FTC Offseason Event...

[runneals]

Was wondering if anyone hosts an FTC off-season event. I just got talking with our coach (my mom) tonight about maybe trying to do one next May or September here in Iowa if anyone would be interested.

[JohnFogarty]

There are bound to be a few off-season events but the main reason there aren't a ton is because of the fact that the FTC off-season is a shorter period of time than the FRC off-season. FTC May-September as opposed to May-January for FRC.

I know that is one of the large reasons we don't have one down here in SC because if tried to hold an off-season together with FRC off-season events (to get a larger crowd) the date doesn't intermix well as FRC off-seaons events down here are in October during the middle of FTC build for the next season.

[Phoenix Spud]

We run the Asia Pacific Invitational which includes an FTC off-season event. We've found it to be a ton of fun with lots of big name teams (Cougar Robotics, Monkey Madness, Team Beta, Schrodinger's Hat, etc.) attending. Happy to talk more about it, feel free to PM me!