"Ozark Mountain Brawl" - the legend returns

[Meredith Novak]

Team 16, Baxter Bomb Squad, in partnership with Team 3612, Gear Hogs, is pleased to announce the return of the Ozark Mountain Brawl. This off-season FRC event will be held in Springdale, Arkansas June 15-16, 2012. Details to come. Mark your calendars!

[James Tonthat]

Ooh, interested.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Also interested... might finally have an excuse to learn where Arkansas is...

[Meredith Novak]

Ooh, interested.

Thanks, James. I will post details soon. I was supposed to do a facility walk-through today, but had 4 inches of snow and didn't want to make the 3 hour drive in the Ozark Mountains to the venue!

[Meredith Novak]

Also interested... might finally have an excuse to learn where Arkansas is...

Well, it will be barely in Arkansas... the furthest corner from Florida. :)

[Michael Blake]

Ooh, interested.

Hi James... hope _all_ has been well!

Let's "Rumble" in Arkansas... may be we can get 148 to go?! ;-)

--Michael

[Adrienne E.]

Conversation 2 days ago:

Jeff: I wish there were more off-season's close to us.
Me: We should convince Meredith to start one.

Thanks for reading my mind.

[AllenGregoryIV]

Interested as well, 10 hours doesn't seem that bad.

[Jeff Waegelin]

Conversation 2 days ago:

Jeff: I wish there were more off-season's close to us.
Me: We should convince Meredith to start one.

Thanks for reading my mind.

And we didn't even have to ask! The Robowranglers would certainly be interested in making the trip up there.

[Meredith Novak]

Michael, It would be great to have Bronc Botz come to Arkansas...
and we would love to have 3847 Spectrum also, Allen.

Adrienne and Jeff, an appearance by 148 would be just too wonderful to behold. But I ask one favor. Don't tell all my rookies at Midwest that they might be competing against you again at home. :yikes:

[lynca]

I wanted to continue this discussion since everyone is starting to plan out their offseason events.

The DiscoBots are definitely going to participate in the Mountain Brawl.

Do you have an official sign-up sheet ?

I suggest google spreadsheets, Robot Round-up used that last year,
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94755

[wireties]

FIRST Team 1296 will be there - sounds like great fun in beautiful country! We might try a little camping and fishing on one end of the trip.

[Koko Ed]

I'll be there, Meredith.

[Meredith Novak]

Sorry to bump my own thread, but we still have openings at Ozark Mountain Brawl on June 15-16 in Springdale, Arkansas.

Friday will be an optional practice / demonstration day. Qualification matches will be Saturday morning with the elimination tournament Sat. afternoon. We are limiting it to 24 teams, so that everyone will be able to play all day Saturday. The top 8 seeds will not be able to pick each other and we will not do serpentine draft, otherwise Rebound Rumble rules will apply.

Cost is a $200 advance registration fee and you will get $100 back when you show up.

PM me if you are interested or have questions.

Thank you!

[Alex Cormier]

I'll be there, Meredith.

How are you getting there Ed?

We may have some important items we will need to be sent to the competition. :D

[Meredith Novak]

How are you getting there Ed?

We may have some important items we will need to be sent to the competition. :D

I hope so. Any ideas? I am so un-creative right now!

[Alex Cormier]

I hope so. Any ideas? I am so un-creative right now!

There are a few. After STL we will be focusing all energy to make them excellent!

[Koko Ed]

How are you getting there Ed?

We may have some important items we will need to be sent to the competition. :D

I'm flying in.

[Meredith Novak]

There are a few. After STL we will be focusing all energy to make them excellent!

Yeah, I am living in "after St. Louis" mode for sure!

[theawesome1730]

You come to Cow Town, so we have to go to yours! I have a feeling you will be seeing us (I can't say for sure though as I don't represent the whole team)

[Meredith Novak]

You come to Cow Town, so we have to go to yours! I have a feeling you will be seeing us (I can't say for sure though as I don't represent the whole team)

Exactly. Now you all have to come to Arkansas!

