Nationals are crazy

[Amanda Morrison]

Wow - way to rip someone on their choice of wording when they're clearly trying to say what a great time they had. At some point, you need to learn to let it go.

(If Dean still says 'Nationals', how can you ridicule a rookie team for it? Come on.)



Hey man... getting a rookie award at the big event is a really big deal. You should be proud of what you've done - there's only one chance to be a rookie and you've got a nice trophy to show for your hard work.

Congratulations - and we hope to see you back next year, too.

[Uberbots]

Originally Posted by Amanda Morrison

Wow - way to rip someone on their choice of wording when they're clearly trying to say what a great time they had. At some point, you need to learn to let it go.

(If Dean still says 'Nationals', how can you ridicule a rookie team for it? Come on.)

Our team president rips on both us and Dean whenever we use "Nationals" instead of "Championship Event". i guess its how much you desire to stick with the set standard.

Congrats #2599, its good to know that we have a rookie who 'gets it'. Nice site, by the way... it trumps ours in my opinion.

[Spiders]

heh guess its a big deal to call it nationals still, i thought it still was, but this was my first year so didn't really know

[Rick TYler]

In our organization we've started saying "Worlds" for two reasons:

1. "Worlds" is much shorter than "Championship Event."

2. We think our sponsors will be more impressed knowing we were invited to the world championships.

It's about the marketing, my friends. No bucks -- no Buck Rogers.

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[JaneYoung]

This thread could really be a fun thread that talks about rookie impressions of their trip to Nationals/Championship/Atlanta.

It is such an incredible experience with so much to absorb and so many wonderful people and teams to meet. I hope the rookies who traveled to Atlanta had a chance to visit the teams in the pits and swap buttons and stories. There are so many oooooh aaaaaaaah moments and memories to be shared.

[Spiders]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

This thread could really be a fun thread that talks about rookie impressions of their trip to Nationals/Championship/Atlanta.

It is such an incredible experience with so much to absorb and so many wonderful people and teams to meet. I hope the rookies who traveled to Atlanta had a chance to visit the teams in the pits and swap buttons and stories. There are so many oooooh aaaaaaaah moments and memories to be shared.

yeh, it was crazy. although the drive teams don't get much time to do anything other then sit, walk, wait, drive, walk, wait, repeat lol

[Spiders]

Dont get me wrong though it was still awesome

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Rick TYler

... 2. We think our sponsors will be more impressed knowing we were invited to the world championships.

It's about the marketing, my friends. No bucks -- no Buck Rogers.

I enjoyed hearing Ira Flatow call it the "World Robotics Championship" during his NPR Science Friday show last week.

[Nice job by Dean Kamen, and also by Grant from 217, BTW.]