BC17: Registration Opens 18-Apr @ 1200

[ColleenShaver]

Teams-

Registration is opening soon for BattleCry@WPI 17!

Here's the details:
- BattleCry@WPI 17 with take place over TWO full days on Sat-Sun, 21-22 May 2016 in Worcester, MA.
- 60 teams
- $400 registration gets you t-shirts, team social, BBQ dinner, Ice Cream Social, and Lunches (one day). And most importantly, the chance to try one more time to reign supreme in New England (and beyond).

Tell your friends, tell your rivals, tell your neighboring rookie teams... we welcome and encourage everyone who is interested to sign up! While 2013 broke records with 1 second to fill registration, last year took a few minutes but by the week of the event, we ended up extending invites to our entire Ready Reserve list!

Those who do not make the initial team list will be placed on the Ready Reserves. EVERY YEAR we end up calling almost every team on the Ready Reserves looking for folks to play, especially for last minute drop-outs, so don't hesitate to register even if the slots are full and expect that you will be called up.

When it opens, to register, go to www.wpi.edu/+bc and click "Enter the Fray".

If you are interested in volunteering, we'd love to have your help as well! We'll be posting a volunteer signup link soon.

See you at BC17!

[Steve Kaneb]

Volunteer form! (http://goo.gl/forms/8CcYykyn0s)

As always, the aspects of the competition that require the most effort are setup and teardown. We'll be setting up all day Friday, the 20th. Teardown is immediately following the awards (but also some during the awards). Day start times to be updated as information becomes available.

I really want to get some new people into key roles, to help spread the load for the people that have been running around to multiple district events every year. Try something you're curious about. Please also give me extra information about any roles you'd like to invent for yourself. You can edit your response as your schedule changes.

[prifken]

Anyone else having trouble with registration?

The registration page just says "Enter the Fray"

https://www.wpi.edu/news/Events/BattleCry/fray.html

[Drew4564]

Anyone else having trouble with registration?

The registration page just says "Enter the Fray"

Yes, I'm also getting a page that has the "Enter the Fray" title with nothing on it.

[prensing]

Yes, for me too

[Chi Meson]

Ditto

[SGK]

Me too. Messaged Colleen.

[Techwiz]

I have this bookmarked from last year:

http://battlecry.bradhouse.com/

Hope that helps,
Blake

[prifken]

Up!

[prensing]

Site is up now!! Go!!

[BushTA]

RAGE 173 is registered.

[Underdog_19]

4909 Bionics are in!

[Chi Meson]

It's full!

Just kidding!

[prensing]

2877 LigerBots is registered.

[ColleenShaver]

Sorry for the problems today everyone. Unfortunately our CMS didn't publish the page correctly, and it took me a few to get logged in and get it republished. Thanks to everyone for being willing to hit 'refresh' for a bit.

It is now full, took about 7 minutes from when the page went live. Handful of teams are now on the Ready Reserves.

We will do our best to get our Competitor/Ready Reserve list live today, but the folks who control that are volunteers at the Boston Marathon each year so they are a little busy. If we don't get it up today/tonight, it'll be posted tomorrow.

FYI... Dorms will be available this year at the cost of $120/triple. Discounts will be considered for teams with good utilization ratios (i.e. use all triples and need two singles for mentors, we will charge you only $40/pp for the singles).

Later this week we will open up ordering for Dorms, T-shirts (10 free), Saturday BBQ (10 free), Ice Cream Social (10 free), and Sunday Lunches (10 free).

Thanks everyone!

[Ben Wolsieffer]

Has anyone seen the list of teams that are registered? When I go to the page I get an error.

[SGK]

Seems OK.

http://www.wpi.edu/news/Events/BattleCry/challengers.html

[Chi Meson]

This took a while to accumulate, but here is the history of BattleCry Victors. I thought I'd post it here so I can find it again in the future!

