Mission Mayhem 2007 [Archive]

Arefin Bari

10-05-2007, 23:32

As the official 2007 FIRST season ends, everything is calming down slowly. But we invite you to get ready for another Mayhem. Let the new members on your team get a taste of a FIRST competition. The Mayhem committee has started to plan on Mission Mayhem 2007.

- The competition will take place on September 8th, 2007.

- The event will be in Miramar, Florida (High school TBA). It will be inside a high school gym this year. So we don't have to worry about rain or flooding. The pits will be in the cafeteria.

- Registration fee is $250. Please email me at arefin.bari@gmail.com for initial registration. We will open up the official registration next month.

- Team limit is 35 teams. Please register as soon as possible.

- If you would like to volunteer for the event, please send me an email (arefin.bari@gmail.com) with your job preferences (Field reset, scoring, referee, crowd control, volunteer registration, team registration, field setup/breakdown), first and last name, email address, contact number, the high school/college/company you are represent.

- If you have a practice robot that a high school (interested in starting a team next year) can borrow, please let us know.

- As we get close to the date, I will post a list of restaurants, hotels and food availabilities at the event.

Finally, here is a little contest for all the artists out there in the FIRST community. We are looking for a logo and we need your help. In the previous two years, Jaine Perotti (an alumni of team 716) has come up with a wonderful logo. You can see both (http://missionmayhem.org/files/mmlogo.jpg) logos (http://missionmayhem.org/files/sfflogo.JPG) and get an idea of what we are looking for (Thanks to Bharat Nain and team 25 for hosting the files). The FIRST logo and DeVry University logo must be present in the Mayhem logo.

We are looking forward to see the Mayhem teams are going to create this year. Let's not have the nature create the Mayhem this time.

-Arefin Bari.

techtiger1

10-05-2007, 23:51

Arefin said it all right there. As usual Mayhem will need the great group of people which usually turn out to make this awesome event work. 1251 will be there in full force ready to lend a helping hand and try our best in the competition. Once again please let us know if you will be able to volunteer.

-Drewbie

technoL

11-05-2007, 00:06

So Mission Mayhem will only be a 1 day event this year? Interesting.

I can probably make it to volunteer for field setup/breakdown. I'll send an email when I can confirm.

-No L

Swampdude

11-05-2007, 07:37

The pits will be in the cafeteria.

-Arefin Bari.

Yessssss! Now thats what I'm talking about.... Can we get an all you can eat buffet thing goin on?

If FIRST is looking for ways to improve, there it is. Although we need to be careful not to get metal chips in our macaroni.

CWBWBN

11-05-2007, 07:53

lets get this mayhem started!!! lawl

count me in :D

mch
<3

Tytus Gerrish

11-05-2007, 08:32

Its intresting that its a fall competition now instead of a summer one. Inside!!! Where's the fun in that? i liked sweeping the water into te drain.

Nawaid Ladak

11-05-2007, 10:02

arefin, i already told you my answer and i am now confirming it

feild reset please, i also want a shot at MC.

with all these florida offseason events, we can turn this into a sort of tour event, I mean now your gonna have

Mission Mayhem
USF invitational
*robot Rodeo* (Not confirming this one yet, but i'll look into it and post maybe sometime next week)

sexybeast1251

12-05-2007, 19:06

you said the locatin is still tbd but do we have any leeds so far?

LET THE MAYHEM BEGIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RAR

Koko Ed

12-05-2007, 19:17

Its intresting that its a fall competition now instead of a summer one. Inside!!! Where's the fun in that? i liked sweeping the water into te drain.

Isn't hurricane season over by late fall?

Arefin Bari

12-05-2007, 19:21

Isn't hurricane season over by late fall?

Nope, we have had hurricanes in November too. :)

Koko Ed

12-05-2007, 19:29

Nope, we have had hurricanes in November too. :)

You guys seriously need to move.
Seriously.

vic burg

12-05-2007, 19:32

is it going to be full field or only partial?
dillard MIGHT be big enough but it would interesting for them because no one would understand what was going on.... lol
they finished the cafeteria so, that could be helpful, too.
the gym is big enough, i think.

