Brunswick Eruption 5 Nov.4

[Wayne C.]

come on out to...

Brunswick Eruption 5

hosted by team 25-Raider Robotix

November 4th- Sat
North Brunswick Twp HS
North Brunswick, NJ

we play Aim High- no side games-

let the TIKIs flow

we want 30 teams or more- can handle up to 45


$200 reg per team-
prerookies free with borrowed robot- $100 discount to loaning veteran team


contact Wayne Cokeley- smwonder@comcast.net

www.raiderrobotix.org


late note- we already have 5 teams registered. Contact me now to get on the list

[Rohith Surampudi]

Sweet, I cant wait

[Mark McLeod]

We plan to be there. You guys put on a really fun and well run event.
It's a great opportunity for our freshmen to break our old robot.:ahh:

We have to delay signup for our 06/07 school calendar to be finalized at the end of this month.

[Matt Krass]

We plan to be there. You guys put on a really fun and well run event.
It's a great opportunity for our freshmen to break our old robot.:ahh:

We have to delay signup for our 06/07 school calendar to be finalized at the end of this month.

Of course I'll be at Clarkson while those guys are busy breaking my program!

By the way, what's an Eription? ;-)

[AmayaSaria]

Yay! I'm excited for this, I loved Brunswick Eruption last year^^

You guys host great events, I'm sure this one will be awesome as well! ^_^

[Wayne C.]

By the way, what's an Eription? ;-)


Eription- the condition of shredding the eardrum from excessive cheering at robot competitions

you need to attend to experience it

; )

WC :cool:

[galewind]

We'll be there. Let me know when the forms are together?

[Kristian Calhoun]

As of 6/19/06, we have 16 teams attending BE 5, one of which is a pre-rookie!

25 North Brunswick, NJ
75 Hillsborough, NJ
102 Somerville, NJ
103 Kintnersville, Pa
224 Piscataway, NJ
237 Watertown, Ct
272 Lansdale Catholic, Pa
1071 Wolcott HS,
1071 A- Wolcott Prerookie
1089 Hightstown, NJ
1211 Automotive HS, NYC
1279 Immaculata HS, Somerville, NJ
1396 Tottenville HS, NYC
1403 Montgomery, NJ
1676 Montvale, NJ
1807 Allentown, NJ

There are still many spots available, and we can accomodate up to 45 teams!
It's going to be an amazing event, so come on out!

Also, check out the Brunswick Eruption link on our site, www.raiderrobotix.org, for updates.

[Freddy Schurr]

When you guys need volunteers? And if so, how can we help out.

[coreyk]

Cybersonics 103 is looking forward to this great event.

-Corey

[Wayne C.]

we are up to 18 teams- looking for 30-35

How about some of the Midwesterners coming East for a replay?

WC :cool:

[Mike Schroeder]

When you guys need volunteers? And if so, how can we help out.

I guess i will take up the reigns of that, and say email me, bigmike25@gmail.com with your email address and job interest,and i will get back to you with a position. Keep in mind that most Key positions like Head ref/Ref and Announcer/MC has been filled

[Alexa Stott]

This is just a reminder to all teams that are interested in coming and have not yet signed up! PLEASE register for this year's Brunswick Eruption.

You can sign up here (http://www.geocities.com/brunswick_eruption/BrunswickEruption.html?1059578951843).

We'd love to have any and all teams come out for this event. :)

[Bharat Nain]

I think this will be the most fun packed, well-organized and competitive event. I think you should be there...

[bigboi146]

I want to see if 1660 wants to go. We have a bone to pick with team 25 for knocking us out of the first round at Monty Madness.

[Libby K]

can't wait! 1923 WILL be there.

[Mike Schroeder]

Just a reminder to anyone wishing to volunteer

We could still use some help on the field,

mainly with feild reset and Queing
but there are a couple of spots open for Refs....

Please email me (Big Mike) bigmike25@gmail.com with the subject line "Brunswick Eruption Volunteer" if you are interested.

[Mike Schroeder]

And in Completly unrelated news, I was hoping to engage a slight rule change (keep in mind that slight is one of those objective words ;) )

Instead of this format for play

10 sec automode
40 second alliance a-offense b-defense
40 second alliance a-defense b-offense
and then
40 second free-for-all

i was thinking of somthing like this
10 second automode
2:00 Minute free-for-all

assuming Mike Wade's field can do this, and the teams compete enjoy the idea i think this would really make for some awesome matches


feel free to let me know what you think (esspecially if you are a team registered for the event)

[Simon Strauss]

Team 1155 is definitely interested in attending but i need to check with my co-captains and mentors once school starts up again to make sure.