2000: 190, 173, 42
2001: 177, 175, 121
2002: 190, 121, 311
2003: 166, 69, 1100
2004: 181, 177 (no 3rd bot listed anywhere)
2005: 40, 121, 596
2006:177, 176, 839
2007: 1153, 1685, 271
2008: 40, 121, 1474
2009: 172, 121, 40
2010: 40, 78, 1729
2011: 1073, 1519, 238
2012: 1519, 2168, 125
2013: 663, 3467, 195
2014: 4048, 2168, 3719
2015: 2067, 2168, 4564

Most wins: (5) 121--Rhode Warriors; (4) 40--Checkmate

[Francis-134]

This took a while to accumulate, but here is the history of BattleCry Victors. I thought I'd post it here so I can find it again in the future!

2000: 190, 173, 42
2001: 177, 175, 121
2002: 190, 121, 311
2003: 166, 69, 1100
2004: 181, 177 (no 3rd bot listed anywhere)
2005: 40, 121, 596
2006:177, 176, 839
2007: 1153, 1685, 271
2008: 40, 121, 1474
2009: 172, 121, 40
2010: 40, 78, 1729
2011: 1073, 1519, 238
2012: 1519, 2168, 125
2013: 663, 3467, 195
2014: 4048, 2168, 3719
2015: 2067, 2168, 4564

Most wins: (5) 121--Rhode Warriors; (4) 40--Checkmate

Wow, it's great to know team Cash-and-Prizes is still on top!

[Peter Matteson]

2004: 181, 177 (no 3rd bot listed anywhere)

This was the last 2v2 game.
There were not enough teams for our alliance to have a third bot that year, so this is correct.

[Chi Meson]

Glad to know we are in from the Wait-List. As usual, it's looking like a replay of New England Champs for the most part. But Welcome Back to New England, Shaker Robotics! Now featuring one of our graduates as a mentor!

The current line-up is:
121 Rhode Warriors Middletown RI
126 Gael Force Clinton MA
131 CHAOS Candia NH
138 Entropy Amherst NH
157 AZTECHS Marlborough MA
166 Chop Shop Merrimack NH
172 Northern Force Gorham ME
173 RAGE (Robotics And Gadget Engineering) Tolland CT
175 Buzz Robotics Enfield CT
176 Aces High Robotics Windsor Locks CT
181 Birds of Prey Hartford CT
190 Gompei & the HERD Worcester MA
195 CyberKnights Southington CT
228 GUS Robotics Meriden CT
237 Black Magic Robotics Watertown CT
238 Cruisin Crusaders Manchetser NH
246 Overclocked Boston MA
467 The Colonials Shrewsbury MA
501 The PowerKnights Manchester NH
716 Who'sCTEKS Falls Village CT
839 Rosie Robotics Agawam MA
885 The Green Team Randolph Ctr VT
1058 PVC Pirates Londonderry NH
1073 The Force Team Hollis NH
1100 T-Hawks Northborough MA
1124 ÜberBots Avon CT
1153 RoboRebels Walpole MA
1474 MasterLink Militia Tewksbury MA
1735 Green Reapers Worcester MA
2079 4H Alarm Robotics Franklin MA
2084 Robots by the C MANCHESTER MA
2168 Aluminum Falcons Groton CT
2262 Holliston RoboPanthers Holliaton MA
2342 Phoenix Robotics Nashua NH
2423 The KwarQs Watertown MA
2648 Infinite Loop Oakland ME
2791 Shaker Robotics Latham NY
2876 Devilbotz Burlington MA
2877 The LigerBots Newton MA
3182 Athena's Warriors Colchester CT
3236 TriForce Franklin MA
3314 Mechanical Mustangs Clifton NJ
3461 Operation PEACCE Robotics Bristol CT
3467 The Windham Windup Windham NH
3719 STEM Whalers New London CT
3958 Schrodinger's Cat Dorchester MA
4048 Redshift Westborough MA
4097 Devilbots Northampton MA
4151 S.C.R.A.P. Weymouth MA
4176 Iron Tigers North Easton MA
4311 Swampscott Currents Swampscott MA
4473 REM Delta Prime Farmingdale ME
4557 The FullMetal Falcons Middletown CT
4564 Orange Chaos Brewer ME
4761 The Robockets Reading MA
4909 Bionics Billerica MA
5122 robOTies Old Town ME
5400 WARP Worcester MA
5556 Carriagetown Robotics Amesbury MA
5813 Morpheus Concord NH

[Brian Maher]

But Welcome Back to New England, Shaker Robotics! Now featuring one of our graduates as a mentor!


