It's Championship, Not Nationals

[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.

[Scott Carpman]

On all documents, I call it the World Championship. Just makes it seem that much more important to the general public.

[Otaku]

Just saw this in the CD Portal...



(I added the LOL, of course)

[JoeXIII'007]

Personal opinion, take what you will:

Nationals is how I knew it first when my sister screamed into the phone back in 2002 that "we had won 'nationals'"

Nowadays, considering its an international event, I like calling it the Championship Event, or just plain the championship or Champs.

World Championship goes a little too bold, in that we have yet to see teams come from the North and South Poles to compete (Santa and his Elves have a team yet??? Whats their number???)... I stick to calling the Champs an International event.

So its champs, and its fun that way, at least in my perspective.

*shrugs*

-Joe

PS: or we could just call it that big thingy/gathering down in Atlanta... yeah...

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Otaku

Lets just call it Atlanta and get it over with

Let's not. I'm rooting for the Championship to be hosted in Indianapolis in the near future, and I don't want the place name being too closely associated with the event.

Too many people still act like Epcot is the "natural" home of the First Robotics Competition Championship as it is.

[Stephen Kowski]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

If we give mixed signals to the new members, it will never get straight.

I never give mixed signals, I always call it Nationals

I am wrong to call it that, but all my days of doing presentations has conditioned me to it.

I wonder if any of the veteran Canadians that were around for when it was called Nationals still call it that (Kathik? Ian? other woburners?) accidentally or if it is only the folks in the US that make this mistake.

P.S. I dream of the day that FIRST comes back to it's home in Disney, FIRST's "natural home".

[Tim Arnold]

I call them "Internationals" when I want people to be impressed. Otherwise I could care less, everybody still knows what you are talking about.

[TheIrishOne]

Originally Posted by The Lucas

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

Speaking of baseball and politically correct terms of championship events... why is the baseball championship called the "World Series"?

Nothing is ever going to be politcally correct in today's world. Something will always anger someone else. I just call it "Nationals" out of habit and don't really plan on changing that.

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by Stephen Kowski

I wonder if any of the veteran Canadians that were around for when it was called Nationals still call it that (Karthik? Ian? other woburners?) accidentally or if it is only the folks in the US that make this mistake.

Yup, I call it Nationals all the time. The Championship Event has never had the right ring to me. I'd love it if FIRST officially changed the name to "The World Championships" and then we could all say "I'm going to Worlds next week". I know that's the terminology all my friends who've competed in amateur sports (swimming, diving, etc.) have used. Makes it sound like a big deal.

[Dan Petrovic]

I like Nationals better for a couple reasons

Saying that we're going to the Championship event in Atlanta implies that we won and earned our way, however in most cases, we haven't.

Also, when I refer to the teams who won the whole event, Championship Champions sounds rediculous. National Champions sounds better.

I don't really want to seem like I'm ignoring the teams from out of the country (it's kind of hard to ignore the Canadian teams ), but it just is easier to say, easier to listen to, and sounds better.

Maybe we should call it worlds? There are many more Vex teams and Lego teams from other countries that show up to Atlanta. Worlds would make the most sense.

Or I just refer to it as "Atlanta".

[Pat Fairbank]

Originally Posted by InfernoX14

Also, when I refer to the teams who won the whole event, Championship Champions sounds rediculous. National Champions sounds better.

"National Champions" just isn't right, though, if one of the winning teams is not American, as was the case last year.

My vote goes for "World Championships". This name has the added benefit that regional MCs won't get in trouble with FIRST if they happen to introduce a team as the "World Champions" (yes, it did happen).

[Kelly]

Some more productive pedagogy:
"Definitely" means without a doubt while "defiantly" is a synonym for rebelliously.
"You're" is short for "you are". "Your" is an adjective used to show possession.
"They're" is short for "they are". "There" indicates a location. "Their" is another adjective used to show possession.
"It's" is short for "it is". "Its" is another one of those pesky adjectives used to show possession.
http://how-to-spell-ridiculous.com/
Finally it's G-A-L-I-L-E-O!

[Cartwright]

I don't think it really matters what you call it...both names make it sound big, great, loud, and wonderful event all around....but I like to say the Championship because it does acknowledge all the international teams. Really having those teams is a great thing, and it's a sign of achievement in the FIRST community!

[Beth Sweet]

I think of it this way. We have world teams competing, so why wouldn't we call it the World Championships? Look at the threads, who is everyone calling this year's top contender? Who got picked top 5 in every FF? A Canadian team. When FIRST accepted them into the organization, we accepted them into our titles. Besides that, I think that being world champions will be much more fun than national champions

[Jeff Waegelin]

I'm one of those people who still reflexively calls it "Nationals". If I think about it, or I'm writing something out, I'll usually take the time to correct myself. However, in general conversation, I'm still apt to call it "Nationals"... old habits die hard.

That being said, if they were to officially start calling it the "World Championship", I think I could live with that. Just calling it the "Championship Event" has never sounded right, to me.