[Billfred]

And in Completly unrelated news, I was hoping to engage a slight rule change (keep in mind that slight is one of those objective words ;) )

Instead of this format for play

10 sec automode
40 second alliance a-offense b-defense
40 second alliance a-defense b-offense
and then
40 second free-for-all

i was thinking of somthing like this
10 second automode
2:00 Minute free-for-all

assuming Mike Wade's field can do this, and the teams compete enjoy the idea i think this would really make for some awesome matches


feel free to let me know what you think (esspecially if you are a team registered for the event)
While I don't have a dog in this fight, I will vouch for the awesomeness of the two-minute free-for-all. (Granted, we tried it with 2v2 on a smaller field, but I believe it can carry over to standard Aim High.)

This could be interesting...

[Lil' Lavery]

And in Completly unrelated news, I was hoping to engage a slight rule change (keep in mind that slight is one of those objective words ;) )

Instead of this format for play

10 sec automode
40 second alliance a-offense b-defense
40 second alliance a-defense b-offense
and then
40 second free-for-all

i was thinking of somthing like this
10 second automode
2:00 Minute free-for-all

assuming Mike Wade's field can do this, and the teams compete enjoy the idea i think this would really make for some awesome matches


feel free to let me know what you think (esspecially if you are a team registered for the event)

*Cough* Rule changes in favor of 25 *Cough*
:ahh:
J/K
sounds interesting, hopefully it will pump up the energy of the matches

[Kristian Calhoun]

*Cough* Rule changes in favor of 25 *Cough*
:ahh:
J/K
sounds interesting, hopefully it will pump up the energy of the matches
Not really.... :rolleyes:

Big Mike only suggested [mind you nothing is final] this rule change because he feels like being a lazy ref so that he doesn't have to watch out for off-sides... :p

[slickguy2007]

I just realized that Nov. 4th is an SAT day. Isn't North Brunswick High School a testing center?

[Kristian Calhoun]

I just realized that Nov. 4th is an SAT day. Isn't North Brunswick High School a testing center?
Wow, you're right. But I doubt they are testing near the Gym lol. And it will be much better than last year. (Last year, BE fell on the same date as the drama club's play)
http://img419.imageshack.us/img419/6417/satsn8.th.png (http://img419.imageshack.us/my.php?image=satsn8.png)
And the school Calendar has it wrong, BE5 will be held in the gym, not the commons.

[slickguy2007]

Wow, you're right. But I doubt they are testing in the Gym. And it will be much better than last year. (Last year, BE fell on the same date as the drama club's play)
http://img419.imageshack.us/img419/6417/satsn8.th.png (http://img419.imageshack.us/my.php?image=satsn8.png)
And the school Calendar has it wrong, BE5 will be held in the gym, not the commons.

I only mention this because when we were doing Monty Madness, we were told by the school that absolutely nobody is allowed to do anything in the school while examinations were going on(our school is a test center too). I think this was a regulation put into place by College Board, so we had to pick a date that didn't conflict with SAT's.

[Athleticgirl389]

Team 102 will be there and ready to go!!! :)

Be interesting to see how that whole SAT thing works out... be kinda loud having many of us in the gym while there are many taking SATs that day haha.

Not only is it SATs that day, it's also the Sectionals for anyone in Cross Country, so that means those people (like myself) will be pretty late getting to the competition haha*gah* Hopefully we run like 9:00am instead of 1:00pm lol. So many things on one day for some people. I wonder what else can be packed into one day for someone lol.

[Wayne C.]

The SATs are given upstairs in a whole different wing of the building. We wont let them bother the robotics competition too much.


Sitting at 20 teams and still looking for more.....

WC

[Simon Strauss]

Sitting at 20 teams and still looking for more.....

WC
I should have an answer for you on whether or not Team 1155 is coming sometime next week when school starts up again for us

-Simon

[Wayne C.]

Update BE5-

with 6 weeks 'til game time the team count for BE 5 has reached 26. And we still have a number of "locals" that havent committed yet.

Today 5 cases of new poof balls arrived- nice, shiny and brand new.

The food committee has the menu planned and the chefs are getting their crew in line

Big Mike is getting the field ops roster together.

And we have 70 new kids on the team looking for something to work on.....


