Championship - Divisional Stories 2006

[mtaman02]

Hey All,

The Time is drawing near and the excitement levels have been back building from the past 3 months. Less then 3 1/2 weeks away nationals will be here.

The Main part of this thread is to get you the membership to start thinking of stories that involve each division of the championship. These Divisional Stories are created from using Team Numbers and their nicknames and a wide variety of the common words used today to create the divisional stories. Rep Points are awarded to those who create them and I do promise to hand them out this year as I will be keeping a closer eye watching for them.

Here are the Nationals - Divisional Stories from 2005 and prior - the Stories from 2006 may be posted here.

Theres no limit to how many stories each division may have. The Only thing I do warn you of is that this does become time consuming but hey if your not competing and not building a robot what else can you do thats FIRST related =)

Hope to see some good stories this year and Good Luck at the Conclusion for this weeks regionals and the Upcoming Nationals.

[Pat Fairbank]

I have in my possession a complete and accurate list of the nicknames of all the teams in the FRC. If anyone is planning to write a story and wants a copy of the list, PM me.

[Beth Sweet]

Ok guys, we still have at least a few more days before they post the lists, let's relax...

[mtaman02]

Originally Posted by Beth Sweet

Ok guys, we still have at least a few more days before they post the lists, let's relax...

What is this relax that you speak of. I can hardly wait for nationals to start too bad i am unable to attend it this year - last year was awesome

P.S. anyone who posts pictures of what their poof balls look like after the carnage will also get rep points

I saw Nerfie and Poofie - (85) and there was a Bob (End Result of what happens to a poof ball used too much) out in NYC so keep those funny looking poof ball faces coming. =)

[Travis Hoffman]

OK, let's post our Divisional Stories here. You must use the team name of every team in your division within your story. Typically, you put the team number in parentheses after each team reference. An example:

Originally Posted by Some Crazy Author

“Dude, who is that hot Indian chick over there in the plaid dress?” Max asked Trigos and Gus upon their arrival.


“Oh that’s Karthik Kanagasabapathy, the former Prime Minister of Canada,” Trigos explained. “He quit his government job to live out his dream as a kilt model/pop singer.”


[Karthik kicks into some bad singing] “I believe in the Children of the Future (359). Teach them well and let them lead the way. Blah blah blah……….THE GREATEST LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE OF ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL IS EASY TO ACHIEEEEEEEEEEVE. LEARNING TO LOOOOOOVE YOURSELF [not a problem in Karthik’s case] IS THE GREEEEATEST LOOOOOOOOVE OF ALLLLLLLLL………..”


The trio, upon hearing Karthik’s butchering of a Whitney Houston classic, approached the K-man. “Hey, Whitney, who’s that dude in red leather, fishnets, and stilettos over there? Is he your bodyguard?”


“Yes, that’s, uhhhhhhhh, let’s call him Da…….le. He’s my big, strong Huskie (65) bodyguard. He protects me from meanies and weirdos like that actor Warren Beatty (71). Warren used to be my friend, but now, he just creeps me out. That’s why I have Dale, to keep all the stalker freaks away from me!”

Here is last year's story thread, if you're looking for more examples.

Andy Baker - it's on!

[looneylin]

Edit: Story can now be seen here

I think that it deserves it's own thread too.

[Pat Fairbank]

The Archimedes Assassination
By Patrick Fairbank


It was a dark afternoon in the Thomas More Community (1714). The ULTIMATE (922) storm was besieging the MadTown (1323) with Juggernaut (1394) force. Amid skies of Greybots (973) and flashes of Lightning Robotics (862), Gael Force (126) -strength winds had caused a Hurricane (1941) CAUTION (1492) to be issued. Citizens and tourists alike had abandoned the sandy BeachBots (330) and iHOT (1414) water of Argos (1756) Lake in order to hide from the ELEMENT (4)s, the children leaving their toy Devil Duckies (1266) still floating in their rush to escape.

While everyone else was huddling in their storm cellars, The Midnight Mechanics (812), being The Non Conformants (1654) that they were, continued working feverishly in their lab. Numerous Toltechs (499) toiled relentlessly under the steadfast leadership of Chief Delphi (47), trying to track down the Entropy (138) -causing Short Circuits (1743) that were preventing them from achieving the Cold Fusion (1279) of Element 945 (945).

“Pass me five WashtenNuts (1549)”, Edina (1816) called to a nearby Roboto (447).

As the mechanical assistant moved to comply, a sudden series of C.R.A.S.H. (999)-es disturbed the lab. A fusillade of XQ RobotiX (1450) bullets flew across the room from a now-broken window, slicing through several high-TeamVoltage (386) wires and destroying equipment.

“EHT (1880) tu, X-Cats (191)?” gasped Chief Delphi, before collapsing onto the floor.

“ThunderChickens (217)!!!” exclaimed Edina, rushing to his side. “He's dead, and this was no ACCident (1568): he's been shot in the Lionheart (1302)!

