The 2056 Streak has ended!

[waialua359]

Originally Posted by anishde

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The Stronghold Winning 23 consecutive titles is no small feat, and I think we could see a certain team from Stoney Creek, Ontario on Einstein this year...

In general, I think many great teams this year will seed high based on the current ranking system with a much better chance of reaching Einstein.
No, one bad match, can affect the standings like in other years where record mattered first. Good teams have a better chance of capturing with random partners than bad ones. I'm going to assume at Champs that the breaching ranking point is a given for almost all matches.

[thinker&planner]

Has anyone made a shirt yet?

I would buy a few, and I'm sure OP could make a killer fundraiser out of it.

[Peyton Yeung]

Originally Posted by thinker&planner

Has anyone made a shirt yet?

I would buy a few, and I'm sure OP could make a killer fundraiser out of it.

I think this is a bit different than the "Poof goes the curse" Curie Curse shirts...

[thinker&planner]

Originally Posted by Peyton Yeung

I think this is a bit different than the "Poof goes the curse" Curie Curse shirts...

Oh yikes, I didn't mean a shirt celebrating the END of a streak, I meant a shirt celebrating the streak itself. (now I see how my previous post could be confusing)

[jajabinx124]

Originally Posted by waialua359

In general, I think many great teams this year will seed high based on the current ranking system with a much better chance of reaching Einstein.
No, one bad match, can affect the standings like in other years where record mattered first. Good teams have a better chance of capturing with random partners than bad ones. I'm going to assume at Champs that the breaching ranking point is a given for almost all matches.

Yeah I agree. One bad match can't really affect the standings like in years past. (for example 2014, if you lost a match you lost 2 ranking points so that was a bummer and yes, if you lose a match this year you lose 2 ranking points as well, but you have the possibility of making that up with breach/capture ranking points) The capture rate will be high at champs. Good teams will not have as much as trouble ranking high because essentially many great teams can contribute to the majority of the capture by themselves- even if they get paired up with some bad partners they might still capture as long as their partners can move onto the batter. Champs will be interesting.

Agreed, the breaching point should be a guarantee almost every match at champs.

[philso]

Originally Posted by CalTran

"No, you cannot pick Team 1477."

I will ask them if they felt left out when I see them at Lone Star this weekend

[philso]

Originally Posted by Citrus Dad

We're trying to pick up on that in Northern California by reaching out to younger teams and raising their games.

This is an issue in Texas too. I have worked with 2nd and 3rd year teams where it was "the blind leading the blind". One of these have collapsed when a teacher retired and the other one is still struggling because the culture of the blind leading the blind has taken root. There have only been a few teams, such as 1477, 3847 and 624, who have hosted events like "bumper builds" and week zero events in the Houston area.

[Chas4739]

Originally Posted by bam-bam

Many Indiana teams have deep respect for 45 and 234, but they really should not be mentioned in the same category as the other three.... especially when 1501, 135, and 1741 are not mentioned.

Respect

[Patriot]

On behalf of Team 2056, we would like to say thank you to all those who have commented here and to us personally over the last few weeks. We do hope that our striving for excellence has helped many of you to do the same. Our goal has been to inspire OP students but it has obviously done more than that. It has been seen and acknowledged that Ontario is developing some of the best teams in the world. We learned it from 1114 and those who came before them, and we continue the legacy, as teams around us continue to excel around North America.

As many have commented, people thought that a loss would relieve the stress and remove the proverbial monkey off our backs. I would just like to say, there is just as much stress each and every event to excel and to do our best whether we are going for our 24th win or our 1st win.

As a celebration of the 23 straight Regional wins, we have developed a T-shirt, in the flavour of our 2056 team shirt but yet acknowledging all the teams that won each and every event with us, as well as a special tribute to 1241, 610 and 3560 for winning Waterloo 2016.

These shirts will be available in limited quantities, please see us in the stands at champs for details. Please NOT our PIT.

[CalTran]

Originally Posted by Patriot

On behalf of Team 2056, we would like to say thank you to all those who have commented here and to us personally over the last few weeks. We do hope that our striving for excellence has helped many of you to do the same. Our goal has been to inspire OP students but it has obviously done more than that. It has been seen and acknowledged that Ontario is developing some of the best teams in the world. We learned it from 1114 and those who came before them, and we continue the legacy, as teams around us continue to excel around North America.

As many have commented, people thought that a loss would relieve the stress and remove the proverbial monkey off our backs. I would just like to say, there is just as much stress each and every event to excel and to do our best whether we are going for our 24th win or our 1st win.

As a celebration of the 23 straight Regional wins, we have developed a T-shirt, in the flavour of our 2056 team shirt but yet acknowledging all the teams that won each and every event with us, as well as a special tribute to 1241, 610 and 3560 for winning Waterloo 2016.

These shirts will be available in limited quantities, please see us in the stands at champs for details. Please NOT our PIT.

Are the t-shirts going to be for purchase or trade, and how limited are the quantities? I'm wondering because I won't be able to make it up to Champs until Friday morning, and I'm incredibly worried that they will all be claimed by then. Any chance of a system to reserve one?

[thinker&planner]

Originally Posted by Patriot

As a celebration of the 23 straight Regional wins, we have developed a T-shirt, in the flavour of our 2056 team shirt but yet acknowledging all the teams that won each and every event with us, as well as a special tribute to 1241, 610 and 3560 for winning Waterloo 2016.

These shirts will be available in limited quantities, please see us in the stands at champs for details. Please NOT our PIT.

Awesome!!!!!

I won't be at Champs, is there any way that I can get one?

[Sperkowsky]

Originally Posted by Patriot

On behalf of Team 2056, we would like to say thank you to all those who have commented here and to us personally over the last few weeks. We do hope that our striving for excellence has helped many of you to do the same. Our goal has been to inspire OP students but it has obviously done more than that. It has been seen and acknowledged that Ontario is developing some of the best teams in the world. We learned it from 1114 and those who came before them, and we continue the legacy, as teams around us continue to excel around North America.

As many have commented, people thought that a loss would relieve the stress and remove the proverbial monkey off our backs. I would just like to say, there is just as much stress each and every event to excel and to do our best whether we are going for our 24th win or our 1st win.

As a celebration of the 23 straight Regional wins, we have developed a T-shirt, in the flavour of our 2056 team shirt but yet acknowledging all the teams that won each and every event with us, as well as a special tribute to 1241, 610 and 3560 for winning Waterloo 2016.

These shirts will be available in limited quantities, please see us in the stands at champs for details. Please NOT our PIT.

Ill make sure to go pick one up on day 1.

[Johncvt]

As a mentor for 910, we were honored to help 2056 start a new streak in Windsor. Their program has been one that we look at as a great example of continuing excellence. We definitely enjoyed the challenge of playing against them in qualifying but was even more fun to have them on our alliance. I hope I am able to get one of these shirts in St Louis.

[dirtbikerxz]

So call me stupid , but how big was op's streak? I can't seem to find it anywhere. I know it was big, but don't know the exact number.

[thatprogrammer]

Originally Posted by dirtbikerxz

So call me stupid , but how big was op's streak? I can't seem to find it anywhere. I know it was big, but don't know the exact number.

23 regionals over 9 and 1/2 years.