Need help: reasons to join a robotics team (words and phrases)

[Jacob Bendicksen]

Scholarships are a pretty big draw for some people.

If you wanted it in three words, I could quote the scholarship video from last year:

"Apply, apply, apply!"

[GeeTwo]

It looks like you left out I & R (Inspiretion and Recognition).

They're a bit longer than some of yours, but "Sport for the Mind" and "Hardest Fun You'll Ever Have" grab the attention.

Also:

• Innovation
• Creativity
• Teamwork
• Smell of Solder
• Grease and Aluminum Shavings
• Craftsmanship
• Strategy

[Kevin Leonard]

Originally Posted by GeeTwo

• Smell of Solder
• Grease and Aluminum Shavings

"I joined the FIRST Robotics team because I love sniffing solder and covering my hands in grease and aluminum shavings!"
-probably someone somewhere

[Gregor]

Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard

"I joined the FIRST Robotics team because I love sniffing solder and covering my hands in grease and aluminum shavings!"
-probably someone somewhere

Don't worry you don't need to keep it a secret anymore.

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard

"I joined the FIRST Robotics team because I love sniffing solder and covering my hands in grease and aluminum shavings!"
-probably someone somewhere

While it's not why I started mentoring, I grew up with a ham radio dad who loved to tinker. Burning resin is as much a "smell of home" as a pot of gumbo simmering or chocolate chip cookies baking.

[DonRotolo]

Learn how to succeed

[Shrub]

Free food. Friends. Self-esteem.

(Plus the smell of the build shop grows on you. I love covering my hands in grease and aluminum shavings, its a great exfoliator.)

[gblake]

For the groupies/fans, of course.

Sneaking a little humor into the list is probably a good idea.

[Whippet]

Super rad safety glasses

[madz]

I love all these. Some other ideas are:

• goats
• duct tape comes in many colors
• possibility of taking over the world someday
• zip ties
• pizza for every meal
• more duct tape
• flame throwers
• possibility of explosions at each meeting
• duct tape (need I say more?)

Does anyone have any more funny ones?

[EricH]

Here's some older ones:

"The Super Bowl of Smarts"
"The Hardest Fun You'll Ever Have"
"The ONLY Sport Where Everyone Can Turn Pro"


One or two of these were official FIRST lines back a "few" years ago.

[The other Gabe]

Originally Posted by madz

I love all these. Some other ideas are:

• goats
• possibility of taking over the world someday
• zip ties
• flame throwers
• possibility of explosions at each meeting

A+ reasons right there

the thing that kept me hooked in robotics was being able to observe the brilliance of others (I mean, I got to see simbot sideswipe... UP CLOSE). So, "solving real challenges brilliantly" ?

or alternatively, "the one place where you can seem like a good dancer," and "gaining early support of our future robot overlords" those are too long, but I am not a concise person

[Rachel Lim]

I think you've missed the easiest one:

Robots!

[orangemoore]

Extremely Cheesy Music!

[MikLast]

Originally Posted by orangemoore

Extremely Cheesy Music!

and even more extremely cheesy dancing.