Montclair (555), one of the lab-TechnoWarriors (768), stepped forward. “You heard the Chief; this must be the work of the X-Cats Consortium, those Red Devils (87)! Their group of feline Mechanical Marauders (271) includes Panther Robotics (1108), PantherTech (292), and the Positronic Panthers (486).”

“But we had The Ultimate Protection Squad (1675) and their Bionic Bulldogs (60) to Hokie Guard (401) these premises, and they sure are One TUFF Team (203).”

“Apparently, they wouldn't know an enemy from Adambots (245),” Montclair replied tersely.

“What mayhem could they possibly have hoped to cause with this Royal Assault (357)?” Edina wondered. “The damage is nothing the Builders of Tomorrow (1610) can't fix in the morning, and surely the magic of our ROBO WIZARDS (522) and RoboWizards (1508) can bring Chief Delphi back to life.”

A shout interrupted their pondering. “Code Blue Bear (1367) on the Brazilian Machine (383)! No, it's worse – Code Pink (233)!”

All eyes turned to the broken machine, and watched as the RoboBees (836) that were contained within to provide power to the lab flew from it, heading out the broken window. The swarm of Killer Bees (33) headed straight for a nearby menagerie, stinging the inhabitants and thereby infecting them with the Robotic Plague (375).

“Head to the company vehicles! We'll be safe there from these Monsters (308)!” Edina ordered. The lab crew, who were by no means Warriors (585), were glad to comply and rushed out to the parking lot containing an eclectic mix of company Firebirds (433) and Explorers (468).

The result of the bees' zoo attack was bedlam. Cobra Robotics (1184) were transformed into Dragons (1595) while Falcon Robotics (1626) became Dragon Slayers (538), and they immediately set about fighting each other. The sounds and odor of Exploding Bacon (1902) emitted from the zoo's swine section. Eagle Engineering (1138) began preying on the Gator-Bots (1250)' Children of the Swamp (179), who were in turn plotting to overthrow their parents. A HYPER (69)-centage of the TEC CreW Hammerheads (226) planned and carried out a Shark Attack (744) against the rest of their brethren.

As the chaos spun larger and larger, Edina began praying fervently for a Bovine Intervention (686). The Holy Cows (1538) must have heard her prayer, because the air was suddenly filled with Metal-In-Motion (343). The RoboRaiders (75) had arrived, and their combined forces of The Blue Nights (1057), the Northern Knights (296) and the Scarabian Knights (120), all arriving on the backs of winged Robotiators (888), were more than enough to subdue the zoological fracas caused by the X-Cats Consortium's master plan. Alpine Robotics (159) and the Arctic Warriors (174) arrived shortly thereafter in a severely misnamed Viking (1803) boat known as the Bedford Express (1023), and proceeded to freeze the bees past their minimum operating temperature.

In the time following these strange events, the X-Cats Consortium was tracked down with the investigative help of the Cyber Wolf Corps (647). The F.B.I. (1723) were unable to prove that the Consortium had assassinated the newly-reanimated Chief Delphi, or, for that matter, that he had even been killed, but arrested them anyways on charges of Rocketeer (20)-ing.


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And that's the story of the 85 teams of Archimedes.
Please let me know what you think of my story; it was a lot of fun to write.
My contribution from last year can be found here.

[George1902]

Originally Posted by Pat Fairbank

The Archimedes Assassination
By Patrick Fairbank...

and Mad Techs (1902) toiled relentlessly...

Does the FIRST site still have that wrong!?

Jeeze... This never was our name and it never will be.

=-[

Great story otherwise! =-]

[looneylin]

Archimedes Death Ray

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, namely Boston, Massachusetts, Woodie Flowers was stumped. On the Discovery Channel show Mythbusters, Adam and Jamie challenged the world to design the Ultimate (922) Archimedes Death Ray. Basically, Woodie would have to construct a burning glass to set a ship, anchored within bow and arrow range, afire.

Woodie gathers a T.E.A.M. (1508) of Technowarriors (768) and Rocketeers (20) to design this ray of death! Woodie called this team, Team Voltage (386)! They burnt some Midnight Mechanics (812) designing this device, but with Eagle Engineering (1138), they can accomplish their goal. They did this for days and days, but all of a sudden King Tech (1675) makes a mistake! It looks like this is the end for Team Voltage! But lo and behold, the RoboWizards (522) come into the MIT lab and they tell Woodie, "Think Pink (233)"
Woodie exclaims, "Holy Cow (1538)! I should have seen it before! Yes, We need to do some Metal-In-Motion (343)! We need to Royal Assault (357 Go Jesters!) this situation! We need to use the might of the Firebirds (433 YAY!) and attack this thing with Gael Force (126)!”
The rest of Woodie's team, who he passionately refers to as the Children of the Swamp (179), say, "Glenelg (888)!!!" because they're too exhausted to utter real words.

From that point, the Children of the Swamp and Woodie felt like Dragon Slayers (538), they were going to tackle this Monster (308)! They would go to the Alpines (159), the top of Montclair (555), and gather strength, because that was the smart thing to do. They even searched ChiefDelphi (47) for answers!