Shaker is looking forward to making our Stronghold debut in New England! There are so many amazing teams on the roster we can't wait to play with!

[Chris is me]

Shaker is looking forward to making our Stronghold debut in New England! There are so many amazing teams on the roster we can't wait to play with!

Last time Shaky set foot in WPI they walked out with a medal... just saying. ;)

[Kevin Leonard]

Last time Shaky set foot in WPI they walked out with a medal... just saying. ;)

And just a medal. :D

[jtrv]

And just a medal. :D

We wound up getting a 2nd place banner... ;)

[Bmarshall645]

Have volunteer role assignments been sent out yet?

[MooreteP]

Glad to know we are in from the Wait-List. As usual, it's looking like a replay of New England Champs for the most part. But Welcome Back to New England, Shaker Robotics! Now featuring one of our graduates as a mentor!

Also 3314, The Mechanical Mustangs from New Jersey.
They were at Waterbury and BattleCry the last two years.
IN my opinion, a top-notch team.

[Jay O'Donnell]

Hey Colleen/Francis, are you guys accepting submissions for the mentor of the year award (I think it's called Battlecry Star)? If so, how do you submit?

[ColleenShaver]

Our Tactical Update and Rule Changes have been posted! Go check them out at www.wpi.edu/+bc (http://www.wpi.edu/+bc)

BC Star is an opportunity for teams to nominate a mentor to be recognized by their team for their outstanding work and dedication to FIRST. Past BC Star recipients will review the submissions and select a winner. The chosen team will be invited to come up during the awards ceremony and recognize their mentor!

[Jay O'Donnell]

Our Tactical Update and Rule Changes have been posted! Go check them out at www.wpi.edu/+bc (http://www.wpi.edu/+bc)

BC Star is an opportunity for teams to nominate a mentor to be recognized by their team for their outstanding work and dedication to FIRST. Past BC Star recipients will review the submissions and select a winner. The chosen team will be invited to come up during the awards ceremony and recognize their mentor!

Very happy to see the blanks be changed to second round picks only. The second seed getting 4564 from a blank last year was just disheartening to everyone else.

Also happy to see the drawbridge and SP taken away. Makes defenses as a whole much easier, I doubt we'll see anyone working with the category A defenses unless they just want extra defense points. Hopefully this leads to more teams scoring boulders and less teams breaking down.

The center dot is super interesting. I bet we'll see a lot of missed captures because of it. It's a very risky play to go for it if an opponent is too, but it could change the playoffs in an instant.

Overall I really like the rule changes and I'm excited to see how it plays out!

[mdituri]

Also 3314, The Mechanical Mustangs from New Jersey.
They were at Waterbury and BattleCry the last two years.
IN my opinion, a top-notch team.

Wow, Thanks. We look forward to playing with Team Paragon again and their huge wheels that bounded through the defenses with ease and their amazing team spirit, welcoming everyone to the event each morning.

Additionally, I look forward to the sallyless port always in spot 3.

[Brian Maher]

I have a question on the playoff rule revisions. For quartefinals, will alliances be seeded in the order of their alliance selection seed, or their highest eighth-final score?

[Jay O'Donnell]

I have a question on the playoff rule revisions. For quartefinals, will alliances be seeded in the order of their alliance selection seed, or their highest eighth-final score?

Historically it's been based on initial seed.

[page2067]

Wow, Thanks. We look forward to playing with Team Paragon again and their huge wheels that bounded through the defenses with ease and their amazing team spirit, welcoming everyone to the event each morning.