We would like to see all of your teams come to our house. We are going to have a lot of fun. We can easily host 36 (even more) and we have inexpensive hotels in the neighborhood. Forty minutes from Newark Airport. Two miles form the NJ Turnpike- Rt 95.

Team 25 has a brand new drive team- should be interesting. We expect a great time.

Come on over'

WC :cool:

[Athleticgirl389]

And we have 70 new kids on the team looking for something to work on.....


70 new kids?!?! :ahh: :eek: Dang!!! That's like... I can't say anything to that but that is AMAZING!!! I wish we could get near that many kids. We haven't have 70 kids in the past 4 years haha.

[Kristian Calhoun]

70 new kids?!?! :ahh: :eek: Dang!!! That's like... I can't say anything to that but that is AMAZING!!!
Yup, and they'll all be put to good work to ensure a smoothly ran and competitive event.

Less than three weeks away, there are 29 teams attending Brunswick Eruption 5 as of today.

11 Mt. Olive, NJ
25 North Brunswick, NJ
56 Bound Brook, NJ
75 Hillsborough, NJ
102 Somerville, NJ
136 Plainfield, NJ
145 Norwich, NY
222 Tunkhannock, Pa
224 Piscataway, NJ
237 Watertown, Ct
271 Bayshore, NY
272 Lansdale Catholic, Pa
293 Hopewell, NJ
358 Hauppage, NY
369 Grady HS, Brooklyn, NY
555 Montclair, NJ
1071 Wolcott HS, Ct
1071 A-Wolcott Prerookie
1089 Hightstown, NJ
1211 Automotive HS, NYC
1279 Immaculata HS, Somerville, NJ
1302 Pope John HS, Sparta, NJ
1403 Montgomery, NJ
1546 Baldwin, NY
1626 St. Josephs, Metuchen, NJ
1660 New York, NY
1676 Montvale, NJ
1807 Allentown, NJ
1923 West Windsor, NJ

Remember, it's still not too late to register your team, and any team that lends an older robot to a pre-rookie will receive a $100 discount, and the Pre-Rookie team will be given free admission!

[Bharat Nain]

70 new kids?!?! :ahh: :eek: Dang!!! That's like... I can't say anything to that but that is AMAZING!!! I wish we could get near that many kids. We haven't have 70 kids in the past 4 years haha.

We need about 70 teams to keep them busy during BE. So yeah, I think more of you teams should sign up.

[bigboi146]

Yup, and they'll all be put to good work to ensure a smoothly ran and competitive event.

Less than three weeks away, there are 29 teams attending Brunswick Eruption 5 as of today.

11 Mt. Olive, NJ
25 North Brunswick, NJ
56 Bound Brook, NJ
75 Hillsborough, NJ
102 Somerville, NJ
136 Plainfield, NJ
145 Norwich, NY
222 Tunkhannock, Pa
224 Piscataway, NJ
237 Watertown, Ct
271 Bayshore, NY
272 Lansdale Catholic, Pa
293 Hopewell, NJ
358 Hauppage, NY
369 Grady HS, Brooklyn, NY
555 Montclair, NJ
1071 Wolcott HS, Ct
1071 A-Wolcott Prerookie
1089 Hightstown, NJ
1211 Automotive HS, NYC
1279 Immaculata HS, Somerville, NJ
1302 Pope John HS, Sparta, NJ
1403 Montgomery, NJ
1546 Baldwin, NY
1626 St. Josephs, Metuchen, NJ
1660 A. Philip Randolph, NY
1676 Montvale, NJ
1807 Allentown, NJ
1923 West Windsor, NJ

Remember, it's still not too late to register your team, and any team that lends an older robot to a pre-rookie will receive a $100 discount, and the Pre-Rookie team will be given free admission!
It should be New York, New York for 1660

[nuggetsyl]

i do not see 103 on the list ?????????????

[Athleticgirl389]

My gosh! You are right! I was looking and I normally see at least 2 teams with 10? And we are the only ones?! :ahh: Someone better get a hold of 103 and tell em to sign up! The more the merrier :D

[Freddy Schurr]

I am going to be in the area that day but for an after school conference. Maybe, just maybe I will sneak out and go to BE, LOL!

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Might be there. Might be a ref. Depends how persuasive Corey can be *shoots evil eye across room*

[Corey Balint]

Might be there. Might be a ref. Depends how persuasive Corey can be *shoots evil eye across room*
Its really funny. I just looked up before reading this and he was staring at me evily...
But i shall be there for sure.

