2005 Divisions Announced

[spears312]

There are gonna be a lot of wild matches, especially over in Archimedes (with FL favorites like 179, 233 and 1251).

Curie is gonna be awesome though with great teams like 180 S.P.A.M., 66, 118, and both our Palmetto alliance partners, 343 MiM and 337, just to name a few.

[nobrakes8]

Originally Posted by KathieK

OK, I just can't let this one by...
Archimedes is all the RAGE!!!

FIRST took Archimedes to the MAX


Hmm do I smell team 20, 173, and 1071 hooking up to see what could have been at UTC?!?!?!

[Kevin Sevcik]

As the self-appointed representative of the Archimedes division, I would like to begin the negotiations for the unconditional surrender of the three other divisions. All negotiations will be held in a Cone of Silence to be provided by Team 71. Our terms:
1. Teams will begin immediate disarmament of their robots. All arms on robots shall be dismantled not more than 2 days after the signing of the treaty. Only defensive puck-bots will be allowed.
2. Real men DO wear pink. As such, it will be mandatory for all male roboteers to wear atleast one pink article of clothing.
3. Apples will be the official food of FIRST Championships. All teams named for unhealthy snack foods will be re-christened "Rice Cakes" "Skim Milk" or some similar alternative.
4. The only approved non-mythical animal mascots will be canine, feline, equine, avian, or rodent in nature. All other mascots will be shorn, tarred, and feathered.
5. Extraterrestrials are people too. All secret government holding facillities will be demolished and their aliens residents given full citizenship.
6. In concert, all clandestine government intelligence agencies will be disbanded and any and all agents will become civillians and be forbidden to wear snazzy suits.
7. Artificial fusion is a myth, people. All teams themed about it will be re-named "Pie-in-the-sky flight of fancy"
8. Bombs and TNT are dangerous and are prohibited. All bombs should be handled by professional bomb squads with REAL robots. All themed teams will be doused with water to defuse them.
9. Similarly, high voltage is also dangerous and is prohibited. Especially when mixed with H2O. Such teams will be wrapped in foil to ground them and reduce the chance of shock.
10. Tie-dye hurts our eyes. Stop it.
11. Acknowledge the obvious superiority of Shipley's donuts to your silly Krispy Kremes. Real donuts don't thud when you drop them.

Alright, the last one was all me. But still. Tremble in fear, mortals!

[MattB703]

Ouch!!

[Cory]

Archimedes is so disgustingly good, it isn't even funny.

[Starke]

wow Archimedes is going to be good. can't wait to see the action. Newton looks like it might be tough too with 67, 639, 1511. Championship is going to be wild!

[David66]

Heres an alliance to think about in the Curie division....

66
33
279

Now, who are you gonna play defense on? Without defense each of those teams AVERAGES at LEAST 6 tetras/match. Left completely alone the allinace could in theory stack 25-30 tetras in a match...scary, yes...likely to happen....not unless someone gets two consectutive picks.

IMHO

[Ali Ahmed]

Wow it looks like they did it again, Arch is loaded. But our division is looking pretty good too, (Newton) 45 and 111. If we don't make it to the finals in Newton, I'm definitely going over to Arch and watching theirs.

[Termite233]

all i can say is "archimedes is gonna be awesome!! w00t!!"

[Wayne C.]

Originally Posted by Kyle

I cant wait for Nats now!!!! Its going to be the hotness in Galileo Division
25 47 56 103 316 358 365 and it just keeps getting better...
Now 25 will get a chance to trade paint with MOE again, I cant wait..
good luck to all

Trade paint- hmm! We've been telling Corey to be nice.

You know, all those Archimedes kids keep saying how tough their division will be. I say let them all finish each other off so the Gallileo 3 can swoop in and show em' how its done.

They couldn't win the TIKI- what makes them so sure of a divisional victory?

WC

[Sakura141]

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik

As the self-appointed representative of the Archimedes division, I would like to begin the negotiations for the unconditional surrender of the three other divisions. All negotiations will be held in a Cone of Silence to be provided by Team 71. Our terms:
1. Teams will begin immediate disarmament of their robots. All arms on robots shall be dismantled not more than 2 days after the signing of the treaty. Only defensive puck-bots will be allowed.
2. Real men DO wear pink. As such, it will be mandatory for all male roboteers to wear atleast one pink article of clothing.
3. Apples will be the official food of FIRST Championships. All teams named for unhealthy snack foods will be re-christened "Rice Cakes" "Skim Milk" or some similar alternative.
4. The only approved non-mythical animal mascots will be canine, feline, equine, avian, or rodent in nature. All other mascots will be shorn, tarred, and feathered.
5. Extraterrestrials are people too. All secret government holding facillities will be demolished and their aliens residents given full citizenship.
6. In concert, all clandestine government intelligence agencies will be disbanded and any and all agents will become civillians and be forbidden to wear snazzy suits.
7. Artificial fusion is a myth, people. All teams themed about it will be re-named "Pie-in-the-sky flight of fancy"
8. Bombs and TNT are dangerous and are prohibited. All bombs should be handled by professional bomb squads with REAL robots. All themed teams will be doused with water to defuse them.
9. Similarly, high voltage is also dangerous and is prohibited. Especially when mixed with H2O. Such teams will be wrapped in foil to ground them and reduce the chance of shock.
10. Tie-dye hurts our eyes. Stop it.
11. Acknowledge the obvious superiority of Shipley's donuts to your silly Krispy Kremes. Real donuts don't thud when you drop them.

Alright, the last one was all me. But still. Tremble in fear, mortals!

Like Curie would surrender. It isn't fair as to how people are ranking people by stats... so what if we don't have as many regional winners as archimedes! We're the underdog and we'll come from behind!

[tkwetzel]

I do agree that Archimedes will be the hardest division to win in, but I believe that any division is game for the overall championship. The top alliance in each of the other 3 divisions will have to be good to get to the finals.

[petek]

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik

As the self-appointed representative of the
2. Real men DO wear pink. As such, it will be mandatory for all male roboteers to wear atleast one pink article of clothing.

Since you insist, I'd be happy to exchange a genuine 2005 Cybersonics Technology Team 103 shirt, in either short or long sleeve, for a Pink Roccobot 2k5 shirt (size Large)! Your pit or ours?

[dangerousdave]

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik
All negotiations will be held in a Cone of Silence to be provided by Team 71.
10. Tie-dye hurts our eyes. Stop it.
11. Acknowledge the obvious superiority of Shipley's donuts to your silly Krispy Kremes. Real donuts don't thud when you drop them.

I was ready to let all of Kevin's ramblings go but when I got to #11, I gotta step in. What a load of crap! You obviously have not been at the KK shop when the "Hot Now" sign is on. Those soft babies just melt in your mouth. Perhaps the thud you heard was when you dropped an entire box of Shipley's? Or maybe the thud was when your Cone Of Silence team #71 got knocked over on it's back with its wheels just a spinnin' in the the last finals game at the Boilermaker. Granted their alliance won that particular game so they just need to be helped over a little sooner this time around.

While I am thinking about Kevin's #10, I happen to like tie-dye. One reason is that I wore it when it was originally in style. As far as team #111, I like their clothing. When you see the tie-dye shirts you know what you are looking at, the "WildStangs" and I am glad they are on the Newton playing field.

Bring on the Championship!

Dave

[Mirza95vx]

So much drama and we still have 9 days left. This is going to be amazing
Cant wait