[Chris Fultz]

Will the Daredevils be there, instead of a DJ?

[Meredith Novak]

Will the Daredevils be there, instead of a DJ?

Ha ha. I wish. Not sure how their "Cotton Eyed Joe" is...

[lynca]

this event will be at a whole new level this year. Now every team gets a shot to defeat the reigning FRC Champion :yikes:

Congrats to team 16, you have been one of my major inspirations since your insanely fast ball collection machine in 2002 at the Lone Star Regional!

the DiscoBots have already started preparations for attending the Ozark Brawl

[Meredith Novak]

We still have a few openings at the Brawl, June 15-16 in Springdale, Arkansas. PM me if you need more information or are interested in registering.

[Alpha Beta]

The check is in the mail. :)

Team Titanium is excited to come down and work with the reigning world champion (congrats 16) as well as the core of what will make up the future Arkansas regional. Can't wait to see the full list of teams pledged to attend.

[theawesome1730]

Team Driven is definitely going to be there, although only about 12 or 13 of us myself included. It's gonna be fun going up against world champs. Is 148 going to be there, I'm eager to see their bot up close

[Jeff Waegelin]

Team Driven is definitely going to be there, although only about 12 or 13 of us myself included. It's gonna be fun going up against world champs. Is 148 going to be there, I'm eager to see their bot up close

Yes, 148 will be in attendance! Just come by and see us and you can take a look at Scorpion up close.

[neshera]

Are there still any openings for teams?
Thanks!

[Meredith Novak]

Are there still any openings for teams?
Thanks!

Actually, yes. We would love to have 1625 at the Brawl! PM me for details.

[Meredith Novak]

Ozark Mountain Brawl Team List:

16 Bomb Squad
148 Robo Wranglers
364 Team Fusion
457 Grease Monkeys
1108 Panther Robotics
1296 Full Metal Jackets
1477 Texas Torque
1710 The Ravonics Revolution
1730 Team Driven
1825 Metro Homeschool Robotics
1986 Team Titanium
2587 DiscoBots
3310 Team Black Hawk
3481 Bronc Bots
3482 Bronc Bots Practice
3612 GearHogs
3784 Bit by Bit
3937 Breakaway
4040 Grease Monkeys
4090 Reb Teks

We still have a few teams pending...looking great so far!

[Michael Blake]

Ozark Mountain Brawl Team List:

148 Robo Wranglers
3481 Bronc Bots
3482 Bronc Bots Practice


EDIT:

148 Robowranglers
3481 Bronc Botz
3482 Bronc Botz Practice

;-)

[Meredith Novak]

Oh, I thought I had 3 more teams...haha...just hope I get the important things right!!!

[Michael Blake]

Oh, I thought I had 3 more teams...haha...just hope I get the important things right!!!

Well, yeah... _minor_ thing... sorry... ;-) --Michael

[Meredith Novak]

Don't be sorry! I run lots of events and I promise I do check the spelling of everyone's team before anything gets printed, so if you do it for me - saves time. Seriously. ;)

[Meredith Novak]

Add another team to the list:

1987 Broncobots

[JohnSchneider]

Add another team to the list:

1987 Broncobots

That wont get confusing.... ;)

Looks to be a great list! Loving all the Lone Star talent!

[theawesome1730]

I'm liking all three Lees Summit teams being there. OMB should be a good brawl!

[lynca]

TEAM LIST:


16 Bomb Squad
148 Robowranglers
364 Team Fusion
457 Grease Monkeys
1108 Panther Robotics
1296 Full Metal Jackets
1477 Texas Torque
1710 The Ravonics Revolution
1730 Team Driven
1825 Metro Homeschool Robotics
1986 Team Titanium
1987 Broncobots
2587 DiscoBots
3310 Team Black Hawk
3481 Bronc Botz
3482 Bronc Botz Practice
3612 GearHogs
3784 Bit by Bit
3937 Breakaway
4040 Grease Monkeys
4090 Reb Teks


Looks like a great list of 21 Teams!
Hopefully we can snag three more teams to round out to 24

[JohnSchneider]

TEAM LIST:



Looks like a great list of 21 Teams!
Hopefully we can snag three more teams to round out to 24

Did we get 3 more? Or are we gonna do 4 alliances on saturday afternoon?

