View Full Version : 2009 Registration
Greg Needel
02-10-2008, 11:45
In 15 mins the registration will open for 2009 regionals and most likely FIRST's server will bog down.
Please post how long it takes you to get through.
Site accessed at 12:00. "Add event" option available at 12:05. Event registration completed by 12:06. Not too bad.
-dave
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Rich Kressly
02-10-2008, 12:11
Site accessed at 12:00. "Add event" option available at 12:05. Event registration completed by 12:06. Not too bad.
-dave
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same experience here
reg for regional and cmp in less than 7 min
Collin Fultz
02-10-2008, 12:12
Where do I go to find the "add event" option? I'm doing this for the first time. Thanks!
EDIT:
Never mind...I had to answer the control system question first.
sanddrag
02-10-2008, 12:12
I'm getting "No Events Found" with no add button. Perhaps this is because I haven't selected the early control system preference?
wendymom
02-10-2008, 12:13
Bacon is registered for the Florida Regional by 12:12pm EST
JohnBoucher
02-10-2008, 12:14
I had to fill in the
Early Control System Shipment (https://my.usfirst.org/frc/tims/site.lasso?r=1210989&fuseaction=ship.ship)
section, then I got the add button
Registered for regional and CMP in 10 minutes. Had a few bumps, but overall good experience this time.
flightofone
02-10-2008, 12:17
You have to go into the shipping options and select "no" (or "yes") for early shipping, then the "Add Event" button will appear.
Total time was about 10 minutes, but that was because I forgot my shipping information and not a system problem. Another year starting off smoothly here.
Mark McLeod
02-10-2008, 12:19
Registration was uneventful :)
P.S. 340 teams as of 12:24 and fast climbing
"$500.00 U.S. -- Participation in a third Michigan District Event. (Michigan teams only.)"
:(
I'll register for the Championship after we've been block-registered for Seattle, lest I break something.
Ken Patton
02-10-2008, 12:25
Registration for Michigan Events seemed to go ok, about 10 minutes. We are registered for Detroit (WSU) and Kettering.
In the informational conference call for the Michigan teams, they said we would be able to pick 1st choice and 2nd choice, but the system only gave checkboxes so there was no way for teams to prioritize #1 and #2. Hope that doesn't become a problem when events start to fill.....
Ken
waialua359
02-10-2008, 12:26
pretty fast this year.:)
Tristan Lall
02-10-2008, 12:26
Initial event registration was smooth; the new control system option wasn't there yesterday, and needs to be completed prior to registering for an event.
There's a little bit of a glitch in that some teams who should be allowed to register for the 2009 Championship (veteran, didn't attend in 2008) haven't been properly authorized to do so in the TIMS system. (This won't affect everyone—they're looking into who's been missed.) Give FIRST a call at (603) 666-3906 or (800) 871-8326, and they'll set it up for you.
Lowfategg
02-10-2008, 12:32
Went fine for me.
Look out for Team Overdrive #2753!
We are looking forwards to an awesome year!
Team 1114 is registered for both Midwest and the Championship.
Had to call FIRST because our team wasn't showing up for us, but they solved it quick and we got registered for the North Star Regional.
Team 1319 has registered for the Palmetto Regional. We are also excited to announce that we have registered a new rookie team that we will be mentoring from Pickens County Schools Team # 2751 we expect they will be a team to watch for this upcoming year. Please welcome them to the community.
Jessica Boucher
02-10-2008, 14:06
BAE's first to fill. Looks like an interesting mix!
ATannahill
02-10-2008, 14:23
where are the teams that are sign up listed?
Elgin Clock
02-10-2008, 14:28
Championship Event is here:
https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index.lasso?page=teamlist&event_type=FRC&event=CMP&year=2009&sort=teamnum
And the rest are found on their individual Regional Event pages here:
http://www.usfirst.org/community/frc/regionalevents.aspx?id=430
Ken Streeter
02-10-2008, 14:31
BAE's first to fill. Looks like an interesting mix! Wow -- the Granite State Regional filled up in just over 100 minutes -- all the teams seem to be from New England except 1138 from California!
Looks like the Long Island Regional might actually be the next to fill up...
Greg Needel
02-10-2008, 14:33
Championship Event is here:
https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index.lasso?page=teamlist&event_type=FRC&event=CMP&year=2009&sort=teamnum
And the rest are found on their individual Regional Event pages here:
http://www.usfirst.org/community/frc/regionalevents.aspx?id=430
How are rookie teams being able to register for the championship?