Arefin Bari

12-05-2007, 19:34

Arefin Bari

12-05-2007, 20:47

There are about 20 people who have recieved a PM from me about an hour ago. If you are going to participate in the contest to make a new logo, please check out the logo violation rules (http://www.usfirst.org/community/resourcecenter.aspx?id=650) before you proceed to make a logo for Mayhem. I understand that "technically" the rules will be violated. Once the committee chooses the top 3 logos, we will send an email to FIRST and ask them if we can use their Logo in the Mayhem Logo. Thanks.

Michelle Celio

13-05-2007, 11:35

Now I can't speak for Arefin himself, but when he first created the thread to announce Mission Mayhem, he mentioned that he wanted a new logo for this year and that it was indeed a public contest, and that was a few days ago. I do believe it was the lack of entries that caused him to send out the PMs.

On the other hand, I'm so excited for Mission Mayhem this year! I haven't been able to attend with my team in the past but I hope to convince them to go down this year, but I will be there with or without the team ready to help out.

JaneYoung

13-05-2007, 14:18

I'm beginning to make plans for travel to Mission Mayhem '07. (It would be just me.)
Looking forward to it!
Jane

mrs. p

13-05-2007, 21:02

PINK plans on being there too!

sebas2mil

13-05-2007, 22:04

I am making official that the TechTigers 1251 will be attending Mayhem to compete and also help out

and I would like to volunteer for anything I might be able to do as long as I'm not helping out 1251

Sebas

RoboMadi

14-05-2007, 00:47

I'm beginning to make plans for travel to Mission Mayhem '07. (It would be just me.)
Looking forward to it!
Jane

Are you kidding me? I mean.....seriously?
That is really making me jealous and pushing me to buy another plane ticket.
And as much as I want to come, i need to save that energy to convince my team to come to Florida Regional next year. (Arefin, help?...lol)

Imad

wendymom

14-05-2007, 14:53

Are you kidding me? I mean.....seriously?
That is really making me jealous and pushing me to buy another plane ticket.
And as much as I want to come, i need to save that energy to convince my team to come to Florida Regional next year. (Arefin, help?...lol)

Imad

Get them to Mayhem.......they will want to come back for the regional!!!
You know where the house is Maddie.....and the couch if you need it

Cooley744

14-05-2007, 16:55

Wow! Shark Attack 744 would really like to come. We will see how funding turns out. :D

Jeff Rodriguez

14-05-2007, 20:20

Here's my two attempts at the logo.
I know they break FIRST logo guidelines, sue me.
They're in a zip file cause they don't fit neatly in the required filesize to attach.
Let me know what you think of them. Thanks.

I'll also plug PixelPerfect (http://revision3.com/pixelperfect) a great photoshop video podcast that I've learned a whole lot from.

Lil' Lavery

15-05-2007, 17:51

My entry I whipped up in a few minutes when I got bored. I can upload a higher quality version later if needed.

miketwalker

16-05-2007, 15:25

It's great to hear a date for the event Arefin! I am unfortunately going to be out of town and unable to attend this year's event, I sure wish I could be there though, it's been a blast in the past.

Hehe, nah, just kidding I'll be there like usual. Just figured I'd try to get Arefin's heartrate up a bit, gotta start early :)

Andrew Rudolph

17-05-2007, 01:23

I'll be back in the laffy taffy by then, but i will be in orlando this summer to help with whatever I can

Koko Ed

17-05-2007, 05:47

My first attempt.

Koko Ed

17-05-2007, 05:51

Second attempt.

Arefin Bari

17-05-2007, 11:29

Mike Walker, I am going to murder you when I see you in person. You had my heart beat going at a very fast rate there for a minute. :rolleyes:

Loving the logo entries. I am quite surprise to see Koko coming up with logos that does not violate the FIRST logo rules (or does it? If it does, please point them out). Thanks to everyone who is participating.

Michelle Celio

17-05-2007, 11:36

Loving the logo entries. I am quite surprise to see Koko coming up with logos that does not violate the FIRST logo rules (or does it? If it does, please point them out). Thanks to everyone who is participating.

Both logos seem to be perfectly fine (unless you want to go in there and measure pixel by pixel to make sure...). They both just lack the DeVry logo, but I'm sure that'll be an easy change.

Great job to everyone, especially Koko Ed, I'm totally loving the first one.

Nica F.

17-05-2007, 23:42

I have finally found time to attempt at this logo so here's my first attempt, attached is one with the black text, and one that blends with the background a bit.

