Ramp Riot 2005 :The Official Thread

[OZ_341]

Robots Invade Wissahickon HS!!!
November 5th 2005, from 9 AM until 5 PM.

RAMP RIOT 2005
Sponsored by: NASA, Rohm & Haas, Johnson & Johnson, BAE Systems, Siemens Corp, DeVry University, FIRST and Team 341.

The 6th Annual Ramp Riot Regional Robotics Competition is coming to Wissahickon HS!!!
36 Teams from 7 States and 2500 people will converge on Wissahickon HS for this one day event.

Event Features and Activities:
36 High Schools from CT to VA
Charity Food Drive for The Ambler Community Cupboard
Radio Station Wired 96.5 FM
Radio Shack/VEX Robotics Fun Zone
Face Painting for the kids (and teams)
Children's Robot Driving Zone
I-Pod Nano Raffle

You can also learn more at : www.team341.com

Thanks!!

AL Ostrow
Wissahickon HS Robotics Team

[slickguy2007]

I cannot wait. This is my first competition since Atlanta, talk about going cold turkey. :p Ramp Riot rules, see ya in a week!


GO 1403!!!

[OZ_341]

We will be hosting a NEMO Conference run by Kathie Kentfield. Please see below:

NEMO (Non-Engineering Mentor Organization) Meeting
Does your team have concerns about fundraising, recruiting new mentors, retaining the mentors you do have, travel arrangements, public relations? If so, join your fellow mentors in a discussion on these topics and others related to supporting the non-technical side of an FRC team. The meeting will be held during the lunch break in a location TBD. Please come prepared with a list of your team’s top three concerns. For more information, contact Kathie Kentfield, kentfieldk@earthlink.net.

[OZ_341]

RAMP RIOT 2005
EVENT SCHEDULE

5:30 AM Team 341 Reports to WHS

7:00AM Doors / Pits open

7:30- 8:30AM Practice Rounds

8:40 - 9:00AM Opening Ceremonies
-Welcome
-Team Intro & Video
-National Anthem

9AM -12:00PM Qualifying Rounds (4 out of 5)

12:00 - 1:00PM Lunch/Special Events

1:00- 2:00PM Qualifying Rounds (5 of 5)

2:00PM Alliance Selection

2:30-4:30 PM Elimination Rounds

4:30PM Awards/Closing Ceremonies

5:00PM Field Breakdown

[OZ_341]

To All Ramp Riot Teams:

Please don't forget our annual canned food drive. Last year we collected 900 cans. If every team just brought 50 cans this year, we could double that amount to 1800 cans!!

All food gets sent immediately to the Ambler Community Cupboard for distribution to the needy and to Hurricane Katrina Victims housed in the Philadelphia area.

As you know the team that brings the most cans will win a trophy and an attache toolbox (compliments of Technitool) !

Thank you in advance for contributing to this worthy cause.

Al Ostrow

[OZ_341]

With a little over one day left until Ramp Riot 2005 things are looking great.

We have an awesome field of 36 Teams !

A rocking opening ceremony & video that will honor all attending teams!

Radio Station 96.5 FM giving away prizes and making call-ins to the station

Face Painting for the kids, VEX Robot driving zone, i-Pod Nano Raffle

You name it, its happening here!

But the most important thing we have is the a group of dedicated teams that play here every year.

Thank you to every team on the List.

It is YOU that makes Ramp Riot so incredible!!!

Ramp Riot Teams (36)
25 Raider Robotics
87 RVRHS (Diablo)
99 El Taco, Palisades HS
103 Palisades HS
165 Das Goat
173 Rage Robotics
222 Tigertrons
224 Piscataway HS
225 York High
272 Lansdale Catholic
303 Bridgewater-Raritan
306 Corry Robotics
316 Lunatecs
341 WHS/NMTCC
357 Upper Darby HS
365 Dupont/MOE
369 Grady Vo-Tech
433 Mt. Saint Joseph’s Academy
484 Haverford HS
487 Springfield HS
528 North Penn HS
539 Trinity Episcopal School
709 Agnes Irwin
716 Housatonic HS
834 Southern Lehigh HS
1048 Mustang Robotics
1113 Temple U. Explorers
1143 Cruzin’ Comets
1168 Malvern Robotics
1218 CHASS
1391 Westtown Robotics
1403 Cougar Robotics
1640 Downingtown
1656 The Haverford School
1676 Pascack Valley Reg. HS
1712 Lower Merion HS

[Kristian Calhoun]

does anyone know what the playlist for tomorrow is? and are they taking any requests?