[Mike Schroeder]

Might be there. Might be a ref. Depends how persuasive Corey can be *shoots evil eye across room*

Tom, you dont have to come to BE, but if you dont i am going to have to come up to Boston and Bearhug you

[Greg Marra]

Might be there. Might be a ref. Depends how persuasive Corey can be *shoots evil eye across room*

Hmm, maybe I can trade Corey some tea for a ride there?

[Heretic121]

hhm... im on the way to NJ too... hmm...

hey korei + tom wanna come down to RI on thurs and ill drive down to NJ on fri?? =P

[Wayne C.]

The event is growing into a monster!

We are up to 30 teams and we have a parent group working overtime with food, fun and surprises. They've really outdone themselves this year.

Tonight I am going shopping for a lot of the little stuff for the event. I have a few "quirky" surprises for that too.

If your team still wants to come I will take up to three more registrations. But e-mail me fast.

Also Note-

we have pre-order lunch units and pre-order event shirt group order discounts that have been sent to the teams. Large groups coming to be in the crowd might consider either. E-mail me.

WC

[Kim Masi]

Sooooo yeah

Appendicitis+ Emergency Apendectomy+ Not being allowed to play trombone for 2 weeks(which means no marching band)+getting out of work for 2 weeks +reschedulling SATs+mucho persuasion of the parental units= Kim is going to BE! (hopefully) lol :p

watch out all you jerseyians, im comin back! :ahh:

[BandChick]

Holy cow Kim! Say THAT five times fast! I'm glad to see you survived your emergency apendectomy, and hopefully I'll see you at BE :D

And I have to say, Mr. Cokeley, the idea of quirky surprises from you scares me XD

[Elgin Clock]

Sooooo yeah

Appendicitis+ Emergency Apendectomy+ Not being allowed to play trombone for 2 weeks(which means no marching band)+getting out of work for 2 weeks +reschedulling SATs+mucho persuasion of the parental units= Kim is going to BE! (hopefully) lol :p

watch out all you jerseyians, im comin back! :ahh:

Jeesh Kim, did you share your appendicitis with Corey and that's why he had to go visit the hospital when we visited him this past weekend. :ahh:

Anyways, I'm on the fence as to whether or not I am going to BE as of now, but if I do I would be happy to volunteer as a ref or something seeing as I heard that 237 will unfortunately not be competing @ BE. :(

I should know if I am going for sure by tonight.

[BandChick]

COME ELGIN!! Because I have a birthday present for you! That I don't feel like mailing!

[Elgin Clock]

Well.. Sara, you can always send whatever it may be back home with Kevin & Scott.

Yes folks, because life has to constantly be mocking me, I probably will not atend BE this year and miss out on my only trip to NJ for some fun this second half of the year.

Yep.

That is unless by chance I have unusually high good luck in the next 20 hours.
Which.. is highly unlikely.

So yeah.. :(

[nparikh]

And as the final days, hours, minutes tick down, and Mike Wade's trailer is parked outside the school, and you try to 'get through' your classes as you await Saturday...the question is..

are you ready for BE V? It most definitely will be an awesome event. We have some pretty neat superlative-type awards to give away--most courtesy of Mr. Cokeleys 'punning' abilities. ;)

[BandChick]

So, it's Friday!! Which means LESS THAN 24 HOURS UNTIL BE V!! So here's the question, when are you guys setting up? And can you use any extra help?

[Libby K]

i'm SO EXCITED FOR BE!!!!

just about 21 hours [for me, anyway, i'm gettin' there early]

i'm in programming right now. a little bit TOO obsessed with FIRST today. don't even ask.

but BE!!!!! 1923 is way excited.

[nparikh]

i'm SO EXCITED FOR BE!!!!

just about 21 hours [for me, anyway, i'm gettin' there early]

i'm in programming right now. a little bit TOO obsessed with FIRST today. don't even ask.

but BE!!!!! 1923 is way excited.

And 1923 was also there to help set up..well except for the cough cough aforementioned.

:-p, jk it's all good

See you all tomorrow!

[hawk_11]

Team 1302 checking in. Looking foward to a good time tomorrow! =P

[AmayaSaria]

I just had to post before I went to bed. I'm really excited, BE is tomorrow~! I've got my saftey goggles (and my extra ones too!) some beads, some face paint, and my raider outfit! I'm all set, and so totally excited.