Wow -- the Granite State Regional filled up in just over 100 minutes -- all the teams seem to be from New England except 1138 from California!
Looks like teams from Canada and New Zealand are coming too!
Elgin Clock
02-10-2008, 14:37
How are rookie teams being able to register for the championship?
There's a little bit of a glitch in that some teams who should be allowed to register for the 2009 Championship (veteran, didn't attend in 2008) haven't been properly authorized to do so in the TIMS system. (This won't affect everyone—they're looking into who's been missed.) Give FIRST a call at (603) 666-3906 or (800) 871-8326, and they'll set it up for you.
Bug.
Looks like the exact opposite of what Tristan is describing???
Looks like some teams who should be able to register don't have the access, and some teams who shouldn't be able to register do have access?? idk.
Good ol' Newton's 3rd law. lol
Greg Needel
02-10-2008, 14:49
Bug.
Looks like the exact opposite of what Tristan is describing???
Looks like some teams who should be able to register don't have the access, and some teams who shouldn't be able to register do have access?? idk.
Good ol' Newton's 3rd law. lol
The other bug which I called FIRST about is that they are only issuing odd team numbers for rookies. if they don't get it fixed before most of the teams registered the team numbers will be very inflated even more then they already are.
Akash Rastogi
02-10-2008, 14:59
Looks like we're all going to be looking out for team 2775 :cool:
hehe, look up
Also expect amazing things from team 2753 at NJ.
Good luck guys.
Looks like teams from Canada and New Zealand are coming too!
Are we looking at different lists?
https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index.lasso?page=teamlist&event_type=FRC&sort=teamnum&year=2009&event=nh
I don't see any teams from New Zealand or Canada. Just 34 American teams.
Jessica Boucher
02-10-2008, 15:50
Are we looking at different lists?
https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index.lasso?page=teamlist&event_type=FRC&sort=teamnum&year=2009&event=nh
I don't see any teams from New Zealand or Canada. Just 34 American teams.
There were two - notice the team count is back down to 34 (although open capacity on the main page is still at 0).
The NZ team was listed as from Manchester, NZ and was sponsored by Wally World. The Canadian team was sponsored by Brenda's School of Smarts. There was also a Manchester YMCA + Manchester West HS (although 501 already registered).
There were two - notice the team count is back down to 34 (although open capacity on the main page is still at 0).
The NZ team was listed as from Manchester, NZ and was sponsored by Wally World. I took it with a grain of salt.
It looks like there are a few "dummy" teams I am seeing throughout the schedule. In pre-testing the TIMS in the past, we've "created" teams, but these teams should not be showing up :eek:
GaryVoshol
02-10-2008, 15:57
Check out team 2701, this year's first FIRST rookie: https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index.lasso?page=teaminfo&team=2701&event_type=FRC
Google maps and mapquest can find no such spot.
Quality control seems to be lacking ... :eek:
Lowfategg
02-10-2008, 16:17
Check out team 2701, this year's first FIRST rookie: https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index.lasso?page=teaminfo&team=2701&event_type=FRC
Google maps and mapquest can find no such spot.
Quality control seems to be lacking ... :eek:
Hello Kitty? That is pretty interesting if its was true. :ahh:
More power to them. :D
Andy Baker
02-10-2008, 17:43
Hello Kitty? That is pretty interesting if its was true. :ahh:
More power to them. :D
They could ask this guy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vUsumUmdeY) to be a mentor (yes, that is a Hello Kitty chest plate).
AB
Lowfategg
02-10-2008, 17:58
They could ask this guy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vUsumUmdeY) to be a mentor (yes, that is a Hello Kitty chest plate).
AB
Ok.... that was just scary, back on topic. :)
Travis Hoffman
02-10-2008, 18:07
Team 48 registered for Connecticut, and it took less than 4 minutes.
Looks like Hello Kitty is Goodbye Kitty as it doesn't show up in the team list any more.
I also saw an even-numbered rookie team (2826) so hopefully they've fixed that.
David Brinza
02-10-2008, 18:28
Team 980 registered for the Los Angeles (Long Beach) Regional in less that 10 minutes this morning, just after registration opened.
Signing up for early shipping of control system ate up just a few of those precious minutes...
Getting into TIMS was a little slow initially, but not at all painful.
