We came across a few pretty interesting little things at our tournaments this year.
Below is a list of fun team numbers from our competitions:
- #1
- #3
- #434
- #6666
- #6000
- #60
- #6060
- #6061
- #7071
- #5599
- #4803 (Three years ago our team number was #4801)
- #1744 (Close to our team number)
- ...And of course, we can't forget ours! - #1544
Another cool thing: we met up with four teams that started as a team the same year we did. They were even at our first regional tournament in Madison six years ago. Unfortunately, this was the last year in FLL for two of the teams. Both of them are planning to move on as FIRST Tech teams though.
We were surprised to hear a couple teams and volunteers talking about our original team banner from 3 years ago that floated under balloons. They remembered it! ...But then again, who could forget?
Also interesting, the team that won champions at our state tournament, team
VHS FIRST (Friends In Really Stylish Tuxedoes), is a homeschooled team. We enjoyed talking with them since most of us are homeschooled, too.
Right near our pit table at the state tournament, team
Sh!ft1 had a very impressive pit display board. It was robot controlled! They had a three sided board configuration inside a cutout of their larger display board. By pressing the gray arrow buttons on an NXT brick, people could turn the three sided board set-up to see all sides. It's challenging to describe, but it was really ingenious!
...Wonder what we'll discover at future tournaments.
