PARC X!!! Pennsylvania robot Challenge [Archive]

camtunkpa

01-02-2007, 12:43

Team 222 will be hosting our tenth annual competition on May 12th. We are still working out details and entry fees (expect them to be lower).

Help us make PARC X the best yet! Let us know what teams want to see.

Further details will be posted as they come.

Cliff

Kyle

01-02-2007, 15:01

I love PARC one of my favorite Off season events. I hope that I can make it this year.

camtunkpa

12-03-2007, 08:44

Time to blow the dust off this thread.... We're still working out the details of PARC X. The registration cost will now be $200 instead of $250. We're working on making this event really special and hope a bunch of great teams can help us out.

For more information, check out our website. http://www.tigertrons.com/2007/parc/parc.htm

Your team can register using this link as well, however I'm not sure whether our forms work with firefox....I know this has been a problem in the past.

Good luck to teams in the rest of the regular season and hope to see lots of teams start signing up for PARC!

camtunkpa

14-03-2007, 08:49

Teams 1071 and 522 have signed up for PARC X!

Athleticgirl389

18-03-2007, 14:43

Team 102 tried last year... just could not do it :( I will get the word out to my team ASAP and hopefully we will be there :cool:

camtunkpa

22-03-2007, 15:28

Team 1396 has signed up!

George A.

23-03-2007, 00:47

If you guys need an MC, I know where one is available ;)

camtunkpa

23-03-2007, 14:34

Team 25 has just signed up.

George we can always use an MC. Also we could use some other volunteers and refs. Anyone who wants to help send me a PM.

thanks,
Cliff

George A.

23-03-2007, 14:49

Team 25 has just signed up.

George we can always use an MC. Also we could use some other volunteers and refs. Anyone who wants to help send me a PM.

thanks,
Cliff

I'll be there with bells on...well maybe not bells, but at least a hawaiian shirt and colored hair.

Should I send someone an email to make it official? Or will this be good enough?

camtunkpa

23-03-2007, 16:00

This is pretty much official, if anything changes let me know ASAP. Thanks George!

camtunkpa

02-04-2007, 14:24

Team 145 has registered.

camtunkpa

03-04-2007, 08:20

Team 341 has signed up!

Justin M.

03-04-2007, 20:42

Like I said we won't be able to register for a couple of days (spring break = coaches don't answer emails), but 321 will definitely be there.

camtunkpa

04-04-2007, 08:15

Team 1656 has registered!

camtunkpa

04-04-2007, 10:04

Team 284 has signed up for PARC!

camtunkpa

04-04-2007, 15:33

team 11 just signed up!

slickguy2007

04-04-2007, 20:19

When we go back to school after spring break, I'll talk to our advisor about possibly getting team 1403 signed up (we'll try to bring a few surrounding teams with us if we come:) ).

camtunkpa

05-04-2007, 08:43

When we go back to school after spring break, I'll talk to our advisor about possibly getting team 1403 signed up (we'll try to bring a few surrounding teams with us if we come:) ).

Sounds great! We're looking for all the teams we can get. Help us make this the most successful PARC to date!

camtunkpa

09-04-2007, 16:07

ATTENTION:
Any teams trying to register for PARC through our website may be experiencing Difficulty and may not be working. If your team has had trouble registering or thought it registered and is not in the list of teams in this thread, please PM me ASAP.

Also for the time being, if any teams wish to register, please PM me or send an email to scott.howell@tasd.net with a subject line of PARC. We are working on getting the registration page up running properly. Thanks for your patience.

Hope to see you at the PARC!

Cliff

JudyVandy

09-04-2007, 16:15

Chuck's coming to the PARC!

camtunkpa

10-04-2007, 08:15

84, 321, and 1143 have signed up for PARC!

Scott L.

10-04-2007, 15:15

Equipment is now being readied for the web cast of PARC X. If all works out, the web cast link will be found either on the tigertrons website http://www.tigertrons.com, or on my website http://www.shinraikon.com
:cool:

camtunkpa

10-04-2007, 15:59

team 272 has registered for PARC!

Freddy Schurr

14-04-2007, 00:22

scott.howell@tasd.net

The above email was not working for me when I was trying to get into contact about volunteering.

Just wanted to let you know.

Have a good day

team222badbrad

14-04-2007, 00:40

scott.howell@tasd.net is his correct address.

Perhaps you typed it wrong or your email is messed up

If it still doesnt work, give Cliff (camtunkpa) a pm.