I'm being a little picky with what take I should have on it, but there's my first one.

vic burg

18-05-2007, 07:57

I like Ed's second one.... as for Nica's, I think the text being a similar colour looks fine.
I'm working on one myself.... I'm just not sure how to get the logos in there properly.

Tytus Gerrish

18-05-2007, 08:10

just wondering who will be providing Lunch? is payne going to fire up the grill again

Nawaid Ladak

18-05-2007, 10:26

i like teh logo2 from jeff and koko's second one

Jaine Perotti

18-05-2007, 14:17

Here is my entry. The second one is my alternative entry... more of a joke though, really. :rolleyes:

Higher resolution/better quality here:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/jaine716/sfflogo12withcloudscopy.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/jaine716/sfflogo12hurricane2copy.jpg

Dan Richardson

18-05-2007, 14:19

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA I LOVE JAINE'S SEcond ONE! I vote for it!

JaneYoung

18-05-2007, 14:22

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA I LOVE JAINE'S SEcond ONE! I vote for it!

That would make an amazing tee shirt for a fundraiser.
Really.
Jane Young, size L, will pick up in person.

Nawaid Ladak

18-05-2007, 17:48

okay, im seriously changing my vote to jaine's second pic, espessally with those rain stories a couple years ago...

Arefin Bari

18-05-2007, 17:52

Jaine, Loving the 2nd logo. It looks better than any of the other ones you came up with. Few people looked at it and they all voted for it. Do you think there is a way putting the actual DeVry logo in the logo?

Everyone,

Look for team registration info, volunteer registration info, a new website, location and a rough agenda by the end of next week.

-Arefin.

Koko Ed

18-05-2007, 19:26

I must make amends!

Koko Ed

18-05-2007, 19:29

Annudder!

JaneYoung

18-05-2007, 19:31

I must make amends!

It's pink!

Koko Ed

18-05-2007, 19:36

And anudder!

Koko Ed

18-05-2007, 20:00

More!

hoorayforpink

19-05-2007, 00:50

It's pink!

nothing wrong with that...

Nawaid Ladak

19-05-2007, 01:53

koko, use this pic and do what you did with your amendments.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i161/ladakn/charley2045Z-08-13-04g12.jpg

or is that too big?

(sorry jaine for somewhat stealing your idea)

Dan Richardson

19-05-2007, 02:42

Those are some great pics ed, Just makes me appreciate living in florida.

Tytus Gerrish

19-05-2007, 05:43

wow I vote for Jaine's disaster scene by far the most creative i've seen yet. besides thats what Always happens at mayhem anyways

Koko Ed

19-05-2007, 08:19

Koko Ed

19-05-2007, 08:25

And the radar view.

Pat Arnold

19-05-2007, 09:38

MARS Team 1523 plans to participate in the Mayhem. It's always a blast. Count us in and let us know how we can help.
A side note: Thanks Arefin for attending the MARS end-of-the-year Social and announcing Mission Mayhem details. We'll definitely be promoting it too.

Koko Ed

19-05-2007, 10:35

More creations.

Arefin Bari

19-05-2007, 11:06

wow I vote for Jaine's disaster scene by far the most creative i've seen yet. besides thats what Always happens at mayhem anyways

Yup, I like Jaine's "disaster scene" logo. Disaster is what makes Mayhem fun (but it's inside this year if you didn't know). If you are going to help out, please register to volunteer through the site (when it's released), thanks.

Thanks for all the submissions Koko. They look great and definitely will be a competition when we have the meeting next week to see which logo we want to use.

Koko Ed

19-05-2007, 11:17

Yup, I like Jaine's "disaster scene" logo. Disaster is what makes Mayhem fun (but it's inside this year if you didn't know). If you are going to help out, please register to volunteer through the site (when it's released), thanks.

Thanks for all the submissions Koko. They look great and definitely will be a competition when we have the meeting next week to see which logo we want to use.

Should I stop then?

Jaine Perotti

19-05-2007, 11:42

Here is another version of my hurricane logo. I had to find a creative way to add in the DeVry logo, so this was my attempt. This one really is a joke, but people seem to be liking it! :)

For those who don't get the reference or weren't around "back then":
http://chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/25111
http://chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46518

JaneYoung

19-05-2007, 15:03

Should I stop then?
Ed,
I just went through and counted your entries. I think you have 15.
That would make a neat 'poster' of sorts. A lot of eye candy.
Good stuff.

