Need help: reasons to join a robotics team (words and phrases)

[madz]

We're trying to make an awesome t-shirt for the beginning of the school year for our FRC and FTC program. On the back of the shirt, we want to put reasons why you should join robotics. We got input from our team, but we need your help. Please give us a one to three word response about why you joined robotics.

We're trying to re-brand our team and want to start off our season with a bang, so if you have any other cool ideas for advertising please let us know.

Some of the things we have so far (we may or may not use all of these) are:

• Programming
• Computer Aided Design
• Electronics
• Pneumatics
• Math
• Engineering
• Science
• Technology
• Power Tools
• Building Stuff
• Travel
• Public Speaking
• Promotion
• Leadership
• Website design
• Social Media
• Event Planning
• Photography
• Video Production
• Press Releases
• App Design
• Opportunities
• Exciting Friendship Experience
• Gracious Professionalism
• Girls/Guys in STEM
• Fun
• Competition

Thank you!

[Gregor]

This thread might help

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...light=one+word

[madz]

Originally Posted by Gregor

This thread might help

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...light=one+word

Thanks for your help! I didn't see that one when I looked.

If anyone had others to add, though, that would be awesome.

[blackbirdsingin]

I don't know if your team has this aspect, but mine has a budding financial team (currently me and a mentor), so you could mention finance. Didn't join for it, stayed for it though .

[Jacob Bendicksen]

Scholarships are a pretty big draw for some people.

If you wanted it in three words, I could quote the scholarship video from last year:

"Apply, apply, apply!"

[GeeTwo]

It looks like you left out I & R (Inspiretion and Recognition).

They're a bit longer than some of yours, but "Sport for the Mind" and "Hardest Fun You'll Ever Have" grab the attention.

Also:

• Innovation
• Creativity
• Teamwork
• Smell of Solder
• Grease and Aluminum Shavings
• Craftsmanship
• Strategy

[Kevin Leonard]

Originally Posted by GeeTwo

• Smell of Solder
• Grease and Aluminum Shavings

"I joined the FIRST Robotics team because I love sniffing solder and covering my hands in grease and aluminum shavings!"
-probably someone somewhere

[Gregor]

Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard

"I joined the FIRST Robotics team because I love sniffing solder and covering my hands in grease and aluminum shavings!"
-probably someone somewhere

Don't worry you don't need to keep it a secret anymore.

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard

"I joined the FIRST Robotics team because I love sniffing solder and covering my hands in grease and aluminum shavings!"
-probably someone somewhere

While it's not why I started mentoring, I grew up with a ham radio dad who loved to tinker. Burning resin is as much a "smell of home" as a pot of gumbo simmering or chocolate chip cookies baking.

[DonRotolo]

Learn how to succeed

[Shrub]

Free food. Friends. Self-esteem.

(Plus the smell of the build shop grows on you. I love covering my hands in grease and aluminum shavings, its a great exfoliator.)

[gblake]

For the groupies/fans, of course.

Sneaking a little humor into the list is probably a good idea.

[Whippet]

Super rad safety glasses

[madz]

I love all these. Some other ideas are:

• goats
• duct tape comes in many colors
• possibility of taking over the world someday
• zip ties
• pizza for every meal
• more duct tape
• flame throwers
• possibility of explosions at each meeting
• duct tape (need I say more?)

Does anyone have any more funny ones?

[EricH]

Here's some older ones:

"The Super Bowl of Smarts"
"The Hardest Fun You'll Ever Have"
"The ONLY Sport Where Everyone Can Turn Pro"


One or two of these were official FIRST lines back a "few" years ago.