BattleCry@WPI 13 - Reg Open 4-Apr 0800

[ColleenShaver]

BattleCry@WPI 13 with take place over 1.5 days on 18-19 May 2012 in Worcester, MA.

This 48-team event will include all the usual stuff... it will also be the FINAL robotics competition with the Pits in Harrington before we make the move to the new Sports & Recreation (& Robotics) Center!

Your $350 registration fee gets you:

An great two days of intense and fun matches
10 BC13 T-shirts
10 Friday night BBQ Dinners
10 Friday night Ice Cream Social Tickets
Unlimited access to the Friday R&R activities
10 Bagged lunches on Saturday
Guarantee spot in the elimination matches


Tell your friends, tell your rivals, tell your neighboring rookie teams... we welcome and encourage everyone who is interested to sign up! Typically registration fills within the first 30 minutes of opening, so be ready at 8AM if you want to play.

Those who do not make the initial 48 will be placed on the Ready Reserves. EVERY YEAR we end up calling almost every team on the Ready Reserves looking for folks to play, especially for last minute drop-outs, so don't hesitate to register even if the 48 slots are full and expect that you will be called up.

To register, go to www.wpi.edu/+bc (http://www.wpi.edu/+bc) at 0800 on 4-Apr and click "Enter the Fray".

If you are interested in volunteering, we'd love to have your help as well! Sign up here http://www.tinyurl.com/bc13vols

See you at BC13!

[dag0620]

Any idea when we'll see the challengers list updated?

[ColleenShaver]

The Challengers list is up! 48 Challengers, 27 Ready Reserves.

A new record this year as the event filled in 3 minutes! The difference between making the initial cut and not was less than a 10th of a second...

http://www.wpi.edu/news/Events/BattleCry/challengers.html

[Ty Tremblay]

319 missed the top 48 by less than .1 seconds?

Commence enter button finger training for next year. :P

[ZipTie3182]

We didn't make the 48. How likely do you think it'll be that we will be asked to fill in if we're about 10th on the Ready Reserves list? We're in CT so we would need to make logistics arrangements. I can't believe it filled so fast!

-Anna

[ColleenShaver]

Yes, it surprised us how quickly it filled up as well! The 48th team's time stamp was 08:02:13.866450 AM!

I'd say your chances are pretty high being 10th on the list, but it isn't likely to happen until after the payment deadline has passed (which I believe is prior to CMP, I need to double-check).

[plnyyanks]

After a 4 year hiatus, the UberBots will once again be attending Battlecry (we last went in 2007). I'm really excited for this, and I've herd some great things about the event.

[Bill_B]

volunteering application form has the wrong dates in the times section.

[Chi Meson]

We are so there. We are very, very so very...there!
Shaker Robotics too.

Want to see us?
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/523216_10100121492135825_24417752_39692898_1229984 133_n.jpg

So very pretty!

Aluminum Falcons
FRC 2168

[BrendanB]

After missing elims in CT, 3467 is extremely excited for BC13!!!!

[JackS]

We are so there. We are very, very so very...there!
Shaker Robotics too.


We look forward to seeing you there! It was a good run in CT.

[dsmoker]

We'll be there. And this time we're bringing . . . a stinger!

[DominickC]

23 will be there! 3 minutes till registration was full? Wow!

Who was the first team to register? :p

A picture of our robot at CT...

[smurfgirl]

After a 4 year hiatus, the UberBots will once again be attending Battlecry (we last went in 2007). I'm really excited for this, and I've herd some great things about the event.

I think that makes it a 5-year hiatus ;)

I'm super excited that we're back this year!

[plnyyanks]

I think that makes it a 5-year hiatus ;)
We didn't attend in 2008, 2009, 2010, or 2011. I count four years. :rolleyes:

[Chi Meson]

Colleen,

Any game modifications planned? There are some neat ideas floating in the IRI thread. Last year's dot was simple and fun. My favorite modification so far is the introduction of the "moneyball."

best regards!

[Rosiebotboss]

I am sooooo happy 40 is back, albeit with 134.

[BrendanB]

I am sooooo happy 40 is back, albeit with 134.

Is 40 using 134's practice bot?

I find it comical that you can run a small regional with the Ready Reserve list!!!

[ColleenShaver]

We've been looking at that ready reserve list to see what we could do.. all teams this year should expect to have a survey about potential expansion once we are in the new sports and rec center (while we can handle more teams, it would mean making the event longer). No changes in the number of teams for BC13.

As for game changes, our policy at BC is to try to make game changes to improve the game based on what team's had issues with during the season. We try never to change the game to give certain styles of robots larger advantages (for example, bonus points that could only be scored by shooting robots). We are happy to hear suggestions from teams.. email bc@wpi.edu with any ideas!

We are looking forward to the event! We always welcome volunteers from all over..off-seasons are a great place to get your feet wet in a new position in preparation for regional tournaments. Sign up here: www.tinyurl.com/bc13vols (http://www.tinyurl.com/bc13vols)

[BrendanB]

I would love to see a yellow dot placed on the coopertition bridge during eliminations worth 10 points.

My only pet peeve about this years game was that it felt like there were never enough balls on the field when the games were tough. In low scoring matches where most of the robots can't shoot there are balls a plenty on the field but once eliminations hit or you are against two really good robots you'd be lucky to have a few on your side.

Adding two- four more balls to the field could make a huge difference!

[Paul T.]

i think if we made balancing the co-op bridge in eliminations worth the same as a colored bridge it would make the game more interesting, it could help teams who can't triple balance and the bridge could be purposefully unbalanced by the opposing alliance so it would be more exciting to see two robots battle for the bridge (keep in mind that if they corporate both alliances could get 10 pts which wouldn't change the outcome of the match but if one alliance had 2 robots balanced on it you could prevent the 10 points for 2 robots but now you would have to deal with defending robots)

also there was an idea of making the hail Mary shots by the inbounders worth 2 or 3 points more than they would normally be worth (this would be pretty rare) maybe even let the in bounders shoot in hybrid mode (and make it a foul if they hit the opposing teams robots)

[DominickC]

I second every idea Paul said. Allow the Coop bridge to be counted as a normal bridge during elms, and allow the opposing alliance to attempt to unbalance the bridge.

EDIT: At Suffield, balls were replaced frequently but hardly ever at the WPI Regional. Many teams - including ours - suffered woes at the hands of worn balls. It would be great if balls were replaced a bit more frequently at BattleCry, if at all possible.