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Thanks Jess.

Where is Team Black Hawk?

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Ooops.. I forgot

Nevermind.

Time to go get some more ice cream!

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Were going to IRI - as well as Ozark. We didn't really have the funds or time to attend 3 off seasons - and the team wanted to travel a bit. Its not anything against TRR, we love it :) maybe/hopefully next year!

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Hey Jess,

My team was wondering if there is going to be a table provided to the teams or do we have to plan on bringing our own.

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

Since 624 is attending IRI, too, the week before attending this event--and we plan to drive up in vehicles--we'd be MORE than happy to extend our help to you guys by bringing 359's robot/supplies back with us to Texas after IRI if you guys supply the trailer (i.e. you guys rent a trailer of the correct size in Indianapolis that we can haul back to Houston with us).

You guys have been fantastic all season, and we'd love to see you back in Texas! If this seems like an attractive/reasonable offer, let us know. 624 would be honored to help you in any way.

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

Thanks for the gracious offer.
Unfortunately for us, we already bought our airline tickets last week, since it got a little cheaper and we didnt want to lose out on prices possibly climbing again. i.e. $820 plus taxes per person...:(
118 also offered to help us (which reminds me I need to reply to Justin as well!) and had space in their trailer to hold theirs and ours.

Assuming we have a good season in 2013 and get invited back to IRI next year, we can definitely plan this out better and attend the TRR. It would've worked out this year as our students would have still been on summer break.

As I look at the list of great teams attending, especially the addition of 148, it woud've been pretty cool to participate in such a stacked lineup of teams back to back weekends with IRI.

-Glenn

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

We supply every team with a table and full 10'x10' pit space. However, if you plan to do any work that might damage the table (drilling, for example), you are encouraged to bring an additional surface to work on.


Additional Note: Last year, we had special charging stations available for teams to charge batteries and use power tools. This year, we are working on having a power supply for each pit!

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Best wishes at IRI! We're really sad that you won't be able to join us at TRR 2012, but hope that things will work out next year. If you are still interested in 2013, definitely get back in touch with us near the end of the competition season so that we can help you plan and make arrangements!

If you end up changing your mind over the next month or so, definitely let us know! We would of course love to have 3310 join us at TRR 2012, but entirely understand that it's tough to go to two events back to back, as is the case with IRI and TRR, in addition to simply time and money. Hopefully we will see you all at TRR 2013! Have a great off-season and help make Texas proud! :)

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We defiantly will let you know if the circumstances allow it. We would love to play with some of our competitors from previous regionals! Good luck to 57, 118, 148, 624, 1296, 1429, and 1477. ( Also everyone else) If i can make it i will travel down there myself and help our sister team 1296! Goodluck!

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Okay... at the risk of melting someone's "ice cream"... here's the VERY REASONABLE response I got from the folks running the Cow Town ThrowDown/KC off-seasoner on using our practice bot as a 2nd entry:

"Teams can enter a second robot with a second entry fee, however the second robot will be placed on the waiting list. (A team will need to indicate which robot is their primary robot) We will fill the 48 spots with as many individual teams as possible, and fill with teams entering a second robot as needed. Thanks for your understanding of this as our goal is to have as many different teams compete that are interested. Please note that last year there were only 32 slots and this year we’re increasing the field to 48 so there’s a very good chance a second robot will get in. The deadline for teams for pay is Oct 1. If there are slots, your second team will come off the wait list and onto the roster."

I think this a well thought-out approach that is fair and balanced... and I respectfully ask the organizers of Texas Robot Roundup to _consider_ adopting this same approach... THANKS!

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

I entirely agree that that is a very reasonable and well thought out approach. It is actually something the planning committee is considering should we end up with openings at the end of June.

Based on the responses of interested teams, we predict that we will be very close to, if not at, full capacity by that point. Additionally, because it is more difficult for pre-rookies to get their footing, any openings at that time may be reserved for pre-rookies who have not yet "officially" registered.

We thus do not want to get any team's hopes up for getting a 2nd robot in to TRR. We are very aware of your interest and will certainly let you and other teams know when and if this option becomes available. Thanks for your understanding.