Koko Ed

19-05-2007, 15:17

mrs. p

19-05-2007, 15:31

loved the one with tytus! loved jane's disaster logo! and, of course, loved the pink one from koko ed.

Jaine Perotti

19-05-2007, 16:41

If your gonna use Tytus in the logo there is only one image that will do!haha, I forgot about that one! Perfect!!!

Arefin Bari

19-05-2007, 17:41

Should I stop then?

Koko, you can keep going.

All submissions are due by midnight tommorrow (Sunday ... 05/20/07).

Nawaid Ladak

20-05-2007, 01:24

it's a shame i don't have any graphics software on this computer or else i would have done one

Dan Richardson

21-05-2007, 15:31

Ed did you draw that robotic turtle looking thing? I really like that logo as well.

Koko Ed

21-05-2007, 20:09

Ed did you draw that robotic turtle looking thing? I really like that logo as well.

Nah. He came with the program.
Kindof like it's clip are (that smiling sun with the glasses was on their too).

vic burg

22-05-2007, 09:05

how about we make a shirt with all of the logos made?
that way, no one is left out.
plus, all the amazing logos can be shown off!

Jaine Perotti

22-05-2007, 10:14

how about we make a shirt with all of the logos made?
that way, no one is left out.
plus, all the amazing logos can be shown off!Although that would be a pretty cool idea, the problem with this is that shirts become more and more expensive to make with every additional color you put on there. Considering that many different people made each logo, and each logo has many different colors, it would probably cost way too much to put them all on the shirt.

So, unfortunately, one does have to be chosen. :( Unless someone can figure out a use for a collage of all the logos printed out on paper or something else.

Dan Richardson

22-05-2007, 15:16

lol if they don't use the hurricane one with tytus I'm not djing this year lol soooo flippin hillarious

vic burg

23-05-2007, 08:10

shirts become more and more expensive to make with every additional color you put on there.

I am aware of this problem.... which is sort of why I proposed that. I'm sure some of the creators won't mind altering the colours a bit, and if the colours are limited to say, 4 or 5 in total, and we choose a logo or two from each artist, then we might be able to come up with something really cool.
But then again, it could just be something unrealistic that I am thinking of.
:o

Barry Bonzack

24-05-2007, 21:31

Best. Logos. Ever.

I plan to be there, lets make try to make two years in a row where I don't get whacked in the head by flying lexan.

I'll volunteer wherever needed. Florida is saturated with excellent announcers, if you need me for scorekeeping and field reset again thats fine.

Arefin Bari

27-05-2007, 12:52

Hello Everyone,

First of all, thank you to everyone for submitting entries for the logo contest. They were all great and beautiful submissions. The committee and DeVry have voted and we have an official Mission Mayhem Logo. The criteria used to choosing the logo were:

1) You must have the FIRST and the DeVry logo in the Mission Mayhem logo without breaking the FIRST logo rules.

2) Use as few colors as possible so the cost of the shirts are minimal.

It is my pleasure to announce that we have chosen the smiling sun logo (http://missionmayhem.org/files/missionmayhem.jpg) created by Edward Patterson (known as Koko Ed on the forums). It is simple and uses few amounts of colors. Koko took the red from the FIRST logo and used it in the font with black border, also, took the gold from the DeVry logo and used it in the sand. He also has both FIRST and DeVry logo in the Mission Mayhem logo. The logo also has the “Florida looks.” Thank you Koko for taking your time and modifying the logo as we asked you to. =)

We have also released the Mission Mayhem website (www.missionmayhem.org) (Thank you to our webmaster, Tim Arnold and Michelle Celio). Please register your team through the website (payment information will be sent out at the end of June). Volunteers, please register through the site as well. You are an official volunteer only if you register through the website. We also have a venue. The competition will take place at Sunset Lakes Community Center in Miramar, Florida (we do have a high school gym as a backup arena just incase). Again, the date for the event is September 8th, 2007. We will have a full FIRST field shipped down here from NH. We are looking forward to another great event.

-Arefin Bari.

Tim Arnold

30-05-2007, 17:06

It has been brought to the Mission Mayhem Staff's attention that the registration forms for volunteers and teams on our website have been returning a bunch of gibberish code after you sign up, where the conformation screen should be. The code was merely a debug output that was accidentally left on, and has been corrected.