[tkwetzel]

What other members of the CD community can I expect to see there tomorrow?

I should be there before 11, but no chopper this year.

[coastertux]

I will be there with Team sab-BOT-age (Team 1640) tomorrow!

[Conor Ryan]

I'll be there with 1403, we're bringing some cans for the drive too. It should be a great competition I can't wait! 14 hours and 45 minutes until the pits open!

The robot can't wait either!

[Liz C]

the 'birds are coming :) we have quite a few number of the posters throughout our school, so I think we'll have a good team turn out too - I can't wait!

[C.Roberts 1089]

I'll be there just to watch.. coming with another 1089-er, and two girls that are both related to team 25. But I don't think either one is officially on it. I heard it was one of the best off-seasons around, so I'll be scouting it out for a possible off-season for my team for next year =p. Unfortunately this year the date didn't work for our advisor.

[westfalia]

I can't wait for ramp riot 2005! only about 6 hours till I have to arrive at WHS. I'll be doing some announcing and all around 'who knows what'. See you all there!

[Jeff Rodriguez]

I am here. I'll be here all day. I'll be coaching so you may have to search for me a little.

[KathieK]

I'm here. Looking forward to another great off-seaason competition!

[coastertux]

I just returned from the competition and must say I had a great time. Thanks to all who made it possible. Also, great job to the alliance I was with in the quarter-finals. You did a great job. We went out fighting!

[Corey Balint]

wow.
such a great competition.

thanks to team 341 for running a great competition, with no problems whatsoever. great job guys. and thanks for giving 1712 a robot to play with. i love the comraderie.

and thank you to 484, 1676, and 365 for being terrific alliance partners. didnt make one mistake out there. you guys were amazing.

Just a quick recap of the elims for us, the #5 seed.

first round versus #4 seed, 316, 1143, and 341 was a sweep in pretty intense matches. they sure put up a swell fight.

second round versus #1 seed, 173, 272(had been the 2nd seed), 716 was another sweep in two great matches. in the first match, 173 was going up for a cap on a side goal, and we tapped them onto the goal, and left them stuck. sorry guys, had to exploit the hole. second match was clean and just well played.

final round versus #3 seed, 222, 103, 99(103's backup robot), and 303. first match was very close. in the final 5 seconds we put a cap onto the corner goal of the field, while 222 was defending, which killed their row, and gave us another, giving us a clear 20 point win. second match was great. 303 came in for 99. it was just great. very close match, but ultimately, we outcapped them 13-9 and gave ourselves a clear victory.

6-0 through eliminations. not to brag, but the alliance we had made no mistakes, and capitalized on every fault another alliance made.

and a special congrats to team 1712, i love to see prerookies out there.

Thanks to all, was a fantastic day.

P.S. High Score of the day was 25, 484, and 272 versus 303, 365, 225. 101-28

[Conor Ryan]

Corey couldn't of said it better, it was a fantastic competition, It felt great to have our robot at a competition again. I had the most fun I've had in awhile and a lot of the Freshman/Rookies to robotics got a good feel for the competition and were giving back 100% positive feed back. The teams that won earned the title played very well and the final was evenly matched.

I had almost too much fun today, and I hope to see all who attended at Brunswick Eruption on 11/19

[Michael Leicht]

congrats to the winning teams put up a good fight. had a good time.


only thing i have to say is the pits were close together. other then that thank you to 341 for hosting


A big thank you to my good friends from 222, and some good friends from 103.

AND YES OUR DUMP VALVE WAS CLOSED THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[Bharat Nain]

My friends above me said all there is to the competition. Thanks to our alliance partners and all other teams for putting up such a good fight and letting us experience some real competition. It was great attending Ramp Riot 2005 and thank you for hosting it Team 341.

[Kristian Calhoun]

eh, Corey beat me to it, but i couldn't have explained it any better.
even though this was only my second competition, I had a blast, so thanks to team 341 for arranging the whole thing.
Alliance #5(seed)= 484 Haverford Robotics , 1676 Pascack Pioneers , and 365 MOE did an awesome job, and i look forward to working with you all at brunswick eruption! and 484,and 365, there's still some time left to sign up!

[Alexa Stott]

Hey, great job everyone! Thank you to team 341 for organizing it; you guys did an excellent job. It was a lot of fun. And Teams 365, 484, and 1676, you were awesome alliance partners!

