Ideas for Off-Season Awards

[anapast]

My team, Pitt Pirates, and Green Hope Falcons are co-hosting an all-girls off-season competition called Doyenne Inspiration. We are looking at giving awards at the end, so far we have a Gracious Professionalism award and the Doyenne Inspiration award (similar to the Volunteer of the Year).

Were looking for suggestions for one more award. We don’t want them to be exactly like regular-season awards, but any suggestions are welcome!

To find out what awards we come up with, register as a team or individual here

[rebecca]

At the PCH off season event, they have an award for the team that brings the most new members. I forgot what it was called but it’s meant to be a draw to recruit new people to FIRST.

[Connor_McBride]

At Mayhem in Merrimack, we have the;

Herbie Award (cutest robot)
Cotton Eyed Joe Award (spirit award)
All that and Bag of Chips (Covers all things technical).

[notmattlythgoe]

These are the awards that we give at the Rumble in the Roads. We basically took some of the current FIRST awards and rebranded them to match the theme of the event. The major award lesson we learned after the first year was that we needed a finalist award.

Ironclad

Celebrating machine robustness in concept and fabrication, the Ironclad Award sponsored by __________ is presented to a team whose robot has shown true resilience in combat. While their robot may come away from this event with battle scars, this team has built their robot to stay afloat.

Shipbuilder

The Shipbuilder Award sponsored by __________ celebrates form and function in an efficiently designed machine that effectively achieves the game challenge. This team demonstrates a clear understanding of the rules of the game and their robot has been designed to effectively complete tasks with consistency and accuracy.

USS Monitor

The USS Monitor presented a new concept in ship design and employed a variety of new innovations in ship building that caught the attention of the world. The USS Monitor Award sponsored by __________ celebrates innovation in robot components, design, or strategy of play. This team’s unique ideas stretch beyond the norm and reflect creative thinking to effectively achieve their goals on the field of battle.

Finalist

Winner

Captain Award

The Captain Award sponsored by __________ is presented to a team whose members gain the pride and respect of not only their school and sponsors, but also their competitors. This team truly inspires others with their teamwork, leadership, and gracious professionalism on and off the field.

[Nuttyman54]

These are the awards handed out at Peak Performance off-season in PNW (all “mountain” themed):

Peak of Technology Award
Celebrates the highest application of technology in a feature, mechanical or software. The team that wins this award demonstrated a unique and effective feature or component of their robot design or control system.

Climber Award
Celebrates the team that overcame the greatest obstacle in the previous season to achieve a high level of performance on or off the field. Teams should be prepared to talk about the greatest challenge their team faced this season and how they overcame it, and students are encouraged to share personal growth stories.

Arctic Fox Award
Celebrates a team that uses strategy and cunning to their advantage. This team assesses their opponents and executes a gamewinning strategy.

Glacier Award
Celebrates a team that performs consistently on the field throughout this competition. Their robust design and persistent organization techniques help them keep up with the demanding pace of competition.

Peer Performance Award
Celebrates the most fun team to play with, as selected by their peers. The winning team is
helpful and fun to be around.

[Koko_Ed]

The Rah Cha Cha Ruckus had quite a lot of awards at one point and had to be paired down for sanity’s sake.
We use a peer based system and have teams vote on most of the awards.

RULERS OF ALL THEY SURVEY is for the event winner.
HENCHMEN is for the event runner ups.
RESTLESS SPIRITS is for the team that has the best team spirit.
MAD SCIENTIST is for the most creative robot design
SLASHER is for the best offensive robot
CRYPT KEEPER is for the robot with the best imagery.
IGOR is for the Rah Cha Cha RUckus Volunteer of the YEar
VOODOO DOLL is for the best Autonomous Mode
ALIEN INVADERS is for the team that traveled the farthest distance to attend the event
TRICK OR TREAT is for the best contributor to the Rah Cha Cha RUckus charity drive
DEADHEADS is the team deemed to best represent the values of FIRST. BAsically the Rah Cha Cha Ruckus Chairman’s Award

Retired RUckus Awards:
ZOMBIE was for the robot that has taken the most abuse and survived the event.
IT’S ALIVE was for the outstanding rookie team.
GHOSTBUSTER was for the best defensive bot.
SPELLBINDER was for the play of the day.