It's Championship, Not Nationals

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by Greg Marra

Part of the problem with "The Championship" vs. "Nationals" stems from the words themselves. "The Championship" requires a "the", because saying "I am going to the Championship" is the only way to say it that makes sense. "I am going to Nationals" is shorter and more flexible. Furthermore, "nats" is a much easier abbreviation than "champs", especially in oral communication.

How about calling it "Internationals"? I'm going to Internats - yeah!

Or simply call it, "The Event".

[Cory]

It should be called "The World Championship Event" not "The Championship Event". In my opinion the latter does not sound as impressive as "Nationals" when conversing with someone outside of FIRST. The championship event of what? Your county? State? etc.

[Freddy Schurr]

It should be called "The World Championship Event" not "The Championship Event". In my opinion the latter does not sound as impressive as "Nationals" when conversing with someone outside of FIRST. The championship event of what? Your county? State? etc.

Yep, I am totally agreeing with the above statement because we have international teams coming from around the world and I feel that its a disrespect to not recognize all the achievements and accomplishments of these FRC,FLL,JFLL,and FVC teams.

I call it "The World Championship" It sounds most impressive when we talk to potential sponsors.

Also agree with this statement! It sounds more professional when talking to potential sponsors and trying to raise money for this prestigious event.

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by Cory

It should be called "The World Championship Event" not "The Championship Event". In my opinion the latter does not sound as impressive as "Nationals" when conversing with someone outside of FIRST. The championship event of what? Your county? State? etc.

Which is when I turn up the emphasis: The Championship.

I'm willing to let it slide in conversation (compare with when someone says another person "did good"), but come on, this is the Internet! You can go back and fix it before you post!

But, I admit, anyone around me has probably heard me talk about Atlanta far too much.

[raymaniac]

Originally Posted by Billfred

But, I admit, anyone around me has probably heard me talk about Atlanta far too much.

When I'm talking with friends I say things like "I'm won't be here this Friday, I'm going to Atlanta" Because most of them know why I'll ge there. But if they don't know and ask why I say I'm going to the robotics championship.

We could call it The anual migration and gathering of FIRSTers.

[Ericgehrken]

If there is to be a Champion crowned there then it should be called the Championships. If there are teams from outside the U.S. then it is not a national competition but rather a World Championship.

[Greg Perkins]

The word "Nationals" is a unisex tag, meaning that it doesn't apply to just one national; that simple little "s" makes it plural. Nationals means that many nations are competing in a competition between your nation and other nations. I really don't see what the big deal is, I think when someone says "we're going to Nationals this year" I instantly know more than "our team is going to the Championship".

Let's focus on something more useful than making threads about a word.

[Conor Ryan]

I've been in FIRST since '04, it was called the Championship then so thats what I call it, I've caught myself calling it Nationals once or twice, but I still like calling it the Championship.

My personal favorite is when Canadians refer to it as 'Nationals'

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by Conor Ryan

My personal favorite is when Canadians refer to it as 'Nationals'

hehe, canadians.

[Steve W]

Originally Posted by Alex Cormier

hehe, canadians.

OK now the gloves are off. I have been sitting here patiently reading the fluff. As many know Nationals is a pet peeve of mine. The fact is that Nationals are what nations do before going to the Championship. Seeing that we have Regionals that we go to and teams from all countries are invited to, these are not Nationals. To the fact that other countries are invited to Championship then it could not be construed as Nationals. As for World Champions (Karthik you are bad) seeing that countries do not have Nationals to determine who is to go to the World Championship then again we go back to Championship.

I may be wrong here but I have never know anyone who has not thought of Championship of any sort as not being the final wrap up to determine the best of the best.

Alex,

Please note that there is humor in this post and that there is no (well almost) anger towards Alex.

[David Brinza]

Originally Posted by Steve W

I may be wrong here but I have never know anyone who has not thought of Championship of any sort as not being the final wrap up to determine the best of the best.

OK, maybe it could be called "The FIRST Robotics Finals"?

(Is it just me, or was Steve W's triple negative sentence a bit of a brain twister? )

[Jessica Boucher]

As far as I can see, the intent of the thread was a reminder to everyone to stop calling the CMP "Nationals", and aside from my personal opinion about the issue or the thread, the thread has evolved into something entirely different.

Please, back on topic! Thanks in advance

[Joe Matt]

Originally Posted by Jessica Boucher

As far as I can see, the intent of the thread was a reminder to everyone to stop calling the CMP "Nationals", and aside from my personal opinion about the issue or the thread, the thread has evolved into something entirely different.

Please, back on topic! Thanks in advance

Thanks Jess, I didn't mean for this to be me yelling or anything, I just wanted to remind people that it's called Champs for a reason, and that as FIRST gets bigger and has more attention placed on it, we need to standardize what we call it. It's like using a combination of the new and old logo.

[sanddrag]

I call it "The World Championship" It sounds most impressive when we talk to potential sponsors.

[The Lucas]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

Or simply call it, "The Event".

How bout "The Show" (Okay, Baseball season just started, I know I'm not the only fan)

Maybe if we get a good nickname to stick, everyone (myself included) will stop calling it "nats" in a couple years.