Who: Anybody who reads this
What: Chief Delphi Web Hug
When: Thursday, 12 Noon.
Where: Astrodome exit that leads toward the Reliant center.
Everybody that participates on the forums gathers around to meet, say hi, shake hands, talk, etc.
Look for the big Chief Delphi flag.
Oh, and I will not be at Houston this year, so don’t look for me too much. 
Finally, an official announcement! Thank You! Now… does anyone know if the top posters get buttons again this year? Gotta go spam my post count… hehe…
I plan on being there and dragging all the 45 people with us. It was cool last year seing all the people from the forums.
*Originally posted by Jeff Waegelin *
**Finally, an official announcement! Thank You! Now… does anyone know if the top posters get buttons again this year? Gotta go spam my post count… hehe… **
There will be some sort of hand-outs for certain statistics which I have yet to find. 
The query I just ran actually broke mysql. I am unsure why it killed it, it was a simple query.
I want a button this year! I was so disappointed last year…
YES!
There will be 5 awards in the form of “Great made to put on your wall certificates” to the selected special catagories.
Who will get awards??? You have to be there to get them. I am keeping the catagories a secret except for a few hints on the winners below:
All hints are seperate awards.
Hint #1.
Team contains a 8 & 3 & 4 in their number
Hint #2.
A food from the early 50’s that GI’s would eat
Hint #3.
A very “Wild Guy”
Hint #4
A team Chief Delphi mentored in the good ole days.
Hint # 5
Irish kid
I will make buttons if there is time. With the snow/ice storm school is closed and I do not have access to the machine. I will see what I can do.
Please pass on the word about the Web Hug.
Look at the announcement in the portal section of the opening page.
my flight doesnt get in until 10:30am on thursday 
im not sure if i will be able to make to to the competiton site in time. i will try my darndest but its not looking good right now. :(. i will try to have sombody from my team be there in my place though :]
*Originally posted by Mike Martus *
I will make buttons if there is time. With the snow/ice storm school is closed and I do not have access to the machine. I will see what I can do.
If you can’t, I’ll understand… The weather’s pretty bad right now. I’ll forgive you 
Well, its past Noon… the webhug has gone on. If you didn’t make it here are some of the stats that were used to determine the 5 or 6 awards that were given out.
All data is from 04/29/2002 (week after nationals last year)
most non-chit-chat posts
+---------------+-----+
| username | cnt |
+---------------+-----+
| JosephM | 822 |
| rbayer | 756 |
| sanddrag | 723 |
| Gadget470 | 622 |
| Jeff Waegelin | 587 |
| M. Krass | 523 |
| evulish | 512 |
| D.J. Fluck | 463 |
| Redhead Jokes | 405 |
| Rob | 391 |
+---------------+-----+
team w/the most new registrations
+--------+-----+
| field5 | cnt |
+--------+-----+
| 0180 | 44 |
| 0384 | 27 |
| 0191 | 27 |
| 1018 | 24 |
| 0365 | 24 |
| 0547 | 23 |
| 0230 | 23 |
| 1156 | 21 |
| 1189 | 17 |
| 0341 | 17 |
+--------+-----+
user who started the most non-chit-chat threads
+---------------+-----+
| postusername | cnt |
+---------------+-----+
| Jack | 66 |
| JosephM | 48 |
| Redhead Jokes | 46 |
| Ken L | 42 |
| sanddrag | 41 |
| Elgin Clock | 41 |
| Tton | 38 |
| soap108 | 35 |
| rbayer | 34 |
| oneangrydwarf | 32 |
+---------------+-----+
most viewed threads (non-chit-chat)
+----------------+-------+---------------------------------------------------+----------+
| postusername | views | title |
threadid |
+----------------+-------+---------------------------------------------------+----------+
| Raul | 14108 | Championship Location Rumor |
15012 |
| Nate Smith | 8401 | BIG!!! Championship Location in Question |
14574 |
| Ben Mitchell | 7568 | Engineering slogans |
4352 |
| magnasmific | 6431 | Team 68's REAL ROBOT!!! |
18309 |
| Shawn60 | 6359 | "Fixing" matches |
19272 |
| dlavery | 6328 | Ok, so YOU design the 2003 game... |
4148 |
| maDGag | 5805 | girls ? |
16695 |
| team222badbrad | 5501 | Annual Thread: Whats this years game going to be? |
15387 |
| David Kelly | 5369 | Current List of IRI Teams |
4584 |
| badjokeguy | 4879 | Early Favorites |
16200 |
+----------------+-------+---------------------------------------------------+----------+
longest thread (most replies) (non-chit-chat)
+--------------+------------+-------------------------------------------+----------+
| postusername | replycount | title | threadid |
+--------------+------------+-------------------------------------------+----------+
| Raul | 258 | Championship Location Rumor | 15012 |
| Ben Mitchell | 206 | Engineering slogans | 4352 |
| Nate Smith | 194 | BIG!!! Championship Location in Question | 14574 |
| Wayne C. | 192 | Brunswick Eruption- Who's Coming? | 14951 |
| David Kelly | 161 | Current List of IRI Teams | 4584 |
| Shawn60 | 158 | "Fixing" matches | 19272 |
| dlavery | 157 | Ok, so YOU design the 2003 game... | 4148 |
| D.J. Fluck | 139 | Where are you staying in Houston? | 16834 |
| magnasmific | 137 | Team 68's REAL ROBOT!!! | 18309 |
| maDGag | 132 | girls ? | 16695 |
+--------------+------------+-------------------------------------------+----------+
most popular poll (most votes)
+----------------+--------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+
| postusername | pollid | question
| voters |
+----------------+--------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+
| mrobrien | 322 | What strategy has your team decided on? [see post
for descriptions] | 754 |
| maDGag | 358 | female statistics
| 212 |
| sanddrag | 251 | What do you use for chassis material?
| 204 |
| Tim_Wochomurka | 284 | Do you think having The Nationals in Las Vegas is a
good idea? | 184 |
| Ricky Q. | 287 | Where will/should Nationals be?
| 164 |
| DougHogg | 462 | What format?: 2-on-2, 4 team cooperative or ...
| 153 |
| team222badbrad | 304 | What do you think of the EDUrobot kits?
| 150 |
| JosephM | 409 | Under of Over Weight
| 145 |
| mrd_udhs | 193 | How large is your team
| 121 |
| Jack | 318 | Bin, Box, or Container?
| 114 |
+----------------+--------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+
Overall site stats from May 2002 -> Monday April 7
251 GIGS of data transferred.
529,659 Visits
7,248,128 Pages viewed
23,951,360 Files served
46,679,587 Hits.
Totals Overall Since the Beginning
Registered Members: 4,037
Threads: 14,476
Posts: 132,077
Thread Views: 3,082,131