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Re: 2012 Awards/Trophies
The new Trophies make it kind of hard to do the typical Net Draped over the Trophy display.
I find it odd the the district model is reducing the cost of events, yet FIRST forces the district models to use cheaper trophies. How does one explain this to their sponsors? -Clinton- |
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Re: 2012 Awards/Trophies
When we got our Innovation in Control award I jokingly said to other team members that they keep getting smaller every year!
On the bright side though once you have so many trophies lying around you don't know what to do with them all so the smaller they are they easier they are to make room for! For those wondering here is what they actually look like: ![]() |
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![]() It's pretty bad when the trophy can fit in your pocket. I am very disappointed in them this year. Frankly, I think that they're kind of embarrassing to offer to sponsors: "You donated $10,000 to our team and this is what we won for you. You can use it as a paperweight. ...oh wait, it's too light for that?" ...sorry, I'm kind of in a snarky mode. But seriously, we have off-season event trophies that are nicer than these (IGVC? MARC?). We have trophies and plaques in our shop that other teams made for us that are better than these. |
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There's been some discussion of the new awards in private and there has been no positive response. I have to wholeheartedly agree with the criticisms. If teams are going to receive awards, at least make the awards presentable and representative of the work that went in to receive them. Blue banners do this really well - they're huge and impressive - but these awards don't even come close. I understand cost-cutting, but, as Jared said, frankly, they're embarrassing.
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I don't think anyone is upset about cost-cutting. Hey, we're all about doing things on our teams that doesn't spend excess money. We're in FIRST, we know how to budge, right? But. BUT. We still try to look good doing it. It's like the saying, "Dress for success", because how you appear is how other people judge you. These awards say, "What you do is not all that important. Anyone can order an award like this and plop a sticker on it, so you're really not all that unique." and that is sad. Yes, Blue Banners are amazing. But you only get a Blue Banner for certain awards. And you only get one. |
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Is there any rule that says the districts can't give out their own amazing trophies? Some of the best trophies I've seen in FIRST have been at off-season events. I'm thinking you could really have some fun with this.
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I wonder how open FIRST is to award designs by other companies. We have made some of the coolest awards for off-seasons and Lego. I wonder if they would take a look at an award design that TPD comes up with. I better get to the drawing board!
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We have already had two out of our four Winner Trophies crack in exactly the same spot in two separate weeks. Obviously some design flaw.
Since we plan to give the intact trophies to our sponsors, this leaves the team with two cracked trophies as lasting momentos. Not cool. |
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I know of no rule that prevents this and have actually suggested it directly to several FiM board members.
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Ok so here is a question, if you win at districts and get "these" trophies, could you order the "traditional" ones from FIRST like you could to add to or replace broken one's in years past?
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I like the old ones, and they did indeed give out the nice old heavy kind at normal regional events. Also, the medals we got for our EI award are exceedingly nice. I hope FIRST doesn't skimp on stuff like this in the future.
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Re: 2012 Awards/Trophies
When it comes to the point that the teams have to buy a decient trophy, they may as well keep the entry fee and buy a real good one.
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These look super chintzy.
Just when you thought FIRST couldn't possibly make the trophies smaller or further devalue the recognition of winning an event they find a way to do it. |
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Re: 2012 Awards/Trophies
To be diplomatic: With the resources and creativity available to teams, I believe there is room for improvement in future seasons.
Other threads have thrown out ideas people have had before, but the first post here has given us a nice, concrete cost target. If we as FIRSTers can create something more visually impressive on roughly the same budget, surely the fine folks in Manchester would be receptive... |
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