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

I can't ask for anything more than that... THANKS, Jess! ;-)

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

Tomorrow is the last day of early registration for the 2nd Annual Texas Robot Roundup!

By registering before the end of the day tomorrow, teams can take advantage of the reduced registration fee - only $200 - before it rises to $250. If your team is interested in attending TRR 2012, I encourage you to register as soon as possible so that you don't miss out on this opportunity to compete. Register at: www.robotroundup.org/team-registration

There are only 5 slots (out of 40 total) still available to teams. An updated list of registered teams can be found here: www.robotroundup.org/registered-teams

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

I was wondering if there will be any rule changes like to the co-op bridge or a money ball added for the last 30 secs.

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I doubt it, but you'll know when the IRI rules come out

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Jess, is there an update to the team count yet?

Also, will there be a webcast of the competition? THANKS!

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

Aah yes, a great question!

BTW, I know of someone that could webcast it for you guys....that has experience in streaming in full HD. :D

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We have 3 slots left for teams!

YES!

We're working through the logistics and will certainly be in touch to see how you all can be of assistance. Thanks!

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Email sent out to registered teams today:

Hello Texas Robot Roundup Teams!

The TRR Planning Committee is working diligently to ensure that the 2nd Annual Texas Robot Roundup will be a great experience for all your teams. With TRR 2012 now less than 2 months away, I wanted to share some important information with all of you. Please take the time to review these details and respond as necessary.

CONTACT REQUEST:
Please let me know if I may share your contact information with members of the planning committee and Central Texas teams. We are working on something special for teams traveling to Austin for TRR!

REGISTRATION FEES:
Reminder, make sure to send in your registration fee! Tax Forms and W-9 are available upon request. Mail your registration check (made payable to "ausTIN CANs Supporters"), with your team number and name, to:
ausTIN CANs Supporters
2438 West Anderson Lane, C-7
Austin, TX 78757

TRR PUBLIC AGENDA:
See attachment! Schedule is still subject to change.

WORKSHOPS/MEETINGS:
Based on team feedback from the registration survey and planning committee discussions, we are tentatively planning for the following workshops and meetings at TRR. We are finalizing workshop presenters and will send additional information at a later date.

Workshops/Presentations:
- Robot Design
- Strategy
- Scouting
- Chairman's Award
- Business Plan
- FIRST Progression & Values

Meetings:
- Non-Engineering Mentors Organization (NEMO)
- Central Texas Robotics Alliance (CTRA)
- Rookie Meet & Greet

SPECIAL EVENTS:
TRR will have a special Mentors Tournament on Friday the 27th at 4:30pm and a Skills Challenge on Saturday the 28th during the lunch break. Plans are also being made for a Team Social on Friday evening. Stay tuned for more details on all special events.

TRR PEER-JUDGED AWARDS:
The TRR Planning Committee has decided to recognize teams with the following peer-judged awards (official award names TBD):
- Team Spirit
- Gracious Professionalism
- Safety
- Creativity in Design
- Play of the Day
- Rookie Recognition

We will have a special Mentor Recognition. Stay tuned for more information.

CANNED FOOD DRIVE:
Host team ausTIN CANs invite you to participate in their annual Canned Food Drive. Please encourage your team to participate. Teams competing in the Mentor Tournament will be ranked for alliance selections based on the number of canned goods their team donates.

PIZZA PARTY CONTEST:
"Like" Alamo FIRST on Facebook and Win a Pizza Party! A week before TRR, we will select one name from all the people who "like" the Alamo FIRST Facebook page. That person's team will win a Pizza Party. Make sure to pass this information on to your team! Increase your chances by getting everyone on your team to like the page! https://www.facebook.com/alamoFIRST

FLAG DISCOUNTS:
Dixie Flags is offerring a 10% discount off all purchases of flags by Texas FIRST Robotics teams! Visit www.dixieflag.com. Contact Vanessa Va de Putte with purchase inquiries - vanessa@dixieflag.com, 210-227-5039.

TRR WEBSITE:
Visit www.robotroundup.org for additional information, including the list of registered teams. More information will be added in the coming weeks!

