teams to look for this year

[Sakura141]

the west michigan regional champs, 141, have tons of good ideas right now, and they seem to have a pretty good robot

[activemx]

Originally Posted by Winged Wonder

yeah; i'll be curious to see if any other teams decide to use a telescoping arm this year... you never know, it may work.

aww yeah i'll miss you guys; the NYC regional last year was so much fun.. i did ask my coach if we could go back this year but she refused... i think our team members had a little too much fun...

anyways, i'm sure there will be a lot of robots with similar concepts, yet i have this haunting feeling in the back of my head that just seems to be saying, What if this year we've got it all wrong?? Almost as if all of this hard work and dedication just seems to go down the drain when it is realized that your robot is actually completely useless, except to be a mosquito for the opposing alliance. i hope that doesnt happen to any team. what could be more disheartening than that?

I tend to disagree with that. I dont dedication or anyother spirt goes down the drain if a teams robot does not preform well. There is more to first then just have a killer robot. Each year i have participated i would say my team has been the best on the field. Though i can honestly say i had a whole lot of fun on multiple levels.

[Rob]

I can't wait to see team 69. Their machine last year was one of the coolest ones I have ever seen, and it was also really good.

Rob

[BillyGoats]

I've always liked 233..They are always agreat compition in Florida!! I want to see 945(Element 945) and Voltage they always have awesome robots also!

[Stephen Kowski]

Originally Posted by Frank L.

...good to hear from you guys....thanks for the complement...

the always so humble metal-in-motion.....i know your tricks; you all are gonna have a killer robot as usual....can't wait to see ya @ FL....should be a barn burner this year (or so I hope).....

[team66t-money]

its dumb not to say your own team i mean duh!! but i think that it will be hard to say who will be a really good team like woody said everyone will have similar robot but a good team will be by the driver(s) and their strategist

[Frank L.]

Originally Posted by Stephen Kowski

the always so humble metal-in-motion.....i know your tricks; you all are gonna have a killer robot as usual....can't wait to see ya @ FL....should be a barn burner this year (or so I hope).....

Steven...I knew that you were hovering out there...I remember Atlanta last year...you guys will be ready....great to see you growing another team...what a field in Fla...going to be great to get back to our "roots"... lots of friends and to top it off, many will be traveling up to Palmetto...hope you get up with your dad this year...we certainly can use your help. Good luck...see you soon. Frank

[Koko Ed]

Everyone always base thier posts in these threads on "who has the best robot?" But like Dean said "FIRST is more than just a robot contest" and thus I am picking who I think is the favorite for the Chairman's Award is.
I think team 294 Beach City Robotics is the favorite. After all they are the designer of the Gracious Porfessionalism Poster if that doesn't say Chairman's Award what does?

[MattB703]

Originally Posted by Holtzman

My moneys on Team 48 Delphi Elite. ... Not only do they always have a solid robot, but also a solid drive team, and one of the best field coaches I've ever known.

I'll second that!

I think this is going to be the year for coaches and strategy.

I thik that 48 and 71 have 2 of the best coaches in FIRST, so...

[Joe_P.]

I am looking forward to seeing teams 233, 1261, 1183, 1369, 1612, 1440, and 1611.

oh, and watch out for us

[roboticsjenkins]

Originally Posted by Pit Bull 1126

i dislike these kinds of threads asking who has the best bot and who's going to win on one sole reason. Popularity. as i saw above those few teams are "house hold" names to any robotics family. I dare any of you to go for a team who has little experience but has more thoughts and thinking "out side of the box" then the older teams and can see a different way and have a different edge on the FIRST robotics world. In that i see a winning team will consist of a "Cold As Ice" drive team which contains an excellent coach who will tell (but drivers don't always listen too) the drivers what plays to go through with.


sorry about that but i just had to say it

Team 616 is gonna be the Indian Outlaw at the VCU Regional.

[Joe Matt]

Originally Posted by Frank L.

Steven...I knew that you were hovering out there...I remember Atlanta last year...you guys will be ready....great to see you growing another team...what a field in Fla...going to be great to get back to our "roots"... lots of friends and to top it off, many will be traveling up to Palmetto...hope you get up with your dad this year...we certainly can use your help. Good luck...see you soon. Frank

Dear Metal-In-Motion,

When will you come back to VCU?

Love,
Sparky 384

[FlipperGiggles]

No offense to anyone who thinks they have an awesome robot, but I wouldn't be bragging. Just bring it on when you're at the competition, and we'll really see who's the best!

[Conor Ryan]

i'd say that any team that has a 2 digit number, always has a good chance at winning it anytime. But i always like my own team (1403), whether or not we will be ready for it is a question, but we have the skills, we just need to apply them.

[1Lwil]

Why havent we been mentioned yet? Well, besides by our own members and I don't supposed this is gonna help either...

Team 639 going all the way baby! We won Canadian regionals last year and we're gonna win RIT this year... woot woot!

All of your bots will be good I'm sure cause we all put a lot of effort into them...