Congrats to the IT wizards for FIRST TIMS for a job well done!
cabbagekid2
02-10-2008, 18:33
Not that we could afford to go....but how come the New Zealand Regional isn't on the Events site?
Mike Martus
02-10-2008, 18:46
Andy..... you have to much time on your hands.......
Need more business??????
Andy..... you have to much time on your hands.......
Need more business??????
He is working on some new moves for next year's IRI talent show.:ahh:
Check out team 2701, this year's first FIRST rookie: https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index.lasso?page=teaminfo&team=2701&event_type=FRC
Google maps and mapquest can find no such spot.
Quality control seems to be lacking ... :eek:
Has anyone ever kept a list of 1st FIRST Rookie each year? It would be a usefull piece of trivia to know.
Jonathan Norris
02-10-2008, 19:22
Rookie Team 2809 is signed up for GTR. Now I just gota get used to calling my team 2809 not 610...
Not that we could afford to go....but how come the New Zealand Regional isn't on the Events site?Bill's Blog (http://frcdirector.blogspot.com/) has the answer to that and another question or two.
As you register you might notice there's no New Zealand Regional listed. It takes a lot to set up a new regional event in a short time and the decision was made a the final hour that New Zealand wouldn't participate as a regional in 2009. I want to thank the volunteers who worked tirelessly to recruit teams and who scrambled to organize a regional event in less than a year. FRC is working with those volunteers to make sure the existing New Zealand teams can participate on some level in 2009 and we hope to have a New Zealand Regional in 2010.
Beth Sweet
02-10-2008, 19:44
I know that the team list for the regionals are showing up, but the links on the usfirst.org website aren't showing team lists for Michigan districts. Anyone have insight?
Travis Hoffman
02-10-2008, 19:48
I know that the team list for the regionals are showing up, but the links on the usfirst.org website aren't showing team lists for Michigan districts. Anyone have insight?
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=768330&postcount=2
1923 registered for NJ and The Championship Event in about 5 minutes.
:)
Can't wait!
Alex_2487
02-10-2008, 20:54
does anyone know when we are allowed to sign up for a second regional?
Richard Wallace
02-10-2008, 21:02
does anyone know when we are allowed to sign up for a second regional?Wait three weeks. (see calendar here (http://www.usfirst.org/community/frc/content.aspx?id=454))
Nate Smith
02-10-2008, 21:03
does anyone know when we are allowed to sign up for a second regional?
From FRC Calendar of Important Events (http://www.usfirst.org/community/frc/content.aspx?id=454):
FIRST Initial Regional Event Registration 10/2/2008
FIRST 2nd Regional Event Registration 10/23/2008
FIRST Unrestricted Regional Event Registration 11/6/2008
Alex_2487
02-10-2008, 21:05
Wait three weeks.
thanks. this is our first year signing up for a second regional and we couldn't find the information for when we could do it
Hi we are a rookie team and we just got our number 2834. Awesome!
I have a question about the Early Control System Shipment. Does anybody know what is in that shipment besides the new controller? Is the LabVIEW software included in that? What can a rookie team without a robot do with it? I hate to spend extra money to have it shipped to us and having it sit there until January.
Nate Smith
02-10-2008, 21:19
I have a question about the Early Control System Shipment. Does anybody know what is in that shipment besides the new controller? Is the LabVIEW software included in that?
Here is the list of components that the beta teams recieved, I would assume that the same components would be in the control system kit that gets shipped out:
1 FIRST specific cRIO
2 analog modules
2 analog bumpers
2 digital I/O modules
2 pneumatic bumpers
1 digital output sourcing module
1 digital sidecar
1 power distribution board
1 driver station
1 wireless adapter set
1 camera
2 joysticks
assorted cables and connectors
a DVD of software that will be shipped by NI
Also, as far as what can you do with it, I would say take the opportunity to learn LabView/C++ as it pertains to the controller, and maybe pick up a couple of servos from your local hobby supplier to use instead of speed controllers for basic controls testing...at least with the servos you can see the results of your code, and not just the feedback into labview.
Branden Ghena
02-10-2008, 21:40
Also, as far as what can you do with it, I would say take the opportunity to learn LabView/C++ as it pertains to the controller, and maybe pick up a couple of servos from your local hobby supplier to use instead of speed controllers for basic controls testing...at least with the servos you can see the results of your code, and not just the feedback into labview.
