RetroFIRST...

[soap108]

Originally posted by Andy Grady
Ken Patten Wrote...

I think we need to make a movement for FIRST to bring back detatchable devices. Land mines were so cool!!! I remember Plymouth North (I believe) had some small landmines in 96. And I also remember the detachable wall blocker that one team had in 1993. (though ive only seen that on video).

I might be able to find that video!!

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96- one team (i wanna say today's #85) had a "bird cage" that held some of the small ball, then detached into the lower scoring area of the goal. This prevented, for the most part, any other teams' small ball from entering the area.

97- tons of teams had tree-toppers. P&G (former Sunny D) got a lot of oohs and ahhs the first time they showed their's at 97 MotoMidwest. Quickly teams figured how to defend them.

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96- Nationals, In 1st or 2nd match of Saturday the goal was tipped over, and the crowd's reaction was "ut-oh, now what? There goes our strategy."

97- Brian Beatty's story: 97 MotoMidwest, They 'took out' a HP with their super-long extendo-arms by turning the wrong way with the robot. After that, HP's had to wear a face guard, not just a helmet.


KA-Moto108

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Do you remember the first time you used the word(s)...
Limbo
Hang
Feet per Second
Balance
Stategy Team
5 Minute Time Out
Curie, Archemides, etc. to refer to a stage
Multipliers

[Matt Leese]

I seem to remember that the Placebo scored points in 1998 (as they had balls scored at the beginning of the found). I also seem to remember the placebo being in second place at least once (ahead of us if I remember correctly).

Matt

[Jeff Waegelin]

Originally posted by Al Skierkiewicz
Do you remember the first time you used the word(s)...
Limbo
Hang
Feet per Second
Balance
Stategy Team
5 Minute Time Out
Curie, Archemides, etc. to refer to a stage
Multipliers

Now, those are more my speed... I've only been around since 2001, so I don't know most of the older ones. All of those ring a bell, though...

[dk5sm5luigi]

FIRST Jeopardy was so much fun. One of my friends did that and she didn't know any of the easy questions but when it came to the ones that most people don't know she had them right off.

I remember cheering for the placebo on my old team and we would always get disappointed when they lost...

Does anyone remember Pep Bands? Like the one in 96 in New Hampshire.

[Joe Matt]

-30 seonds, 45 seconds, and 1:30 anyone remember those?

[dk5sm5luigi]

-30 seonds, 45 seconds, and 1:30 anyone remember those?

Do you remember the original rules on that so that if you stopped a second early you would get a multiplier?

[Wetzel]

Originally posted by dk5sm5luigi
Do you remember the original rules on that so that if you stopped a second early you would get a multiplier?

Hurray team updates!



Wetzel

[Jeff Waegelin]

Originally posted by dk5sm5luigi
Do you remember the original rules on that so that if you stopped a second early you would get a multiplier?

I do. That seemed like the dumbest thing in the world, which I think is why they changed it. Now, there's also the fact that time multipliers in general seemed like the dumbest thing in the world, but that's another story entirely...

[Jon K.]

Originally posted by Karthik
Here are some more blasts from the past...

- Robots made of plywood

Actually R.A.G.E. has been using plywood religously. Every year for like the past at least 4 the base has been plywood. So it isn't really only in the past now is it.

[Kate Leach]

Wow, I remember all too many, maybe even all of those thing. Everything that's been mentioned, not just the original list. Crazy stuff, I tell you.

So, not that I've been all too active in FIRST lately (college and dance, *sigh*), I still keep my feet wet in and around it. I've been around since back in the day, '94. FIRST has been in my blood for quite some time now, it's just been put on the back burner recently. I'm graduating from WPI May 17th and starting work at BAE sometime in the summer. I may get back into being an active participant with 166 (my former team) and 151, but we'll see how work goes first. Look for me again at more competitions than just NH over the next couple years. I likely won't be able to keep myself away.

Oh yeah, much thanks to Justin Tresvik for having a link to this thread in his AIM profile. So much the memories...

[skrussel]

Was she the best or what??!! Hey Lori, if you're out there, how about letting those of us who love you and miss you know how you are?

And does anyone remember when you could sit down and read EVERYTHING on the ChiefDelphi site in about an hour? And there weren't 50 categories? Everything was just all stuck together on a couple pages?

Does anyone remember the Zeeland (Michigan) competition in May? We started the Sweet Repeat because of them!

Remember when Disney used to put on a huge laser light show and have dancers for the awards ceremonies?

I, too remember being able to call Eric Rasmussen for anything technical, and he'd get right on the phone with you! Also, Tony Norman of Innovation FIRST down in Texas.....boy, I bet I spent hours talking to him.

Here's another one.....remember 'floppies'?

Remember all the guys on Wildstang BEFORE they started wearing tye dye?

[Dave Flowerday]

Originally posted by skrussel
Does anyone remember the Zeeland (Michigan) competition in May? We started the Sweet Repeat because of them!

My friend and I got charged with painting all the innertubes for the '97 competition there. We were up until like 4am with that nasty elastomeric (sp?) paint the night before. And on top of that, when we went to the paint store to buy it, they didn't have any stock colors other than white so they had to mix it up. I told them we needed red, white, and blue. They added as much tinting as they could, but we still ended up with PINK innertubes!

I still have all the video from that competition. I should dig that up one of these days.

Remember all the guys on Wildstang BEFORE they started wearing tye dye?

I thought I remember Wildstang wearing tie-dye their first year out (1996)?

[skrussel]

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[Al Skierkiewicz]

Wildstang has worn tiedye for every year except one, since 1996. I have them all. The one year we did not was a year of blue bowling shirts that had our names on the front of the shirt. That year was 1999 and this was the logo on the back. And the shirts were awful hot in Florida. No one knew who we were without tiedye and they didn't believe us even when we told them.