Rookie Teams at Championship 2012

[KevinGoneNuts]

Originally Posted by Cynette

In the past, ALL Rookie teams at Championship are interviewed by judges for eligibility for all applicable awards. So there is no "submitting."

Yes, but it has kind of become the Rookie Team version of the Chairman's Award. They interview every team, but teams are welcome to submit a chairman's essay and video.

[midway78224]

3997 will be going for rookie all-star too. Good luck to all the rookies at this year championship.

[z_beeblebrox]

4183 will be there: We won Utah Regional Rookie All-Star. We're upgrading our bridge lowering mechanism, and we hope to do well among the rookie teams.

[Cynette]

Originally Posted by KevinGoneNuts

Yes, but it has kind of become the Rookie Team version of the Chairman's Award. They interview every team, but teams are welcome to submit a chairman's essay and video.

Yes, but please remember that they are not obligated to read your essay or watch your video. So you had better hook them when they come to your pit!

[KevinGoneNuts]

Originally Posted by Cynette

Yes, but please remember that they are not obligated to read your essay or watch your video. So you had better hook them when they come to your pit!

I Should rephrase my original post, but yes the are in no way obligated to look at anything we give them.

[4057programmer]

Team 4057 is excitingly looking forward to championships this year! We were chosen for Rookie All-star at Autodesk regional and we are all looking forward to the chance of visiting St. Louis. Good luck to all other rookie teams out there and we are happy to get a chance to see you guys there

[Dorr]

team 4320 going for the rookie all-star

[loyal]

Team 4055 will be trying for the Rookie All Star award and will also be competing even harder with our new and awesome stinger. Hope to see you there!

[astroman31]

TEAM Tesla 4086 from Twin Falls, Idaho, will be there after being named RAS at Silicon Valley. Looking forward to meeting all of you!

[Andy Baker]

Originally Posted by astroman31

TEAM Tesla 4086 from Twin Falls, Idaho, will be there after being named RAS at Silicon Valley. Looking forward to meeting all of you!

I had the pleasure of meeting Team Tesla at the Silicon Valley Regional, and they guys and gals are very impressive.

At the same time, I am very happy to be a part of this rookie class, as a few of us started a rookie team here in the Kokomo, Indiana area. Look for team 3940, CyberTooth, in the Curie division with our purple powder-coated robot. The students are all excited to be able to compete with the best FRC teams in the world in St. Louis, and eager to make some new friends.

We even got to practice tonight at the TechnoKat (45) shop with some other local teams (234, 261, and 447) and pulled off a QUADRUPLE balance! (We're the skinny practice robot in the middle with the illegal bumpers) That was fun!

Sincerely,
Andy Baker

[Travis Hoffman]

Hmm Fultz and Baker Quadruple balancing together - have you decided on IRI rule changes already?

[JohnSchneider]

Originally Posted by Andy Baker

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We even got to practice tonight at the TechnoKat (45) shop with some other local teams (234, 261, and 447) and pulled off a QUADRUPLE balance! (We're the skinny practice robot in the middle with the illegal bumpers) That was fun!

Sincerely,
Andy Baker

counts as 4CP on the middle bridge?

[Cynette]

I have the final count as 62 Rookie Teams! Congrats to all of you on your success so far!

I hope you'll be able to make time to attend the All Rookie Meet and Greet on Friday at 6:15 (at the end of matches!) The event will end at 6:45 giving teams time to make it to the ball game for the first pitch!

Watch for the invitation in your pits on Thursday Morning!

[Kurt W.]

Can't forget 4130, Devil Robotics. They're also competing for Rookie All-Star. They have a really good defensive bot.

[Mc Kenna]

Originally Posted by Cynette

Yes, but please remember that they are not obligated to read your essay or watch your video. So you had better hook them when they come to your pit!

I think any team who has won a regional RAS has shown they can "hook them" in the pit. . . We are now talking about what makes one RAS the best RAS in the country. I would argue the further creation of materials allows first and foremost for an extra year of practice for a formal chairmans, but also show an understanding and foresight in terms of the team and the FIRST competition and their plan of where they are going with their team.

Also the teams who prepare that collateral their first year can show their progress/growth/(buzzword) from every year they have been in existence which has been very clearly shown to be a successful RCA tact. The practice of going through that style of formal presentation to judges would not do any thing but strengthen their EI/RCA's in years to come as well as improve their chances of a Champs RAS