NEW Off-Season, Panther Prowl- September 29

[Amanda839]

The Florida Institute of Technology will host the first annual Panther Prowl off-season event on September 29, 2012, at the Clemente Center on our Melbourne Campus.

The Basics

Who: All Registered and Pre-Rookie FRC Teams (and interested spectators!)
What: An Off-Season FRC Event following the 2012 Rebound Rumble game
When: September 29, 2012 8:45am - 4:00pm (doors open 8:00am - 5:00pm)
Where: Clemente Center for Sports and Recreation at the Florida Institute of Technology
Cost: $200 Registration Fee per team (spectator admittance is free!)

More Information and Registration located here:
http://floridatech.orgsync.com/org/firstatfit.

[PantherProwl]

A new off-season is taking place this year in Melbourne, Florida - Panther Prowl 2012! Will your team be joining us? Spots are filling up quickly, so be sure to register your team today!

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Event Info:
- 30 teams in regional-style competition
- September 29, 2012 8:00-4:00
- At Clemente Center for Sports and Recreation, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL
- ALL FRC Teams are eligible (including 2013 rookies using another team's 'bot)
- Registration cost is $200
- For more info and to register your team today, visit http://floridatech.orgsync.com/org/firstatfit

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The Panther Prowl Planning Committee

[shelvan]

We are so excited about Panther Prowl being right in our backyard! Team 1592 The Bionic Tigers want to welcome everyone to Brevard County. Since this event is not an overnight event, we decided to host a lock-in on Friday night! We know how hard it is to fund staying in hotel, so for the teams that may be traveling some distance (and for those who are not!), we have secured the gymnasium at one of our schools for a lock-in. Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy was gracious enough to allow us to use their school and they are only about 1 mile away from FIT! We don't have all the details worked out yet as we just found out yesterday that we could do it, but stayed tuned for more details!

Shel Van Guilder
Primary Mentor
Team 1592 The Bionic Tigers

[shelvan]

We are so excited about Panther Prowl being right in our backyard! Team 1592 The Bionic Tigers want to welcome everyone to Brevard County. Since this event is not an overnight event, we decided to host a lock-in on Friday night! We know how hard it is to fund staying in hotel, so for the teams that may be traveling some distance (and for those who are not!), we have secured the gymnasium at one of our schools for a lock-in. Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy was gracious enough to allow us to use their school and they are only about 1 mile away from FIT! We don't have all the details worked out yet as we just found out yesterday that we could do it, but stayed tuned for more details!

[shelvan]

If you’re looking for a place to stay or something to do before the big day of competition
Join Us for the
Pre Prowl Powwow (P3)

What: Pre-Competition Party and Lock-In
When: Friday, September 28, 2012 – Saturday, September 29
Where: Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy Lower School Gym
50 W. Strawbridge Ave., Melbourne
(Located Approximately One Mile from Florida Tech)

Cost: $100 per team, which includes 2 Large Pizzas per team for dinner, doughnuts and juice for breakfast, evening entertainment, and a spot on the gym floor to sleep

Anyone who would just like to come for the party portion and not spend the night can join us for $10 entrance fee.

Video Games
Movies
Basketball
Frisbee
Dance Dance Revolution
3D Twister
Team Games

Hosted by FIRST Team 1592 Bionic Tigers and FIRST Team 801 Horsepower

For information or to register, email us at: tiffany.gonzalez92@gmail.com

[shelvan]

If you’re looking for a place to stay or something to do before the big day of competition
Join Us for the
Pre Prowl Powwow (P3)

What: Pre-Competition Party and Lock-In
When: Friday, September 28, 2012 – Saturday, September 29
Where: Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy Lower School Gym
50 W. Strawbridge Ave., Melbourne
(Located Approximately One Mile from Florida Tech)

Cost: $100 per team, which includes 2 Large Pizzas per team for dinner, doughnuts and juice for breakfast, evening entertainment, and a spot on the gym floor to sleep

Anyone who would just like to come for the party portion and not spend the night can join us for $10 entrance fee.

Video Games
Movies
Basketball
Frisbee
Dance Dance Revolution
3D Twister
Team Games

Hosted by FIRST Team 1592 Bionic Tigers and FIRST Team 801 Horsepower

For information or to register, email us at: tiffany.gonzalez92@gmail.com

[MARS_James]

Figured I would update this for those as excited for the event as I am as of right now there are 12 teams registered of the 30 they would like:

79: Team KRUNCH
233: The PINK Team
744: Shark Attack
801: Horsepower
1251: TechTiger Robotics
1523: Mega Awesome Robotics Systems
1592: Bionic Tigers
1649: E.M.S.
1875: Purple Haze
1902: Exploding Bacon
2757: Built And Dangerous
2916: Bionic Bears

I am kind of surprised that no rookies are registered nor that certain teams that were registered for TNT which was $300 aren't registered for this and the Powwow ($300). Anyone from 59, 179, or 2383 know why they haven't registered yet?