[Meredith Novak]

Team 16 has built a filler robot. Unfortunately, the competition robot is still in Manchester so we only have the practice bot for the Brawl. I am hoping a couple more teams bring practice bots to fill up to 24. Regardless, we will play 8 alliances Sat afternoon. We can figure out something. I have seen the Jr. Bomb Squad FTC robot score a basketball on the FRC field.

[wireties]

We dis-assembled our practice bot for spares - bad timing!

[Meredith Novak]

We dis-assembled our practice bot for spares - bad timing!

Maybe you could bring the parts and we could have a reconstruct your robot party? :cool:

[Gregor]

Maybe you could bring the parts and we could have a reconstruct your robot party? :cool:

Huzzah! ;)

[Kyler Hagler]

Lets rebuild it Keith!

[wireties]

Lets rebuild it Keith!
I'm intrigued by the possibility but it would take all day tomorrow and Thursday IF we can find all the parts. I'll help if the students want to give it a go. I think our officers are working full time and/or attending college orientations this week but I will ask.

[Kyler Hagler]

Well we are only 10 minutes away.... if you need anything, You know were here!

[wireties]

Well we are only 10 minutes away.... if you need anything, You know were here!

Thanks! I posted a message in our FB group and got the discussion rolling. If they decide to do it they may need some help turning wrenches and running wires.

We would probably need help keeping them both running in AR also.

[BBray_T1296]

Yeah I think we can throw some stuff together for a second robot. It won't be pretty, but a mechanum base w/ ramp lowerer could be useful

[JohnSchneider]

148 always builds 2...and I think 1477 does as well. If 1296 got something working, and one of those 2 were to bring a spare - wed have 24 by my count.

[Koko Ed]

I'll be there, Meredith.

Looks like I won't be there after all. I couldn't find a flight close enough, cheap enough or that would arrive in time.
Sorry Meredith.

[BBray_T1296]

One quick question. What is defined as "legal" bumpers for this? we have a bunch of already made compliant bumpers. But they are orange and black and stuff from years past. Would a few strips of red/blue duct tape do the trick?

[wireties]

148 always builds 2...and I think 1477 does as well. If 1296 got something working, and one of those 2 were to bring a spare - wed have 24 by my count.


We had 2 and both were fully functional late in the season. We decided to take one apart and use the parts for off-season projects - arghhhh.

[JohnSchneider]

We had 2 and both were fully functional late in the season. We decided to take one apart and use the parts for off-season projects - arghhhh.

Better than us....I deont think we ever had two working at the same time ;)

We have our own meeting tonight but ill swing by after if y'all are still there. Extra set of hands never hurt!

[Alex Cormier]

Here's what (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/38037?) ya'll will be playing for. :D

Good Luck to all the teams!

[JTN]

Looks like I won't be there after all. I couldn't find a flight close enough, cheap enough or that would arrive in time.
Sorry Meredith.

Sorry to hear you can't come.

P.S.: Add team 91 to the team list!

[JohnSchneider]

Sorry to hear you can't come.

P.S.: Add team 91 to the team list!

Awesome! That along with your filler and 1296's frankenbot would give us 24. Though I Dont know what all your filler bot can do.

[Meredith Novak]

One quick question. What is defined as "legal" bumpers for this? we have a bunch of already made compliant bumpers. But they are orange and black and stuff from years past. Would a few strips of red/blue duct tape do the trick?

Haha. Just asked our lead robot inspector and he said, "absolutely, yes." Let me know if you are actually going to bring it so we can set up a separate table.

Thank you!

[Meredith Novak]

Looks like I won't be there after all. I couldn't find a flight close enough, cheap enough or that would arrive in time.
Sorry Meredith.

