How To Really Show Your Spirit At Championships
 

Since it is my first year attending, I wanted to see how everyone is going to show more spirit at Championships. Personally, team 1647 is gearing up and has many things planned. We wanted to know how other teams are preparing. Throw around some ideas and let us all know!

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It would be a miracle of 3132 got enough sponsors to even go to Atlanta, but we will be there in full Aussie swing. Keep an eye out for our flags.

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My team really has zero team spirit when it comes to cheering us on or anything like that but we try just to have fun while we are there

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A good way to show spirit (and GP) is not to save seats in the audience. Most of the time those good saved seats down front stay empty and wasted. When I see people looking for a place to sit, I invite them to sit with my team.

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If we were going it would be simple....

SPEAKER BOX!!!

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The way I do it at any competition: Spike your hair, dye your hair, wear buttons, wear lots of team colors, and cheer your brains out.
Hehe. I'll see you guys there!! Good luck. :)

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Although I will not be in Atlanta this year, I'd like to take this opportunity to share how I would show my spirit if I were there.

I would be respectful of the people in front of me by not:

• Kicking their chairs
• Hanging my legs over the chair next to them
• Screaming loudly behind them
• Sounding an air horn, clapping loud "thunder sticks", or using other loud devices.

I would be respectful of the people behind me by not:

• Standing up
• Waving a large flag or holding a large sign blocking the views of others
• Sitting in front of someone short, if I am tall

I would be respectful of the people around me by not:

• Moving someone's belongings so I can sit there
• Leaving my trash in the stands
• Trampling over several people to snag the one open seat, in the middle of an entire team
• Saving entire rows of premium seats when other people are in need of them, and my own team is not present
• Yelling "Robot!" as loudly as I can when pushing my robot through the pits and there is no one even remotely close to being in the way.
• Knocking someone in the head with my flag that I am so ferociously waving that I don't realize people around me.

I don't mean to ruin anyone's parade, but I have experienced all of the above, and it simply is not fun. I am a big fan of teams showing their spirit, but there is showing spirit, and then there is being obnoxious.

When showing your spirit, please remember you aren't the only one trying to have a good time. Not everyone likes to express their spirit in the same ways. Please be respectful to those around you.

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I got to grab some hair dye sometime this weekend. If not I will be wearing my signature "Philadelphia" maroon hat to tie in with my team colors.

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hats are always fun. hats and hair dye! think halloween, but in your team colors!!! with buttons!!!
Really, it doesnt matter what you do as long as you cheer loud for your team and have fun!!!
GOOD LUCK IN ATLANTA!!!!!!!!!!

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To represent the EngiNERDs I'll be lookin' nerdy... but I guess that's the same as most days... :D

I'll probably be sportin all my team T-Shirts, with some nerd glasses, and new this year, a black or red bandana. Not TONS of spirt, but probably the 2nd most spirited apparel on my team

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I will be donning the blazer to go with our tie shirts :)

You can see me in the background with the crazy/curly hair.



Of course members of our team will be full out FEDS for the competition!

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I loved the two in the foreground! No matter what they did, wether it be dancing or cheering, I never saw them smile! I loved watching them go by with the robot also, still never smiling. I enjoyed 201's spirt, and I wish more teams would dress up like that!

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Advice? Never cheer your hearts out on the first day! EVER... Did not work so well for us. All of our cheering leaders lost our voices for the last few days of competition and it just left out scouts with the burden of cheering alone.... And you all know how happy and peppy scouts are!

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Whenever I'd walk by them at MSC, I'd just marvel at their self-control. Once or twice I'd see them dancing to a song while still sitting with a straight face. Amazing.

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I think I saw them smile once during the whole competition; but that was only after they were forced to ;)

But they will definitely be suiting up for Atlanta! Hopefully we will get even more people to do it this time around :)

I've heard that scouts are the loudest of the bunch! :p

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I too was amazed at their control, especially Kenny, given his playfulness as the falcon at Detroit :P


Cheer. Cheer, dance, laugh, have fun, repeat. I didn't realize how spirited I actually can be until I was sitting in the stands alone at MSC (don't worry, it wasn't long before I was kidnapped by a few former mentors), where I couldn't really cheer and root for the teams that I support. A great example of "you don't know what you've got 'till it's gone," really. Cheer as a team, it's a lot more fun! Cheering BETWEEN teams is also a GREAT way to show spirit, and to infect others with the spirit flu as well. Dancing is great for getting yourself excited, and it's also a really good way to burn off all of the energy from the 32oz of Mountain Dew you had at lunch. As long as you're having fun, you're being spirited.