Additionally, I look forward to the sallyless port always in spot 3.



We attribute the Mustangs nice performance rise on their attendance to NE events these 2 years !

[MooreteP]

Wow, Thanks. We look forward to playing with Team Paragon again and their huge wheels that bounded through the defenses with ease and their amazing team spirit, welcoming everyone to the event each morning.

Additionally, I look forward to the sallyless port always in spot 3.

We are still on the Waitlist, and probably cannot make it as we have an appearance in our Town Festival that weekend:
Shad Derby (http://www.windsorshadderby.org)

Thank you for acknowledging our unique design and Team Spirit. We are also aces on Imagery. (The "A" in STEAM)
Team Paragon does not necessarily build the best Robots, but we have a great team.

I will be there Game Announcing at one of the best venues in the FIRST world.
I look forward to experiencing 33.14% more horsepower.

[mdituri]

We attribute the Mustangs nice performance rise on their attendance to NE events these 2 years !

We won't disagree with that. We LOVE NE and can't wait to compete with you every single year.

[kyle_hamblett]

I'm a bit confused as far as the Sally port goes... From the rules change:

The Sally Port will be modified to have no door and the side panels will be removed.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but does this just mean a platform in position 3?

[ColleenShaver]

I have a question on the playoff rule revisions. For quartefinals, will alliances be seeded in the order of their alliance selection seed, or their highest eighth-final score?

They will be seeded based on their highest score from the eighth finals.

I'm a bit confused as far as the Sally port goes... From the rules change:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but does this just mean a platform in position 3?

It is the base plate of the Sally Port inserted into the defense platform.

[prensing]

This being our first BattleCry, I am wondering how teams typically deal with their pits at this event. Do most teams bring their whole rig, or is it more typical to come "bare bones" with just the robot and tools?

[kevin.li.rit]

I think more people bring their whole setup but we're going barebones.

[Hitchhiker 42]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but does this just mean a platform in position 3?

Yes, but if you take a sally port apart, you would see some bolt/whatever things sticking up in the four corners. Otherwise, it's pretty flat.

[Jay O'Donnell]

This being our first BattleCry, I am wondering how teams typically deal with their pits at this event. Do most teams bring their whole rig, or is it more typical to come "bare bones" with just the robot and tools?

1058 usually brings robot, cart, tools, and spare parts, but leaves stuff like the bandsaw and banners at home for offseasons.

[Chris is me]

This being our first BattleCry, I am wondering how teams typically deal with their pits at this event. Do most teams bring their whole rig, or is it more typical to come "bare bones" with just the robot and tools?

Generally teams bring all / most of their tools but not so much their awards displays or banners. Some teams still do though.

[NShep98]

Somewhat off topic, would anyone happen to know what console will be used for the Dance Dance Revolution game in the R & R Arcade Saturday evening?

I need to know for reasons.

[Aidan Cox]

Somewhat off topic, would anyone happen to know what console will be used for the Dance Dance Revolution game in the R & R Arcade Saturday evening?

I need to know for reasons.

Last year before this event, in preparation for it, I practiced The Police's Roxanne on Rock Band until I could play it on expert while turned around looking at the opposite side of the room. I got a lot of weird looks as I played the song that very same way at that BattleCry, totally worth it though.

[NShep98]

Last year before this event, in preparation for it, I practiced The Police's Roxanne on Rock Band until I could play it on expert while turned around looking at the opposite side of the room. I got a lot of weird looks as I played the song that very same way at that BattleCry, totally worth it though.

That's fantastic, totally not trying to downplay you at all, but it is of special significance to me whether or not they are using a Nintendo Wii to play DDR on.

[Bmarshall645]

See everyone at Battlecry! This will be my second Battlecry volunteering.

[mdituri]

Since IRI just released their new rules, one of them is that during auto you are allowed to cross the center line (within reason) AFTER you have crossed a defense. This will allow us to do a 30 point auto without penalty since right now we cross the white line with our intake by 2 inches. Can we consider this option for BattleCry this weekend?