[Jetweb]

I'm sure 179 will be there, once everyone gets back in town next week I'll figure out why were not registered yet. Odds are we will not be going to the lock-in since its only a 2 hour drive.

[MARS_James]

The website has just updated and I am happy to say our friends from Qualification 30 in Orlando have registered FIRST Team 3502 The Octo(PI)Rates :D

[MARS_James]

Looks like we are getting 3 more teams in one day

World Champions: 180 SPAM
3 Time Florida Spirit Award: 2383 Ninjineers
2011 Florida Regional Chairmans Award Winner: 3242 Illumicats

[PantherProwl]

In addition, please welcome #376, Team Voltage from Melbourne.

Hope everyone's getting psyched for the competition! As you may have seen, our live match results/team rankings page is now up and running, and will automatically update throughout the event for our viewers watching at home. If there are other features you want on our website, let us know here on CD and we'll try to add them.

40 days until Panther Prowl!

[dodar]

In addition, please welcome #376, Team Voltage from Melbourne.

Hope everyone's getting psyched for the competition! As you may have seen, our live match results/team rankings page is now up and running, and will automatically update throughout the event for our viewers watching at home. If there are other features you want on our website, let us know here on CD and we'll try to add them.

40 days until Panther Prowl!

Voltage is 386 and 1592 is from Cocoa, not Merritt Island.

[MARS_James]

Today the first team who was a rookie this year has registered: Team 4197 The Lacoochee Cowboys

[MARS_James]

Team 1065 and 4118 have popped up meaning we are at 20 of the 30 open seats

[EricS-Team180]

Looking forward to shooting some hoops with all our FL friends!

[MARS_James]

And now we have 179 Children of the Swamp bringing our total to 21

[Dan Richardson]

This sounds like an exciting new event! Do you guys need any volunteers?

[MARS_James]

And with team 21 ComBBat we bring the total teams to 22

(on a personal note every team we were in an elimination alliance with this year have now registered :D )

[MARS_James]

Team 1369 Minotaur has registered now

[MARS_James]

We now have 24 teams with 1251 sending a second robot (hopefully for a pre-rookie :D )

[techtiger1]

I'll check to see if we can make it avaliable to a pre rookies. We aren't bringing any to my knowledge unless something has changed very recently :ahh: .

[MARS_James]

I'll check to see if we can make it avaliable to a pre rookies. We aren't bringing any to my knowledge unless something has changed very recently :ahh: .

http://floridatech.orgsync.com/org/firstatfit/teams

It says Techtiger Robot 1 and 2

[techtiger1]

Yes, we are bringing two robots but the second one will be just to test the depth of our team as far as drivers. Not prerookies, as we are not loaning it out to a rookie team at this moment.

[techtiger1]

So who else is excited for this event? I think its about time they got some FRC at the FIT campus :cool:

[Cheerleader1073]

So who else is excited for this event? I think its about time they got some FRC at the FIT campus :cool:

I'm excited too!! I'll be going around judging today so if anyone sees me come say hi! Good luck and have fun everyone!

-Gen

[dodar]

The event is live for those who'd like to watch.

http://floridatech.orgsync.com/org/firstatfit/results

[MARS_James]

On behalf of Team 1523 I would like to thank our awesome elimination alliance partners 180 and 4197. I would also like to congratulate the winning alliance of 1251, 1592, and 21.

This was an awesome first event and am looking forward to it continuing for years to come :D

[dmellich]

As we were packing our equipment we came across a really nice cordless drill that isn't ours. I'm sure it would love to be reunited with it's rightful owner.

If you think it might be yours, PM me with a description (and maybe what was in the chuck when last used) and we'll get it back to you.

[David Guzman]

I would like to thank all the volunteers for putting together a great event. Thank you.


Just a reminder to the teams that attended. If you are planning to attend Mission Mayhem in South Florida, make sure to sign up as soon as you can.

Hope to see a lot of you there.

[EricS-Team180]

That was a great off-season event! Thanks to all the volunteers who made it run so smoothly. Also, a shout out to the Bionic Bears for loaning 4197 a cRio when it looked like the ethernet port on theirs was fried. I also want to thank the various mentors who jumped in with Bryce and me to get them out on the field for some fun. Sorry, can't name all of you but I know 1251, 1592, 801 - anyone else? - all lent a hand. That's what I love about FRC.

Thanks M.A.R.S for picking us in elim's. It was fun to Rumble with you guys. 1251, 1592 and 21...what a great finals!

Eric

PS: see you at Mayhem :)