Who did you think were the best rookies this year and why?
besides my team, my favorite rookies were 1002.
hope to see you guys at Peachtree again next year! you guys rule!
Yeah besides that team 1037. I liked team 1188 the Oaktown Creuz.
My favorite rookie team was 1023. They had a pretty reliable robot, and a really, really nice team 
Our “baby-sister” team 1126 Webster Sparx.
They have taken alot of the things we have shown them and have taken them to heart and they will be a team to be reckoned with for years to come.
Heck they won the first regional they ever entered.
Look out for 1038 as well.
Alot of good people from 144 Who have their fingerprints in them and they will do great things as well.
Team 1038 is quality people. I met them in the airport and they were really nice guys. They also had a sweet robot with a nice auto mode.
I can’t really pick any one specific rookie… They were all great… The rookies I liked the most though if I had to pick were
1156- couldn’t really hold a good conversation with them unless their translator was around… but they were very nice and had a nice robot…
1089- another great team… we were allied with them in the new jersey semi finals… great team members and nice robot…
I liked 1031 and 1072 myself. They were good teams with good robots and good spirit of FIRST
Cory
Team 1073 really impressed me at the BAE regional, their bot was quality, and their strategy was bounds ahead of a lot of the experienced teams there. Not to mention they won a Rookie All Star and the Web-Site award, Way to go FORCE.
Chris
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I liked 1073 a lot too…
1218 really impressed me- they were the only one nobody could push off the ramp at philly… and they eventually won
1113 was also a powerhouse- they pushed everyone around… and flipped us- thanks for helping us learn about our self-righting arm…
i liked 1108. I would have to admit that when i first saw their robot i couldn’t figure out what it did, but somehow they were able to pull off some amazing victories and kudos to the driving, it was superb. I also remember seeing 1011 the first day of the phoenix regional and they had in my opinion a good rookie robot.
I didn’t get to see many of the rookie robots this year. But from what I saw I have 3 favorite rookies. First of all team #1000 they were a good reliable partner at grand Rapids for us. Second would be team #1140 , they didn’t make it to the championship the easy way. Another one would be team # 1188 they had a very simple design that worked very well. Everyone remember though rookies gain much knowledge in their first year. They always come back for their second year to suprise us.
Team 1011, CRUSH was truly amazing. I could not believe their rookie spirit and amazing engineering acheivment considering what they had to build. One of their mentors told me they literally were using tools from toys r us I believe. Good Job you guys! They deserved that All-Star Rookie award in Az.
1089 for their amazing bot, especially for a rookie (better than anything our team could have created in their 1st year)
also pretty cool guys overall, they didnt have a ■■■■ poor attitude most teams get when things dont go their way, they took it all in stride
same goes for the very light hearted brazillians they were interesting characters
There were SO many good rookie teams this year. At the various regionals , I was very impressed by such teams as 1011, 1212 (who picked as for an alliance in AZ), and 1214 (ALL of the students in JUNIOR HIGH).
However, I would have to say that my favorite team BY FAR was team 1114. I was completely in awe and jealous of their stacker. When we were allied with them, we immediately gave them the task of stacking, even though that is normally the function of our robot. Their whole design was exceptional: not just the stacking mechanism, but the layout of everything, and their steering drive train.
*Originally posted by Cory *
**I liked 1031 and 1072 myself. They were good teams with good robots and good spirit of FIRSTCory **
haha, thanks. I dunno if I qualify to choose, but 1097 was really cool! we worked really well with them and their bot was cute.
i maybe a little biased, but my friends at 1089 were awsome, they went through alot of hard times, and that was before kickoff, and as my team mate said, they did way better than we did our rookie year
I liked 1072. Their bot was cool, and their logo is interesting. And their human player is great at catching safety glasses.
*Originally posted by Spongebob234 *
i liked 1108. I would have to admit that when i first saw their robot i couldn’t figure out what it did, but somehow they were able to pull off some amazing victories and kudos to the driving, it was superb.
Same here! 1108 won so much in their 1st FIRST year. Absolutly Nationals Rookie All-Star. And what GREAT Team # 1108.
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