Hey Ed, thanks for trying. I didn't expect you would find a cheap enough rate here! We will miss you.

[Meredith Novak]

If any of you plan to bring an extra robot to fill in, please let me know so that we can add tables for them.

Thank you!

[BBray_T1296]

We absolutely will have a second robot. It will be derpy, it will be pneumaticisized, it will be the bridge bot of epic destruction. And it will arrive dissassembled in several crates. If anyone wants to help us with our soon to be ziptied bot, We could certainly use all the help we can, and access to some intense power tools.

[Kyler Hagler]

Well 3310 is here for you! If you need anything, you know to ask!

[wireties]

We absolutely will have a second robot. It will be derpy, it will be pneumaticisized, it will be the bridge bot of epic destruction. And it will arrive dissassembled in several crates. If anyone wants to help us with our soon to be ziptied bot, We could certainly use all the help we can, and access to some intense power tools.

So here is the plan - we still have the frame and the wheel assemblies intact. I think getting those installed is doable. We have the electronics parts but the students were very thorough taking apart the wiring harness - but it should be possible to wire the wheels up again. That would give us a mecanum-drive base to play with.

Our gatherer was a 4-side intake and vertical section that might take too long to reassemble - we can decide at the Brawl. The shooter is a simple 2-wheeled (on the same axle) hood on a turntable. The only thing still assembled are the shooter wheels. So the shooter is quite a job also and useless w/o the vertical part of the gatherer. And I could not find a 2nd camera last night!

The ramp-lowering device is intact and pretty easy to get attached and working.

The original bot never had pneumatics - what Brian refers to is an idea to add a stinger. It is possible but a bit of a long shot (to get done on Friday) and not possible (no weight limit left) if we decide to try and make the gatherer/shooter work.

The big thing we are missing are bumpers! We never made a second set of bumpers. I think we have 2 radios and 2 driver stations.

Conclusion: With some help we can have a nice mecanum-drive base with a ramp-lowering device put together on Friday. Its a fun little beast to drive! Plus (believe it or not) the base can get over the center barrier if necessary. Getting the gatherer and shooter to work again might be a tall order. We'll really need help with bumpers - I'm not sure if the old bumpers we have lying around are gonna work.

[JohnSchneider]

So here is the plan - we still have the frame and the wheel assemblies intact. I think getting those installed is doable. We have the electronics parts but the students were very thorough taking apart the wiring harness - but it should be possible to wire the wheels up again. That would give us a mecanum-drive base to play with.

Our gatherer was a 4-side intake and vertical section that might take too long to reassemble - we can decide at the Brawl. The shooter is a simple 2-wheeled (on the same axle) hood on a turntable. The only thing still assembled are the shooter wheels. So the shooter is quite a job also and useless w/o the vertical part of the gatherer. And I could not find a 2nd camera last night!

The ramp-lowering device is intact and pretty easy to get attached and working.

The original bot never had pneumatics - what Brian refers to is an idea to add a stinger. It is possible but a bit of a long shot (to get done on Friday) and not possible (no weight limit left) if we decide to try and make the gatherer/shooter work.

The big thing we are missing are bumpers! We never made a second set of bumpers. I think we have 2 radios and 2 driver stations.

Conclusion: With some help we can have a nice mecanum-drive base with a ramp-lowering device put together on Friday. Its a fun little beast to drive! Plus (believe it or not) the base can get over the center barrier if necessary. Getting the gatherer and shooter to work again might be a tall order. We'll really need help with bumpers - I'm not sure if the old bumpers we have lying around are gonna work.