While traveling, they met up with a group of RoboRaiders (75, no offense) who did NOT use extreme Caution (1492) because they did NOT wear safety goggles (OMG)! They were Noncomformants (1654) and they were HYPER (69) because they drank too much red bull. They were mean. They were a mean Green Machine (1816). They had Arctic Warriors (174) on their side. The RoboRaiders threw X-Cats (191) at Woodie! OH NO!!! They were like a Robotic Plague (375)! Team Voltage wouldn't stand for that!!!!
Team Voltage threw Robobees (836) and Killer Bees (33) at the RoboRaiders and some TEC CReW Hammerheads (226) at them! The RoboRaiders responded by unleashing their Bionic Bulldogs (60) at Team Voltage! It was total Entropy (138)! When all of a sudden the Hokie Guard (401), Scarabian Knights (120), and Mechanical Marauders (271) arrived to help out Team Voltage!!! Together they were One TUFF Team (203)! They called themselves Team Roboto (447) and together they can make a Bovine Intervention (686) and defeat the RoboRaiders! Together, they shouted at the tops of their lungs, “We stand for the FIRST Bots of Independence (1723)! We will not let any team be Mad Town Coyotes (1323) or Devil Duckies (1266)! We are the Navi-Gators (1250) of FIRST! We are the Blue Knights (1057) of technology! Not just some Beachbots (330)! We stand for Explorers (468) of math and science and Neo-Teoltechians (499) everywhere!!! This speech is really long!!! Yet, fear our HighTechHigh (4), our Panther (1108) senses, our Cobra (1184) instincts, our Falcon’s (1626) eye! Yes! Fear our long speeches! In your face Pneubies (1595)! We are the Cyber Wolfs (647) of this match! Can you handle our Positronic Panthers (486)!?! Ich didn’t think so!” So Team Roboto won because the RoboRaiders gave up because Team Roboto’s speech was sooooo long! Team Voltage thanked their alliance for a job well done, they certainly were not Greybots (973) in the match. They were the Mechanicatz (1568) of City High (1743).

Afterwards, Team Voltage discussed how they were going to design the death ray on the top of Mountclair. They were TBDed (1394), they didn’t know what the Barringer and Tech (1367) they were doing! So, they first decided to see what materials they could muster. The Children of the Swamp gathered all the materials they could find, which included Element 945 (945), Thunder Chickens (217), and Washtenuts (1549).

Woodie saw problems coming up with the death ray, but lo and behold Dean Kamen swoops down and saves the day with his denim cape and jumpsuit (YAY)!!! He uses his bare hands to Cold Fusion (1279) websites, and uses his Lightening (862) eyes to weld metals with his Diablo (87) force! After he finished in the nick of an Adambot (245), and glances over his work like a Panther (Tech 292), he tells Team Voltage, "Now, may this be a lesson to do More Robotics (1714). For all your hard work, I'll give you the serial code to the 2007 FRC manual! Write it down quick because I won’t repeat!!! XQ744-1610-1756-1803-1941 (Teams : 1450,744,1610,1756,1803,1941)”
Then Dean looks into the sunset and shouts, “Northern Knights (296) assemble!!!” His posse of robots assembled and they rode off.
Woodie stood in awe and said dreamily, "Dean, the Lionheart (1302), he's sooo cool! He's certainly a THS Warrior (585) or however the Children of the Swamp said it. Ok, Children of the Swamp! Let’s go build us a death ray!”

When they finished building Archimedes Death Ray, Woodie and the Children of the Swamp go to the International House of Technology (1414) to eat Exploding Bacons (1902) and they got all HYPER (69).Then they all C.R.A.S.H. (999) at the Bedford Express (1023).

The next day, Team Voltage showed their death ray on Mythbusters. They went. They conquered (well, they managed to set fire to a ship with mirrors.) And, they achieved gracious professionalism and shiny awards.

THE END

[looneylin]

Nice story! I think we should pull together and write one big one for nationals. lol. that would be sooo crazy! (pm or IM me if you're interested)

N yes, every story does deserve their own thread.

[Pat Fairbank]

Originally Posted by George1902

Does the FIRST site still have that wrong!?

Jeeze... This never was our name and it never will be.

=-[

Sorry about that - I got these names straight from the scoring system at a regional (since FIRST doesn't post the nicknames on their website). I hope that doesn't mean they introduced you as the Mad Techs at the regionals.
The story's been fixed.

[Brandon Martus]

I'm of the opinion that divisional stories deserve their own threads.

They'll be merged back into here, though.

[Freddy Schurr]

What about Curie? I don't have time to do one for Curie, but would like to see one.

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by Freddy Schurr

What about Curie? I don't have time to do one for Curie, but would like to see one.

Patience!


"Curie Collaboration" is in the works....

[George1902]

Originally Posted by Pat Fairbank

I hope that doesn't mean they introduced you as the Mad Techs at the regionals.

At first they do, yes. I've been able to get the announcer's ear early enough at each event to keep too many people from getting confused.

Nice job on the quick edit. =-]