how many off-season events for your team?

[dbell]

How many off-season tournaments will/has your team go(ne) to this year?

[efoote868]

IRI only

[Josh Murphy]

We go to the IRI, Kettering Kickoff, and Team Ford First (if they have one this year- haven't heard much about it yet). That is what we did last year also.:)

[Billfred]

1618 is hoping to pull one off this year. The exact event (if any) is TBD.

[Koko Ed]

We do the Rah Cha Cha Ruckus and that's it.

[lukevanoort]

We'll be going to Battle o Baltimore. We were originally planning on hosting an offseason (The pair of gyms at one of our schools are just about perfect for an offseason event) but ultimately determined that we did not have enough time to plan and put on the offseason. Maybe next year.

[Dan Petrovic]

Beantown Blitz
Mayhem in Merrimack
Battlecry
River Rage

We are full of off-season events!

[Grant Cox]

Same as 47 - IRI, Kettering Kickoff, and we host TFFRI [which really needs a new name]

[Kyle Love]

I believe the TechnoKats will be attending...

IRI (http://indianaroboticsinvitational.org/iri/)
Kettering Kickoff (http://www.kettering.edu/orgs/firstrobotics/Kickoff.html) (tentative)
Team Ford FIRST (http://www.teamfordfirst.org/2007_Season/Events/index.htm) (tentative)

[KathieK]

I attended BattleCry and plan to attend Bash at the Beach and Ramp Riot in the fall, facilitating NEMO workshops.

(extensive listing here if you're still looking for one to attend - http://www.firstnemo.org/PDF/2007_Calendar.pdf )

[dbell]

We went to these last year and plan to again:
Beantown Blitz
Mayhem in Merrimack
Battlecry @WPI
Bash @ the Beach
River Rage

I guess we go to more events than most teams.

[EricH]

IRI, Fall Classic, possibly Battle at the Border. (All the ones within a short drive, plus IRI.)

[JackN]

Well for teams 494 and 70 it is 4.
IRI (Just 494 but with many 70ers as well)
MARC (Opposite of IRI 70 is going but 494 is going with 70)
Kettering Kickoff (Both are sponsors)
Team Ford First (Great last year and I expect the same again)

We are also considering volunteering at the West Michigan Robotics Invitational.

[Jon Jack]

Most likely we'll go to the Fall Classic and obviously Battle at the Border (http://battleattheborder.org)

[Cory]

IRI and Cal Games

[David55]

IRI...

This is the first time we (or any Israeli team for that matter) are participating in an off season event.

[wendymom]

If all goes as planned:

Exploding Bacon went to Robot Ruckus in Feb. We will be going to:

IRI
Mission Mayhem
Krunch/Sunbowl
Robot Rodeo

[Speeder]

The LuNaTecs plan on attending 4 Off-Season Events:

Tigertrons 222's PARC X
The Baltimore Area Alliance's Battle o Baltimore
Miss Daisy 341's Ramp Riot 2007
MOE 365 & LuNaTeCs 316's Duel on the Delaware 6

[Zyik]

973's going to Cal Games this year. It will be our first ever offseason event. Can anyone tell us what to expect?

[Athleticgirl389]

Team 102's List Is...
Monty Madness
Brunswick Eruption
Battle O' Baltimore
Ramp Riot

And perhaps a few others.

My Personal List is that plus a few others :p haha

[dbell]

973's going to Cal Games this year. It will be our first ever offseason event. Can anyone tell us what to expect?

lots of fun!

I haven't been to Cal Games but I'm guessing it's like most off-season events.
The main differences between an off-season competition and a regional are:

-Only one day (sometimes 2)
-No inspections
-No chairmans award or safety award
-Lots of teams have less experienced drivers
-More relaxed (no pressure to qualifying for the championships)
-There is often a human player contest (this is fun)
-Some events make a small change to the game

Other than that it's a lot like a regional event.