I mentioned to Brian that if you had one of your intakes working (not all 4), and your tower, you could feed balls in auto as well as ferry balls across the field in match play. You'd be fairly useful then :p

[BBray_T1296]

We have the bumpers from last year's robot, though they may not fit perfectly due to frame structure configuration, we could still manage a way to incorperate them onto our bot possibly

[AllenGregoryIV]

I've been told this is the webcast link setup by the DiscoBots, but I can't check on my phone.

http://roll24productions.com/watch

[familyguyfreak]

Yes, the webcast works. I think it's being done from a laptop or phone. Not sure

[Meredith Novak]

Congratulations to Teams 1986, 1987 and 457 for being the Ozark Mountain Brawl Champions! And teams 148/149, 3481/3482, 3612 were the finalists. Thank you to all the teams who came from 5 different states to join us in Northwest Arkansas. I hope everyone had as great a time as our planning committee, volunteers and host teams 16 and 3612. Thank you to our generous sponsors: Baxter International, University of Arkansas College of Engineering, Springdale High School, and AR FIRST.

[razorgator]

On behalf of the GearHogs, I would like to echo Meredith's appreciation for all those who participated in the 2012 Ozark Mountain Brawl. It meant a great deal to our team and the Northwest Arkansas area to have such fantastic teams represented at the event. As I've heard from numerous volunteers, the talent, passion and professionalism of this year's participants was undeniable. As you know, a majority of our volunteers were 'rookies' and I can't thank everyone enough for the respect you afforded them. I can assure you that we increased the number of people 'hooked' on FIRST and I'm optimistic that this will translate into exciting things in the future.

Best,
Chase

[Michael Blake]

Okay... this post is about a week late, but I've been busy with personal things that tend to pile-up right before a competition...

A WEEK later, I still have a _smile_ on my face because of our participation at the 2012 Ozark Mountain Brawl !!

This was a FUN, well-run event... that just had a _great_ vibe to it...

We wish it could have gone on for another day... AND we _appreciate_ the opportunity to attend such a great event with TOP teams competing and hosted by _genuinely_ nice people...

WE WILL be back next year... ;-)

[Mr. Rip]

FRC Team 1477: Texas Torque had a great time at the Ozark Mountain Brawl. The event was well run and we enjoyed the team social Friday evening.

Congratulations to FRC Teams 1986, 1987, and 457 for winning. I had a pretty strong feeling going into the elimination rounds that our quarterfinal matches against you would be good and they didn't disappoint. You are very worthy champions. I wasn't able to watch many of the qualifying matches, but Team Titanium put on quite a show whenever I got to see them.

We are looking forward to coming back next year. Our second drive team got some experience with our drivebase from our practice robot. I doubt that will happen next year. I am sure there will be a waiting list for the Ozark Mountain Brawl in 2013.

Scott Rippetoe
FRC Team 1477
Texas Torque

[jspatz1]

FRC Team 1477: Texas Torque had a great time at the Ozark Mountain Brawl. The event was well run and we enjoyed the team social Friday evening.

Congratulations to FRC Teams 1986, 1987, and 457 for winning. I had a pretty strong feeling going into the elimination rounds that our quarterfinal matches against you would be good and they didn't disappoint. You are very worthy champions. I wasn't able to watch many of the qualifying matches, but Team Titanium put on quite a show whenever I got to see them.

We are looking forward to coming back next year. Our second drive team got some experience with our drivebase from our practice robot. I doubt that will happen next year. I am sure there will be a waiting list for the Ozark Mountain Brawl in 2013.

Scott Rippetoe
FRC Team 1477
Texas Torque

There were definitely some mixed emotions when we rallied our way into 8th place and found ourselves against you rather than with you in eliminations. Curie all over again. Those quarterfinals proved to be the toughest round, we were fortunate to put up the higher scores then. Good to play with Texas Torque again, we are fans.

[Meredith Novak]

Here is a gallery of event photos:

http://meredith.smugmug.com/FIRST-Robotics/2012-Season/Ozark-Mountain-Brawl-2012/23686360_5VFGQF

[JohnSchneider]

Here is a gallery of event photos:

http://meredith.smugmug.com/FIRST-Robotics/2012-Season/Ozark-Mountain-Brawl-2012/23686360_5VFGQF

There are some great pictures in there! Thanks!