FRC Team #1

[EricH]

Originally Posted by waialua359

This is all interesting! I assumed the beachbots started the same year as us.
We were teammates with another Hawaii team 368 in the finals in 2000 against 254, 60 and ??? (cant remember) in Silicon Valley. I thought at the time, we were an all rookie alliance against them. The Beach Bots were a #1 seed with no losses until the finals. Their bot was made of PVC if I remember correctly.

PVC hopper, aluminum frame.

[Dancin103]

Well team 1, the juggernauts, they are a great team, and only get to compete with them at nationals usually. They had some pretty fun give away stuff along with buttons back in the day. They had these yo-yo's, and they were pretty neat (i think they only gave out so many of them too, i just found mine the other day, lol).

But yeah, FIRST decided to keep numbers starting in 1998 cause every year from 1995 to 1997 we were a different team number, i mainly remember we were 72 for a while and now we are 103. (we actually found our robot signs for when we were team 72 that took us back. lol)

There's so great FIRST history being discussed in this thread, always a favorite to read!

[Mark McLeod]

Based just on the school names of the '92 year it looks like they correspond to the modern team numbers:
20
45
97
99 (defunct)
111
126
146 (defunct)
151
181
190
191
213
224
681 & 2047 (both defunct)
(760 was a restart attempt that failed)

Several of them look like they dropped out for a couple of years before returning to FIRST. No telling who may have split up into other legacy teams.
So 11 of the original teams are still with us. I don't imagine too many original members (mentors and students who are now mentors) are still with us, but I bet there are a few. Who are you?

[Scott Carpman]

681 & 2047? I'd love to hear the story about that.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

Based just on the school names of the '92 year it looks like they correspond to the modern team numbers:
20
45
97
99 (defunct)
111
126
146 (defunct)
151
181
190
191
213
224
681 & 2047 (both defunct)
(760 was a restart attempt that failed)

Several of them look like they dropped out for a couple of years before returning to FIRST. No telling who may have split up into other legacy teams.
So 11 of the original teams are still with us. I don't imagine too many original members (mentors and students who are now mentors) are still with us, but I bet there are a few. Who are you?

As I recall, there are either 7 or 9 legacy teams that get a pass to Championships. I think they're the ones that have been continuously active.

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by Scott Carpman

681 & 2047? I'd love to hear the story about that.

I'm just perusing a team database.
Both are teams started in Whitney Young Magnet High School in Chicago.
681 played only one year in 2001 at the Midwest Regional
2047 came out like gangbusters last year (2007) and attended four Regionals and the Championship, then disappeared from this year's roster.

Originally Posted by EricH

As I recall, there are either 7 or 9 legacy teams that get a pass to Championships. I think they're the ones that have been continuously active.

The FIRST database lists 7 teams as Rookies in 1992: 20, 45, 126, 190, 191 + 19 & 148
However, 19 and 148, do not have supporting database entries so may just be a mistake. They may have had other names or been multiple school teams.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by EricH

As I recall, there are either 7 or 9 legacy teams that get a pass to Championships. I think they're the ones that have been continuously active.

From what I'm told there are only 5 legacy teams. 20,45,126,190 and 191.

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

From what I'm told there are only 5 legacy teams. 20,45,126,190 and 191.

The FIRST database may be incomplete. It shows no activity for FRC 20 from 1999 through 2003, and no activity for FRC 190 before 1995, although both of those teams are listed as 1992 rookies. The FIRST database shows activity for each of the other three 1992 rookies (45, 126, 191) in every year.

Both 20 and 190 have several very active current participants on these fora. Hopefully someone with a long memory can fill in the blanks.

[waialua359]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

From what I'm told there are only 5 legacy teams. 20,45,126,190 and 191.

To be part of FIRST since 1992 is amazing. One season of FIRST can burn a person/team out, but to do it for 17 years now, oh my!
On the other hand, my main role in our school is FIRST Robotics. I cant see going back to the same old teaching again and it seems like so long ago.

[JamesBrown]

Originally Posted by Richard

The FIRST database may be incomplete. It shows no activity for FRC 20 from 1999 through 2003, and no activity for FRC 190 before 1995, although both of those teams are listed as 1992 rookies. The FIRST database shows activity for each of the other three 1992 rookies (45, 126, 191) in every year.

Both 20 and 190 have several very active current participants on these fora. Hopefully someone with a long memory can fill in the blanks.

Team 250 used to be part of team 20 I know that they split and 1999 was team 250's rookie year, this may be the discrepancy.

[Jimmy Cao]

They got #1 because numbers were assigned by alphabetical order by sponsors. Their sponsor started w/ a 3 (forgot what it was)

That was the story I was told

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Lostmage333

They got #1 because numbers were assigned by alphabetical order by sponsors. Their sponsor started w/ a 3 (forgot what it was)
That was the story I was told

3 Dimensional Services.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/12451

Also, to go along with the Sponsor names determining team numbers, you'll notice a lot of UTC teams range from 170ish to 180-ish, & 190 is WPI, and 191 is Xerox.

[A_Reed]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

3 Dimensional Services.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/12451

Also, to go along with the Sponsor names determining team numbers, you'll notice a lot of UTC teams range from 170ish to 180-ish, & 190 is WPI, and 191 is Xerox.

that trend is also evident with the Delphi teams from '98-'99 when the the numbers were locked, 45,47,48,49(did I miss any...lol)

[Nevets Amstier]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

UTC teams range from 170ish to 180-ish, & 190 is WPI, and 191 is Xerox.

yeup,
i know 177 (UTC Power) used to be team #59 before the "grand resorting"


EDIT (team 177 was actually 59, not 56..my bad)


also, according to a mentor of mine, teams had no numbers before 1997

[Rick TYler]

And now we have the "new number every year" thing for FTC. FIRST might think that FTC is just a training or transitional program on the way to FRC, but I'm pretty sure that a lot of us are going to stick with FTC and don't really care if we ever have to weld up a frame again. Let's have permanent FTC numbers starting now!