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.

[JackN]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

"Game changer" (a team that could singlehandly turn the flow of a game)
Nominees: 25, 365, 343, 121
Winner: 25.

I think 111 should be on there, if not the winner. I know it sounds crazy, but they could just change a game on either end of the floor. Their shooting ability was easily in the top 5 in the world and their driving ability is high up their too.

I also have a one more award
Coolest robot design feature
1447 (Hopper), 111(Pneumatic Wheelie Bar), 1523 (Catapult Shooter), 1248? (Pinball Shooter)
Winner:1248
It was such a cool design, and one that was sweet to see implemented. MARRS did have a sweet shooter design as well. When I first saw 111's robot I thought, Their robot didn't have something that was ridicously cool like it normaly does, Then WildStang first shot out that sweet pneumatic wheelie bar my mind was blown. 1447 had a cool design. It was unbeilivible when it worked.

[Doug G]

Originally Posted by Cory

Obviously I'm a little biased, but 753 completely dominated most everyone they've faced. Definitely the best defender I've seen.

They really should have another regional win. We (955 & 701) picked them for our alliance at the Davis-Sac Regional. They made so many awesome plays. But in the last finals match - they're toast. Their drive motors were too hot to touch and the wires (and electrical tape) were literally melting. Then our back-up battery came loose and bounced around pulling out a PWM cable controlling our shooter in that last match. 'nough said, I'm a sore looser.

753 gets my vote for best defender!!

[jgannon]

Originally Posted by Freddy Schurr

2006 Best Team in FIRST- 2Train Robotics, Team 395

Seconded. A class act of a team, and an amazing robot. 395 outpushed everyone I saw, and picked up two regional wins in the process.