Freddy Schurr

15-04-2007, 02:07

Thanks for letting me know. I will try again.

1629coalition

16-04-2007, 11:43

Team 1629 is going to decide this evening (monday april 16th) if they are going to be able to come, we had a sponsor picnic planned but we are going to try and change that. I will let you know for sure tomorrow.

camtunkpa

16-04-2007, 12:18

1629 would make a great addition to PARC X. Great treams are what make this event.

Right now we REALLY need more teams to make this a great event.

camtunkpa

16-04-2007, 13:21

1218 and 1640 have registered for PARC!

camtunkpa

18-04-2007, 15:46

team 316 has registered for PARC!

1629coalition

18-04-2007, 19:31

1629 has the word out to all of the team members, finally, our meeting was canceled on Monday evening due to the weather so.......I hope that it is not too late!!!!! I would say by tomorrow (thursday) we should know something!!! Any suggestions on hotels up there???

Rabbit222

18-04-2007, 23:55

The closest hotel near our competition is the Shadowbrook (http://www.shadowbrookresort.com/) Resort. I recommend getting in contact with the resort as soon as possible. They may have reservations available for your team. If the availability is limited, or the price is too high for your liking, let me or another Tigertron member know what you are looking for in your hotel, how many will attend, your price limits etc. We'd love to help in any way we can!!

mtaman02

19-04-2007, 03:09

What do you need as far as Volunteers are concerned?

camtunkpa

19-04-2007, 08:37

mtaman02 I think we are mainly looking for volunteers to do reffing and field reset. If you have anything else you would be interested in PM me and I'll email our corrdinator to find out if we need help.

Teams 103 and 365 have signed up for PARC!!

1629 there are still plenty of spots open for PARC. Like Brian said if Shadowbrook is too high there are other hotels in the area.

mtaman02

19-04-2007, 14:21

If I can get a ride from NYC to PA and back then I can help out with the Field Repair / Reset. I will let you know as soon as I can get a confirmed ride. I would make the drive myself but I have to work that night so I don't want to tire my self out too badly if I can help it. God I hate Drive Fatigue.

1629coalition

19-04-2007, 14:47

Well, I have submitted the online form for the challenge!!!! We will be coming up the the night before, but not until after school lets out. If we get there in time we would be more than happy to help set up, we will probably stay in Scranton or somewhere around that area, as the hotels seem to be a little cheaper!!!!!:ahh: We look forward to havin some fun at PARC!!!!!

camtunkpa

19-04-2007, 15:06

Glad to hear 1629 will be joining us! Thanks for the offer to help setup, but we will be done by friday morning on the setup so we can test.

camtunkpa

20-04-2007, 16:24

team 339 has jsut signed up for PARC!

camtunkpa

23-04-2007, 08:29

THIS JUST IN!

Coming straight from the PARC planners, all teams bring your bathing suits to PARC! We will be offering a three hour open swim to the community and attending teams during PARC.

Also I believe we still have room for 9 teams.

Hope to see everyone at the PARC!

Billfred

23-04-2007, 08:32

camtunkpa

23-04-2007, 11:10

Human player training for the water game? ;)

Nah just robot rescue training in case :cool:

camtunkpa

23-04-2007, 11:29

Team 1989 just registered for PARC 8 spots remaining!

camtunkpa

24-04-2007, 09:29

Team 433 has signed up for PARC! 7 spots left

Freddy Schurr

24-04-2007, 12:34

Can't wait for the competition.

What are some of the hotels that may be cheaper to stay at?

blaxbb

24-04-2007, 18:38

Team 1989 just registered for PARC 8 spots remaining!

ohhhhhhh yeaaaaaaaaaaah :D

cant wait

Scott L.

27-04-2007, 14:24

cbudrecki

27-04-2007, 15:46

:D Web cast of PARC is becoming a reality. We have gathered all the servers and most of the camera equipment together now. We hope to run through a tets webcast friday afternoon if all goes well.

Yes, I am getting together all the equipment needed for 3 camera coverage of PARC as well as what's needed to interface the scoring system chroma-keys. Thankfully, the system I have has a network connector built in for webcasting. I'm trying to get some people from school to come up to do cameras, but if there are any good camera volunteers, I'd be willing to give you a shot.

camtunkpa

30-04-2007, 15:10

team 871 has just signed up 6 spots remaining!

camtunkpa

01-05-2007, 14:11

Team 2234 has just signe dup for PARC!

