, she'll think of something. Trust me, when it comes to MOE, she gets what she wants :D

Stephen

I am looking to trade my spare MOE shirt for one of those cool Diablo shirts. The only problem is finding one that fits me. I am 6'3'', 215 lbs so I need at least an XL preferably an XXL. My MOE shirt is XXXL but thier sizes run small. I can probaly trade through Nick who is apparently visiting your team soon.
Does that 5 min include the time you stole it off Brian's head in the parking lot, and we were too lazy and stupid to chase you right away. You're extremely dedicated, but Shelly has been adopted by the team for 3 years. I don't think you can top her

I voted to burn the sticks, but just because I don't like them doesn't mean that MOE should stop using them. Many teams have noisemakers, and MOE's happen to be excellent. And loud. And annoying.:p

And did you win a Regional Spirit Award? Just curious.

We won the National Spirit Award. At Regionals, we won the Imagery and Chairman's Award.

ooooh i forgot about that time!!! no, wait that doesnt count. i wasnt wearing it. and shelley, see, this is a new hat. and if you havent worn this one, then i get to still be the only special one!!!! And stephen, no not quite.....i am still missing a piece of apparel.......They seem to be very possessive of this one...

Wait I know something you've never seen probably!!
 

The Captains hat hasn't changed since Jake wore it their rookie year. Last year when they won the national championships, I wore the famous green cape.....Have you worn that?!? I don't think you can out do me though. Not at least after me leaving my ID and everything else with Jake Saturday night and me having to call his mom at home to get the number of where they were staying...ha ha ha That was one crazy night!! Three years of being adopted by their team and giving Vince hugs every day.... I think I still have one up on you!!


Michelle

i hope you're still not thinking about them giving you their robot alex :D but if by some impossible miracle that could happen, you would definitely one up Shelly :)

Stephen

One of the funniest parts of the competition was when my dad came to see the competition from where he's working over in West Palm. He arrived shortly before alliances were picked for the finals, and we got our seats where we had sat for most of our matches on Newton. MOE was behind us. Shortly after he sat down, a MOE team member tapped him on the shoulder and asked if he would like a pair of earplugs. At first he was a little hesitant, kind of wondering "why do I need these." I told him to take them, he might find a use for them later. He tore the plastic bag open pretty quickly, and put them in almost immediately after MOE's first match started; and didn't take them out until after MOE cleared the stands... ahahahahaha. Keep the sticks.

nono shelley, see this is where you are wrong. see, brian happens to have TWO hats....the one this year was new...hehe i have attempted to gain possession of both or either of these, although so far to no avail. noo, i have not worn the green cape. i didnt even know there was one! =( hmm a new goal to work towards....oh and stephen!! thank you for the most wonderful idea!! we really dont need last years robot now do we???? hmm a good and fair trade for one of those wonderful hats.....hehehehehe and as for vince's hugs....i have been spared!! hehe i run away as fast as i can....he hugs my teacher so thats enough for me not to hug him...lol