You Cannot Graciously Accept

[thegathering]

I like "Team xxxx gratefully accepts...".

I guess "Team xxxx courteously accepts..." may work too.




Favorite: "Team xxxx will gladly be your BFF..."

[themagichat]

My favorite so far was " HELL YEAH!" - team 2274 NYC regional

[T3_1565]

Originally Posted by Pavan

I got most of it....

Pavan.

wow.. very nice pavan thats a nice skill you have there lol

[StephLee]

Originally Posted by InfernoX14

One of our team members would refuse to say "Team 166 graciously accepts" simply because she doesn't want to mess up saying "graciously".

I can totally relate.

The guy who did the accepting for us our rookie year was the same way. He just said "Team 1629 accepts." Simple, not the most creative or memorable thing ever. Although watching him try to say gracious when we told him he'd be accepting was memorable.

[Jimmy Cao]

I think someone's been thinking WAY too hard ^.^

nice to notice it though... but everyone's been doing it since... forever, it's more like tradition now

[ChuckDickerson]

Originally Posted by boiler

Speaking of rituals that get annoying, I have had several visitors mention to me that they tire of introducing each team before each match, through quals & elims. They complain that it is repetitive, redundant, brings down the level of action, and is redundant. Any thoughts?

I tend to agree. After parsing the video from Bayou I thought it was very repetitive to make a full introduction of all the teams at the beginning of every match. Every match started with "Let's meet the teams..." followed by the full introduction of the same 6 teams we all saw 20 or 30 minutes ago in another match. Often the introductions took as much time as the actual match. I think they should fully introduce the teams with sponsors, schools, etc. in the opening ceremony on Friday morning and then just briefly say the team numbers before each match as in "On the red alliance we have teams A, B, C and on the blue alliance we have X, Y, Z." This would speed things up quite a bit and we could probably get at least 2 or 3 more matches in per team. I would rather play more matches than hear our team number over and over. It would also keep things moving along for the spectators and might make things more viewer friendly.

[Pavan Dave]

Originally Posted by T3_1565

wow.. very nice pavan thats a nice skill you have there lol

Sorry, I can't take all the credit, I had some help from my friends at Google!

Peace,
Pavan.

[Vashts6583]

Here's a few I came up with (specific for Team 007) while talking online...


With regards to your
alliance invitation,
we gladly accept


We are team double-oh seven
we do think we've landed in heaven.
my heart, it has leapt,
and we gladly accept
your invitation!1eleven


Your offer is great
So I think we shall accept
Your invitation


Dialogue: "Team XXXX invites team YYYY to join them." "Team YYYY denies the invitation." "Team YYYY, sudo join team XXXX's alliance." "OK"


Just wait. I'll write another sonnet here for you. :þ

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Originally Posted by DeepWater

I tend to agree. After parsing the video from Bayou I thought it was very repetitive to make a full introduction of all the teams at the beginning of every match. Every match started with "Let's meet the teams..." followed by the full introduction of the same 6 teams we all saw 20 or 30 minutes ago in another match.

Let us not forget that if you spend all day in the pits, you do not know the teams and if you are a visitor,special guest, or VIP you have no idea who is competing. Teams need some pride in their school/sponsor as well.

[Andy Baker]

Originally Posted by Vashts6583

We are team double-oh seven
we do think we've landed in heaven.
my heart, it has leapt,
and we gladly accept
your invitation!1eleven

Bingo! This is very good.

OK... let's have some fun with this. I will bring some AndyMark "Shift Happens" t-shirts to Atlanta. One of these shirts will be given to one student on each field who gives the best invitation or acceptance during the alliance selection process.

I will ask 3 people to be fellow "judges" to help me in this contest, as I will be focused on one field. These judges will be determined once the Championship divisions are set.

"Best" is going to be subjective. A poem may win. A song may win. Some kid who brings out their fiddle and plays "_____ (their team) Went Down to Georgia" may win (that would rock, btw). A student may do a flip and then accept.

So... hope to get picked. Hope to be a picker. Keep being gracious, but be creative. A t-shirt is riding on it.

(OK... I know that a t-shirt is no big deal, but it's better than a kick in the pants.)

Andy B.

EDIT: I started a new thread regarding this mini-contest.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Originally Posted by Andy Baker

I will bring some AndyMark "Shift Happens" t-shirts to Atlanta. One of these shirts will be given to one student on each field who gives the best invitation or acceptance during the alliance selection process.
Andy B.

It doesn't get any better than that! Put your thinking caps on and start practicing.

[Steve_Alaniz]

Uh Oh! A contest!
Hey I just said it was incorrect English I didn't mean to start a shadow awards committee! Now FIRST will blame me when the Selection process takes three hours and requires stage props! (although I'm king of partial to a good muppet show... I wonder if there is a Dean Kamen Muppet out there somewhere...)
But I digress. SHORT, SIMPLE, CREATIVE and GRACIOUS... Something to make FIRST proud!

Steve Alaniz

[Koko Ed]

Are we going to see rapping or anything like that?
Because I'm going to stay in the pits if that's the case...

[JudyVandy]

I'm going out to watch the shows!!!

[Taylor]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Are we going to see rapping or anything like that?
Because I'm going to stay in the pits if that's the case...

FIRST is many things - American Idol it's not. If it comes to that, I'm joining Mr. Copioli.