DB

[artdutra04]

For the 2007 offseason, GUS 228 is attending four competitions:

Beantown Blitz
BattleCry@WPI 8
Bash@theBeach
River Rage 11 or Rah Cha Cha Ruckus ??? (TBD/date pending)

[mrs. p]

the PINK team plans on attending 4

IRI (our 3rd year), Mission Mayhem (hopefully no hurricanes), Krunch (at USF) and if it comes together Robot Rodeo.

[Uberbots]

2, usually
BattleCry @ WPI
Bash at the Beach

we usually dont do battlecry because it directly intersects with our exam schedule, but when we can, we do.

[Romeo1351]

Just Cal Games for us.

[Steve Ketron]

Team 1528 plan on attending 4

IRI
MARC (Hosting)
TFFRI
Ra Cha Cha Ruckus

[Ben Martin]

Currently, Cyber Blue is definitely going to be at the IRI :cool: and we might go to another off-season event.

[Sean Schuff]

IRI - been there since the first one in the T-Kats gymnasium minus a year or two where we had conflicts.

Can't wait!! 72 teams?? As Paul Copioli always says, "Are you kidding me?!"

[AcesPease]

For the 2007 offseason, GUS 228 is attending four competitions:

Beantown Blitz
BattleCry@WPI 8
Bash@theBeach



We attend the three B's.

[BandChick]

1089 this year is doing/has done:

Monty Madness
Duel on the Delaware
Brunswick Eruption

Ramp Riot is in the air for us right now since it's the weekend before BE. Doesn't look like we'll make it to Battle O' Baltimore this year - that's a summer scheduling issue. But I think three is pretty decent!

[Nuttyman54]

Team 190 usually goes to these 5, plus sometimes an extra one (like IRI or Winter Wonderland) if we can get enough interested students.

Beantown Blitz
Mayhem in Merrimack
Battlecry@WPI 8
Bash at the Beach
River Rage


Team 971 is going to try and go to Cal Games this year if they can.

[Storcky]

PARC X (attended)
Battle o' Baltimore (going)
Duel on the Delaware (we were planning on going last year, but couldn't make it work. hopefully we can go this year)

[1359th Scalawag]

Our team never has an "off season" We have a demonstration or community service event almost literally every week. And then we also go on group camping trips. I can't count how many off season events we have. :D

[pakratt1991]

well we have a few small scrimmages around our town for fun,
but this is the first year that we will be attending Cal Games, and hope that it is fun

[Dizzy_Lizzy]

Team 709 has gone to the same two off seasons for many years:
Duel on the Delaware
Ramp Riot

[=Martin=Taylor=]

We're hosting Cal Games this year!

Couldn't convince my team to visit So-Cal... Perhaps we'll attend the LA regional next year.

[Courtneyb1023]

My team is co-hosting MARC and will be attending.

I will be at MARC and Kettering Kickoff.

[ShadowofaCat]

:yikes:

IRI [check]
MARC [?]
Kettering [?]
Autumn Robotics Competition
(aka Team Ford First)

we went to IRI and TFF last year :D

[ClareG]

My team is going to MARC, Kettering, and ARC. I think that's it. I went to IRI too, with a different team :D

Cat, I think 469 should definitely go to MARC ;D

[Travis Hoffman]

48 has attended the IRI every year since 2003. This year, we will also be attending Kettering Kickoff.

[BornaE]

Unfortunately The closest ones to Us(Arizona) are at least 6 hours of drive away.

I wish there was some.

but Anyways we will be at Microchip Masters.
Looking forward to that

[Deacon Blues]

2199 is only doing 1; Battle O' Baltimore. Figured we only have enough active summer meetings to prepare for one, lack of people to drive, and we'd like to give the BAA a full showing of support since we just joined up with them.

[David Brinza]

Team 980's five off-season events:

Space Day (Riverside Unified) - full-day of robot demos for middle school.
IRI - an incredible event that every team should experience.
Fall Classic - we're introducing students and staff from John Muir HS (Pasadena, CA) to FIRST here.
CalGames - the premiere off-season event in the west.
Battle at the Border - last "blast" before retiring the robot.

It's just great fun to get some mileage out of our robots...