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View Poll Results: Do you look forward to Christmas or kickoff more?
Christmas - Bring on those presents! 30 22.90%
Kickoff - Gimme the challege and KOP now! 101 77.10%
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Re: Survey - Do you look forward to Christmas or Kickoff most?

I cant vote becuase theres no BOTH! I cant wait for either the suspence of each is killing me! I'm proabbly going to die just typing this post......................................
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Re: Survey - Do you look forward to Christmas or Kickoff most?

Most definitely Kickoff!!! I love the suspense and surprise... Christmas has kind of lost that feeling anymore and I can't say that receiving material things weighs highly for me, though I do love giving people presents. Kickoff is sort of like Christmas reincarnated... we get to "open up" one huge present, except without all the wrapping paper to clean up afterwords, and then follow through with a whole 6 weeks of madness and many more weeks of madness that comes with competitions. I can't wait!!!
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Re: Survey - Do you look forward to Christmas or Kickoff most?

Okay so its that time of the year again. Which is better? Kickoff or Christmas. It is so Kickoff, because the excitement that Kickoff has and the knowledge that you only have 6 weeks to build something that does exactly what it is supposed to do, is so much better than Christmas. Now don't get me wrong but christmas is fun, however i don't spend all the time i have extra getting ready for Christams.
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Re: Survey - Do you look forward to Christmas or Kickoff most?

I think I'd look forward to Kickoff more if I were given a machine shop (and machinist, for that matter) for Christmas. It'd relieve a lot of my stress if I had the ability to prototype things in the offseason.
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Re: Survey - Do you look forward to Christmas or Kickoff most?

Kickoff, definately, kickoff
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Re: Survey - Do you look forward to Christmas or Kickoff most?

:hands down: Kickoff..... got my vote. It used to be closer to NYE, the whole culmination of the Holiday Season with NYE, then in two days or so Kickoff was amazing. For me, still its Kickoff - it's one giant unknown surprise of a never ending journey.
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Re: Survey - Do you look forward to Christmas or Kickoff most?

Unlike Christmas (gifts), FIRST kickoff always gives me a surprise I know I'll like and use to its potential.


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p.s. I might be joining you Orlando folks at your remote kickoff. I'm vacationing in the Orlando area from Dec 29 - Jan 9. I'm now regretting that I'll miss the live kickoff in New Hampshire, but attending a remote one would be cool too.
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Re: Survey - Do you look forward to Christmas or Kickoff most?

i need some of my presents to make the robot better, like my dremel and Autocad.
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Re: Survey - Do you look forward to Christmas or Kickoff most?

Let's see.. I have a countdown until Kickoff, but I have no idea whatsoever (off the top of my head) of how many days are left until Christmas .. Guess the answer is Kickoff!
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Re: Survey - Do you look forward to Christmas or Kickoff most?

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i need some of my presents to make the robot better, like my dremel
Dude, I got a dremel too

But besides that, ya I'd go with Kickoff. I like Christmas too, so both are almost equal, but kickoff is what I'm looking foward to more.
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Re: Survey - Do you look forward to Christmas or Kickoff most?

ggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why do people ask such difficult questions?! I almost can't decide. I pick kickoff.
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Re: Survey - Do you look forward to Christmas or Kickoff most?

Kickoff is great.....and I get to spend it with some great people on my Team....but kickoff is but one day.

Christmas is much more than a day. It is much more than just what happens in any one place. There are parties and lunches st work, there are celebrations at Church, and of course, all sorts of family things. (in fact, for me, it is almost en entire December activity)

Kick-off is great.....but not quite in the same league.
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Re: Survey - Do you look forward to Christmas or Kickoff most?

I built one of those chains you build in preschool for christmasfor kickoff. You know the ones where you remove a link a day! I can't wait!
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Re: Survey - Do you look forward to Christmas or Kickoff most?

FIRST is more a part of my "religion" than christmas is

christmas is about giving and getting, but at kickoff everybody gains tremendously without giving anything more than their attention
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Re: Survey - Do you look forward to Christmas or Kickoff most?

Kickoff is definitely more fun and exciting then Christmas. Besides once kickoff is over you get to build the best toy (oh I mean robot ) ever...what could be more fun than that???
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