2012 CAGE Match
 

A tradition has formed in central Indiana - on the third Saturday in October, dozens of nerds, geeks, dweebs, and other future millionnaires gather in a high school and play with robots.

CAGE Match 2012 - Saturday, October 20
Southport Fieldhouse
971 E Banta Road
Indianapolis, IN 46227

Hosted by the Digital Goats (829) and CyberCards (1529) - with help from many other area teams

Presented by AndyMark

This event has an emphasis on introducing the fun and excitement of FRC gameplay to the general public. Participants are encouraged to use rookie drive teams; parents, grandparents, friends, neighbors, sponsors, prospective sponsors, school faculty - they're all welcome and invited.
If you have a special individual or group you'd like to have VIP or judge status, drop me a line. mstaylor@perryschools.org.

Once again, we'll have a silent auction, with proceeds going toward the Art Anderson Scholarship. Last year we were able to award a deserving student $1,000.

Event website: www.thecagematch.com
Twitter: #thecagematch

See you in October!

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-UPDATE-

Price will once again be $300 per team ($150 pre-rookies) - with options to discount for early registration (before 9/14) and bringing game pieces.

We are investigating having a dinner the night before - as of now it will be open to all, students and mentors alike. The time and location of the dinner are not yet ratified.


Before lunch, we will have a roundtable discussion for students new to FRC - what to expect your first FIRST season, with an emphasis on the non-robot side of FRC.

After lunch, we will have a roundtable discussion for adults new to FRC - what to expect your first FIRST season, with an emphasis on the non-robot side of FRC.

During lunch, we will have an activity in which participating teams will have the opportunity to win AndyMark merchandise.

There will be a guided VIP tour - if you have prospective partners you'd like to receive the royal treatment, send me a PM. This will be open to individuals and their families.

We are currently working on the possibility of having a practice area.

There is currently no cap on teams - all who register are welcome. Registration will be done on the website beginning 9/1.

There is a facebook page and twitter account.

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Need a Ref :D

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We will have registration for volunteer positions on the website within the next few weeks.

Wayne - I know you cannot be bought. What's your rental rate?

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Question: I don't remember there being inspectors last year. Is that different this year or is that a typo on the Volunteer page?

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Food :D

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CAGE Match registration is now open. Be sure and go to thecagematch.com and early register for the tournament to get a discount.

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Like Scott said, the registration for the 2012 CAGE Match is now open! Once again, everything is on the website www.thecagematch.com - registration, volunteer positions, scholarship information, etc. There are four new items I'd like to point out:

1. For pre-rookies that need a robot, they can request one through registration. Veterans that have a secondary robot to spare can let us know through registration as well.

2. We're trying a new initiative this year - we'll be hosting two Roundtable Discussions, geared toward people new to FRC, one for adults and one for students. Sort of a what-to-expect-your-first-year discussion. Open to all rookie members, whether their team is a first-year or 22nd-year vet.

3. Make sure all graduating Seniors see our scholarship opportunity; also, consider donating an item to the Silent Auction. Last year the Auction raised $1,000 for the Art Anderson scholarship.

4. We'll be hosting prospective sponsors and their families on Saturday morning. We'd like some help introducing them to the FRC experience. If you know of any current Seniors or recent graduates that would like to share their stories of inspiration from FIRST to these fine folks in small groups, please let me know.

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In the first 4 days or registration we already have 13 teams signed up for CAGE. Don't miss out on your teams chance to play. Sign up soon!

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There are 18 teams confirmed so far. That matches our 2009 total. For those who have not yet registered, there is a $25 discount for signing up before 9/14.

The scholarship application is ready. Current seniors: Jump on this opportunity at free money! Current non-seniors: Bring items for the Silent Auction to help out a FIRST Senior! Among the items on this year's table: An autographed official authorized Dean Simmons & the Kamen Brothers (and sister!) stage prop.

