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[Wayne Doenges]

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[EricH]

I know what game it was. It had one of the most famous FRC robots of all time, but I don't see that robot on the field. As an extra hint for anybody else... There was no autonomous that year, or for any year before it.

And no, I wasn't there. I went for Coopertition FIRST (2000), as a too-young-to-join mentor's kid.

[CalTran]

Originally Posted by EricH

I know what game it was. It had one of the most famous FRC robots of all time, but I don't see that robot on the field. As an extra hint for anybody else... There was no autonomous that year, or for any year before it.

And no, I wasn't there. I went for Coopertition FIRST (2000), as a too-young-to-join mentor's kid.

Would that make it 2001 and the robot being Team 71?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by CalTran

Would that make it 2001 and the robot being Team 71?

Robot, yes. Year, nope: Eric got it right first, followed by Travis.

330 was there, but I was not. (I joined the team the following year.)

With my added hint: You may notice that I specifically did not reference any lack of autonomous after the 2002 game--the automode started in 2003.

[CalTran]

I thought auto started in 03 but want sure of their flop was auto or not. Ah well, should have known.

[Tristan Lall]

Yes. That was actually my fourth time at the Championships.

(You can tell it's 2002 by the yellow balls on the field, and because the the large tower in the background has an "Epcot" sign, instead of the numerals "2000".)

[Travis Hoffman]

I spy with my eye Mandy Moore hiding behind the back of the stage.

And FIRST-branded Shasta water bottles.

[Chris Hibner]

It was 2002. You can tell by the yellow soccer balls lining the edge of the field. If you look really close you can probably see me pulling my hair out as we try to repair our shredded gear box between the matches

[RoboMom]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

I spy with my eye Mandy Moore hiding behind the back of the stage.

And FIRST-branded Shasta water bottles.

There I am in the back row waving.
But there was this annoying team with big smiley face signs wrecking my view.

The humidity in the pits was a killer. The sun felt good for about 5 minutes.

Mandy walked out and screeched "Hiiii Guyyyysss!!!)

[Rosiebotboss]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

I spy with my eye Mandy Moore hiding behind the back of the stage.

And FIRST-branded Shasta water bottles.

I still have a FIRST branded SHASTA water bottle!

[Matt C]

My high school team's (311, now defunct) semi-finalist finish on Einstein, who beat the team I was mentoring as a freshman in college (190) in the semi-finals. What a year...

Also, the last year for studded tires/filecards/"traction devices".

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by Rosiebotboss

I still have a FIRST branded SHASTA water bottle!

I've got two in my refrigerator.

They passed those things out early because it was so dang hot in the stands during Einstein/closing ceremonies.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

I've got two in my refrigerator.

They passed those things out early because it was so dang hot in the stands during Einstein/closing ceremonies.

I would estimate that the majority of them were used for water fights in the stands

[PayneTrain]

I am probably the only person that guessed based on nothing to do with FIRST. The wand structure around Spaceship Earth existed from 2000 to 2007. After 2000, the numbers "2000" were replaced by the word "Epcot" in mid-2001. Therefore, the only year CMP could be in Disney with that wand is 2002.

I'm weird.

[Tyler Olds]

Just remembered something that I miss which ended in 2002... The police lights and the matching covers that identified which alliance a robot was on! Not saying that we should go back to this, but it was something very memorable for me. Probably the only thing cool about 2001 was having 4 different colors of covers. Do you remember the four colors?!?!