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DMetalKong

22-04-2009, 12:42

Coming new to central Jersey: Bridgewater-Raritan Battle Royale (BR)²

~Game~
The LAST LUNACY

~Date~
June 6th, 2009

~Event Website~
http://br2.panztech.com/

~Registration~
http://br2.panztech.com/registration

~Volunteer Registration~
http://br2.panztech.com/volunteers
(More instructions to follow the day of the event)

~Cost~
$200 per team
($150 per team if registered and your check is received before Mother's Day!)

~Location~
Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High School
600 Garretson Road
Bridgewater, NJ 08807

~Maximum Number of Teams~
30

~Pits~
Pit area will surround the field.

~Concessions~
Food and Drinks will be available in the small (newer) cafeteria.

~Contact Person~
Paul Kloberg
email: pkloberg@brrsd.k12.nj.us
cell: 848.702.3965

Akash Rastogi

22-04-2009, 14:55

This will be epic. MORT looks forward to joining 303 in another offseason. If you guys are still looking for a co-host, send me a PM as we are still interested.

Wayne C.

22-04-2009, 16:43

25 will be there

WC :cool:

Athleticgirl389

22-04-2009, 19:58

I'll be making sure 102 hears bout this. Until then, I am signed up to put my volunteering skills to go use :cool:

Mr. A

25-04-2009, 17:04

This will be a great way to wrap up the year, so sign on up and join the fun.

We're looking forward to a fantastic day!

MrA :cool:

Akash Rastogi

03-05-2009, 13:12

How many teams have registered so far:confused: ? I haven't seen any updates to the pages at all.

Athleticgirl389

24-05-2009, 17:19

Any updates on how the compeition is gonna be looking?

Also, will there be an email sent out to the volunteers as to when to arrive?

Also, which building is yall's gym? lol. It's a pretty spread out school haha.

omalleyj

27-05-2009, 07:37

delsaner

28-05-2009, 09:17

On behalf of Team 1676, we will be attending and hope to see you all there!!
=]

popnbrown

28-05-2009, 09:30

DMetalKong

28-05-2009, 14:57

Athleticgirl389: the directions link on the br2.panztech.com page includes a campus map that shows the gyms.

The recent email on BR2 mentions a couple of things with no details, and I don't see them on the website either. Does anyone know what the "game mod" and "optional matches" are about?

I'll answer as much as I can.

As of now, the information about the game modifications are set to go out this coming Monday (June 1).

The "optional matches" are a concept we are talking about to lengthen the day and give everyone more matches if (as it is looking as of now) we do not have our full amount of teams registered.

If you have any more questions, it would probably get you a quicker and more detailed response if you contacted Mr. Kloberg directly. His email is pkloberg@brrsd.k12.nj.us.

Thanks to all who signed up so far.

Athleticgirl389

28-05-2009, 23:06

List of Registered Teams for Batle Royale (as of the date of this post)

25 Raider Robotix
41 Robowarriors
136 Killer Kardinals
219 Team Impact
303 Bridgewater-Raritan Panther Robotics
354 George Washington Pirates
1048 Mustang Robotic
1279 Cold Fusion
1403 Cougar Robotics
2180 Steinart H.S. - Zero Gravity
2753 Team Overdrive

On behalf of Team 1403, excited to see another NJ off-season event during the spring/summer. And we are excited to be there.

I know of at least 3 teams that are attending but are not on the list yet. I think there will be a few more by the time it rolls around.

It seems to be challenging these days to get teams to attend new offseason events. They are just too much fun for me to stay away from =D If I had my way, my team would be going to all within a 2-3 hour radius lol. But that's just me :p

Libby K

29-05-2009, 10:05

1923 registered online and sent the check today. Can't wait!

chessking132

31-05-2009, 18:11

Team 75 cant wait. There are so many great teams from our area attending. the best part is we should all get more matches then normal. i was at 303 Pre NJ reginial social and it was amazing, if that was amazing i wonder how much fun their offseasone will be.

Mathtew Simpson
Team 75 VP of Technical/Driver

DMetalKong

01-06-2009, 15:01

Just some updates.

Greetings ALL Registered AND Interested Teams,

We trust that your last weekend of May went well and you are ready for June and the Summer beyond.

Before we all get to that point, we are only FOUR DAYS away from doing our Field Set-up on Thursday afternoon, June 4th in preparation for the June 6th "MAIN EVENT" ------- The LAST Lunacy !!!!

