My only complaint

[cooker52]

Just always remember to keep your head up, no matter what people have to say. Never let them get the better of you.

Cookie:1501 2007's Operator

Whoever dissed your bot should come talk to team 114, we'll all talk about how much of a pleasure it was to lose to you guys at SVR. Remember, a simple bot may not get awards, but it sure can win regionals...

[Gboehm]

Thanks everyone, In all reality it was a small minority but it did tick me off. Most FIRST teams show a tremendous amount of class, its the few that don't that stick out in our minds. I'm all for being competitive, but Gracious Professionalism should always win out. Thanks to everyone who made it fun!

[waialua359]

Look at the poofs robot and how simple it was! Yet very effective. I am sure you saw it at SVR.
Use criticism as motivation to come back bigger and better and congratulations on your successful season.

[Tt321b]

That also happened to our team last year. We are a small team and were rookies last year with a wooden robot. A few mentors from another school that helped us said we had a nice prototype but it was actually the bot! We had a very simple and very effective bot with an amazing driver. At our regional and the champs other teams didn't feel that we were any good. But in our first ever match we scored so many balls that the refs couldn't count them! But at the champs we were disqualified twice (where our alliance won) which put us way down in the standings and no team considered us (we should have been 6th seed with a 6-1-0 as a rookie at champs).
This thread has a pic of our bot.

But anyway, sorry to hear about what happened. Some people really overlook simple and effective machines. But I feel it would be better to have a simple and effective bot with a good driver than a complicated bot that can't be controlled any day!

Good luck to your team in future seasons.

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Tt321b

That also happened to our team last year. We are a small team and were rookies last year with a wooden robot. A few mentors from another school that helped us said we had a nice prototype but it was actually the bot! We had a very simple and very effective bot with an amazing driver. At our regional and the champs other teams didn't feel that we were any good. But in our first ever match we scored so many balls that the refs couldn't count them! But at the champs we were disqualified twice (where our alliance won) which put us way down in the standings and no team considered us (we should have been 6th seed with a 6-1-0 as a rookie at champs).
This thread has a pic of our bot.

But anyway, sorry to hear about what happened. Some people really overlook simple and effective machines. But I feel it would be better to have a simple and effective bot with a good driver than a complicated bot that can't be controlled any day!

Good luck to your team in future seasons.

The pic isn't working for the '06 in that thread.

Any other pics available? It sounds very interesting. A wooden robot earning 8th seed isn't something that happens everyday (not insulting).