[Specialagentjim]

Definetly 107. If you've ever met anyone from 107, they have got to be the nicest and most helpful team ever. Every year we nominate them for the sportsmanship award because every year they go above and beyond gracious professionalism. 108 was lucky enough to always share a pit space next to them. Every year they'd show up with their home made lathe and other such things and offer us help getting our mangled bot to run. Often times we'd be furiously working away at the bot trying to get it to do something, while 107 was working on theirs. They would stop fixing theirs, come over and start helping us with ours. Thats just the kinda guys they were.

107 - You guys rock. Period.



Also, just for the record, after a certain chicago incident, there are a few teams I no longer consider role models, but I'll refrain from naming anything further. If you were there, you know. 107 still rocks.

Other teams I'd consider role models:

61 - You guys every year would take one look at our overcomplicated pile of things and then go "hey, this is a simpler way of doing it". Thanks for always being there to point out the Keep it simple methods.

Team Voltage - For being aweosme in lending their mad electrical skillz to teams at competition. I remember one year RoboTicks: Ely High School 408 was having issues with the robot doing the jerky movment problem and hearing clicking. Team voltage went to work and found the problem in that each of their drive motors were pulling 96amps each because they werent geared well. They fixed it and got it going and Ely was able to keep on competiting. Voltage, you rock.

Killer Bees - I think it was them. For showing everyone a four speed automatic transmission for 2lbs was possible. Man did that change the game when teams like us ditched our 45 lbs each transmissions... yes, 45 lbs each... yes thats 90 lbs in transmissions, yes that leaves only 40 lbs for the rest of the robot I know.

SPAM - You guys rock too. I cant think of anyone that we've borrowed more tools from then SPAM, and I definetly cant think of any team that we've broken more of their taps from. From offseasons to regular competitions, you can always count on SPAM to come fully prepared to support all the teams. Oh, and thanks for the 5 foot zip ties. Who knew they made them that big? (Yes we mounted an entire 10 lbs aluminum plate to the front of the robot with it, that was after we broke two of their taps trying to mount it to the robot).

There's more, but thats my top list and WHY.