With our field being set-up on Thursday afternoon, there are opportunities available to ALL TEAMS to DROP-OFF their robot EARLY for the main event. These opportunities are available on Thursday after 2:30 PM until 8:00 PM and Friday morning from 8:00 AM until NOON.

ALL EARLY arrival robots will be "CHECKED-IN" with our scorekeeper, Sarah Nied, and this will ensure that all field / robot codes are coordinated in advance of the Saturday morning "crunch". Our friend, Tim Leicht, of team 1403 suggested that we use the same SSID codes on the June 6th event as were used at the Monty Madness event. Given the number of teams that overlap these events, this seems to be a great idea to reduce changes needed on Saturday morning. Accordingly, if you have not made changes in your machine since attending Monty Madness, your robot will likely sail through Sarah's check-in process. ALL others will need to download the proper SSID code at some point before playing on Saturday morning, so the sooner the better.

ADDITIONALLY, ALL EARLY ARRIVAL TEAMS are invited to take part in our assembly program on Friday afternoon ( 12:30 PM through 2:20 PM ) to raise the awareness of FIRST with both the students and staff at BRHS. WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE AT LEASE SIX TEAMS FOR THIS ASSEMBLY SO WE CAN GIVE THE CROWD A GOOD LOOK AT FIRST IN THE LUNACY FORMAT.

IF YOUR TEAM PLANS TO ARRIVE EARLY AND / OR TAKE PART IN THE FRIDAY ASSEMBLY MATCH PLAY, PLEASE REPLY WITH A RETURN E-MAIL. IN YOUR RETURN E-MAIL, PLEASE INCLUDE TWO ITEMS.........
1) THE ESTIMATED TIME OF YOUR EARLY DROP-OFF
2) YOUR PLAN TO HAVE A DRIVE TEAM IN PLACE TO TAKE PART IN OUR ASSEMBLY PROGRAM

Thank you for your interest in taking part in this "Last" of the Spring - 2009 post-season events in our area.

We are ready to support at least EIGHT MATCHES per TEAM during the morning portion of the day. We will then go to Alliance Selections before LUNCH and seek your input regarding some "Optional Match Play" for the time frame right after lunch. Please be advised that the "Optional Match Play" is for Awards purposes only and will not have any affect on RANKINGS and ALLIANCES.

Keep your eyes on the IN BOX for additional Update Messages as we move closer to the event.

DonRotolo

07-06-2009, 13:29

Team 1676 had a great time at (BR)^2. Lots of action, great rules modifications, and superb announcing. Nice venue, too, can't wait for the next one!

Woody Flowers was on hand, and he received a special award there. It's not my place to go into the details, so I ask someone directly involved to create athread on that topic. But, we got him to sign our robot!

We all had a lot of fun. In the image below, we see Wayne Cokeley (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/member.php?u=361)being "taken for a ride" by his team.

Athleticgirl389

07-06-2009, 14:20

Offseasons are just oh so much fun and this was no exception. Everyone involved did an awesome job keeping things moving and I just had an awesome time!!!

Team 102 would like to say thank you to Teams 2753 and 126 for being awesome alliance partners :) Congrats to 1923 on yet another AMAZING performance :) Congrats to EVERYONE who cam and I hope yall had fun.

Hope to see yall next year :)

flyingcrayons

07-06-2009, 18:25

who won? what were alliances? awards?

plz??

Lowfategg

07-06-2009, 20:02

who won? what were alliances? awards?

plz??

Both 1923 and 2753 went undefeated in qualifiers.

After an odd elimination structure the final alliances were the number 1 and 2 seeds.

First Seed was 1923, 25, and 1048

Second Seed was 2753, 102, and 136

Second Seed won.

Design award went to 1279, highest seed to 1923, and highest score to 2753, 102, and 136. That is all I can remember.

It was an awesome event, many thanks to 303, Bridgewater's AP physics class(?), and all the volunteers that put it on. Also, congrats to 1923, 25, and 1048, it was awesome playing once again.

