Old FIRST (and US FIRST) videos posted on Youtube

[Andy Baker]

Originally Posted by Jessica Boucher

Thanks, Baker. Still on the lookout for "Build more robots so I can play with my kids", though!

Is this the Will Smith quote from 2004? Was that the year? If so, I don't have it. We stopped recording the production feed in 2004.

Andy

[Elgin Clock]

I have a (very short) video from Rumble At The Rock I need to capture one of these days. I actually have all the hardware to do it finally!
Maybe in November when I can actually sit down at home for more than an hour at a time I can get that done & uploaded.

I'm sure the FIRST community would appreciate that footage of the first offseason competition!

Oh how far we've come since then.

[Greg Needel]

Originally Posted by Jessica Boucher

Thanks, Baker. Still on the lookout for "Build more robots so I can play with my kids", though!

Originally Posted by Andy Baker

Is this the Will Smith quote from 2004? Was that the year? If so, I don't have it. We stopped recording the production feed in 2004.

Andy

you mean this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZiYGYBWIFA

[Akash Rastogi]

Why is there no longer any ESPN coverage?

I remember hearing something about why there wasn't any CNN coverage this year, is this the same case as ESPN?

Awesome videos, really enjoyed watching them.

[XaulZan11]

Originally Posted by lilstogi11

Why is there no longer any ESPN coverage?

I'm sure someone here knows, but has ESPN covered it after the championship left Disney? If not, them I'm sure that had to with it.

[Andy Baker]

Originally Posted by lilstogi11

Why is there no longer any ESPN coverage?

1998 was the last year that FIRST was covered by ESPN.

I really don't know why it stopped for sure. However, I will make a guess. Like many other tough decisions, it was probably about the money.

In 1999, FIRST asked about 20-30 teams to supply video footage so they can put together a documentary. A documentary producer ended up creating a 30 minute video that was very good. When FIRST went to ESPN to get the video aired, ESPN pushed back and wanted to blur out the corporate sponsor logos on the robots, flags, t-shirts, and such. Essentially, ESPN did not want to help advertise for these companies without being paid.

I didn't understand this at the time, and still don't quite understand it. Of course, sporting events have all kinds of corporate sponsors, and each one of them can't be paying ESPN. However, there is a high dollar contract with each sporting administration to pay ESPN for the coverage.

I suppose that FIRST could not afford this same sort of payment for a contract.

That's my best guess.

Andy

[MrForbes]

Originally Posted by Andy Baker

I didn't understand this at the time, and still don't quite understand it.

It boggles the mind. Maybe it's time to read 1984 again......and practice doublethink....

[synth3tk]

lol! I just watched Woodie Flowers explaining the 2003 game! I'm still lost...

Thanks for the uploads, though. Very fun to see FIRST in it's early years. I especially enjoyed the ESPN coverage. I really hope they decide to do it again.

[galewind]

I'm glad you made this thread.

I'm looking for a video that koko ed posted back from a 2004 off-season where a robot flipped over another to hang and swing from the ball.
Ed, are you out there? Can you help me?!

[Cory]

Originally Posted by galewind

I'm glad you made this thread.

I'm looking for a video that koko ed posted back from a 2004 off-season where a robot flipped over another to hang and swing from the ball.
Ed, are you out there? Can you help me?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5nnGGRi-94

Originally Posted by XaulZan11

I'm sure someone here knows, but has ESPN covered it after the championship left Disney? If not, them I'm sure that had to with it.

ESPN coverage was done well before the event left Disney

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by galewind

I'm glad you made this thread.

I'm looking for a video that koko ed posted back from a 2004 off-season where a robot flipped over another to hang and swing from the ball.
Ed, are you out there? Can you help me?!

Originally Posted by Cory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5nnGGRi-94

Ughh... Crazy times!! I was coaching that match... or... attempting to.
We barely got out of autonomous & then that happened.

Needless to say, I let out a rather high pitched scream, looked at my drivers who just started laughing, & we all thought that was the coolest darn thing we saw that season, even if it meant we were out of the match...

To quote Fall Out Boy, "Thanks for the memories..."

[Dan Richardson]

Tremendous! I've recently been trying to think of a way to get all old FIRST footage together, have one central place to either link/search/find old FIRST videos, like a specific FIRST youtube. The blue alliance or something like that would work, but teams would have access to easy uploads and what not, it might just be easier to use Youtube and link in these forums or something.

[MoeMom]

I didn't know that Will Smith did a FIRST promo. Thanks for sharing- I'll add this link to my collection for public demos/events.

[Libby K]

Thank you so much! Great videos. I love FIRST history.

(I understood Woodie's description of Stack Attack...but maybe that's because I tried so hard to understand it back then! )

[Chris Hibner]

Wow, Andy! This is one of my favorite threads of all time. If you can find a video of the 45, 47, 111 alliance from 2000 Midwest, I would forever love you.