[NE FIRST] Battle of the Bay - Nov. 15

[Ty Tremblay]

Team 319 (Big Bad Bob) is pleased to announce our inaugural off-season event!

Battle of the Bay

When
Saturday, November 15, 2014
(Backup date: November 8, 2014).

Where
Prospect Mountain High School
242 Suncook Valley Hwy
Alton, NH 03809

Teams
25 teams
$150/team

Registration
Team and volunteer registration will be available soon!

More updates to come! Hope to see you there!

[Jay O'Donnell]

1058 will definitely look into attending!

[scaryone]

58 as well

[Ty Tremblay]

Registration is now live!

Sign up your team here: http://tinyurl.com/BattleOfTheBayTeams

Sign up to volunteer here: http://tinyurl.com/BattleOfTheBayVolunteers

We hope to see you in November!

[BrendanB]

Wow, really excited to see another New England off-season event close to home in the fall. Kudos to 319 for organizing this.

Not sure we have all of our fall plans in line but hopefully we can attend.

[Mr. B]

5122 will be there !!! Hope to give the Bot one last test before retirement.

[Ty Tremblay]

319 is kicking the preparations for Battle of the Bay into high gear! If your team is interested in coming, you can sign up here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qiqFeLFdLkWfQfiC2k8Tw3XyJO6_6OgIzz7y6KOv42A/viewform)!

[kstl99]

1922 OzRam is already registered.

[Techwiz]

Team 5122 will be there with a Beta RoboRIO on our robot. We would be happy to give a short presentation if anyone is interested.

[Joe Derrick]

Thanks so much, 5122. We are interested in how the transition to the new CRIO went for you. Specifically how the Eclipse installation, JAVA and the WPIlib all meshed together. We have used NetBeans in the past.

[kstl99]

Hi all, Is this event happening? I have seen nothing about it in a while.

[Ty Tremblay]

Hi all, Is this event happening? I have seen nothing about it in a while.

It sure is! We're hammering out the details. Expect an email soon!

[Ty Tremblay]

Registration is now live!

Sign up your team here: http://tinyurl.com/BattleOfTheBayTeams

Sign up to volunteer here: http://tinyurl.com/BattleOfTheBayVolunteers

We hope to see you in November!

We still have open spots! Come join us in Alton, NH for a great new offseason! We'll have two beta teams present and ready to answer your questions.

More info can be found on our website. (http://www.frc319.com/#!battleofthebay/aboutPage)

[Mr. B]

Great! Old Town and Brewer have our hotel reservations booked and are looking forward to an awesome competition!!!!:)

[BrendanB]

3467 is looking forward to the event!

Any thoughts on how the tournament will run will run will less than 24 teams?

[Drew4564]

I know 4564 is pumped and counting the days!


Any thoughts on how the tournament will run will run will less than 24 teams?

While I feel that more teams will sign up in the coming days, teams bringing two robots could always help to bump up the numbers if necessary. Hopefully it won't be an issue!

[Techwiz]

How much to enter a second robot?:D

[BrendanB]

If second bots are needed our practice bot is intact minus a few sensor issues.

[Jay O'Donnell]

Really wish that 1058 could go! Unfortunately we just have too much stuff going on during November. I hope the event runs smoothly and everyone has fun!

[cbf]

We're thinking of coming up from Newton, Massachusetts.

Is there any more information about the event? Start time? End time? We have to figure out if we can make this a day trip.

How many teams are already registered?

[Ty Tremblay]

We're thinking of coming up from Newton, Massachusetts.

Is there any more information about the event? Start time? End time? We have to figure out if we can make this a day trip.

How many teams are already registered?

Information can be found here. (http://www.frc319.com/#!battleofthebay/aboutPage) (Hover over "Battle of the Bay" for details.)

The event will be from 8am-5pm. A more detailed schedule is still in the works and will be posted on the site above.

Currently, we have 10 teams registered (11 including BOB):
58 Riot Crew
501 Power Knights
1922 Oz-Ram
4564 Orange Chaos
5122 RobOTies
4925 The Resistance
1831 Gilford High School Screaming Eagles
3467 The Windham Windup
1519 Mechanical Mayhem
2648 Infinite Loop

Second robots are more than welcome. If we don't make it to 24 teams, everyone will get a ton of qualification matches and we'll run a modified elimination round. We're also entertaining the possibility of other fun things such as a mentor/student role-swap match and a human player competition.

If you have any ideas or suggestions, let us know!

[Hikel team 319]

To answer the question that has popped up a couple of times, there will be no additional charge to teams bringing a second robot!
Looks like we have three in the works now. Please confirm. Thanks

[BrendanB]

To answer the question that has popped up a couple of times, there will be no additional charge to teams bringing a second robot!
Looks like we have three in the works now. Please confirm. Thanks

3467 is definitely interested in bringing another robot if possible. Keep us in the loop. Speaking of loop its nice to see 2648 will be joining in the fun!

