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Posted by Korey R Kline.

Engineer on team #59, Ramtech, from Miami Coral Park HS and eAc / FIU.

Posted on 10/5/2000 5:19 PM MST


In Reply to: Ramtech 59 Tonight! posted by Korey R Kline on 10/4/2000 12:48 PM MST:



Thanks for all the support!! It was really great to be able to use all that we’ve learned from our years with FIRST to show the Battlebots fans what we can do. When we went out last year to watch we DID wear our FIRST shirts which is the only reason they let us back into the pits. Believe it or not there is a lot of respect for the whole FIRST movement. In our first match we went up against Abbatoir, we were clearly winning the match. We could have REALLY caused more damage at the last moment and we chose to use “Gracious Professionalism” and put on the brakes. The crowd was disappointed, but the other robot builders said “You can tell they are a FIRST team ‘cause they didn’t take the cheap shot”. Even though Battlebots is different than FIRST, in the pits you would think that you were in a FIRST regional or national competition. There is real camaraderie and everybody looks out for each other as well as learns from each other too.
We are happy that so many of our fellow FIRST roboteers got a kick out of the event. Thanks for rooting for us. We are getting our FIRST team ready for this next season, we are wondering what Dean and Woody have up their sleeve for us this year. Our vacation was used up doing Battlebots and we are getting geared up for the next season of FIRST. We always make sure that our little admirers start with a FIRST Legoleague and then go on to the high school part. Our college guys who mentor our team (FIRST graduates) decided they wanted to step into the Battlebots arena. They think it’s a great off season pasttime.
There 2 million viewers who watch Battlebots on Wednesday nights, don’t you think it would be a great opportunity for FIRST to advertise and grab the interested kids who want to build robots.

K2
Ramtech 59