Elgin Clock

04-05-2007, 13:04

mtaman02

04-05-2007, 13:07

Anyone leaving from the NYC Area that I can hitch a ride too and from the event? Just Curious!

camtunkpa

04-05-2007, 13:46

I'm probably attending, and maybe bring some more people to chare in the fun.

And.. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

http://www.tigertrons.com/2007/parc/coloringsheet2007.jpg

http://www.tigertrons.com/2007/parc/coloring.htm

Thanks for posting the information about swimming Elgin.....I wasn't sure when the students were going to have that up. Hope to see everyone at the PARC!

camtunkpa

07-05-2007, 15:11

This just in: The PARC X committee has confirmed the Tunkhannock Area High School Jazz Band will be performing during the PARC lunch break!

mtaman02

07-05-2007, 17:16

How much will the Shirts be going for?

Greg Needel

07-05-2007, 17:32

It hasn't made the website yet but Team 73 is coming to PARC.

Bill Moore

08-05-2007, 07:07

camtunkpa

08-05-2007, 08:50

I'm not sure on the price of the T-shirts. I think they are either $10 or $12 but don't quote me on it.

As Greg mentioned team 73 will be attending PARC and teams 339 and 1656 are not going to be able to make PARC.

Bill, I agree that the coloring sheet would have made a great shirt, but we do ahve our shirt logo posted here http://www.tigertrons.com/2007/parc/tshirt.htm

We are setting up the arena tomorrow night, wiring on Thursday, and doing a demonstration for the grade schools on friday. I can't wait for PARC!

Rabbit222

08-05-2007, 16:09

This just in: The PARC X committee has confirmed the Tunkhannock Area High School Jazz Band will be performing during the PARC lunch break!

Wow I'm shocked my former band director agreed to do something like that. It's because I'm gone. He hated me. :(

Freddy Schurr

09-05-2007, 21:42

I received confirmation today from my friend that we got a hotel room for Friday night before the PARC. I can’t wait to emcee this competition. I being doing research for all the teams competing and I must say that all the teams have some impressive accomplishments this season.

Good Luck and I will see everyone at PARC.

Freddy Schurr

10-05-2007, 21:41

If anything is missing from your team's website that has to deal with accomplishments or achievements this season, let me know.

1 day away!

Storcky

11-05-2007, 13:01

We leave tonight! I can't wait!!!!

Joe Matt

11-05-2007, 13:49

I leave tomorrow at 4am! YAY

team222badbrad

11-05-2007, 16:48

See you all there. Drive/ride safe.

Freddy Schurr

11-05-2007, 18:30

I am leaving in about 45 minutes. Good Luck with everyone driving and see you all tomorrow.

Look for the dude with red hair, LOL!

DUCKIE

12-05-2007, 08:53

Wish I could be there today, but I have resigned myself to watching via webcast. Good Luck to everyone there!

mtaman02

12-05-2007, 11:44

Nobody would happen to know what the username & password is to view the match results / rank would they? It keeps asking me for one so I'm assuming there is one set.

Kyle

12-05-2007, 11:59

I am having all kinds of trouble watching the web cast I can hear about 20-30 seconds and watch about 15 seconds of that before windows tells me that the sever is busy.

mtaman02

12-05-2007, 12:01

No Problems here!!! Had to re-connect once but that was about it. Don't they have 3 different servers setup? Try a different one and see what happens.

Travis Hoffman

12-05-2007, 12:15

I am having all kinds of trouble watching the web cast I can hear about 20-30 seconds and watch about 15 seconds of that before windows tells me that the sever is busy.

Are you using the Webcast - External Player (http://www.nishinsei.shinraikon.com/PARCX.asx) link? I've been viewing it all day with no problems at all. Interesting video work - Good quality video and sound, 3 fixed camera angles, all fairly wide - no nauseating upside down views or zoom ins. Good job, PARC!

Scott L.

12-05-2007, 12:40

There is no password for the rank or match, if you are asked for one sorry for the inconveinance, it is not intended to be password protected. Glad to hear people like the web cast.
:D

Koko Ed

12-05-2007, 12:47

There is no password for the rank or match, if you are asked for one sorry for the inconveinance, it is not intended to be password protected. Glad to hear people like the web cast.
:D
Could you please un-password protect it so we can see the rank and scores?

Scott L.

12-05-2007, 13:29

I attempted to remove the password, since I'm automatically authenticated to the server, I have no way to tell if it is unpassword protected.:D

mtaman02

12-05-2007, 13:33

Nope It's Still There

Koko Ed

12-05-2007, 14:36

The webcast has been spotty after lunch.
It keeps going in and out.
Very annoying.

