FRC 2013 Kickoff Countdown

[vineel]

I threw together an FRC kickoff countdown. You can see it here (http://frc.vineel.me/).

Any thoughts?

[Gregor]

Looks good, thanks!

[z_beeblebrox]

Very cool, except for one tiny detail: You put 2012 instead of 2013 for the kick-off date.:D:ahh:

[ehochstein]

Very cool, except for one tiny detail: You put 2012 instead of 2013 for the kick-off date.:D:ahh:

NOOOOOOOO!!! I missed kick-off D: :eek:

[androb4]

YESS!! Can't wait! :]

[Djur]

Opened the page, was welcomed by this.

http://i.imgur.com/JO7Po.png

I like symmetry.

[Gregor]

Opened the page, was welcomed by this.

http://i.imgur.com/JO7Po.png

I like symmetry.

You have ninja screenshot skills

[JRuegsegger]

Kickoff appears to be on my birthday...

Sorry family/friends/birthday, but I'm going to Kickoff.

[rachelholladay]

Now I have yet another webpage that I will feel the need to constantly check

[Ekcrbe]

That's depressing. It's so far away. But we'll get there eventually.

Just a note, I've found it seems to go faster and is much more satisfying if you check the countdown less often.

[akoscielski3]

That's depressing. It's so far away. But we'll get there eventually.

Just a note, I've found it seems to go faster and is much more satisfying if you check the countdown less often.

what if its always on... why cant I just speed it UP!!!!!

[vineel]

Very cool, except for one tiny detail: You put 2012 instead of 2013 for the kick-off date.:D:ahh:

Fixed.

[JosephC]

what if its always on... why cant I just speed it UP!!!!!

If you circle multiple times around the globe the days will go faster!

Related note: My background for my laptop is a first kickoff timer. As well as for every district/regional I attend.

[Tommy F.]

Well, I just found a new homepage. Thanks!

[Joon Park]

Would've been perfect if you had used FIRST colors and font. But I still can't wait.

[Ekcrbe]

TBA (http://www.thebluealliance.com/) has a countdown too! It ends at 10 AM rather than 10:30 AM.

[Eugene Fang]

TBA (http://www.thebluealliance.com/) has a countdown too! It ends at 10 AM rather than 10:30 AM.

Yeah we added that recently. Is it supposed to be 10:30? I can't seem to find a time anywhere, just a date.

P.S. @vineel, you may want to double check how the time is being calculated. It's saying ... 14 hours, 15 minutes, which doesn't put me at 10:30 AM EST even if you take into account the switch to Standard Time. Are you using my local timezone (PDT)?

[Mark McLeod]

The Kickoff (http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/kickoff) broadcast began at 10:30 EST last season.

Kickoff Agenda
9:00 AM – Doors open and check-in starts
10:00 AM – Local presenters
10:30 AM – Broadcast starts

[rsisk]

Ah, robot season.... its so close.

The real kickoff starts when Mark McLeod begins his 2013 Registration thread.

[SarahBeth]

Love it!

:)

[JosephC]

I'm having a slight issue with the kickoff timer... :confused:

http://i45.tinypic.com/17pvgm.png

[rachelholladay]

I'm having a slight issue with the kickoff timer... :confused:

http://i45.tinypic.com/17pvgm.png

The same thing happens on my computer. I assume its a little math fun to distract us from the why-isnt-kickoff-yet-blues a little while longer

[TheMadCADer]

I'm guessing that those dashes are 'minus' signs, and that it's 4 months minus the days, hours, minutes, and seconds. At first I was confused, because I thought it was counting up. :D

Also, I have the same "issue" with the scrollbar popping in for when the wider numbers are shown (I'm looking at you, 44). Probably just needs to be a little wider than 960 pixels (at least that's how wide the panel is in Chrome at 1920x1080).

[|DELTA|]

You have ninja screenshot skills

I was JUST thinking this!

[mrmummert]

you can make it go faster if you own a Delorian

[|DELTA|]

Ha! Nice.

[jdunston94]

check out the TFA timer!

thefirstalliance.org

[LilsisdeRosie]

This is very cool. Our team's senior mentor, Dana Henry, has been posting the coutdown everysingle day,.... this is more specific good job :] :] ::safety:: ::safety:: ::safety::