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Unfortunately, our website is down. We're working with our providers to get it back on line. Hopefully everything will be resolved soon. We'll let you know when it's ready.
Thanks for your understanding. Remember at the end of the week, the early bird discount of $25 goes away, so register soon if you haven't already done so!

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Anonymous decided to take us offline along with team 829's site, kind of makes you proud. Website is now back up





OK they attacked godaddy, but the former sounds cooler.

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Tomorrow (9/14) is the last day to get the $25 early bird discount. Make sure you register!
www.thecagematch.com
Right now we've got 21 teams - our goal is 32. We've got four 2012 regional champs and three finalists among the teams so far. Jump in and have fun!

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23 teams registered. Don't miss out your chance to come play, register now!

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Right now we're sitting at 24 teams registered. I've had verbal commitments from seven other teams, which raises the unofficial count to 31. Who is going to make it the full 32? (Registration ends 9/28)

Current teams:

3565 T.R.E.A.D.S.
1501 Team THRUST
3940 CyberTooth
3947 The Last Crusaders
1529 CyberCards
829 The Digital Goats
1760 RoboTitans
3180 Blaise of Glory
4070 jcpenney/4-h/rolls royce/shelby county high school
461 Westside Boiler Invasion
45 Technokats
1720 Phyxtgears
1741 Red Alert
3259 Thoroughbots
3176 Purple Precision
1747 Harrison Boiler Robotics
1781 Electric Eagles
447 Team Roboto
1646 Boiler Precision Guessworks
2171 RoboDogs
3487 The EarthQuakers
1018 Pike RoboDevils
4272 Maverick Boiler Robotics
3494 The Quadrangles

That's three states represented there, with promise of another. Woo. Hoo.

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Registration has closed for The CAGE Match.

We have 30 veteran teams and our first pre-rookie team 4485 RoboWarriors from Danville Community High School.

We have one spot left and I would like to see it filled by another pre-rookie team.

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CAGE Match Volunteer Registration is here.

Come join us for the fun.

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The following is an abridged version of an email blast sent out this morning:

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Can a team enter a 2nd bot if they are have already entered a bot?

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Some teams are lending their 2nd bot to pre-rookie teams. That's how such RAS/RI winners as 3176, 3494, 3947, and 4008 got started.

We are still waiting for final word from a pre-rookie to see if they'll come. If they do, and most signs suggest they will, then we will be at 32 teams which means all teams play in the eliminations (alliances of 4). Any more, and we'll have to get creative to make sure everyone plays.

Since one of the primary goals of the event is to give many teams real competition experience before the start of the season, I don't think extraneous robots would be consistent with that goal.

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Only 43 hours and 11 minutes till CAGE!!!!

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Only 24 hours (approximately) until CAGE setup!

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Great event guys! We all had a blast! A special shout out to 3940 for selecting us and giving us a chance to prove ourselves. To 234 for helping us fix our robot and of course helping us secure the win, and lastly 1018 for rounding out our alliance and being such a great pick! We look forward to defending our championship at C.A.G.E Match 2013!

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Congratulations to the winning alliance of 3940, 234, 3259, and 1018.
Congratulations to Darius Choksy from 1741 for earning the Art Anderson Memorial Scholarship - this year it was worth $1,100.
Congratulations to 1747 for donating well over 2,000 items by themselves for the Ronald McDonald House - there were over 4,300 items total.
Congratulations to Chris Noble for earning the AndyMark Award of Awesomeness.

Thank you to all the students, mentors, and parents of all teams who helped set up, tear down, and volunteer at the event. 1529, 829, 234, 45, and 1741 all played a key role in setup/teardown.

Thank you to the folks who were not affiliated with teams who came to help out anyway - I'm looking at you, Renee Becker, Danny Blau, Carolyn Grace, Jason Miller, and Jane Young.

Thank you to 829 and 45 for graciously lending their secondary robots to 4485 and 4580, giving them a taste of competition experience as they enter their rookie seasons.

As always, please let me know - either here or in private - what you thought went well, and what could be improved. I think there's somebody around here who says these things are iterative ...