2006 Robot Awards-CD Style

[Lil' Lavery]

I can't help myself, so here's some MORE awards!

"Sophomore" of the year (hey, rookies arn't everything):
Nominees: 1574, 1511, 1523, 1503, 1625
Winner: 1503. Was there any doubt? 1523 and 1625 had amazing seasons, but 1503 was tied for the 2nd team to ever win 3 regionals in one season (along with their 3 time alliance partner 1114). Not to mention being the 2nd pick in their division, and advancing to the SFs, were they played an extraordinary 3 match series against Einstein finalists 25, 968, and 195.

Line of the year:
Nominees: "Keep on Pimping"
"Oink Oink BOOM!"
"Who's hot? iHOT!" (1002 and 1414, international house of technology, chanted this during the Peachtree finals)
Winner: "Oink Oink, BOOM!" 1902's chant was amazingly catchy and spread like wildfire through FIRST.

Series of the year:
Nominees: Newton SF 2
GTR SF 1
Eintein Finals
NYC Finals
Winner: Newton SF 2. Absolutely spectacular series. The only time BOTH alliances broke 100 (108-115) was in Newton SF2-2. The raw power of the 25, 968 combo was truly put to the test, and boy did they pass it.

"Game changer" (a team that could singlehandly turn the flow of a game)
Nominees: 25, 365, 343, 121
Winner: 25. They made so many late-game comback shots in so many matches to turn the flow. They were one of the few teams that could win consistantly, even if they got torched in autonomous. Their robot's speed, rate of fire, and accuract reversed the decisions of many a game during the final seconds.