New Bonuses
 

Over in the "who gets the points" thread, someone mentioned "fashion points" for stacking robots on the platform at the end of the match (yes, I know that is against the rules :rolleyes: ). That got me thinking. What other bonuses could FIRST have this year?

Most Parts Lost Bonus: 10 points to whomever manages to get their robot beat up the most. And maybe $10 so they can get started on buying some new parts.
Strangest Position Bonus: Few things from the St. Louis regional last year stick in my mind as much as the robot that managed to get its tetra-grabbing hook stuck in an overturned robot's chassis. 25 points.
That Would be a Good Strategy if This was Battlebots Bonus: Goes to the most combative player. 15 points.
You do the Craziest Things to Yourselves Bonus: Goes to the team that does the craziest things to show team spirit. Every team has some crazy tradition; so why not make it part of the competition? This wouldn't get someone a point increase, but rather count toward getting the Woodie Flowers or Chairmans Award.
Least Hours Slept Bonus: Another non-point bonus, but nonetheless an important one. Who doesn't want to be known for their devotion to FIRST (and get a good shot at winning some awards)?

I'm eager to see what everybody else comes up with. :D

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The first one is 25s opponent, the second is 25. :p
I told Mike that they should build in a automatic robot detections system with speed sensor to automatically prevent G25 violations. :rolleyes:

Wetzel

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Play of the Day: A play by an alliance that makes the arena go quiet for a few seconds, then within 2 seconds the DJ's music is no longer hearable from the stands.

Ain't Gonna Stop Me!: This award goes to a team who despite overwhelming odds, such as a 1v3 match because it's partners are broken, emerges victorious over its competitors

Help! I've fallen...: This award goes to the team who includes the most comical sign, or feature on their robot.

Human Player Award: This award goes to a human player who can consistently make shot after shot into their goal.

Traction and Torque! This award goes to a robot who can push three robots down the field by itself.

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FIRST used to award a "Play of the Day" trophy a few years back. It was a good idea, but I don't know why they dropped it.

A few years ago one team had this printed on the bottom of their robot. It was hilarious! You didn't want to root against them, but you really wanted to see it again. It's great when teams have a warped sense of humor like this.

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Does the sign have to be visible? Last year we had "If you can read this flip me over" written in sharpie on the bottom of our robot, completly frogot it was there until last week when we were pulling some parts off of it.