Strange FIRST Facts

[Heretic121]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

That is a creepy coincidence, now we can compare the exact time that it took the first thousand teams and the next thousand teams to sign up. We're already at the 1400 mark this year. I don't think it will take that long to see 2000 teams!!!

um... i think there is only 938 or 958 something like that this year... dont let the 1XXX teams fool you!


w00t 666!!!

if your 555 then i'm 666! what's it like to be a heretic? if your 555 im 666!!! what's it like to be a HERETIC!?!!

(sorry i had to sing that... slipknot lives inside me... need... more... metal... \m/ (also said it cause my name =P)

[Random Dude]

Originally Posted by Heretic121

um... i think there is only 938 or 958 something like that this year... dont let the 1XXX teams fool you!

Actually according to the FIRST database there are 1014. 935 of those are from the USA.

[Combat Chuck]

Has anyone else noticed the several of the schools that hosted FIRST Regionals are in the NCAA Basketball Tournament? Ex. VCU, UCF, etc.

[dez250]

Originally Posted by Random Dude

Actually according to the FIRST database there are 1014. 935 of those are from the USA.

That page you linked is the database from all teams that competed in the 2003 and/or the 2004 competitions combined. If you look HERE (FIRST 2004 Database) you will see only 930 teams are competing this year.

There has yet to be a year where over 999 teams total competed, look for it in our near future.

[Random Dude]

Originally Posted by dez250

That page you linked is the database from all teams that competed in the 2003 and/or the 2004 competitions combined.

Oops.. It seems the interactive map on the FIRST site, still references 2003, not 2004. I just assumed that their query was correct...

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Sandmaster

Is it so strange to see no teams with a number over two hundred win the National Chairman's Award? I'm not saying it can't be done it's just that the judges will lean towards a team that has several years under their belt because they've done more things with all that time. What I'm trying to say is that a team that's had 5 years to work on beefing up their Chairman's Award resusme will probably have more examples as to why they deserve the award instead of a rookie or 2-3 year team who is still trying to get a feel for all that FIRST is. It'd be great to see a team with a high team number win to show that new teams can instantaneously transform their high school, town, county, etc. The odds are against them but a dedicated team can take the task head on and win the Chairman's Award. As the years progress I'm sure we'll see several teams over the 200 mark. It's only a matter of time.

It's been 12 years. You would think at least a team in the 3,4 or 5 hundreds that have been around for years would have won. I just think it's a quirky coincidnence than preferring long standing teams (remeber, 250 is an original team).

[Adam Y.]

It's been 12 years. You would think at least a team in the 3,4 or 5 hundreds that have been around for years would have won. I just think it's a quirky coincidnence than preferring long standing teams (remeber, 250 is an original team).

Regional or national chairman's awards. Im leaning towards national though because 564 won a regional award.

[Aignam]

Originally Posted by Adam Y.

Regional or national chairman's awards. Im leaning towards national though because 564 won a regional award.

National.

[Nate Edwards]

If im right the highest numbered team to win a Regional Chairman's Award was us last year and we are 957...this year if im right 2 teams in the 800s have won Chairman's Awards.. What is the quickest a team has ever won the Chairman's Award?(In Years... both National And Regional)

Nate

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Nate Edwards

If im right the highest numbered team to win a Regional Chairman's Award was us last year and we are 957...this year if im right 2 teams in the 800s have won Chairman's Awards.. What is the quickest a team has ever won the Chairman's Award?(In Years... both National And Regional)

Nate

Well, the X-Cats won the very first Chairman's award, which technically makes them the only rookie to ever win the Chairman's award (though the teams back in '92 were pioneers, not rookies). There were no regoinal Chairman's awards til last year I believe.