DanDon

12-05-2007, 14:42

1)25, 103, 1071
2)365, 1629, 284
3)1219, 84, 1989
4)522, 11, 423
5)1640, 341, 145
6)270, 871, 433
7)316, 73, 222
8)2234, 272, 1218

DanDon

12-05-2007, 15:02

QF1-1 - 1v8

Red: 96 Blue: 25

QF2-1 - 4v5

Red: 38 Blue: 8

Sorry guys, my feed is down, can't continue. If anyone would like to pick this up, feel free.

Sorry!
/dan

mtaman02

12-05-2007, 15:32

I wonder are these guys playing 2 different pieces of music at the same time? As they were playing Zombie Nation I seen people doing the Cha Cha Slide and the Chicken Dance.

***Edit: Quarter Final 2 Match Set doesn't seem to want to end =). This may be the first time that PARC has ever done so many Quarter Final Matches for one set =).*** ***Edit: Finally Quarter Finals are through =) What excellent matches***

***Edit: Yes there are two different pieces of music playing at the same time; one at the actual competition and one for the webcast. At times, it's funny... I was hearing Sandstorm while they were doing the Cha Cha Slide... other times it's just darn confusing haha. - I figured as much =). I don't know what they're playing at the event but I can say that the choice of music for the web cast is excellent.

QF 2-2 4v5 Red 2 Blue 2

QF 3-2 2v7 Red 140 Blue 12

QF 4-2 3v6 Red 4 Blue 15

QF 2-3 4v5 Red 16 Blue 16

QF 3-3 2v7 Red 48 Blue 6

QF 4-3 3v6 Red 46 Blue 23

QF 2-4 4v5 Red 23 Blue 4

QF 2-5 4v5 Red 34 Blue 2

SF 1-1 1v4 Red 34 Blue 4

SF 2-1 2v3 Red 8 Blue 112

SF 1-2 1v4 Red 132 Blue 32

SF 2-2 2v3 Red 43 Blue 20

SF 2-3 2v3 Red 4 Blue 32

F 1-1 1v3 Red 68 Blue 34

F 1-2 1v3 Red 128 Blue 4

Alliance #1 are the PARC X Winners congrats to all those who participated - I wish I was there but eh can't have everything. ;-)

Athleticgirl389

12-05-2007, 16:39

I wonder are these guys playing 2 different pieces of music at the same time? As they were playing Zombie Nation I seen people doing the Cha Cha Slide and the Chicken Dance.

Yes there are two different pieces of music playing at the same time; one at the actual competition and one for the webcast. At times, it's funny... I was hearing Sandstorm while they were doing the Cha Cha Slide... other times it's just darn confusing haha.

And I must say... these teams really don't want to lose haha. They must really love Rack 'N' Roll to be playing the quarter finals for so long :ahh:

Scott L.

12-05-2007, 16:57

2:50 PM Qtr 1-1 1071 103 25 272 1218 2234 96 25
2:57 PM Qtr 2-1 522 423 11 341 1640 145 0 8
3:04 PM Qtr 3-1 284 1629 365 73 222 316 39 42
3:11 PM Qtr 4-1 1989 84 1219 871 433 270 32 2
3:18 PM Qtr 1-2 25 1071 103 272 2234 1218 128 38
3:25 PM Qtr 2-2 423 522 11 341 1640 145 23 4
3:32 PM Qtr 3-2 284 1629 365 73 316 222 140 12
3:39 PM Qtr 4-2 84 1219 1989 871 270 433 4 15
3:53 PM Qtr 2-3 11 522 423 1640 341 145 34 2
4:00 PM Qtr 3-3 284 365 1629 222 316 73 48 6
4:07 PM Qtr 4-3 1219 1989 84 433 871 270 46 23

Michelle Celio

12-05-2007, 17:49

Congratulations to 25, 103, and 1071 =]

Koko Ed

12-05-2007, 18:40

And so begins another FIRST Off-Season Season. Though with today's tragic news (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=57451) I wonder how much this off season will be affected.

Libby K

13-05-2007, 12:18

Congratulations to 25, 103,and 1071! The webcast wouldn'twork on my computer, but I was getting a play-by-play from those who could get to it, and it seems like EVERYONE played really well. Great start to this year's off-season!

Scott L.

13-05-2007, 13:40

The servers for shinraikon.com are down at the moment, as I had to bring them back from PARC, I plan on having them back up and running within the week.
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to PM me.:D

Mr MOE

13-05-2007, 13:50

A big THANK YOU to the organizers and volunteers at PARC this weekend! The event ran very smoothly and the matches were exciting.

