Still waiting...FIRST Choice

[MrBasse]

I've been waiting for ten minutes now for the FIRST Choice page to load. Any one else in the same boat?

[pfreivald]

Yup. I'm sure a lot of other people are, too.

[Whippet]

No one as of yet has been able to make any purchases and post it on CD. It appears that the server is down.

[czeke]

same here

[marccenter]

Yeah,

Not able to get to website. What do you think? Go make lunch and come back in one half hour?

[itsjustmrb]

Same here

[brassardd]

Same for us.

[Jimmy Nichols]

same here, I was logged in and at noon I hit refresh and nothing.

[czeke]

I think Obamacare is behind this

[MrBasse]

I think Obamacare is behind this

I was waiting for that joke to make an appearance...

[wilsonmw04]

I think Obamacare is behind this

... I thought it was Bush, honestly.

[czeke]

Sorry, I just couldn't resist

[FrankJ]

No it is Al Gores fault for not making the internet more robust

[Domenic Rodriguez]

FIRST and AndyMark are aware of the problem and working to solve it. From @FRCTeams (http://twitter.com/FRCTeams) on Twitter:
#FIRSTChoice (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23FIRSTChoice&src=hash) is experiencing technical difficulties where no one has been able to access the site. We'll update as we know more.
and
Friends @andymarkinc (https://twitter.com/andymarkinc) are working with their webhost to determine and fix the issue. We'll update as we know more.

[Amit3075]

Same here in Israel :(

[sgeckler]

Well, it's pouring rain in Southern Indiana. Not much else to do, but I was hoping this would go fast!

[Kevin Ray]

Man is this FRUSTRATING !!!!!

[czeke]

I was painting my living room, while waiting. Now I'm watching it dry.

[LeadU2Fun]

Took 25 min for a page to come up. By then it had logged me out. Just now I got a page in 5 min to log in. Still waiting to login again though.

[mlbernardoni]

30 min and counting, I can ping it, but will not load. Was logged in, pushed add to cart and after 20 min. timed out, waiting to even get a page now

[czeke]

Did you hear the one about the snail with arthritis ?

[LeadU2Fun]

@Kevin Ray...Don't you mean FIRSTrating!:yikes:

[garyk]

From FIRST's Facebook:

> FIRST Robotics Competition
> FIRST Choice is having technical difficulties. Our friends at AndyMark are > working with their web host to identify and fix the problem. We'll update as we > have more information.

[garyk]

And I am missing the WRRF pre-season workshops that started a half-hour before the FCbyAM floodgates were to open. Fortunately I'm not teaching this session.

[Ed Sparks]

HEY! I just got into OBAMACARE!

[czeke]

Watching the snow fall, still waiting

[LeadU2Fun]

I just got service is unavailable after putting in login info.

[czeke]

Let it snow, let it snow,,,,,, let it snow !!!!

[LeadU2Fun]

I just got another login page.

[mlbernardoni]

FRC Teams ‏@FRCTeams 1m
Still working to determine the issue. We will have more information on #FIRSTChoice at 1:00 PM Eastern.

from twitter

[czeke]

Read my lips, If you like your robot, you can keep your robot

[FrankJ]

The 1PM tweet will be "all First Choice items are sold out. Better luck next year." :eek:

Please realize this is sarcastic humor. The people at AndyMark & First did not plan this.

Since the some First Choice are donated. You really cannot demand they provide enough for all teams. Rookie team should get first choice on some items like cameras & compressors.

[czeke]

The folks at Obamacare request your patience.

[noceradave]

:deadhorse:

[czeke]

This is becoming impossimus

[MNRugby05]

reopen is at 2:00 pm eastern

[LeadU2Fun]

Login went through and I ended up at the site but was not logged in up at the top.

[MNRugby05]

post when it will open by 2 not reopening

[garyk]

Tweet:

> We are postponing the opening of #FIRSTChoice. We will post when it will open by 2:00 PM Eastern.

[LeadU2Fun]

post when it will open by 2 not reopening

Where are you looking for that info?

[LeadU2Fun]

Tweet:

> We are postponing the opening of #FIRSTChoice. We will post when it will open by 2:00 PM Eastern.

Who are you following that said that?

[Whippet]

Who are you following that said that?

@frcteams

[itsjustmrb]

https://twitter.com/FRCTeams

[LeadU2Fun]

Thank you.

[Andy4627]

Have any team had success logging in and finishing the process?
Andy

[czeke]

My paint is still drying

[czeke]

Paint's dry, see you all tomorrow.

[garyk]

@FRCTeams tweets:

#FIRSTChoice will now open at 3 PM Eastern tomorrow, Sunday, 12/15/2013. More info to come in the blog.

We sincerely thank you all for your patience as we work through this issue.

[DRH2o]

FC will reopen at 3PM tomorrow.

oops a second too late :)