Only At the IRI
 

The IRI offers some unique experiences and event - so add to this thread.


Only at the IRI --

Can you see six keepers scored in autonomous ...:eek:

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Only at IRI...

Could I meet all the great people I've heard about and talked to on CD.

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Could you see what is in your own opinion THE 6 best robots in existence face off in a semifinals match (233, 71, 1902 vs. 111, 1114, 2056).

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Only at the 2007 IRI...

Could you watch teams leave to get their award and see about 8 Harry Potter books left in their wake.

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Only at the IRI...
Do they put people with no voice left in charge of blue queuing.

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Do you see a team attempt to score two rings in autonomous... (Foley Freeze 910)

P.S. Someone needs to record Foley's auton's at MARC to see if they get it.

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Only at the IRI...

You don't get approval for a new IRI tradition but at the same time you get told, "I never said you are not allowed to do it."

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Only at the IRI....
can the small/inexperienced/new teams directly compete with and against the absolute behemoths of the FIRST world.

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Only in IRI...

Can 1024 try new drivers... :yikes:

Or do you see Andy reffing on field... :)

Or a guy walking around in a barrel.... :ahh:

-q

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Only at the IRI can you see the dancing fish boy

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Only at IRI can you see a guy surran rapped as a practical joke by people on CD.

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You might see Fish Boy at the St. Louis Regional, also.;) (It's 1094's home event.)

Only at the IRI will you see 148 drafted 19th. Actually, only at the IRI will you see any team drafted 19th, until FIRST adopts the three-round draft. But even then, I doubt we will see 148 drafted 19th again.

Only at the IRI will you see DS&KB perform a song with the advice "pick 67 or 469", and then see an AC (48) actually follow that advice, by picking both.

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You saw that, too??


No comment for this thread on that last one.

Only at IRI can you have awesome VEX comptetions durring what ever free tiem you have:D Man, those were fun.

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Only at the IRI...

Do you see a quarterfinal matchup better than almost any ever played in the Championship Finals on Einstein (111, 1114, 2056 vs 968, 330, 910).

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I think that our team was the one that left all of the books behind. I was reading one myself.

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Do you see elimination alliances that would walk thru any regional bracket and say, "They might make the semi-final with some luck."

Do you get alliances with 5 appearances on Einstien it 2 years.

Do you get 2 alliances with 3 2007 division champs each knocked out before the finals.

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Sung to Cowbell Steve's "rhythm"......:)

"We got......'em, (got 'em) We.............got.......................... 'em!
We..........got the........teams that we...........called
We got 'em....................., (got....................'em) We.......................got 'em!
For a good................team, for......................a good team.............................calllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllll"

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Only at IRI...

You drive around with an apple pie on top of your car for a mile before you realize it. (good job Pat) =)

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Only at the IRI...

Can you make up a 15 minute deficit in 7 matches.

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only at IRI...

can you meet such wonderful people and make a fool of your self in the talent show.(orange man group rocked the house)

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Only at IRI...

you need 4 gatorades with added sugar :yikes:

can you fix a robot between matches on 1.5 hours of sleep

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do you get to play hacky-sac with a bottle and no one yells at you (although we probably made a few people angry)

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And then lose it again when there's a field-fault. :p

And only at IRI can a queuer from NJ work side-by-side with a ref from MI and a field resetter from FL.

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only at IRI...

can u find a guy(me) who can embarass sean lavery and have dave lavery go into the fetal position under a table...

...can u find 6 or 7 ppl use pictochat on the DS

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...can you laugh while your friend scares a kid on the DS chat by saying 'im behind you', and the kid actually looks around.

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Only at the IRI......could you enter the competition not knowing if you'd ever be able to speak with former friends only to exit having discovered the magic needed to repair old wounds. ;)

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...can you set up what basically amounted to a small practice field for everyone to use.

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Respect is something we see quite often and almost take for granted in FIRST. Yet rising up beyond the excellence, the fun, and all out effort (and maybe because of it) the respect shown to/between participants, referees, volunteers, friends, supporters, really, really impressed me.

One obvious example - Andy Baker and his reffing crew's super-human efforts to get the calls right. Now that's respect.

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Only at IRI can you score your fantasy FIRST league between matches and simply turn around and watch from the balcony when the match begins

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Only at IRI...

... can you see a Championship Event winner left on the bench in the quarterfinals
... can the Cheesy Poofs be the 7th pick of a draft
... can 469 be the 14th selection
... can a two time regional champ (2056) be the 12th selection
... can a utterly dominant scorer (148) be the 19th selection
... can you see the rack be filled within the first minute of a match

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Only at I.R.I., you get the best doughnuts for FREE!!

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Only at IRI can you find a use for a zip tie at the restaurant....

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Only at IRI can you compete in the same gym where two top 10 draft picks (including the number one pick in the draft) ruled the American high school basketball for years and hardly anyone even gives that a second thought.

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Only at IRI...

...Can an 11 year team (27) place 72nd (out of 72) and not get picked
...Can you weigh 5 extra pounds, and still wanna add things to your robot
...Can you walk into Denny's and say "Table for 15 please"
...Can you NOT get paired with that one team over and over again...(Thanks to the mentor from 33 who figured that out)
...Can you lose miserably but not care because you had so much fun

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Can you come to play against the top-notch teams of FIRST with:

1) your left-handed driver using his right hand (he broke his wrist twice on skateboard),

2) a first-time arm operator,

3) a first-time human player, and

4) a redesigned (and untested) set of ramps.

Then, basically get your b*tt kicked in most of your matches, but still...

HAVE THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE!!:D

Yes, our team had a blast - and we want to come back!

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Is there an "AFTER" picture?:ahh:

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...Can you pick your FantasyFIRST teams and then not care how well they're doing because you're having so much fun!

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Guilty :D