Championship's Atlanta 2006 - The Negative

[Jaime65]

I second that

[LindsayKnowlton]

Originally Posted by Freddy Schurr

3. More Guest Speaker that we can related too. Like the Myth Busters or Bill Nye or someone.

Mythbusters or Bill Nye as a guest speaker would be AMAZING. Omg.

Originally Posted by Freddy Schurr

4. Dean, Woodie and Dave and others should have like a meet and greet and have a opportunity to sign autographs and take pictures.

Hehe, actually, at the afterparty, me and my friends met with Dave and Woodie (they signed my safety goggles; I remember Dean saying "They aren't going to be as safe anymore with writing on them." haha And we got the whole team in a picture with Woodie. It was sweet.) So I guess what I'm trying to say is that the afterparty WAS kind of a meet-and-greet in itself.

Originally Posted by AmayaSaria

We didn't have ANYWHERE to dance and have fun! We danced on the staircase (in Archimedes) and blocked it up a lot. Also, we had no room to dance to the cotton eyed joe, cha cha slide, and songs like that. Those are what I suggest, if its possible. I know there may not be a lot of room for the mascots, but we'd be really happy if we had our own dancing area!

Totally agree. We really need dancing space. There's not enough room in the stands at all!

As with the homeless people issue, myself and the most of team members seemed not to see or be approached by any homeless people. I guess it's where we were in Atlanta at a particular time... it's hard to deal with those people and they are going through tough times, but you can't let them harrass you, you know?

[sporno]

actually grant imahara from mythbusters i know used to mentor a robotics team in california

[Danny Diaz]

Originally Posted by LindsayKnowlton

Mythbusters or Bill Nye as a guest speaker would be AMAZING. Omg.

Bill Nye spoke at the Texas BEST Robotics Competition at A&M University in College Park, Texas, in 2004. He was awesome when he was doing his introductions and when he was dealing with hecklers in the crowd, but when he got to his "assigned speech topic" the magic was definitely gone. By the end of his speech I would estimate that more than 50% of the crowd was asleep. Of course, the presentation was at 8:00pm, everyone had just eaten, we'd all had a full day of competition, and it was quite warm in the auditorium, so I cannot put the entire blame on Bill Nye. However, it WAS the best nap I'd ever had in stadium-style seats.

-Danny

[razor95kds]

Originally Posted by sporno

actually grant imahara from mythbusters i know used to mentor a robotics team in california

he mentors richmond robotics. i belive they are team 841, bit im not positive,

[Kitsune~841]

yeah he still does teach the biomechs #841 in richmond California he was with us on Thursday and Saturday of the Davis regional's which was a miracle... (mythbusters had claim to him until sat).... we have asked him and many other teams have also asked him to see if he or any other mythbuster could take a star role of the comp or at least give an intro with their past in battlebots... so far it wont happen too soon i think they are swamped with myths and dead lines cuz grant does have a tight schedule when he is mentoring us the only days garanteed and even then not always are Saturdays but all in all he is dedicated in mentoring and advancing robotics through teaching and problem solving