DMetalKong

08-06-2009, 13:41

For those wondering what the awards were at the event, here they are:

The Dave Beck Award Recipient ~ Dr. Woodie Flowers
The Fantastic FTA ~ Mr. Mike Nasson
The Supreme ScoreKeeper Award ~ Ms. Sarah Nied
The Highest Seed ~ 1923 Midnight Inventors
Super-Human Player ~ 1048 Mustang Robotics - 43 balls
Highest Match Score ~ 102 Gearheads, 136 Killer Kardinals, 2753 Overdrive - 100pts
Engineering Excellence ~ 1279 Cold Fusion - "keepin' cool in the heat of competition"
Finalists ~ 1923 Midnight Inventors, 25 Raider Robotix, 1048 Mustang Robotics
Champions ~ 2753 Overdrive, 102 Gearheads, 136 Killer Kardinals

Please email any suggestions for next year to dkleszyk@gmail.com with the subject line "BR2 Suggestions".

Thank you to all the teams that attended as well as our awesome volunteers!

flyingcrayons

08-06-2009, 14:53

wait dr. flowers was there?

JaneYoung

08-06-2009, 16:18

wait dr. flowers was there?

I guess we'll have to be very patient and wait to hear about Dr. Flowers receiving the Dave Beck Award. It must have been one of the very special moments that happens when FIRSTers are involved. :)

Wayne C.

08-06-2009, 16:59

I guess we'll have to be very patient and wait to hear about Dr. Flowers receiving the Dave Beck Award. It must have been one of the very special moments that happens when FIRSTers are involved. :)

no need to wait- YES- Dr. Flowers was there.

BR2 sponsored an award to honor the memory of our friend from team 103 Dave Beck. Dr Flowers was working with Dave on FIRST related business at the time of his unexpected death and came to know him. He believed that he was presenting the award to some worthy mentor in Dave's memory.

But there was a twist. When Dave was awarded the Woodie Flowers Award in NJ years ago a student from team 303 was quoted as saying "if there was a Dave Beck Award it would go to Woodie Flowers". So the BR2 management thought it fitting to do just that and therefore the first Dave Beck Award was given to our much admired master mentor. Woodie was moved to tears and it was a very special moment.

Later he spent most of the day with us on the teams talking about FIRST and our dreams of it's future. I know I came away from the day with a lot of hope.

there it is in a nutshell-

WC :cool:

RoboMom

08-06-2009, 18:49

But there was a twist. When Dave was awarded the Woodie Flowers Award in NJ years ago a student from team 303 was quoted as saying "if there was a Dave Beck Award it would go to Woodie Flowers". So the BR2 management thought it fitting to do just that and therefore the first Dave Beck Award was given to our much admired master mentor. Woodie was moved to tears and it was a very special moment.

wow.
very very cool.

Mike8519

08-06-2009, 21:27

I believe the proper phrase was something along the lines of "If there ever was a dave beck award, Woody Flowers himself would be humbled to receive it."

DonRotolo

09-06-2009, 17:17

I believe the proper phrase was something along the lines of "If there ever was a dave beck award, Woody Flowers himself would be humbled to receive it."
...and he was.

(PS: I apologize for spelling his first name wrong)

flyingcrayons

09-06-2009, 18:31

Both 1923 and 2753 went undefeated in qualifiers.

After an odd elimination structure the final alliances were the number 1 and 2 seeds.

First Seed was 1923, 25, and 1048

Second Seed was 2753, 102, and 136

Second Seed won.

Design award went to 1279, highest seed to 1923, and highest score to 2753, 102, and 136. That is all I can remember.

It was an awesome event, many thanks to 303, Bridgewater's AP physics class(?), and all the volunteers that put it on. Also, congrats to 1923, 25, and 1048, it was awesome playing once again.

awesome thanks for the info!!!

no need to wait- YES- Dr. Flowers was there.

BR2 sponsored an award to honor the memory of our friend from team 103 Dave Beck. Dr Flowers was working with Dave on FIRST related business at the time of his unexpected death and came to know him. He believed that he was presenting the award to some worthy mentor in Dave's memory.

But there was a twist. When Dave was awarded the Woodie Flowers Award in NJ years ago a student from team 303 was quoted as saying "if there was a Dave Beck Award it would go to Woodie Flowers". So the BR2 management thought it fitting to do just that and therefore the first Dave Beck Award was given to our much admired master mentor. Woodie was moved to tears and it was a very special moment.

Later he spent most of the day with us on the teams talking about FIRST and our dreams of it's future. I know I came away from the day with a lot of hope.

there it is in a nutshell-

WC :cool:

now i really wish i had gone... i was going to, but a family friend i havent seen in years came to jersey, so i was entertaining...