If you had previously filled out a form, please do not re-submit, as we have received all the applications successfully. Thank you :)

techtiger1

03-08-2007, 16:37

Details for Mission Mayhem sponsored by Devry will soon be finalized. As of right now we have an official location for the event. Were working on a few other things to be finalized, Arefin will post the rest of the info tonight once all the details are in place.

Arefin Bari

04-08-2007, 03:49

First of all, I apologize for not posting anymore information about Mission Mayhem 2007 for a good while. It's been a heck of a month for the committee members. Recently I met with the director of the committee John Burke and the right hand man for the event David Ellich. We worked few things out, worked on some details and we are ready to release more information.

The date didn't change. Mission Mayhem 2007, sponsored by DeVry University, will be held at the home of the Platinum Dragons (team 1345), Stranahan High School (Davie, Florida) on September 8th, 2007. The website for the event is www.missionmayhem.org ... few things still need to be updated which should be done by the end of this weekend.

Team mentors/leaders, you will be receiving information about how to make payments by the end of this weekend. Registration fee is $250. You can make the payment using paypal or by sending a check (info will be in your inbox soon). Please register your team by August 24th, 2007.

As I have mentioned before, you will only be an official volunteer if you sign up through the website. Please go to the "volunteer" tab on the website. Volunteers will be receiving an email by the end of August with their job assignment.

- Arefin.

Billfred

04-08-2007, 11:25

About the volunteering thing (though I can't sign up until I know what classes will be like around the date): Will there be any 2X shirts? (98% of the time, me + an XL T-shirt = trouble.)

Arefin Bari

04-08-2007, 13:02

About the volunteering thing (though I can't sign up until I know what classes will be like around the date): Will there be any 2X shirts? (98% of the time, me + an XL T-shirt = trouble.)

I will check into that and let you know as soon as possible. It would be nice to have you down here again.

Matt_Kaplan1902

04-08-2007, 22:26

yay for indoors!

should be another good competition, looking forward to it.

Adare180

04-08-2007, 22:30

Is it too late to register to volunteer? :)

Arefin Bari

05-08-2007, 03:08

Is it too late to register to volunteer? :)

It's never too late. Please register to volunteer asap, so we can assign you a job. Thanks.

bigbeezy

03-09-2007, 20:43

Is there an agenda or itinerary for the event?
I didn’t see one but I could be blind...

Libby K

03-09-2007, 22:06

Is there an agenda or itinerary for the event?
I didn’t see one but I could be blind...

I was about to post the same thing.

My specific question about that is, when should volunteers be arriving at the venue?

Arefin Bari

03-09-2007, 22:19

AGENDA

- Registration 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
- Practice Rounds 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
- Opening Ceremonies 10:00 AM
- Qualifying Matches 10:30 AM -12:30 AM
- Lunch 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM
- Qualifying Matches 1:00 PM – 2::00 PM
- Alliance Pairing 2:05 PM – 2:15 PM
- Elimination Matches 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
- Awards 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
- Break-down 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM

Volunteers need to be present at the venue by 7:30 AM.

JaneYoung

03-09-2007, 22:33

I'm looking forward to Mission Mayhem!
It's going to be a blast!

Libby K

03-09-2007, 22:41

I'm looking forward to Mission Mayhem!
It's going to be a blast!

Same! It looks like it's going to be a fantastic event.

Tytus Gerrish

03-09-2007, 22:50

Volunteers need to be present at the venue by 7:30 AM. that sucks but its better than staying with the field all night in downtown Ft. Lauderdale with a hurricane whooping your butt
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/img/acd/acd18113f394b1a17f4298d90a48a2a7_m.jpg

miketwalker

03-09-2007, 22:57

Hey guys, we're fortunately going to have a webcast again for anyone that's not going to be able to show. I've setup another thread (to avoid having discussions overlapping) at http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=58628 which I will update once we are setup down there later this week. Join in and help me get George to say funny things. See everyone soon!

Gary Dillard

05-09-2007, 22:07

Arefin Bari

05-09-2007, 23:46

Gary, I don't think getting you pneumatic tubing and a laptop with EasyPro installed would be a problem. I am not so sure about the radio. Let me ask around. If I don't call you and send you an email by tommorrow night, please shoot me an email about this matter. Thanks.