Beware teams at Brunswick Eruption, Team 75 is ready for anything! Good luck to everyone, I hope you all have as much fun as I will! See you all tomorrow! =D

[Bluesky55J]

the top teams for this offseason are

25
369
222
555
271
75
1089
1279

the alliance pairs are

25, 1923, 1807

224, 11,1676

271, 293, 102

369, 222, 423

1546, 1403, 272

555,75, 1071

1279, 358, 1302

we will be starting quarter finals soon! ^_-

[Elgin Clock]

As much as I love the whole crew of 25, I have to root for the CT team by default..

Let's go 1071 MAX along with my buddies on Triple Nickel (555), and also on 75!

So sorry I couldn't be there to enjoy the fun.

Good luck everyone!

Pssst.. A little birdie told me they are in the Quarters now @ BE.

[ewankoff]

wow what a great time.

altough i was releived that i didnt have to re-attach another wheel i wish we were in it a little longer. we lost to team the #1 seeded team with 25, 1923, and 1807. thanks to the teams who gave us sky way wheels.

we learned alot there and it really has to do with extruded aluminum. take my advice and dont use it. the connectors are horrible. its either too weak or too heavy. also another lesson learned is the igus parts are not good for drive. they crack with any kind of impact.

with these lessons learned it kind of added to the fun.

thanks to raider robotix for hosting such a nice off season event.

[Libby K]

25, 1923, and 1807 lost in the semifinals against the 271, 293, 102 alliance.

That alliance proceeded to finals vs. 369, 222, 423.

the 271,293,102 alliance won the finals in three AMAZING, nailbitin' matches.

thanks to all teams who attended, i know i had a great time, and i hope you did too. =]

[Rohith Surampudi]

A Big Thanks to Team 25 for hosting a trully awesome event,

but the way i feel best describes this event, in the immortal words of Tom Bottiglieri(Amazingly good Emcee) is

"UNNNNNNBBBBAAAAAAALLLLLLIEEEEVABLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEE!!!!"
:p


A big thanks to Team 555 and 1071 for being amazing alliance partners



O.o and i almost forgot, I am Big Mike... 'nuff said

[Libby K]

UNNNNNBAAALIIIIIEEEEVVVVAAAABLLLLEEEEE!!!!!


=]. no, roho, I am big mike.

thanks to 25 for hosting this event, and 25&1807 for being such amazing alliances.

everyone played such great matches.

<deep thought>
another thing i love is the level of GP shown at off-seasons. don't get me wrong, it's not like regionals are vicious, but since the pressure's off, everyone's just a little less tense. teams were apologizing to each other left and right[often for things they didn't even do], and everyone just cooperated. it made me proud to be a part of FIRST.
</deep thought>

[ewankoff]

totaly agreed. i believe team 271 came up to us and actually complemented us for pushing them. we were able to keep them from scoring and when everything was said and done they were impressed with our ability to push them and not one bit upset.

[slickguy2007]

Thank you team 25 for hosting another great event! Finals were exciting as usual and congratulations to teams 271, 293 and 102 for a well fought victory. Kinda sad that this is my last BE with my team (1403). Who knows, I may be back next year as an alumni volunteer?

[Michael Leicht]

BE was a blast

Corey, my hat goes off to you for head ref did a smash up job.

and 1626 got there award and they love the tiki

kinda of sad that this will be my last BE as a student in high school.

[Wayne C.]

And the Winners Are...
Champions- 271,293,102
Finalists- 369,222,423
Mike's (Wade's) Favorite Award- 1626
Alumni Choice Award-358
Best Auto Mode- 293
Corner Pocket Pro- 224
Team Spirit Award-102
Number 1 Seed- 25
Future Glory Award- 2071- prerrokie- Wallace Middle School, Waterbury, Ct

Big Kahunas 2006- Mike Savin Sr.
and
Beverly Stott

[Carrie102]

BE was amazing. Thank you again to our alliances and as Ashley posted before, thanks to the teams that helped us with our many technical difficulties.

Just letting all of you know, I will not be part of the drive team for the actual competition. That's basically for everyone who noticed my nervous breakdown problems. *angel face*

Last, thank you to team 25 for hosting. And I hope everyone had a great time!

[Wayne C.]

Our thanks to all the teams who came out for BE5 and congratulations to the winners.

I dont know what was more fun for me- watching the robots play or watching the field resetters bombard the "kids in the playpen" every time the round was over.