[Hikel team 319]

3467 is definitely interested in bringing another robot if possible. Keep us in the loop. Speaking of loop its nice to see 2648 will be joining in the fun!

Windham Windup is on the list with its second robot!
Any one else?

[Drew4564]

Any one else?

4564 would love to enter a second robot.

[Ty Tremblay]

4564 would love to enter a second robot.

Excellent. Just fill out the registration form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qiqFeLFdLkWfQfiC2k8Tw3XyJO6_6OgIzz7y6KOv42A/viewform) again with your other robot.

Disclaimer:
We'll run second robots on a first come, first served basis. Teams registering a first robot will be given priority over second robots starting with the latest team to register a second robot and ending with the first team.

[mwtidd]

Disclaimer:

If you bring a second robot, you will be automatically paired with them for alliance selection.

:) kidding.


I'm pumped to see so many of our friends from the various events showing up. It should be a blast.

[Drew4564]

Just fill out the registration form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qiqFeLFdLkWfQfiC2k8Tw3XyJO6_6OgIzz7y6KOv42A/viewform) again with your other robot.


Would you like teams to sign up under a different number with the same name to signify another bot, or should we just enter the same information again? Thanks!

[Ty Tremblay]

Would you like teams to sign up under a different number with the same name to signify another bot, or should we just enter the same information again? Thanks!

The system requires a different number to run a match. so feel free to pick any number that isn't already on the list. Maybe something >6000 so the results don't screw teams up with posted to TBA?

[Joe Derrick]

Battle of the Bay is Filling up!
With the addition of Back Ups we are up to 16 Robots ready to go.
That leaves 8 spots.

319 has put together an assist bot for any Pre-Rookie Teams out there. If anyone has any contact information for teams entering their rookie year who want to have some on the field experience Please let us know!

Also the Schedule of Events has been posted on our website
www.frc319.com (http://www.frc319.com)

It is as follows

•7:30 – Pits Open
•9:00 – Opening Ceremony
•12:00 – Elimination Pairings followed by Lunch.
Food will be available in our Cafeteria
•1:30 – Elimination Matches Begin
•3:30 – Awards

For now, More details will be added later including

Opportunities to look at the new FRC Control system from the perspective of 2 BETA teams, 1519 Mechanical Mayhem and 5122 the RobOTies.

Human Player / Robot Skills Test

Off to River Rage Tomorrow, See you there!

[Ty Tremblay]

We're a week away from FIRST Team 319's inaugural offseason event!

Here's the current list of teams that have signed up:
Team 319: Big Bad Bob (+1)
Team 5122: The RobOTies (+1)**
Team 58: The Riot Crew
Team 1922: Oz-Ram
Team 4564: Orange Chaos (+1)
Team 4925: The Resistance
Team 501: PowerKnights
Team 1519: Mechanical Mayhem**
Team 3467: Windham Windup (+1)
Team 1831: Screaming Eagles
Team 2648: Infinite Loop (+1) **
Team 4908 : The Dragons
Team 2370: iBots
Team 4041: Gardiner Iron Tigers
Team 172: Northern Force
Team 509: Red Storm
Team 1721: Tidal Force
Team 131: CHAOS
Team 3451: The ANOMALY
Team 1073: The Force Team
Team 2877: The Ligerbots

Team's with (+1) next to their name will be bringing a second bot.

**Team 5122, Team 1519 and Team 2648 will bring their Beta Test RoboRIO to the event to share their experience thus far.

[BEEKMAN]

Is there a webcast?

[Joe Derrick]

No Webcast this year, but here is something to give you the general idea.
Thanks to everyone who helped make Battle of the Bay a tremendous success.

Time Lapse of Event (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGFGsP60liE&feature=youtu.be)

Champions: 131, 4925, 6564
Finalist: 58, 319, 1922

"Just Because" : 4564
"Gracious Professionalism": 5122

[Trying to Help]

Members of Team 1729 visited Battle of the Bay and we had a terrific time! Kudos to all the members of 319 and everyone else who helped to create such a fun-filled day!

:)

Trying to Help

[kstl99]

Congratulations and thank you to BOB and everyone who helped, and to all the teams that went. It was very well run and went so smoothly that I could not tell that this was the first time the event was run. I really like that we have 2 fall off season events now in the area, RiverRage and Battle of the Bays, and look forward to next year.

[BrendanB]

What a well run event! Big thank you to Brian Hikel, Ty Tremblay, 319, and all of the other volunteers who made the day run so well! It was hard to tell this was a first time event with so many small details adding to the overall experience.

I had a great time volunteering and know 3467/3476 had a great time as well despite a slew of communication problems. We will definitely be back next year and hope to see more teams take advantage of another great New Hampshire off-season event!

[Branden2648]

I would like to thank Big Bad Bob for hosting such a great event. It was hard to believe that it was a first year event because of how smooth everything went. 2648 and 4648 both had a blast , it was a great way to send off aerial assist and our aerial assist robots!