team spirit tools...

[ngreen]

Originally Posted by Ashley Weed

It sure will be a shame to not experience the MOE sticks anymore. It was such a joy during my days growing up in FIRST. Since the rule eliminates all types of music due to interference with pit announcements....... do you think that in the future FIRST produced music on/at the playing field will be ended due to conflicton with pit announcements?

...just a thought...

I doubt it..

FIRST wouldn't be FIRST without the macarena, electric slide, chicken dance, cotton eye joe, and countless other classics.

[Greg Perkins]

or that classic, "who let the dogs out?"

[Kevin Sevcik]

FIRST Field music isn't likely to end because the volume can be controlled by FIRST. Also, I'm sure FIRST realizes that it's very important to keeping the game upbeat. I think FIRST just disagrees that noisemakers and pit audio systems keep the game upbeat. Or, more likely, FIRST thinks the problems noisemakers and audio systems make outweigh their benefits.

Also, should someone warn all the Walgreens and other stores in Atlanta to stock extra sore throat lozenges?

EDIT: Cotton-eyed Joe!?! I've always wanted them to play that at LSR, but how would you have the room to dance it in the stands?

[team222badbrad]

Team spirit is not all about the tools/noise makers. Last year our team won the National team spirit award and the Arizona team spirit award.

The Tigertrons didn't have any sort of noise makers. Consider other aspects of the award buy making signs, mascots, cheers, and how you interact with other teams.

Its also not a bad idea to cheer for other teams....

Bad Brad

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by team222badbrad

Its also not a bad idea to cheer for other teams....

Bad Brad

Bingo!
FIRST wants to see if you're cheering, not only when you are on the field or doing well but for other teams and when you are not doing so well. They want to reward your FIRST spirit not just your TEAM spirit.

[KTBSPASonya858]

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

read the manual and the updates

ALL noisemakers are BANNED at all events this year

No bangers
No stompers
No wooden hand clappers
No shakers
No drummers
No on the floor wackers

No boingy bang bonkers
or in the air smackers!

you cannot use them here or there
you cannot use them anywhere!

Seriously The Sprit Team spent every Saturday making labels to put over the bottles and putting popcorn in them, and I help them.

[KTBSPASonya858]

Originally Posted by mrs. p

are you still allowed to bring the plastic bottles with beads inside?

Yeah cause we put popcorn kernels in ours.

[KTBSPASonya858]

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik

No noisemaking devices whatsoever, I'm afraid. I'm sure atleast a few of these are also being banned for damaging the arenas. I can't think that using drumsticks to bang on seats can be good for the seats. Ditto anything else you have to bang on parts of the arena.

I think teams will do fine without noisemakers, though. You don't really need them to be loud enough... In fact, I suggest everyone start practicing clapping. if you cup your hands right it can be loud too.

Well even if we don't have nosie makers we still have our voices, which are louder than any noisemarkers.

[jacob_dilles]

Originally Posted by KTBSPASonya858

voices, which are louder than any noisemarkers.

not true. we had a 120db air horn (with last years compresser) on our robot cart but we had to take it off because our coach didnt want us to get introuble at vcu...

[ngreen]

Originally Posted by KTBSPASonya858

Yeah cause we put popcorn kernels in ours.

I don't know, they could count popcorn kernels as food and disallow it. You would have to buy the arenas popcorn from their concession stand for a high price and use any kernel left in the bottom of the bag.


It doesn't seem right but they have had some pretty tough rules on outside food and beverages.

As long as the noisemakers aren't excessive they should be fine.

[Kevin Sevcik]

That's kinda scary, 120-130 dB is the threshold of pain. So I can't really blame your coach for making you take that off. Deafening other FIRSTers is frowned upon after all.

[KTBSPASonya858]

Originally Posted by ngreen

I don't know, they could count popcorn kernels as food and disallow it. You would have to buy the arenas popcorn from their concession stand for a high price and use any kernel left in the bottom of the bag.

That's stupid.

[KTBSPASonya858]

When we went to the Kettering Kickoff in sept. I had to go out the next day and get cough drops because I was screaming so much. I have to remeber to go out and buy some before our first out of state regonial.



Has anybody else had this problem.

[Kevin Sevcik]

Lets narrow the field a bit and instead ask "who hasn't gotten a sore throat from cheering too much?"

And I'm assuming ngreen's post about popcorn was meant to be facetious, since it IS kinda silly.

[Izzy_Stradlin]

well team 230 has worked their butts off this year for spirit..and they desided to bring me back hehe! im the viking mascot and im pumped up for atlanta...but this year we have some noisemakers (but of course they have been banned..but obviously nobody listend to that rule at the UTC Regional and its very disappointing after all the hard work ) but we also have some cheers we came up with....