[C.Roberts 1089]

I'll have to agree with Corey & Conor and everyone else. Though I didn't show up til about 2:30, and I wasn't participating, it seemed like the whole event was pretty well run. I also liked the set-up right inside the door where you came in from outside, it was pretty cool. Congrats for running such a successful event! I had a lot of fun, and I hope to bring my team [1089] out next year.

[Mr MOE]

Hats off to all the team members and volunteers for 341 and their sponsors for putting on a terrific off-season event yet again. Also, thanks to NASA and the ever present Mike Wade for the FIRST playing field.

MOE 365 would like to shout out thanks to Teams 25, 484, and 1676. What terrific teams to be with in an alliance. You guys demonstrated great teamwork, spirit, and competitiveness. What a wild ride! Thanks for picking us!

Thanks also to Kathie Kentfield for facilitating the NEMO session and to the adult mentors, who participated. I know that I gathered some nuggests of wisdom that I can take back to my team.

Great things about the event - music, video, team introductions, friendliness of all the volunteers, food prices, Vex driving area, canned food drive, space in the stands, 4 teams per alliance.

My only improvement area would be the crowdedness of the pits. Wearing my corporate hat, I am concerned about safety with all those robots in close proximity.

Miss Daisy. Congrats on another great Ramp Riot! Best of luck to all teams attending the Brunswick Eruption in a few weeks!

[OZ_341]

To All of the participating Ramp Riot Teams:

Thank you to all of the teams for your continued support of Ramp Riot!

Your Competitive Spirit, Support of Rookies and Volunteerism is what gives this event meaning.

We could not hold this event without a massive amount of help from the FIRST community of teams (that's you). :D

However, one very special person that deserves our thanks is Mike Wade from NASA GSFC. For the past four years he has been traveling up and down the East Coast supporting off-season events (RR, DoD, and NBE) by providing an entire playing field and his personal time.

I urge you to support Mike by doing two things.

1) First and most importantly send him a message. Not only does he like to hear from teams, but Mike can use your stories to help maintain his support from NASA. mwade@mscmail.gsfc.nasa.gov

2) Secondly, if your are going to the Brunswick Eruption or the Chesapeake Regional take a minute to thank him personally. This man works so hard for us!! He's a great guy and likes to know that this means something to you. :)


I'll write again later about results, improvements etc.

But for right now... I gotta get some sleep!! :ahh:

[looneylin]

that was an awesome competition!

i made 20 ppl wear the unicorn which was joe's by the way b/c it's his birthday today! n we celebrated it at ramp riot! (go pm him n say happy b-day! he's taltree2007 :D ) unicorn hat n boas rock!

thanks to 306 n 1712 for being our alliance partners
n everybody who made this possible
n to my robot, who is a spaz. i <3 her anyways!

[Andrew Blair]

Hey, I must say that Ramp Riot was a great time all around! Thanks to 433, 1712, and 1113 for being our alliance partners! I would especially like to thank 341 for hosting the thing and giving 1712 a bot! They played great and I'm sure they'll do great this coming season. I even learned something new: how to take down a field! I'm really impressed with Mike and all he does for FIRST. Make sure to thank him and take him out to eat!

[IraJason]

Hello Everybody!
I am a member of team 1712 and a first time poster.
I would like to thank all the members of team 341 again for letting us use one of their previous robots. If it wasn't for them, we wouldn't have been able to participate in Ramp Riot and have such a good time as we did.

Also thanks to Teams 306, 433 and 1113 for choosing us to be their alliance partners. This gave us some much needed experience and what to expect when it comes to actual competition time. It felt great to be a pre-rookie team and make it that far. Thank you all for making that possible.

Again, special thanks to Team 341 for hosting this event and their generousity in allowing us to compete. It was a great time meeting all these new people from different teams. Hope to see you all again soon!

[BandChick]

Ramp Riot was great from the little bit of it I got to.
It was well run and very efficient.
Congratulations to all the winners. :D

[KathieK]

Al Ostrow and his team hosted a terrific event - has anyone ever calculated the number of volunteer hours spent pulling off an off-season event? It must be huge! Thank you to all of you! I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Ramp Riot...

A big thanks to all the teams who sent mentors to the NEMO meeting - we probably could have exchanged ideas all afternoon if we'd been able to. I hope those of you who are withing reasonable driving distance will continue this discussion and schedule another mentor meeting sometime soon.

And a big thank you to RAGE for allowing me to hitchhike along with them. You will always be family to me and it was wonderful to be able to yell "Git 'R' Done!" with you guys again!

