The Regional Wars

[Andy Grady]

Originally Posted by Mike Soukup

Offense (Midwest Version) - When a robot uses cleverly, beautifully, and specifically, designed assemblies to score lots of points for their alliance, resulting in victory.

Offense (Northeast Version) - Repeatedly bash, ram, or block the opponent in the hopes that they get confused and score for your alliance.

I wish I had a reply for that...but frankly thats too funny! Job well done! To bad your logic is a little off...I think when you guys were tie dying those Wildstang shirts, some of it may have seeped a little too far into the cranium

You see, the best offense IS a defense. Lets go back to 1995 for a minute and review a defensive masterpiece which was called "The Big Bopper". In the finals, against Raychem and Woodside High School, the Gael Force robot would drive up the side of the ramp, barrel into Woodside or any other robot sitting on top of the hill, then when they were down and out..score juuuust enough to get by. This ultimately resulted in more exciting matches! In the northeast, we like to keep things close and exciting....no 300 point blowouts like you guys in the midwest try to accomplish each year, putting the collective audience to sleep. With FIRST, its all about style! In the northeast, we are alllll style.

As for Raul...didn't you guys build one of those defensive robots last year? Wildstang the wedge? See, defense does win championships my friend...I dont deny that you midwesterners are catching on...it just took ya a while Of course you need to understand...when Team Hammond won its 4th championship this year, they woke up the sleeping giant that is the Northeast. Next year when things get a little rough on you midwesterners...make sure you give your thanks to the Beatty's for giving us something to shoot for

-Andy Grady

P.S. For those just tuning in, just a reminder that this is a fun thread...my comments and the comments of others are not meant to put down or belittle any team in a serious manner...in other words...don't take anything I have to say seriously

Originally Posted by Andy Grady

You see, the best offense IS a defense. Lets go back to 1995 for a minute and review a defensive masterpiece which was called "The Big Bopper". In the finals, against Raychem and Woodside High School, the Gael Force robot would drive up the side of the ramp, barrel into Woodside or any other robot sitting on top of the hill, then when they were down and out..score juuuust enough to get by. This ultimately resulted in more exciting matches!

Grady man, come back to the present...quit living in the past, buddy

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You proved my point already with what you have below:

In the northeast, we like to keep things close and exciting....no 300 point blowouts like you guys in the midwest try to accomplish each year, putting the collective audience to sleep. With FIRST, its all about style! In the northeast, we are alllll style

See, you let them blow you guys out, then you go run them over at the end...but they still win....of course we like running up the score for when your "box on wheels" comes and flips us, we can just sit there cheer and celebrate while you desperately try to come back and fall short in the end..I guess thats how the Northeast likes it, close, but no cigar.

As for Raul...didn't you guys build one of those defensive robots last year? Wildstang the wedge? See, defense does win championships my friend...I dont deny that you midwesterners are catching on...it just took ya a while Of course you need to understand...when Team Hammond won its 4th championship this year, they woke up the sleeping giant that is the Northeast. Next year when things get a little rough on you midwesterners...make sure you give your thanks to the Beatty's for giving us something to shoot for

Haven't you been saying that since like oh Hammond's first championship back in 97

[Andy Grady]

Originally Posted by D.J. Fluck

Haven't you been saying that since like oh Hammond's first championship back in 97

Yeah...but this time we REALLY REALLY mean it! Plus, after 4 National Championships, ya gotta figure the midwest is ready to revolt against its own.

-Andy Grady

[Ben Lauer]

Revolt..no sir, we are just trying to find a way to make sure no non-Indiana team has a chance. Just wait, eventually the championship will be in Indianapolis so all the teams can drive home every night instead of staying at a hotel.

Originally Posted by Ben Lauer

Revolt..no sir, we are just trying to find a way to make sure no non-Indiana team has a chance. Just wait, eventually the championship will be in Indianapolis so all the teams can drive home every night instead of staying at a hotel.

Ben, I think we'll let Michigan play with us too, they outnumber us by a lot...thats for sure

Edit: Maybe Illinois too, if they're nice

[Andy Grady]

Joke time!



Q: What do you get when you cross the Tacoma Narrows Bridge and a Ford Pinto?



A: A midwestern FIRST robot!



HAHAHAHAHA...oh man, i crack myself up.


Waiting for tomatoes to be thrown,
Andy Grady

[JVN]

Originally Posted by Andy Grady

HAHAHAHAHA...oh man, i crack myself up.

If I laughed, does that make me a tremendous engineering nerd?
I think, yes it does.

[Elyse Holguin]

Originally Posted by JVN

If I laughed, does that make me a tremendous engineering nerd?
I think, yes it does.

You didn't need to laugh to make yourself a tremendous engineering nerd. You were already.

[Ben Lauer]

Ok, I love Michigan, and Illinois is ok, but they have to be nice.

But really, We don't have mountains to climb or fun roads to drive on. The most elevation change we have is the bridges over interstates!!!! Maybe thats why our robots are better, nothing else to do!!!!

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Ben Lauer

But really, We don't have mountains to climb or fun roads to drive on. The most elevation change we have is the bridges over interstates!!!!

I think the Tyrannical Mechanicals (1272) would have something relevant to say about that, Ben. Look a bit further south than Marion County. Only two thirds of Indiana was ironed flat by the glaciers; the wrinkles all got pushed down to the bottom end.

Indiana farmland might be flatter than a FIRST field, but there's more than corn in Indiana.

[Elyse Holguin]

Originally Posted by Ben Lauer

Ok, I love Michigan, and Illinois is ok, but they have to be nice.

But really, We don't have mountains to climb or fun roads to drive on. The most elevation change we have is the bridges over interstates!!!! Maybe thats why our robots are better, nothing else to do!!!!

Bloomington does have some nasty hills. NOT fun driving around there with ice at all. Brown County (which doesn't have a FIRST team (yet) also has some of the best hills in the world for running, XC camp is there in the summer.

[ngreen]

My views are a little skewed compared to most of you. I consider the midwest west of the Mississippi and ends at Mountain Time( a little before the Rockies). Everything to the east of Mississippi is the East or Mid-east for those of you who don't want to associate with the East. And to the west of the Rockies is the West. When you are in the middle of the country. Yes, Kansas is the center. It is hard for me to describe Michigan and Indiana as the MidWEST. They are to the east. It makes no sense.

[JVN]

Originally Posted by Elyse Holguin

Bloomington does have some nasty hills. NOT fun driving around there with ice at all.

I'm crying for you, believe me.

[Marc P.]

Behold: The regions of the United States!!

Great explanations of each region too! It says of the northeast-

In their business dealings, New Englanders gained a reputation for hard work, shrewdness, thrift, and ingenuity.

Take that midwest

For those with any second thoughts as to what the regions are


And no one can complain about a hill without seeing the devils backbone here in Bethlehem CT... steep grade + dangerous curve == fun in the winter

[Elyse Holguin]

Originally Posted by JVN

I'm crying for you, believe me.

hey, I'm just someone who's used to driving around from Hammond to Chicago, Kokomo , or Indianapolis. Excuse me if I don't enjoy driving through the Appalachians on a daily basis... or whatever you weird Northeasterners have.