You Cannot Graciously Accept

[fredliu168]

my way of accepting is:

"omg omg omg you actually picked us... omg we accept"

but of course... thats VEX

[DavidGitz]

how about:
"It is a Glorious day to die!"-Worf

[65_Xero_Huskie]

4. merciful or compassionate: our gracious king.
5. Obsolete. fortunate or happy.
–interjection
6. (used as an exclamation of surprise, relief, dismay, etc.)

From what that says (Dictionary.com), it looks like you can say that and mean you are happy, or relieved. I still dont get what the point of trying to tell us to NOT say "graciously". That sounds a little like UNgraciousness there.

EDIT***

How about "Guns up lets do this, LEEEEEEEEEEEEEROY JEEEEEEEEEENKINS" then procede to get your robot and start the match instantly.

This has to be the best thing in the thread so far.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Steve,
If a team "graciously accepts" their representative is telling you so there is no ambiquity. They are accepting your invitation in the manner in which it was given (graciously) and they are telling you the condition of their acceptance.

[Travis Hoffman]

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAA-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Rack and Roll!!!!!!", followed by Maverick/Goose Style high five/low five......

Does that signify acceptance or insanity? I can't tell.

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by boiler

"Thanks for thinking of us, it would be WICKED AWESOME to join you guys."
-paraphrased from 166.

Wicked awesome -- that's what they said, and wicked awesome partners they were. The 166 Chop Shop moved themselves and their signage all the way from the other side of the field at BMR to join their alliance partners 1189 and 931.

[Bcliff358]

There is actually something less moronic then "graciously" accepting. It's called "graciously declining". Hmmm, how in any way are you gracious if you decline another teams offer. It's happened before.

[DGrohnke1023]

This year at GLR I was our team's representative during alliance selections.
I had two thoughts running through my head.
"Please let us get picked" (Thank you 47 and 494!)
and "I need something to say other than graciously accepts"

What I came up with was not particularly memorable but different nonetheless.

"1023 would love to be of assistance."
A direct answer to a direct question.

[StephLee]

Originally Posted by Bcliff358

There is actually something less moronic then "graciously" accepting. It's called "graciously declining". Hmmm, how in any way are you gracious if you decline another teams offer. It's happened before.

If you are broken, it is most certainly gracious to decline an offer. If you are an alliance captain yourself and want to form your own alliance, it's obviously because you think you can make a better match by choosing for yourself. In that case, you could be saving the team picking you from making a BAD decision by choosing you, if you believe the two robots would make a less-than-ideal alliance.

In the past, we've been approached (prior to selections) about a possible alliance, but for one reason or another we believed our robot wasn't very compatible with theirs. We told them so, gave them the reasons, and pointed them toward other teams who were more compatible. We were spared the potential awkwardness of declining when they followed our advice and picked the other team, and they ended up advancing farther in the elimination rounds than we did.

I provide this anecdote to show that, yes, it is possible to graciously decline. If that team had picked us, we would have, because alligning with them would have been a bad move for BOTH teams because of poor compatibility.

[bduddy]

Originally Posted by Bcliff358

There is actually something less moronic then "graciously" accepting. It's called "graciously declining". Hmmm, how in any way are you gracious if you decline another teams offer. It's happened before.

How about "respectfully declines"? That's what I would say, although lately my team hasn't even been in a position to accept, much less to decline...

[EricH]

Originally Posted by bduddy

How about "respectfully declines"? That's what I would say, although lately my team hasn't even been in a position to accept, much less to decline...

That works. It's been used before, too.

Translation of "respectfully declines": "We thank you for the offer, but with all due respect, we don't think this will be the best for either team."

[bduddy]

Originally Posted by EricH

Translation of "respectfully declines": "We thank you for the offer, but with all due respect, we don't think this will be the best for our team."

Bold= my edit. There's no need to sugar-coat it: if you don't go to competition to win (fairly and graciously!), don't go. That's the professional part of gracious professionalism.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by bduddy

Bold= my edit. There's no need to sugar-coat it: if you don't go to competition to win (fairly and graciously!), don't go. That's the professional part of gracious professionalism.

It can be both. If you honestly don't think their team will do well if they pick your team, then it's either team. That's also part of gracious professionalism--making sure your opponents compete at their best.

[Rick TYler]

Originally Posted by T. Hoffman

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAA-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Rack and Roll!!!!!!", followed by Maverick/Goose Style high five/low five......

But then you'd have to pay a royalty to Team 1294 ("Top Gun") and their robot "Maverick."

[boy_scout72688]

In all honestly as sitting through numerous matches on Thursday, Friday and even more on Saturday, it would be nice to have some creative ways to say that a team excepts. The nicest way that I could come up with to say something like that would be: "Team XXXX is more than happy to accept your invitation to "(insert game name here ex: Rack and Roll)". That sounds creative to me. I definatly challange every time to come up with some creative way to accept alliances either by the championships or even for next years game. I agree with gracious professionalism, but lets be creative. What are engineers suppose to be? Arn't they suppose to be creative? Let's see it teams. Just remember don't dishonor your team, the other team or your self in your creative answer.