[Francis-134]

That's fantastic, totally not trying to downplay you at all, but it is of special significance to me whether or not they are using a Nintendo Wii to play DDR on.

The DDR game is on a PS2 (yes, 2!)

[NShep98]

The DDR game is on a PS2 (yes, 2!)

Shoot. There go my plans then.

[Francis-134]

Since IRI just released their new rules, one of them is that during auto you are allowed to cross the center line (within reason) AFTER you have crossed a defense. This will allow us to do a 30 point auto without penalty since right now we cross the white line with our intake by 2 inches. Can we consider this option for BattleCry this weekend?

At this time, there are no plans to modify the rules any more than have already been outlined at http://www.wpi.edu/news/Events/BattleCry/rules.html.

[ColleenShaver]

Has everyone see the BC17 Trailer? If not, check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMqSpsTwTQM

It's, well, surprisingly fine!

Can't wait for the event! PODS are here, lights & sounds are in process, and field setup starts Friday morning!

[alectronic]

It say the trailer is unavailable!

[Francis-134]

It say the trailer is unavailable!

It should be available, it's on YouTube and is working for me on multiple machines. Are you viewing on mobile?

[MooreteP]

Kind of a letdown.
I hope the actual BattleCry video will rival those in the past, specifically BCXI.

Really looking forward to playing Stronghold again in Harrington.

[EmileH]

Alliances:

1) 0195-2791-0501
2) 0166-3314-3958
3) 2877-5813-1474
4) 3467-1058-1073
5) 2713-0319-blank
6) 2648-4564-4176
7) 2876-2084-1100
8) 0131-2168-0173
9) 4151-4909-0138
10) 0467-0176-2079
11) 0839-0175-190
12) 5122-0228-blank
13) 0181-1124-3461
14) 1153-0126-3236
15) 3719-4557-4097
16) 2262-4311-1735
17) 0172-0157-2342
18) 0237-0885-2423
19) 5556-0238-0121
20) 0246-4048-0716

BattleCry 17 alliance selection format & elimination rules can be found on this website (http://www.wpi.edu/news/Events/BattleCry/rules.html).

[Brian Maher]

I will be tracking results using this Google spreadsheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dT2omSKXmAXqySW4H6YsGRlkXz9CPyKi4PnL3_AH3KI/edit?usp=sharing) in approximately real-time. Quarterfinals seedings are approximate until the Eighthfinals are over.

[Bmarshall645]

Here is the BC17 opening trailer from opening ceremonies yesterday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYmuGnmy1r8

[Mr. B]

Does anyone know if the videos are posted? Looking for the Eightfinals if they are available?
Thanks

[plnyyanks]

Does anyone know if the videos are posted? Looking for the Eightfinals if they are available?
Thanks

Day 2 videos are available on TBA (http://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2016bc). Eighth finals will be up soon as well, I just have to manually import them because the BC tournament was a little funky.

[Jay O'Donnell]

Looks like all matches have been uploaded to YouTube, which is awesome!

Any chance we can get the video for the replay of match 28? It took place right after the first play.

[rwodonnell]

Looks like all matches have been uploaded to YouTube, which is awesome!
Can you post a link please? I did find this playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1oghGacCInqHX9kZsin_5nrxKZ8iwFAO) which is awesome but it doesn't have a big chunk of the qual matches. (Big thanks to the uploaders of those matches!)

[BrendanB]

Can you post a link please? I did find this playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1oghGacCInqHX9kZsin_5nrxKZ8iwFAO) which is awesome but it doesn't have a big chunk of the qual matches. (Big thanks to the uploaders of those matches!)

You can find the NEFIRST videos here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB6gV8Gve2DpQOVYHxYBk0JQG6ntjtmA-

[rwodonnell]

You can find the NEFIRST videos here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB6gV8Gve2DpQOVYHxYBk0JQG6ntjtmA-
Thanks!