I am very proud of all of the team, mostly young students, who hustled all day to make sure the event flowed. We were behind the clock 50 minutes at round 4 but only 6 minutes by round 30. Our parent group really outdid themselves. Each committee worked smoothly.

I also wish to thank Corey and the field operations staff. I kept pushing Tom B. to move it along all day and between him and Kim they kept the field hopping.

And finally I wish to express our greatest gratitude to Mike Wade - our NASA guardian- who gave so much of his time and effort to allow us to have the event. Without him none of this would be possible.

Below are some of the newspaper articles out this morning. The event was on both local and statewide radio (NJ 101.5). Someday soon every school in NJ will be playing FIRST robotics.

WC :cool:

http://www.nj.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1162705504122940.xml?starledger?nnj&coll=1

http://www.thnt.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061105/NEWS0102/611050497/1005/NEWS01

[Wayne C.]

BE was a blast

kinda of sad that this will be my last BE as a student in high school.


OK- how about this deal? You gather together a team of independent alumni from at least 5 teams from the region and together build a competition FIRST robot for next year's game in the same season/rules as the regular competition. For BE6 we will have a single "exhibition" spot for you to play as a mentor team.

WC

[Conor Ryan]

OK- how about this deal? You gather together a team of independent alumni from at least 5 teams from the region and together build a competition FIRST robot for next year's game in the same season/rules as the regular competition. For BE6 we will have a single "exhibition" spot for you to play as a mentor team.

WC
Kind of Like....team 38 last year? Mike - count me in



Anyway, BE gets better and better each year, it was my first taste of FIRST, and it certainly won't be my last. I'll come back, and I'm sure most others will too. 25 you guys run this event as smooth as it gets, do it again! Oh thank you to all the volunteers, refs, and anyone else for doing a great job and helping everyone have a great experince, you guys get better at it every event! I also want to thank Mike Wade for showing and explaining to me how all the field controls work (its really really cool)

[Michael Leicht]

OK- how about this deal? You gather together a team of independent alumni from at least 5 teams from the region and together build a competition FIRST robot for next year's game in the same season/rules as the regular competition. For BE6 we will have a single "exhibition" spot for you to play as a mentor team.

WC


sounds good to me

anyone else besides Conor and myself want to take a shot at this?

[Testament-Doom]

Well, BE was just amazing, you know. Every time I go to it (2nd time for me) I keep on meeting new people and all, it's just so amazing. 2 Years ago was the first time being in a robotics competition and I agree with everyone else that BE hosts REALLY GOOD events. Hopefully our team (555) will be there next year because meeting all of you is just a blast! Thanks to all the teams that participated and for team 25 and all the volunteers for making an exciting event! Cheers until the next challenge rolls in :)

[Billfred]

sounds good to me

anyone else besides Conor and myself want to take a shot at this?
Define "the region." ;)

(Seeing as how Palmetto has played host to 11, 25, 1302, and 1676, all of whom have made it to the finals at some point or another (2004 and 2006, 2005, 2004, and 2006, respectively) I think it might qualify as New Jersey Annex.)

[Wayne C.]

Define "the region." ;)

(Seeing as how Palmetto has played host to 11, 25, 1302, and 1676, all of whom have made it to the finals at some point or another (2004 and 2006, 2005, 2004, and 2006, respectively) I think it might qualify as New Jersey Annex.)

if the former student alumni (from around the country- even better) can get together and form and actual team that can build a robot from scratch just like the high school kids teams it would be an amazing feat and worthy of a spot in BE6.

For years FIRST played rounds with a robotic vacuum cleaner called the "Placebo". An alumni robot could be worked into the rounds as a similar capacity to supplement the play of the HS kids without hurting them.
If a few of such teams existed they could be rated based on that team performance and awarded.

I see the alumni as a resource to be developed and making them into a real team can open the doors for all sorts of possibilities. FIRST offers a Chairman's Trophy for the best HS team. Why should the committment to service, learning and the quest for excellence stop when HS ends?

WC :cool:

[Morgan Gillespie]

Little late to respond but what the heck.
Thanks to teams 1923 and 1807 for a good run in the elims.
Congrats to teams 271 293 and 102 for the big win
Also a nice job by teams 369 222 423 in the finals, you guys played very well.

I also want to spotlight an amazing team:
Team 423
They played the best defense I have seen, at BE and DOD, I cannot wait to see them at Ramp Riot. Soon as the videos of BE get cut up be sure to check them out in the finals.

