|
|
|
![]() |
|
|||||||
|
||||||||
![]() |
| Thread Tools | Rate Thread | Display Modes |
|
#16
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
Re: 190, 177, 987!!!! 2007 Rack and Roll Champions!!
As I recall it 987 actually seeded ninth in Newton and became 8th alliance captain during the selection process. This illustrates an important idea -- strength and seed are not strongly correlated. 987 was a very strong team that seeded outside the top eight. Luck of the draw had a lot to do with that.
987 also did two things very well: (1) they scouted and picked to complement their own strengths, and (2) they practiced -- a lot. I witnessed some that second part as a volunteer overseeing the Galileo/Newton practice field on Thursday and Friday. When 987 learned that they could get extra practice field time by camping out and waiting for no-shows, they made that part of their preparation strategy. Seems like every time I had a no-show for a scheduled practice time and was looking for a team ready to fill the slot, 987 was right there. Two lessons: practice makes perfect, and knowledge is power. Congratulation to the winners 987, 190, 177. A side note: many of us in the Newton stands were really impressed by the solidarity this alliance displayed when they elected to go into battle dressed all in 190 shirts. One alliance, working together, awesome to behold. |
|
#17
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: 190, 177, 987!!!! 2007 Rack and Roll Champions!!
Quote:
|
|
#18
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: 190, 177, 987!!!! 2007 Rack and Roll Champions!!
1/3 of the championship alliance give you some insight into their design and build process.
Congratulations guys. Can't wait to see you all on Monday! Team 177 Video |
|
#19
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
Re: 190, 177, 987!!!! 2007 Rack and Roll Champions!!
Congratulations to teams 190, 177, and 987 for their 2007 Championship win!
The official team colors (and hence tee shirts) of teams 190, 177, and 987 were all maroon anyway. |
|
#20
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
Re: 190, 177, 987!!!! 2007 Rack and Roll Champions!!
Actually, we just happened to pick partners with the same color shirts as us (a fun bonus to getting two awesome partners). If you looked up in the stands, we were one big mass of maroon shirts, all standing up and cheering at the same time.
|
|
#21
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
Re: 190, 177, 987!!!! 2007 Rack and Roll Champions!!
Man, watching 190/987/177 win the Championship was great. They all performed extremely well and really shined above the rest (but good job to 70, 330, and their other partner). Even though the winning alliance wasn't out of Galileo, it was still a great pleasure to watch.
I'd like to thank, as well, 987 for their help at SVR and also congratulate 190 on their SVR win. Also, did anybody else notice that the winning alliance was all maroon colored?... |
|
#22
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: 190, 177, 987!!!! 2007 Rack and Roll Champions!!
Congradulations, You guys put up a great match! The tube in front of beatty was AMAZING! You had me and my friend On the edge of our seats.
|
|
#23
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: 190, 177, 987!!!! 2007 Rack and Roll Champions!!
Quote:
-Natalia Team 987 |
|
#24
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: 190, 177, 987!!!! 2007 Rack and Roll Champions!!
Huh. I'm surprised Andy hasn't jumped into this thread yet.
Anywho, congratulations 190, 987 and 177! |
|
#25
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: 190, 177, 987!!!! 2007 Rack and Roll Champions!!
Congratulations on your win guys. Newton was an awesome division to be in this year
. Thanks for all the fun and excitement GO NEWTON!!! |
|
#26
|
|||
|
|||
|
Re: 190, 177, 987!!!! 2007 Rack and Roll Champions!!
Quote:
Wow, Richard, your kind words are flattering to say the least. We will take credit for the note regarding the value of using practice field time but can't take credit for some of the other nice things said...we were seeded 33rd I believe and picked by an awesome group (190) as their first pick followed by them picking another great team (177) and it was just a Karma like coincidence that we all are maroon colored teams (a sign?) and symbolic of the awesome teamwork needed to pull off the upsets. |
|
#27
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: 190, 177, 987!!!! 2007 Rack and Roll Champions!!
We could have had you in the final matches at newton... 2 points made the difference on both of the matches (minus the DQ...)
great job 177, 987, and 190. we will look forward to seeing you there again next year |
|
#28
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: 190, 177, 987!!!! 2007 Rack and Roll Champions!!
Congradulations Guys from all of us at 292!
I think our team members were yelling more for you guys in the Finals than we yelled for our own team all weekend!!! It was great to see you all pull it out! |
|
#29
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: 190, 177, 987!!!! 2007 Rack and Roll Champions!!
Thanks for all of the kind words everyone! And to 190 and 987 for being such outragiously great alliance partners!! (color matching, although wicked cool, was not intended)
Thanks also to everyone we faced for putting up a great fight! And to Techno Ticks (team 236)for letting us borrow their batteries (and being great alliance partners in Hartford)!!!! ![]() |
|
#30
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: 190, 177, 987!!!! 2007 Rack and Roll Champions!!
First of all I would like to congrats 190, 177 and 987 on a job well done in what was a very intense and awesome championship win. I would also like to extend a congrats to 1902 and 1319 for assisting 173 with a hard fought divisional win on Galileo. Also congrats to the UTC teams for making a great showing on Einstein. Another congrats to 178 for their Championship Engineering Inspiration Award. Lastly a special congrats to team Moe 365 for entering the FIRST Hall of Fame by winning the championship chairmans award. Job well done everybody!
Last edited by R.J. : 16-04-2007 at 15:37. |
![]() |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | Rate This Thread |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| paper: .NET Rack And Roll Scoring Program | Jared Russell | Extra Discussion | 6 | 03-04-2007 22:50 |
| pic: Rack and Roll Jewelry | Rich Wong | Extra Discussion | 7 | 20-03-2007 06:15 |
| Rack and Roll D&D: RACKS & ROBOTS! | platypus | Games/Trivia | 2 | 07-02-2007 19:33 |
| 2007 Rack 'N' Roll Score Calculator | Jeff Rodriguez | Rules/Strategy | 8 | 26-01-2007 13:53 |
| 2007 Rack 'n' Roll Game Logo? | boy_scout72688 | General Forum | 4 | 17-01-2007 13:16 |