Posted by bill whitley at 1/7/2001 3:54 PM EST
Student on team #70, Auto City Bandits, from Powers Catholic High School and Kettering University.
red team red team! blue team blue team! Oh wait, that doesnt work anymore. Are we going to hear a mess of ‘team 70! team 65! team 47!’ all at once? “balance! balance!” doesnt have the same ring to it. I was gonna try get our cheerleaders to come this year too!
Any ideas?
Bill
Posted by nick237 at 1/7/2001 4:27 PM EST
Engineer on team #237, sie h2o bots, from Watertown high school ct and sieman co.
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Posted by bill whitley on 1/7/2001 3:54 PM EST:
Theres no Amano against Amano so your right Bill, what are we going to cheer for. I can see the crowd going to sleep during games as the excitement will be gone.
It will be the same as cheering for one color of paint to dry faster than the other three.
This year only the computers will be busy trying to figure out a mind boggling scoring system, and tell me why would a team put any color 30" ball other than their own on top of a goal.
Just my disapointed thoughts, give me a game against a bot that I can see.
Oh well there always next year.
nick237
: red team red team! blue team blue team! Oh wait, that doesnt work anymore. Are we going to hear a mess of ‘team 70! team 65! team 47!’ all at once? “balance! balance!” doesnt have the same ring to it. I was gonna try get our cheerleaders to come this year too!
: Any ideas?
: Bill
Posted by Brian Savitt at 1/7/2001 4:29 PM EST
Student on team #56, Robbe Xtreme, from Bound Brook High School and Ethicon Inc…
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Posted by bill whitley on 1/7/2001 3:54 PM EST:
I maybe wrong but this years cheering may not be as loud as years past but who knows I could be wrong
Brian
Posted by Robby at 1/7/2001 4:31 PM EST
Other on team #108, The SigmaC@Ts, from AIFL and Motorola.
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Posted by bill whitley on 1/7/2001 3:54 PM EST:
I happen to like the tune to “Go US!” or “Lets go! Let’s Go! CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP” How about just cheering based on what goes on in the game? “Dont let the goal roll” or “Our alliance wobbles but it wont fall down!” For robots damaged and on the stretcher: “Medic! Medic!” “Tilt the ramp the other way! Save the game with time delay!” How about “Hit stop now!” or “Stop the clock! Stop the clock!” Maybe “Dean your mind is warped, our new playing field taught. But we will win with robot kin cause this is not a sport!” Bah. My brain is outta it. But I gotta beat Kate and Colleens post counts
-Robby O
Posted by Ken Leung at 1/7/2001 6:14 PM EST
Student on team #192, Gunn Robotics Team, from Henry M. Gunn Senior High School.
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Posted by bill whitley on 1/7/2001 3:54 PM EST:
As I said before, this year’s game is really a show of skills. Really similar to science fair. But you know what, it’s going to be so much fun designing and building the robot. And when maximum scores appear in the game, people are going to be really exciting about it.
Posted by Jon at 1/7/2001 6:46 PM EST
Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Mass Academy of Math and Science and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
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Posted by Ken Leung on 1/7/2001 6:14 PM EST:
You ever watch golf? That what this is… You play to get a better score than the other guy…
I know that unless we’re really impressed, we’ll be asking at the forum to kick the action up a couple of notches… a nod to years past… there’s no confusing FIRST with BattleBots but fuzzy pink flowers and hugging are going too far…
I know that we’ll plan for alternatives and remember that the postseason will bring any rules we agree on… 
: As I said before, this year’s game is really a show of skills. Really similar to science fair. But you know what, it’s going to be so much fun designing and building the robot. And when maximum scores appear in the game, people are going to be really exciting about it.
Posted by bill whitley at 1/7/2001 6:54 PM EST
Student on team #70, Auto City Bandits, from Powers Catholic High School and Kettering University.
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Posted by Jon on 1/7/2001 6:46 PM EST:
Last year, we had basketball, this year we have golf.
Bill
: You ever watch golf? That what this is… You play to get a better score than the other guy…
: I know that unless we’re really impressed, we’ll be asking at the forum to kick the action up a couple of notches… a nod to years past… there’s no confusing FIRST with BattleBots but fuzzy pink flowers and hugging are going too far…
: I know that we’ll plan for alternatives and remember that the postseason will bring any rules we agree on…
: : As I said before, this year’s game is really a show of skills. Really similar to science fair. But you know what, it’s going to be so much fun designing and building the robot. And when maximum scores appear in the game, people are going to be really exciting about it.