But as it has been said: please remember to be respectful of others!

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They sound like they are seriously funny.

(sorry, I couldn't resist...)

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He was uncanny at mascoting! He can go from super energized falcon mascot to super serious federal agent :) Who would think a mentor is that spirited :D

Team 1189's spirit was truly inspiring! I can't count the sheer amount of FEDS students that wanted to dance and be spirited after seeing your team in action!

Kara knows what she is talking about :)

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Hey, I'm the loudest person on my team, and I've been head of scouting for two years now!

Actually, at SVR I think I was the loudest person in the stadium... SVR was definitely not as spirit-y as it has been in past years. We did our best to fix that, but hopefully Atlanta will be better.

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I don't know if I can say I'm THE loudest, but I think I'm one of the loudest and peppiest people on our team, and I've also been head of scouting for 2 years!

Us scouters just bring spirt like no one else can!

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Not to jump on the bandwagon late... But I'm the head scouted and am one of the loudest :) Even if I do mess up some cheers...

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I have to agree with the cheering your teams (progressively getting louder through the competition)

unfortunately that's all that Epsilon Delta has got going for them, it's very hard to think up cheers that fits to a team that really has no solid theme. though we have thought of a few:

the loudest of the group usually myself an 2 others yell out "EPSILON" while the rest of the team shouts out "DELTA"

another one is more of an Inside joke about a mentor, who sent out an email saying "Who Team 116" by accident, within minutes one of the "class clown" team member replied "WE TEAM 116!" so now during some matches 1 guy(or girl) "Who Team 116?" and we all respond "WE TEAM 116!"
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in past years we've donned hats and foam fingers, with team 116, those are now long gone, lost in our shop.

I love the outrageous get ups some people wear, in fact I'll sometimes "fix myself" to stand out against the rest of my team.

Look out for Pokemon buttons this year :)

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POKEMON BUTTONS!!!! Holy Pikachu, I'm already excited! Everyone on my team loves pokemon, and literally go crazy over pokemon buttons. I NEED to get one! :D

Oh, and I would suggest you enter it into the Best Button Award Contest. :)

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Haha! I just saw THAT!

I didn't make too many unfortunately (Printer ink is so darn expensive)

I'm not sure as to how many were made (in the process) but:

Original Starters:
Bulbasaur
Squirtle
Charmander

and the very First #116 pokemon: Horsea!

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On the topic of scouts being the loudest, our head scout last year was one of the loudest people we've ever had on our team. His loud, deep voice was GREAT for starting cheers.

Out of curiosity, wasn't there a team at MSC who had Pikachu buttons?

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Would that be Andy who you are talking about?

And Team 1718's Pi-kachu button was a pokemon button :)

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At Regionals we had two of our young ladies wearing cheer uniforms, students using Cheer Megaphones, and there was enough space for a student to wave our School Flag (used for cheer competition so it's HUGE). Will any of these be feasible at World Championships?

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Most of our team will be rocking their Poke-walkers!
We won't have Poke' mon buttons but we do have "Team 3168 is over 9000" buttons (in limited supply)

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I think everything expect for the flag would be possible. The only issue is that you do not have the floor space in the stands in the Georiga dome for things that require a flat space (the stands continue to a railing that leads to a drop off).

If you have the materials, make giant numbers instead of the flag for the stands. Have the field announcer wave the flag before your matches, and keep giant numbers in the stands for the students.

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We have other posters (including number cut outs) and a cardboard cut out of our principal and the school spirit stick and head dress.
I just wanted to ask about the questionables :)

Thanks!

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It never hurts to have a good mascot handy. At multiple events my team has won the "best mascot" award that another team has decided to give out, and our mascot has even gotten some props at Worlds.

A large cheering section never hurts, and ostentatious displays leave the competition in awe and dazed by the pure awesomeness.

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It certainly would be!

That's another thing - give the MC your stuff. We normally turn over our poncho for them to wear, but most teams just drop off a flag at the beginning of the event and pick it up at the end. If your team is in the elims, get whatever else you can (give-aways, unique team items (such as 910's hats), or spare t-shirts) on them.

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maybe I'll dress up as Prof. Oak for kicks


PS, anyone have a lab coat I can borrow for Atlanta? :)

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lol... Alright alright I get it. Maybe it is just our scouts that are not very excited :P.

-They really don't want to cheer so they end up using scouting as an excuse not to cheer. It bugs me, but I'll live.

Anyway, hopefully we can get an all crowd chant going on at worlds next year. I think it would sound amazing if the entire crowd was cheering together.

-See you all there