The website has been updated. Please check the website for maps/directions, Agenda, Floor plan and etc. www.missionmayhem.org.

Libby K

06-09-2007, 06:34

In a little less than 48 hours, I'll be on my way to Mission Mayhem! (unless my ride is late...which it won't be, right Michelle? :P)

Sooooooo Excited!

Gary Dillard

06-09-2007, 07:32

The website has been updated. Please check the website for maps/directions, Agenda, Floor plan and etc. www.missionmayhem.org.

Based on past history, don't you think the website should have a link to a tropical weather forecast page?

Dan Richardson

06-09-2007, 10:01

EricS-Team180

06-09-2007, 10:02

Hey Gary...want Warren an me to bring some plywood? ...just in case? :D

Michelle Celio

06-09-2007, 10:06

In a little less than 48 hours, I'll be on my way to Mission Mayhem! (unless my ride is late...which it won't be, right Michelle? :P)

Sooooooo Excited!

Your trusting Michelle to be on time!? I'd bring money for a cab lol.

Ay... I'm leaving FIT at 4:30am brining two car loads of people for volunteering. Arefin would dispose of me if I was late :)

Tytus Gerrish

07-09-2007, 15:59

doees anyone have a wetsuit i can barrow for tomarro?

Billfred

07-09-2007, 18:09

I'm typing this from a Denny's just south of Daytona Beach, trying to keep the MacBook from getting too greasy from my dinner.

I can't wait to make it down there.

Gary Dillard

07-09-2007, 18:23

Help please to anyone who will be at Mayhem Saturday; we have a few fried components and are looking for:

1) a laptop with EasyC Pro installed; we weren't able to download code tonight - some kind of COM port problem with our laptop. I think I can come up with another one, but just in case.
2) radio modem (I'm assuming earlier years will be allowed). Our '07 modem has died. It was quick and painless. Our '06 has a broken antenna, but we may be able to fix it.
3) pneumatic tubing. We went through quite a bit of it with various arm removal activities (some intentional, some not - Thanks to Barry B's team).

thanks

An update:
Got the COM port fixed; the IT guy at work said to uninstall it and let windows reinstall it; runs fine now.
So, I was able to download the code to the '06 controller. Runs fine.
So then, I tried the '07 modem; it works fine too. I guess all the problems were in the '07 controller.

It took a total of 5 minutes to do all that; too bad I couldn't do it in the hour and a half that I had 20 kids watching me Wednesday night.

So, HAZE has a radio controlled robot again. I guess all we need to do in the morning is rerun the pneumatics (and make a few improvements to the arm).

JaneYoung

07-09-2007, 20:19

It is beautiful in Ft. Lauderdale.
Gorgeous.
- wish you were here - postcard gorgeous.

Cooley744

07-09-2007, 22:13

Less than 10 hours...and I can't wait!

wendymom

08-09-2007, 00:49

Friday night football was not good.....lets hope mayhem is better....5 hours till liftoff

Libby K

08-09-2007, 01:40

I am FINALLY in Florida!

Waking up wicked early to get there, but I'm SO excited!
See y'all there!

Arefin Bari

08-09-2007, 04:03

2 and a half hours until we arrive at the venue. Let's get the Mayhem started...

Gary Dillard

08-09-2007, 06:40

On my way.........

Tottanka

08-09-2007, 10:01

When do the games start?

Kristian Calhoun

08-09-2007, 10:06

When do the games start?
7:00 a.m. - 7:30 a.m Volunteer Check in / Arrival
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Teams check-in (Team Registration Desk)
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Practice Matches (2 vs 2 Teams who need to calibrate their camera should be on the field)
10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Opening Ceremonies
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Qualifications Matches (2 vs. 2)
12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. LUNCH!
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Qualification Matches (2 vs. 2)
2:05 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Alliance Selection (4 top teams chooses 2 teams)
2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Elimination Matches (3 vs. 3)
4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Awards Ceremony
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Breakdown

From http://www.missionmayhem.org/agenda

Tottanka

08-09-2007, 10:12

What clock is it based on?

vic burg

08-09-2007, 16:08

eastern standard.... florida time!
lol

Schnabel

08-09-2007, 16:22

Do you mean Eastern Standard Time?:confused:

Cooley744

08-09-2007, 21:29

wow..........that was fun.