[Alex Burman]

if the former student alumni (from around the country- even better) can get together and form and actual team that can build a robot from scratch just like the high school kids teams it would be an amazing feat and worthy of a spot in BE6.

For years FIRST played rounds with a robotic vacuum cleaner called the "Placebo". An alumni robot could be worked into the rounds as a similar capacity to supplement the play of the HS kids without hurting them.
If a few of such teams existed they could be rated based on that team performance and awarded.

I see the alumni as a resource to be developed and making them into a real team can open the doors for all sorts of possibilities. FIRST offers a Chairman's Trophy for the best HS team. Why should the committment to service, learning and the quest for excellence stop when HS ends?

WC :cool:

I'm game

[Libby K]

if the former student alumni (from around the country- even better) can get together and form and actual team that can build a robot from scratch just like the high school kids teams it would be an amazing feat and worthy of a spot in BE6.

For years FIRST played rounds with a robotic vacuum cleaner called the "Placebo". An alumni robot could be worked into the rounds as a similar capacity to supplement the play of the HS kids without hurting them.
If a few of such teams existed they could be rated based on that team performance and awarded.

I see the alumni as a resource to be developed and making them into a real team can open the doors for all sorts of possibilities. FIRST offers a Chairman's Trophy for the best HS team. Why should the committment to service, learning and the quest for excellence stop when HS ends?

WC :cool:


the placebo is AMAZING. when I was younger, I was invited to drive it during a few matches . oh, my first start on drive team. =P

I can definitely see an alumni 'bot in the future. I know I'll build one when i'm outta HS! There's no way I'm [I]ever leaving F.I.R.S.T.

=]

[Lil' Lavery]

if the former student alumni (from around the country- even better) can get together and form and actual team that can build a robot from scratch just like the high school kids teams it would be an amazing feat and worthy of a spot in BE6.

For years FIRST played rounds with a robotic vacuum cleaner called the "Placebo". An alumni robot could be worked into the rounds as a similar capacity to supplement the play of the HS kids without hurting them.
If a few of such teams existed they could be rated based on that team performance and awarded.

I see the alumni as a resource to be developed and making them into a real team can open the doors for all sorts of possibilities. FIRST offers a Chairman's Trophy for the best HS team. Why should the committment to service, learning and the quest for excellence stop when HS ends?

WC :cool:

I think someone was eavesdropping on the conversation going on at my lunch table at BE, except that was about the formation of an alumni/mentor super team to go dominate IRI.

[Mark McLeod]

Thank you Wayne and company for another great time on and off the field.
All the organizers and volunteers were terrific of course, and the teams are always great to compete with.

The poof playpen was rather cute. It was probably my favorite game feature.
Poof Playpen (http://team358.org/history/2007/videos/PoofPlaypen2.mov) (5MB)

Congratulations to 271, 293, and 102 some of our favorite teams right there.
Wonderful play by 369, 222, and 423 who we are also fond of. They literally handed our head to us in our third semi-final match. :rolleyes:
And thanks to our own alliance partners 1279 and 1302.
Sorry, we didn’t mean to lose our head at the end there! :ahh:
Thanks for the Tiki (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/25829?)!!

[camtunkpa]

Thanks to 25 for putting on another great event. Thanks to our alliance partners 369 and 423, we had some great rounds together. Congrats to the winning alliance, you guys deserved it after three hard fought rounds.

[Project X]

if the former student alumni (from around the country- even better) can get together and form and actual team that can build a robot from scratch just like the high school kids teams it would be an amazing feat and worthy of a spot in BE6.

For years FIRST played rounds with a robotic vacuum cleaner called the "Placebo". An alumni robot could be worked into the rounds as a similar capacity to supplement the play of the HS kids without hurting them.
If a few of such teams existed they could be rated based on that team performance and awarded.

I see the alumni as a resource to be developed and making them into a real team can open the doors for all sorts of possibilities. FIRST offers a Chairman's Trophy for the best HS team. Why should the committment to service, learning and the quest for excellence stop when HS ends?

WC :cool:

Sounds interesting


1862 tried to make it to BE5, but we are currently having some financial issues. :(

[hawk_11]

A little late but I had work all day Sunday. Team 1302 would like to thank 1279 and 358 for the awesome run and would also like to thank everyone else for the fun, especially 25 for hosting. See you in Trenton!