Did you make friends at a regional.. but dont know if you will ever see them again?

[omutton]

Originally Posted by Eugenia Gabrielov

Canadians are truly amazing. Example, I think I recognize omutton from GLR 2004. And that's how you find people from regionals. They pop up randomly.

Wow! Too bad you're not coming to GTA this year! I guess I'll see you at in Atlanta (if we qualify) LOL

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by ashley

This is something i have already been thinking about. It would be hard to organize, but i have someone from another team who says they would help me.. i just have to make sure my team doesnt think I am crazy. I dont know of any off season comps that are schedualed yet.. if you find some nearby.. let me know! thanks.

MAK hosted one a couple of years ago at Theater on the Ridge (only five teams were there) and Edison hosted 8 teams last year. We could have as many as 18 if we invite Liverpool, Lockport and Newfane ( not to mention other upstate teams like Division by zero and Code Red). This is rapidly growing into an actual off season competition which is great.

[-matt-]

I have made lots of friends at robotics, and I still keep in touch with some of them over the internet. I think that keeping contact with people that you meet at robotics is important, because there are people from all over, and it really brodens your horizons.

[omutton]

I'm not sure if the event at Canada's Wonderland is still planned for this year, but that isn't that far of a drive from Rochester.

[Ashley Christine]

Okay. I know this is a little bit off topic and this might be kinda long, but there are some things I wanted to say.

I joined FIRST Robotics in my school this year not knowing what i was getting into. I did it because I was forced out of Indoor track because I fractured my back pole-vaulting. I love to be involved in things so I joined about 1 or 2 weeks into it. It was fun... and it really changed me in a good way.

Going into competition I had no idea what to expect. Being a rookie team and all. I feel that we fit in very well, T-shirts, signs, cheers, a robot that seeded 5th. It made me feel so good. And all the people were so friendly, it was so amazing, everyone was there for eachother and helped eachother.. it was like one of the greatest things to take part in.

I especially loved the team social. It was deffinately a bonding time between me and members of my own team... it was amazing, and now its gunna be so hard letting the seniors go! I have learned so much from FIRST and I am very said that we are not signed up fro regionals or nationals.

-Ashley

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by ashley

Okay. I know this is a little bit off topic and this might be kinda long, but there are some things I wanted to say.

I joined FIRST Robotics in my school this year not knowing what i was getting into. I did it because I was forced out of Indoor track because I fractured my back pole-vaulting. I love to be involved in things so I joined about 1 or 2 weeks into it. It was fun... and it really changed me in a good way.

Going into competition I had no idea what to expect. Being a rookie team and all. I feel that we fit in very well, T-shirts, signs, cheers, a robot that seeded 5th. It made me feel so good. And all the people were so friendly, it was so amazing, everyone was there for eachother and helped eachother.. it was like one of the greatest things to take part in.

I especially loved the team social. It was deffinately a bonding time between me and members of my own team... it was amazing, and now its gunna be so hard letting the seniors go! I have learned so much from FIRST and I am very said that we are not signed up fro regionals or nationals.

-Ashley

Well you know what you want to do for compettiions next season. Have your team start planning for it now.

[omutton]

While we're off topic, LOL.........That was like my rookie year. I didn't know what FIRST Robotics was and when i was in Grade 9, it was our school's first year having a team. I didn't join or anything because I didn't even know about it. I was actually asked to join by a friend and from the first meeting I went to, I was hooked. The first competition was awesome! We had a 7th seede robot, we had spirit, and at the end of that year we had 2 Rookie All Stars and 2 Imagery Awards. We qualified for Houston but our school board wouldn't let us go! ......Your rookie year is awesome and you are no longer a rookie after that first competition. FIRST is hard to describe to the general public but everyone involved shares the same bond, they all know about gracious professionalism and the awesome message of FIRST. Two people who became close as a result of our team recently got engaged! That shows how FIRST can really bring people together!

[cortlyn]

ashley! i just read all of these posts, and with our hard work and i know we both have a lot of determination, we can get some awesome off season events planned for teams around us. with the idea of webster's field house and gym, and the suggestion to contact the FIRST board in rochester, we can pull something amazing off, i can feel it at the end of my finger tips!
ashley and i were talking today in school, and i got goosebumps all over, just thinking back to everything i have gained from teachers, mentors, students, and myself. i am truely grateful for volunteering myself and others to the wonderful experience. being a rookie team is undescribable, ecspecially when you are seeded fifth!
i want to thank all of the teams and volunteers at the FLR for putting so much effort into a 3 day event, which i will remember forever.

[Daniel Brim]

Originally Posted by JosephM

Well, no one would hurt you, expect Big Mike. I still hurt Mike, not on the outside, but the inside.

Anyway, if you want, come on over to Sparky, I'll talk to you.

Hah, yeah. Especially since I weigh 110 pounds (I have been very sick in the last year and lost 35 pounds between ship date and championships) and I'm very skinny. He'd probably crush me. Hopefully I'm not well enough known to be bearhugged .

Thanks for being nice ,
Daniel

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Well I know they did one in Canada's Wonderland last year (and with the Fast Ferry back up and running pretty easy to get to) but I think Karthik would know if they're still doing it.

Yes, there will be a Canada's Wonderland Off-Season event this year!!! Expect an official announcement shortly. After difficulties many teams expressed concern with a June date conflicting with graduation ceremonies, this year's event is tentatively scheduled for September 24, 2005. We'd love to see the event grow, and hope that many of our friendly American neighbours will make the trip up north.

Again, there will an official announcement soon.

[Ashley Christine]

Originally Posted by Karthik

Yes, there will be a Canada's Wonderland Off-Season event this year!!! Expect an official announcement shortly. After difficulties many teams expressed concern with a June date conflicting with graduation ceremonies, this year's event is tentatively scheduled for September 24, 2005. We'd love to see the event grow, and hope that many of our friendly American neighbours will make the trip up north.

Again, there will an official announcement soon.

That would be very cool! i would love to come up to canada if i could get my team to go. At Rochester i met some people from the Spartonics i think and another tean. Canadians were great and so spiritful!

[Chris Sturrock]

Originally Posted by ashley

That would be very cool! i would love to come up to canada if i could get my team to go. At Rochester i met some people from the Spartonics i think and another tean. Canadians were great and so spiritful!

Yes I'm amazing aren't I? lol.

Stu and I had a blast with you in Rochester, You said you might be coming to Toronto? Can't wait, (see you will see your friends again, maybe)

Hopefully you can make it out to the Canada's Wonderland thing as well!

[activemx]

Originally Posted by ashley

I know I met a few people who were so awesome! This was one of the best experiences for me... it was better than any cheerleading competition I have ever been in. I almost cried when our alliance lost its first of three matches.

Its always a good thinkg when cheerleaders join a robotics team.

[Sam Lipscomb]

i met so many people at just one regional, it wasn't funny. and i have a whole list of people i still have to meet at nationals!
i can't wait.

i -try- to give out my screenname to people, but i think at one point i was in a hurry and forgot to specify that the 0 in my s/n is, in fact, a zero. so now my friend from aces high hasn't imed, probably because he has the wrong s/n!

saturday i'm going to the new jersey regional with some friends from the cyberknights, so hopefully i'll meet more people there. only a month until atlanta!

[Laura 1547]

Wow...I can't believe we're actually going to Atlanta...I'm so sad that spartonics and shadowclaw arent going though (that's what I heard anyways). I think alot of people on our team made friends with both those teams...anyways I know a couple of people who are on some teams that are going so hopefully I'll see them there...if not maybe next year?