And happy TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!!!

You guys were the role model for many off-season events in the Mid-Atlantic. Thanks!

JudyVandy

13-05-2007, 18:35

Congratulations to 25, 103, and 1071. Losing to you isn't really losing!

Thanks to 1219 for choosing us and to 1989 for joining us. We had a great run to the finals!

Fred and Scott, thanks to you and your crew. It was a great event and lots of fun! What a way to kick off the post-season!

Bharat Nain

13-05-2007, 18:55

Thanks to our alliance partners 103 and 1071. A special thanks to Cliff from 222 for helping me out in a time of need. It was a great competition but very unfortunate we had to hear the news about Mike Wade in the middle of the day.

Storcky

13-05-2007, 19:26

cbudrecki

13-05-2007, 21:33

I may look into putting PARC X on DVD. Although 8 hours and 40 minutes of competition would have to be a multi-disc set. I was busy paying attention to what was actually on the screen rather than what was going on. So tell me, what matches you you include in a highlight reel?

blaxbb

13-05-2007, 21:37

thanks 84 and 1219 for being amazing alliance partners

congrats 25, 103, and 1071

and thank you to the inventor of zip ties for keeping our arm dangling from the front of our bot :yikes:

and thank you 222 for an amazing event :D

Chris Marra

13-05-2007, 21:46

Thanks 222 for a great off-season. Lots of fun and very well done!

Congrats 25, 103, and 1071 for winning. It was really fun to watch the final matches

Great job 1219, 84, and 1989. You made a great alliance!

Thanks to 365 for picking us and 284 for joining us and playing hard all the way to the third semi-final round. Great job guys!
If anyone is interested in cutting through the matches, we'll happily host it on the The Blue Alliance. I don't think too many people want all ~9 hours of it, and mostly are just interested in the matches.

Freddy Schurr

13-05-2007, 21:53

Congrats to all the teams that participated at this year’s PARC. Every team’s robot had a fantastic showing and all competed like crazy throughout the entire competition. I would like to give thanks to the PARC committee and Team 222 for letting me emcee this competition. I had an amazing time introducing the teams and partaking in some play by play robotic action. Overall, I had an amazing time at the 10th Annual PARC and what a great start for 2007 off-season competition season.

Morgan Gillespie

13-05-2007, 22:06

If anyone is interested in cutting through the matches, we'll happily host it on the The Blue Alliance. I don't think too many people want all ~9 hours of it, and mostly are just interested in the matches.
I would be willing to splice up the matches, same way as NJ. Just host the full file and I will split them up.

Teammax

14-05-2007, 12:21

A great job to all the teams at PARC. Our team, team MAX (1071), would really like to thank ALL of the teams that helped us during the competition.
Team 871
Team 2234
Team 84
For loaning us their RC radios during the qualifying rounds
Team 11
Team 1143
For loaning us their RC radios during the elimination rounds. All of you saved our day with you helpfulness.

Team 25
Team 103
For picking us as the third team in their alliance. Winning was great but either way we would have had fun playing alongside you guys.

camtunkpa

14-05-2007, 13:58

I just want to say thanks to all the great teams and great volunteers who made this event what it was. Special thanks to 316 and 73 for picking us.

So now that it's over we want to know what we could do to make your experience better. Also, could we pick a better time of year to hold PARC. We need to hear your suggestions to improve.

Thanks again!

.:Brianna:.

17-05-2007, 07:40

The Firebirds thank everyone for an amazing PARC. Thanks to 270 and 871 for picking us and being an amazing alliance...also for putting up with us towards the end haha...

see ya next year!

ps...FREDDY!!!!! thanks for being an awesome emcee!!!

Scott L.

19-05-2007, 22:13

Scott L.

25-05-2007, 20:15

I should have the servers with the PARC X video back up in the next 36 hours. I will try to set up an on demand web cast, or work on seperating the competition into more manageble segments. I don't know what quality my copy is, I know the copy the my friend who worked with me has a copy htat is HD quality, but is ~150Gb file size.:D

Servers are currently up and an on-demand web cast is available for viewing. Sorry for the quality, I have limited upload bandwidth. I have also put the entire day on to a two disk DVD set. This set is not the high quality version, but a lower quality version that roughly matches what the web cast on May 12 was. I also found the problem with the rank and match results pages being password protected and have removed them so anyone can view them now. :)