Posted by Ken Leung at 1/7/2001 7:21 PM EST
Student on team #192, Gunn Robotics Team, from Henry M. Gunn Senior High School.
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Posted by Jon on 1/7/2001 6:46 PM EST:
Another analogy one can make (maybe a bit more appropiate) is that this game looks like bowling, because in golf you are playing against a standard score, while bowling is simply getting the most pins hitted.
About Battle Bots, I believe this year they are trying to make sure the image that FIRST is a different think shows, and that is exactly what happened.
Posted by Jon at 1/7/2001 7:36 PM EST
Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Mass Academy of Math and Science and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
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Posted by Ken Leung on 1/7/2001 7:21 PM EST:
Well… my view is that you’ll have a strategy attached to your machine, you’ll have built that thing to do a certain set of things, so your first match will set your personal standard… then you can do better against yourself…
ok. maybe i’m reaching, but i like golf better than bowling (plus i really like Jessica’s whispering announcer commentary…)
: Another analogy one can make (maybe a bit more appropiate) is that this game looks like bowling, because in golf you are playing against a standard score, while bowling is simply getting the most pins hitted.
: About Battle Bots, I believe this year they are trying to make sure the image that FIRST is a different think shows, and that is exactly what happened.
Posted by Jon at 1/7/2001 7:11 PM EST
Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Mass Academy of Math and Science and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
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Posted by bill whitley on 1/7/2001 3:54 PM EST:
I think i’ll be doing the polite golf clap thing after a match, but even golf has superstars and i think it’ll show… We’ll see something really cool and we’ll stand behind it.
Posted by Jessica Boucher at 1/7/2001 7:23 PM EST
Student on team #237, Sie-H2O-Bots, from Watertown High School and Eastern Awning Systems & The Siemon Company.
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Posted by Jon on 1/7/2001 7:11 PM EST:
I dont know, wouldnt it be funny if there was no cheering, like in golf? And wouldnt it be funnier if the announcer whispered to fit in?
-Jessica
Posted by Jon at 1/7/2001 7:40 PM EST
Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Mass Academy of Math and Science and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
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Posted by Jessica Boucher on 1/7/2001 7:23 PM EST:
That’d be the funniest… that would seriously cheer me up… if i were stage crew, i’d bring in one of those yellow “quiet” signs like the guys on the greens have and hold it up before the match…
warm and fuzziest game ever…
: I dont know, wouldnt it be funny if there was no cheering, like in golf? And wouldnt it be funnier if the announcer whispered to fit in?
: -Jessica
Posted by Janna at 1/7/2001 9:59 PM EST
Student on team #349, The RoBahamas, from International Academy and Ford Motor Company and Robert Bosch GmbH.
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Posted by Jessica Boucher on 1/7/2001 7:23 PM EST:
lol, I would be so amused. But then I think it would be even funnier because you’d hear the robot noises. Last year when our robot hung, a ratchet-type thing engaged with the gear on the arm and made these big “CLACK! CLACK! CLACK!” noises. It sounded like it was about to fall apart…and I think if it weren’t for the loud music I’d be a little embarrassed about that.
Janna
Posted by Peter VanWylen at 1/7/2001 10:21 PM EST
Student on team #107, Team ROBOTICS, from Holland Christian High School and Metal Flow Corporation.
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Posted by Jon on 1/7/2001 7:11 PM EST:
: I think i’ll be doing the polite golf clap thing after a match, but even golf has superstars and i think it’ll show… We’ll see something really cool and we’ll stand behind it.
So true! Despite my initial disappointment with the game, there will still be just as much fun in the design process. Surely there will also be lots of cool robots at the competition, and many enviable designs, and of course much to be learned.
Posted by Veronica at 1/7/2001 8:17 PM EST
Student on team #27, Team Rush, from Osmtech and Textron.
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Posted by bill whitley on 1/7/2001 3:54 PM EST:
: HAHA paint drying that is terrible. i agree it is going to be hard but i’m sure u creative folks will come up with somthing to keep the spirit alive. maybe Joe Johnson will have somthing. He is mr. ooooga man. ( i could never remember his name but i knew him from the cheifs cheer so i called him MR. ooga man for the longest time)
red team red team! blue team blue team! Oh wait, that doesnt work anymore. Are we going to hear a mess of ‘team 70! team 65! team 47!’ all at once? “balance! balance!” doesnt have the same ring to it. I was gonna try get our cheerleaders to come this year too!
: Any ideas?
: Bill