Libby K

08-09-2007, 23:06

Wow.

Mission Mayhem was a BLAST.

I miss everyone so much already!
Thanks to Stranahan High and 1345 for graciously hosting the event.
Thanks to all the Mayhem Crew & volunteers for keeping everything running so smoothly, and to Arefin, George, and Drew for being fantastic voices of the competition.

This was my first Mission Mayhem, and I'm definitely adding this to my list of annual events.

=]

Tim Arnold

08-09-2007, 23:30

Congrats to the winning alliance 233, 180 and 108, and thank you for your gracious professionalism in using your timeout to allow the finalists, 179, 744 and 1523, to repair a failed banebots transmission on our robot.

A few more specific thank yous:
Arefin - You do so much work and don't really get recognized... thank you for everything you do
Libby - For the Kamen luck, it worked :)
1251 - The loaner radio was a lifesaver - we were knocking out both partner's working radios
744 - We would have had no chance the final match the last match without your tranny plates... and even after we somehow managed to tear through them in a single match nobody was even slightly upset. Being partners for 5 qualifying matches was unusual but worked well in the long run!
179 - Was nice to finally get a shot to pair up and we did pretty well I'd say. Thanks also for trusting a rookie driver on a broken bot against an incredible alliance. Can't keep getting 2nd place though; next year!

And to everyone that came out and made the mayhem happen!

Libby K

09-09-2007, 10:56

...

A few more specific thank yous:...
Libby - For the Kamen luck, it worked :)

...

Glad I could help, Tim. Not like you needed it, you did a great job driving.

I forgot, in last night's post (I was so tired at that point, running around all day will do that to you), to give my congratulations to 233, 108, and 180, as well as congratulate all the other fantastic teams I saw for playing well, and playing graciously.

It was truly a great event, and I already can't wait for next year's. Although, we may have to deal with water on the field in '08 (even if it IS indoors!) :p

techtiger1

09-09-2007, 12:38

Now that I am recovered from Mayhem the whole event went pretty smoothly on a whole. Thanks to everyone from out of state who helped to put the field together and kept the competition running smoothly from the whole planning committee. Congratulations to 233,180 and 108 on the win. This was definitely the best mayhem yet. :yikes:

-Drew

vic burg

10-09-2007, 07:35

On behalf of 108, I would like to thank everyone who attended Mayhem and thank 1345 and 1251 for the support throughout the day. Especially our alliance 233 and 180. We had a great time and hope everyone else did. It's too bad everyone couldn't get FIRST place.:(

JaneYoung

10-09-2007, 11:38

Mission Mayhem was my last opportunity to see this great game of Rack 'n Roll played. I will miss it - it has been a great game, created some magical moments that I will always remember, some fantastic robots, and it has encouraged teams to do their best.

Good stuff, that.
---
Mission Mayhem organizing committee - thanks for putting together an awesome event and for welcoming out of state FIRSTers to share the fun. May your event continue to grow and prosper. The teams were awesome.

PC-Dad

10-09-2007, 11:46

EricS-Team180

11-09-2007, 09:16

This was my first FRC event to attend, and I wasn't disappointed! I was very impressed with the display of talent, enthusiasm, and sportsmanship displayed by EVERYONE there. I look forward to mingling and networking with other parents/mentors at upcoming events. :D

Welcome to the FIRST community Mike!

...pssssst Hey Gary! You got one on the hook! :D

Seriously, Gary tells me you've gotten a tremendous response for the HAZE team this year. Best of luck to you!

Gary Dillard

11-09-2007, 10:22

Don't worry Eric; Mike (and his son Nick) are hooked, reeled in and ready to gaff, along with everyone else who came - we brought 2 veterans (out of only 3 returning), 7 rookies, 1 in between, 3 mentors and 3 new parents.

We had a blast. The support from around the country (Andy & Mark, Jane, Billfred, KokoEd to name just a few I ran into from out of state - there were many more) was outstanding.

Special thanks to Billfred and team 1618 for letting us borrow their radio; it got quite the workout (we re-loaned it to one of the teams in the other elimination matches).

Did everyone else notice how slim and trim George Wallace looked at Mayhem? I hardly moved backward when we did a chest bump. Way to go George! Hopefully I can drop a few pounds this year.