Best of luck to all of you in the coming season (we still have a few slots open for the UTC New England Regional so I hope to see some some PA/NJ/DE teams come up north! :) ).

[OZ_341]

Hey Teams:

If anyone has good pictures from Ramp Riot, could you share them on Delphi or send them to me at aostrow1@comcast.net ? There is a Ramp Riot Folder on Delphi for Pics under the offseason comps pic directory.

Thanks!

For your help!

Al Ostrow
Team 341

[starbot]

I'd also like to express my thanks from team 1712. Of course, thanks so much team 341, especially Adam, Trevor, and the others who worked so hard to get our Daisy in competition state! Also thanks to our alliance partners 433 (yo Karen!), 306, and 1113; you guys were great!

In addition I'd like to give a shout out to teams 357, 365, and 103 for all their help! Respek!
-jon

[OZ_341]

Results for Ramp Riot 2005

Most Important Result:
*1100 Food Cans Raised for the Maddie Dixon Community Cupboard of Ambler!!

Thank You Teams!!! and CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE!!!

2005 Ramp Riot Champions
25 Raider Robotics
365 Dupont/MOE
484 Haverford HS
1676 Pascack Valley Reg. HS

2005 Ramp Riot Finalists
222 Tigertrons
103 Palisades HS
99 El Taco, Palisades HS
303 Bridgewater-Raritan

Food Drive Award
365 Dupont/MOE (417 Cans)

Judges Award
306 Corry Robotics

Spirit of Ramp Riot
87 RVRHS (Diablo)

#1 Seed Award
173 Rage Robotics

UnderDog Award
1712 Lower Merion HS (pre-rookie)

[coastertux]

Al, I have already uploaded the pictures here.

[JakeGallagher]

A great comp, loads of fun. I usually don't like sitting in the stands at comps (I prefer to do some work or SOMETHING while I'm there), but I still had fun at this one, there were lots of interesting people I hadn't met yet.
And just so that you all know, that was <i>my</i> boa that got passed around to everyone at the comp :-p
I know someone has already asked for them, but I still haven't seen many pictures from the competition posted on here. Let's go, people!
I was stupid and forgot my camera back at Alicia's house that day otherwise I would have taken close to 300 pictures (that's what my camera's card can hold lol).
I'm especially looking for pictures from our paint fights, if anyone got any of those.
Please post them here on CD or send them along to jake.gallagher@gmail.com
Danke :D

[OZ_341]

A great comp, loads of fun. I usually don't like sitting in the stands at comps (I prefer to do some work or SOMETHING while I'm there), but I still had fun at this one, there were lots of interesting people I hadn't met yet.
And just so that you all know, that was <i>my</i> boa that got passed around to everyone at the comp :-p
I know someone has already asked for them, but I still haven't seen many pictures from the competition posted on here. Let's go, people!
I was stupid and forgot my camera back at Alicia's house that day otherwise I would have taken close to 300 pictures (that's what my camera's card can hold lol).
I'm especially looking for pictures from our paint fights, if anyone got any of those.
Please post them here on CD or send them along to jake.gallagher@gmail.com
Danke :D
Jake:
Thanks for the nice comments. I finally have a few good pics to upload but I would love to see more. We are Greedy for pictures!!! :D
Again if you upload, there is a specific Ramp Riot PIC Folder. Make Brandon Happy and use the folder!!

[Corey Balint]

Anyone have any videos of elimination rounds?

[karinka13]

awesome competition!

thanks to 306 (i loooove your hats) and good luck to 1712! (hey jon)

thanks to all the volunteers and mentors too!

oh, and could anyone with pictures email them to me too? (the.panda.empress@gmail.com)

[OZ_341]

Anyone have any videos of elimination rounds?

We actually film the field with 3 cameras that are fed back through a central switching station (errr... sports closet). So we have tape of cameras 1,2,and 3, plus a tape of the result of camera switching, which was up on the big screen.

We can try to put something together. But, we are at the NBC 10 Consumer EXPO this weekend. Just give us a little while because we have several major events in a row.

Thanks again for bringing your amazing team to Ramp Riot. You guys are always "gamers".

[Rudy]

I just want to say THANK YOU SO MUCH to team 341 for all the help they gave our pre-rookie team (1712). We couldn't have participated in Ramp Riot without all of your support and generosity! :D

Also a huge thanks to teams 357, 103 and 365 for your support! :yikes: