RiverRage 19

[mfitzell]

Well, it almost didn't happen but we were finally able to secure a location. Registration and more details should be available by EOD 9/5/2015, here's what we have so far.

When: Oct 17th

Where: Manchester Memorial HS
1 Crusader Way
Manchester NH 03103

[alex peterson]

Always a fun event hopefully team 1058 can be in attendance.

Also myself and a few other students on 1058 are always willing to help let us know if there is anything that we could do to help.

[mfitzell]

Here is the announcement that was sent out today. The registration page should be live sometime later today.


RIVER RAGE
NINETEEN
The longest running off-season event in the world!

COMPETITION INVITATION

Saturday, October 17, 2015
MEMORIAL High School
1 Crusader Way
Manchester, NH 03103


Presented by FRC Teams 131, 238 and 501

Registration and Pits open at 7AM
Opening ceremonies at 8:30 AM

Closing ceremonies no later than 5PM (usually lots earlier!)

Entry fee: $250 by Oct. 13
Limit: 30 teams

REGISTER at: www.riverrage.org

For information, email: Ed Forcier at elf305@yahoo.com

[mfitzell]

Alex,

Thanks for the offer, we're still getting things sorted out but will let you know if we need the help.

[MOE]

HELLOOOooooo from the south of FL ::rtm::
Well it looks like another year and 19 at that!!!!! boy does time fly. This has always been a class event even when it was out side at the fair in Sept. Thanks to all who make this happen Ed,Dave,etc. Wish it was not to far away for me to attend, always enjoyed the fun in NH what great people always made new friends every year. I will wish ALL a super time and don't forget to ware your socks !!!!!!
Good LUCK to all the GREAT North East teams.

Oh Yeah ???? OH YEAH !!!!!

TYE DYE RULES YEP !!!! MOE :D

[Isaac501]

Just a friendly reminder that RiverRage 19 is fast approaching!

Registration is still open and easy:
http://riverrage.powerknights.com/register/

We hope to see you there!

[Aidan Cox]

RiverRage 19 is now only about 20 days away, and it's shaping up to be a great event!

The team list on the website is periodically updated, so if your team has registered but is not shown on the following list, it should be after the next update. According to the RiverRage website these are the teams currently registered so far:

88- TJ Squared
131- C.H.A.O.S.
190- Gompei and the H.E.R.D.
237- Black Magic Robotics
238- The Cruisin' Crusaders
319- Big Bad BOB
348- Norwell Robotics
467- Shrewsbury Colonials
501- The PowerKnights
509- Red Storm
811- The Cardinals
1073- The FORCE Team
1474- The Master Link Militia
1517- The Lumberjacks
1519- Mechanical Mayhem
1729- Monadnock 4-H Robotics
2876- Devilbotz
3467- Windham Windup
3499- River's Edge Robotics
3958- Schrodinger's Cat
4909- Bionics
5494- Bizarbots Robotics

That's 22 teams out of our 30 team limit, which leaves only 8 spots. If your team would like to register and take part in the longest running off-season event in the world, you can still do so here: http://riverrage.powerknights.com/register/

We look forward to seeing you there!

[EmileH]

Windham Windup is ready for RiverRage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvz5ooHUHrU). Are you?

[Isaac501]

One spot left!!

http://pk501.us/r19reg

[Daler99]

Windham Windup is ready for RiverRage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvz5ooHUHrU). Are you?

Not yet, but we will be. :P

~Daler

[BrendanB]

Not yet, but we will be. :P

~Daler

Welcome to FRC, great to see some new FRC teams showing up in New Hampshire!

Has 5813 been building a robot for this event?

[Daler99]

Welcome to FRC, great to see some new FRC teams showing up in New Hampshire!

Has 5813 been building a robot for this event?

Thanks, Brendan. :)

Yes, we have been working hard for several weeks now on an off-season robot. If you're attending River Rage, you can come to our pit and see it. :P

I've actually been on a team before. I used to be the HP of 1517 (the one with the pirate hat), so you may remember me. ;)

~Daler

[BrendanB]

Thanks, Brendan. :)

Yes, we have been working hard for several weeks now on an off-season robot. If you're attending River Rage, you can come to our pit and see it. :P

I've actually been on a team before. I used to be the HP of 1517 (the one with the pirate hat), so you may remember me. ;)

~Daler

Yes I do remember you and I'll be at River Rage with 1058 so I'll definitely stop by and say hi! :)

[Daler99]

Yes I do remember you and I'll be at River Rage with 1058 so I'll definitely stop by and say hi! :)

Awesome. Are you now mentoring 1058?

~Daler

[BrendanB]

Awesome. Are you now mentoring 1058?

~Daler

Yes, I'll be helping out a little with 1058 this year but not nearly as much as I was involved with 3467.

[Aidan Cox]

RiverRage 19 is right around the corner now, only 3 days away! A pre-event update packet can be found here (http://riverrage.powerknights.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/RiverRage-2015-Final-Update.pdf).

After the last website update, this is where the team list stands:

88- TJ Squared
131- C.H.A.O.S.
138- Entropy
166- Chop Shop
172- Northern Force
176- Aces High
178- The 2nd Law Enforcers
190- Gompei and the H.E.R.D.
237- Black Magic Robotics
238- The Cruisin' Crusaders
319- Big Bad BOB
348- Norwell Robotics
467- Shrewsbury Colonials
501- The PowerKnights
509- Red Storm
811- The Cardinals
1058- The PVC Pirates
1073- The FORCE Team
1289- Gearheadz
1474- The Master Link Militia
1517- The Lumberjacks
1519- Mechanical Mayhem
1729- Monadnock 4-H Robotics
1922- Oz-Ram
2876- Devilbotz
3467- Windham Windup
3499- River's Edge Robotics
3958- Schrodinger's Cat
4048- Redshift
4909- Bionics
5494- Bizarbots Robotics
5813- Morpheus

At previous RiverRage events we have had a Halloween themed game-play rule change, this year is no different. This year's game-play rule change is the "Great Pumpkin Recycling Container" and the rule specifics are as follows:

-A Great Pumpkin (orange colored Recycling Container) will be randomly placed in one of the four positions on the Step in the center of the field *after* all robots are placed on the field. Placement is determined by drawing a location (1-4) from the smaller Great Pumpkin.

-Scoring: 20 extra points if scored (on top of a Tote stack, with or without a noodle).

See you Saturday!

[Jay O'Donnell]

Very excited to drive down from Clarkson this weekend to MC at River Rage! It looks like a great group of teams and we're back at Memorial!

And I get to miss the first snow up here. So that's nice too.

[MOE]

HELLOOoooo from the deep south?????::ouch::
This is it 19 years and counting hope all of the teams have a super time how could you not? at the oldest off season event in FIRST !!!!!
GOOD LUCK TO ALL
TYE DYE for ever MOE ::rtm::

[Daler99]

Hey everyone! 5813 is excited to participate in River Rage 19! While we were finishing up our robot tonight, we realized that we don't have enough of this particular pneumatic fitting:
www.andymark.com/product-p/am-2039.htm

We need about 10 of them for our can manipulation to function (the rest of the robot will function without them), and we would be super grateful if any team that's attending could bring extras for us to borrow. If anyone can help, that would be awesome. See you all tomorrow.

~Daler

[Jay O'Donnell]

Hey everyone! 5813 is excited to participate in River Rage 19! While we were finishing up our robot tonight, we realized that we don't have enough of this particular pneumatic fitting:
www.andymark.com/product-p/am-2039.htm

We need about 10 of them for our can manipulation to function (the rest of the robot will function without them), and we would be super grateful if any team that's attending could bring extras for us to borrow. If anyone can help, that would be awesome. See you all tomorrow.

~Daler

I can't guarantee that 1058 brought their pneumatics box, but if they did you can go to their pit to ask!

[Daler99]

I will definitely go and ask tomorrow (today :P). I hope they brought it. :yikes:

~Daler

[Jay O'Donnell]

I will definitely go and ask tomorrow (today :P). I hope they brought it. :yikes:

~Daler

If not then don't worry. We will find you the parts you need.

Also you should check out the group "FRC New Hampshire Alliance" on Facebook!

[Daler99]

If not then don't worry. We will find you the parts you need.

Also you should check out the group "FRC New Hampshire Alliance" on Facebook!

You guys are awesome. :) :D

I'll check it out. ;)

~Daler

[Daler99]

Jay, thank you for the wonderful offer, but we were unfortunately not able to complete our robot in time for today's event, but we will be working on completing our robot for 319's Battle of the Bay event in November.

Good luck, everyone! I hope 1519, 1058, and 3467 (and the rest) do amazingly today. ;)

Thanks again, Jay. ;)

~Daler

[Aidan Cox]

And just like that, another RiverRage has come and gone. 501, 238, and 131 had a great time hosting this event.

Congratulations to the winners 3467- Windham Windup, 319- Big Bad Bob, and 88- TJ Squared; as well as the finalists 1073- The FORCE Team, 811- The Cardinals, and 176- Aces High.

Thank you to all of the volunteers who gave their time to help make this event possible. And another thank you to all that came, we hope you had a great time!

[wildwaffle]

River Rage was lots of fun!!! Great job everyone! Especially thirt:)

*Makes it to finals. Flips robot*

[EmileH]

For those interested, here are the alliances:
1) 1519 2876 190 SF
2) 1058 1474 5494 SF
3) 319 3467 88 W
4) 176 811 1073 F
5) 4909 501 238 QF
6) 237 138 4048 QF
7) 131 166 178 QF
8) 1729 3958 467 QF

[Daler99]

Congrats on 3467 on taking home the win (again). :D Does anyone have videos of the elims matches?

~Daler

[kyle_hamblett]

River Rage was lots of fun!!! Great job everyone! Especially thirt:)

*Makes it to finals. Flips robot*

Our robot was so excited he made it to finals that he passed out :p

[EmileH]

Although it's not much, here are half-field videos of 3467's matches.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBjap5sKdr4XlBBC54vKbv5S7CBx3gYfm

[Jay O'Donnell]

Although it's not much, here are half-field videos of 3467's matches.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBjap5sKdr4XlBBC54vKbv5S7CBx3gYfm

The videos are listed as private

[EmileH]

My bad, the issue should have been fixed now. Didn't hit the "Publish" button after the videos finished uploading to YouTube :D

[mfitzell]

Some of us that have been doing this thing called FIRST Robotics for awhile tend to get blasé about it. The DJ at RiverRage had never seen a competition before and was so impressed that he blogged about it, read what he had to say about the students.

http://www.inspiredbysteve.com/articles-radio-shows-etc/blog/articles

[Jay O'Donnell]

Here's a video of 1058's last stack of the season, a capped 9 stack!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D9_lg1KqHo&feature=youtu.be

[rwodonnell]

We wanted to say thanks again to the organizers of RiverRage 19. You guys did a great job! You kept it on schedule, it was just really well run from beginning to end. Our team really enjoyed the day.

Jay, you did a great job as emcee! Thanks for making the trek down from Potsdam for the weekend, and best of luck as you continue your education at a great school! My wife and I are class of 1987 (and have a nephew who is a freshman there now.)

[Jay O'Donnell]

We wanted to say thanks again to the organizers of RiverRage 19. You guys did a great job! You kept it on schedule, it was just really well run from beginning to end. Our team really enjoyed the day.

Jay, you did a great job as emcee! Thanks for making the trek down from Potsdam for the weekend, and best of luck as you continue your education at a great school! My wife and I are class of 1987 (and have a nephew who is a freshman there now.)

Same last name, same college...the similarities just keep coming! Thanks for the kind words.

[CadetGizmo]

It just occurred to me that I'm not aware if anyone won any costume awards. Were any awarded this year? I've looked at the RiverRage website and the rest of this thread and wasn't able to find anything.

[Jay O'Donnell]

It just occurred to me that I'm not aware if anyone won any costume awards. Were any awarded this year? I've looked at the RiverRage website and the rest of this thread and wasn't able to find anything.

Team 238 won both costume awards, as voted on by volunteers. The awards were given out during eliminations (before semifinals I think?)

[CadetGizmo]

Team 238 won both costume awards, as voted on by volunteers. The awards were given out during eliminations (before semifinals I think?)

Ah, alright. I must have missed it while I was in the pits. Thanks!