Wouldn't they need to pick up a 12 volt battery as well for running the RC?
gorrilla
02-10-2008, 21:51
12voltbolt is ready and waiting for the 3rd of january and whatever date the champs are
If only we had all the money by now! :( :( I think we're up to $750, YAY! (not).
Nate Smith
02-10-2008, 22:31
Wouldn't they need to pick up a 12 volt battery as well for running the RC?
Point taken...in my 10+ yrs with FIRST, I've never been part of a rookie team, so I have trouble sometimes picturing NOT having everything that the teams I have worked with have laying around...
Point taken...in my 10+ yrs with FIRST, I've never been part of a rookie team, so I have trouble sometimes picturing NOT having everything that the teams I have worked with have laying around...
You have no idea how hard it is to start a new team. Our school has no shop. We managed to find a build site outside of school. It is as empty a space as it can get. We have no tools, not even a screwdriver. We have one sponsor (very fortunate for us) that will cover our entry fees. We have rejections after rejections from other companies due to the poor economy in Southeast Michigan. I have never done this before and I am the only engineer on the team. I do have another parent who will help with programming. My only comfort is that so many teams around here are willing to help if you ask. Without these veteran teams' help it would be impossible to do it on our own.
wilsonmw04
02-10-2008, 23:22
You have no idea how hard it is to start a new team. Our school has no shop. We managed to find a build site outside of school. It is as empty a space as it can get. We have no tools, not even a screwdriver. We have one sponsor (very fortunate for us) that will cover our entry fees. We have rejections after rejections from other companies due to the poor economy in Southeast Michigan. I have never done this before and I am the only engineer on the team. I do have another parent who will help with programming. My only comfort is that so many teams around here are willing to help if you ask. Without these veteran teams' help it would be impossible to do it on our own.
Welcome to FIRST :-)
You are no different than my team two years ago. You are entering during an interesting time. Everything is in flux and you might not be in as bad shape as you think. My advise to you is this: keep your goals and robot simple. Work on your drivetrain and one or two aspects of the game. Figure out those one or two things you want to do well and make sure you can do them consistently. Get decent set of hand tools, sabersaw, and cordless power drill. Also check out this post for a better list of tools:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50903&highlight=FRC+tools
Find a good veteran team and get on their coattails. Ask a lot of questions and make sure you get answers you understand. Good luck to you and if I can help, feel free to contact me via this forum.
You have no idea how hard it is to start a new team. Our school has no shop. We managed to find a build site outside of school. It is as empty a space as it can get. We have no tools, not even a screwdriver. We have one sponsor (very fortunate for us) that will cover our entry fees. We have rejections after rejections from other companies due to the poor economy in Southeast Michigan. I have never done this before and I am the only engineer on the team. I do have another parent who will help with programming. My only comfort is that so many teams around here are willing to help if you ask. Without these veteran teams' help it would be impossible to do it on our own.
You guys sound like us, except we have more tools (still not a lot, but we have a screwdriver) and less money. :) Hope you guys are successful this year!
I'm just waiting for some London teams to register so I can find a team to work with this year.
Wetzel
Hi we are a rookie team and we just got our number 2834. Awesome!
Hi Ed.
Livonia just got their number 2832, they (us) will be rookies and they (we) don't have much.... yet.
Don't worry though. All these fine people will help you out whenever you need it. Just ask!
Welcome to the Jungle....
Richard Wallace
04-10-2008, 10:21
I'm just waiting for some London teams to register so I can find a team to work with this year.
WetzelFRC 1884 has registered for the Chesapeake Regional (https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index.lasso?page=teamlist&menu=false&event=MD&year=2009&event_type=FRC). :)
Daniel_LaFleur
04-10-2008, 11:55
2828 made it into BAE. Looks like we'll have the highest number at BAE.
Daniel_LaFleur
04-10-2008, 12:20
Hi we are a rookie team and we just got our number 2834. Awesome!
I have a question about the Early Control System Shipment. Does anybody know what is in that shipment besides the new controller? Is the LabVIEW software included in that? What can a rookie team without a robot do with it? I hate to spend extra money to have it shipped to us and having it sit there until January.
Ed,
This is my 8th year as a mentor in FIRST and my 3rd rookie team :ahh: .
Chief Delphi is one of the best resources for information. Congratulations in finding us here. Don't hesitate to ask questions (the only stupid question is the one you didn't ask ;) )
PM me if you need any help. And welcome to the FIRST community.
Hi, does anyone know when IRI is this year? Team 987 is interested in attending again and was hoping to plan ahead.
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