**FIRST EMAIL**/Initial Event Registration Opens Today @ 12 pm EST/ 2013 Season Calen

[Mark McLeod]

**FIRST EMAIL**/Initial Event Registration Opens Today @ 12 pm EST/ 2013 Season Calendar & Important Updates/ 2013 Regional & Qualifying Events/ Bag & Tag Events/ KoP Drive System Options for Veteran Teams/ Ask an Expert Call



Greetings Teams:

Initial Event Registration Opens Today, 9/27/12 @ 12 pm (noon) EST: Register for your initial Competition Event in TIMS beginning 9/27/12 @ 12 pm (noon) EST: https://my.usfirst.org/frc/tims/site.lasso.

**IMPORTANT** Your team will be unable to register for an event until you complete the entire pre-registration process, which includes updating and/or verifying all information in the Team Profile section of your Team Summary page in TIMS.

2013 Season Calendar and Important Deadlines: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/calendar/.

2013 Regional and Qualifying Events: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/regional-events.

Bag & Tag Events: This year ALL FRC Regional and Qualifying Events in the United States and Canada will be Bag & Tag. For more information, please visit the FRC Blog: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/blog-09-26-12.

Kit of Parts Drive System Options for Veteran Teams: New this season, veteran teams will have an option regarding the Kit Drive System. Veteran teams must make their selection in TIMS: https://my.usfirst.org/frc/tims/site.lasso between 10/1/12 to 10/18/12. For details, please visit: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/blog-09-07-12.

Ask an Expert Call: Join Nancy Rosenberg, FIRST Scholarship Manager and Senior Mentors Mike Henry and Javier Saenz for the Ask an Expert call "FRC Scholarships". The call will be taking place on Wednesday, 10/3/12 at 7 pm EST. You can find details on all of this season’s Ask an Expert calls here: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/frc-senior-mentor-teleconference-recordings.

Go Teams!

[IndySam]

Who's ready?

Let the games begin!

[MrForbes]

Just to clarify....EST is Eastern Standard Time. Since we in Arizona are always on MST, and Mountain is two zones west of Eastern, does that mean registration starts at 10AM here? I thought ya'all were on Daylight Saving Time still?

It's too confusing for a mere mortal

[Mark McLeod]

Registration opens in 45 minutes if that helps.

[BrendanB]

I wonder how fast GSR fills up this year! :rolleyes:

[IndySam]

Actually it's EDT, even more confusing.

[MrForbes]

Thanks for the clarification Sam!

[Gary Dillard]

Any thoughts about jumping the gun - if I'm already logged into the TIMS FRC dashboard screen at noon, will it bring up the registration screen when I go into team summary or will I need to get all the way out?

[Mark McLeod]

You should just have to refresh the screen for the link to appear.
Of course, with 2000 people pushing refresh all at the stroke of noon, our mileage may vary.
No need to exit all the way. The system will kick us out when it's had enough.

[IndySam]

and down it goes!

[Gary Dillard]

I confess; it was me. I must have been 2001st

[Rosiebotboss]

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[dcarr]

I think they need to switch to some scalable hosting :)

[Mark McLeod]

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Just keep clicking refresh. Don't think that you've been thrown out.
The server remenbers where you are in the menu system.


First 3 teams have been registered, and the winners are: 1662, 254, & 58

[dcarr]

Wow how did they do it FUUUUUU

[Trying to Help]

Yeah! I hear from across the office that we are signed up for BAE Systems Granite State Regional! We've pushed the "OK" button and are waiting...

[Michael Corsetto]

First 3 teams have been registered, and the winners are: 1662, 254, & 58

See you in San Jose, 254 :cool:

[BrendanB]

Yeah! I hear from across the office that we are signed up for BAE Systems Granite State Regional! We've pushed the "OK" button and are waiting...

You guys are on the event list!

[David Brinza]

Got this error right after selecting our event:

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@usfirst.org and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

[Trying to Help]

You guys are on the event list!

And 16 minutes into the registration process, BAE is full. *This* is why I am so grateful that we made it in. Team 1729 is looking forward to a great competition; we're happy you're going to be there along with a many other terrific teams!

[Ken Streeter]

I wonder how fast GSR fills up this year! :rolleyes: Was full at 12:16 ET. However, I don't know why TIMS is only showing 23 open spots for a tournament that usually has 48-52 teams!?!?

[dcarr]

Ignore this post...

[Taylor]

BMR is also full as of 12:49. We're waitlisted.

[Travis Hoffman]

BMR is also full as of 12:49. We're waitlisted.

It's 359's fault! ;)

[IndySam]

BMR is also full as of 12:49. We're waitlisted.

We were waitlisted last year and only got in because our rookie team's school closed.

Great to see the Hawaiian kids coming to boiler.

[BrendanB]

Was full at 12:16 ET. However, I don't know why TIMS is only showing 23 open spots for a tournament that usually has 48-52 teams!?!?

I was very surprised by that too! Weren't their 40 open slots in previous years with the last 8-12 being filled by waitlisted/BAE teams?

Hopefuly GSR will be its normal, large self this year!

[Sam124]

What is with the new "home event" only choice for Michigan Districts?

[MagiChau]

What is with the new "home event" only choice for Michigan Districts?

I believe this year the registration is now more like regionals for all district participating teams. There is 1st and 2nd district registration so that every team can at least attend their home district before selection of another district.

[MARS_James]

Kind of surprised that only 1134 teams have registered for a regional at this time (over 1000 less teams then the total number of teams last year), do teams usually wait to sign up for their first regional?

[Libby K]

Was full at 12:16 ET. However, I don't know why TIMS is only showing 23 open spots for a tournament that usually has 48-52 teams!?!?

I was very surprised by that too! Weren't their 40 open slots in previous years with the last 8-12 being filled by waitlisted/BAE teams?



Probably leaving some spots for when 2nd event registration opens as well? Just a guess. Lots of regionals do this.

[stundt1]

Hey CD,
I was wondering how many wait list teams attended champs last year?

Thanks,
-Steve

[Michael Corsetto]

Probably leaving some spots for when 2nd event registration opens as well? Just a guess. Lots of regionals do this.

Rookies often receive priority on the wait list. By holding a few spots from the initial registration period, FIRST creates a wait list and can give rookie teams preference within the group of teams on the wait list.

-Mike