Additionally, I've attached an Public Event Flier that you can print, share, and post and use to invite guests to TRR.

As always, please let me know if you have any questions! We look forward to seeing you all at TRR 2012!

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

So, just to make sure, should we assume no rule changes since we haven't heard anything yet?

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

Like last year, TRR waited on IRI's release of rules changes to review and decide if they will be adopted for our event. We have a planning committee meeting on Thursday, after which any adjustments to the rules will be announced. However, at this time I don't foresee us making any significant rules changes for TRR.

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

Not that my opinion matters, but I'm all for adopting the IRI rules change.

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I would have a vote on this, unlike what the IRI staff did...it's causing a little controversy over there.

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

I wouldn't worry about it. Let's wait until after Thursday and see what is decided.

Jane

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

You are unfairly criticizing the IRI planning committee here.

The planning committee has always made rule changes of varying degree, and is run by some very qualified people for the job. They solicited input on chiefdelphi, they probably considered that input, and then made a decision. The fact that their decision upsets people does not mean it was made without input, nor does it mean it was an unfair decision.

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

My comment was worded a bit harshly, and incorrectly I suppose.

When IRI asked for input and took a vote, the voting went the other way of their decision. That's what got so many people riled up. I was suggesting that TRR do whatever the participants want...its just a fun off season event, plus things like the Co-op bridge may matter more to participants at TRR over that of the participants at IRI. Just a thought.

But that's my $0.02 which isn't really worth much since we aren't going to TRR (:()

I however did not mean to offend if I did.

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Reminder:
Registration for TRR 2012 closes after today!

The TRR planning committee met last night. I will send out an email with important information to all TRR teams this weekend and will post the details here. It will include the committee's decisions on rules changes, the TRr Skills Challenge rules, and options for additional robot entries for any remaining spots following the close of the "official" team registration period. Until then, let me know if you have any questions about registration.

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

Any news on where a webcast might be hosted? Some of us are going to be out of the country for TRR. :(

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

I just sent this email out to TRR Teams:

Texas Robot Roundup in now less than a month away! I have lots of important information for you. After reading over this email, make sure to fill out all requested forms/respond as necessary! If you have not yet, please send in your registration fee. I'm still working on getting a PayPal option available for those of you who need it. Thank you for your patience!


First, a quick request: If you have not yet responded to my previous request, please let me know if I may share your contact information with the other members of the Planning Committee. We're trying to plan something special for everyone coming in from out of the Austin area.


TTR Game Rules Changes:

1. +5 pounds allowed. Honor system unless referees question you.
2. Alliance selection is 1-8, 8-1, 8-1. Alliances select a 4th robot to play on their alliance. Use of this 4th robot is at the discretion of the alliance captain.
3. All other rules will be per the 2012 FRC Rebound Rumble game rules as interpreted by the TRR referees.

Opportunity to Register 2nd Robot:
Following the end of the Registration period, we have 4 slots available. One team dropped and all out of state teams initially expressing significant interest could not make it; we are still working with potential pre-rookies. The TRR Planning Committee has decided on the following:

• Teams are asked to fill out this form: goo.gl/A7LEv by the end of next Friday, July 7th, regarding their interest in entering a 2nd (practice, backup, etc) robot
• If no more than 4 teams already registered wish to register a 2nd robot, we will allow teams to enter 2nd robots
• If more than 4 teams wish to enter a 2nd robot, we will not allow teams to enter 2nd robots
• If the criteria above are met, interested teams will need to register their 2nd robot by Wednesday, July 11th
• Teams must pay the regular registration fee of $250 for their 2nd robot by Thursday, July 26th

Skills Challenge Rules:
See the attached document. Interested teams will be asked to sign up for a Skills Challenge time slot at registration. The Skills Challenge will occur at noon on Saturday, July 28th.


Mentors Tournament & Canned Goods Drive:
The Mentors Tournament will take place on Friday, July 27th, starting at 4:30pm. Alliance selection ran will be based on the number of canned goods donated to the host team's (ausTIN CANs, 2158) annual canned food drive by 4:00pm on Friday. Teams must select alliance partners outside the top 8. All other rules will be per the 2012 FRC Rebound Rumble game rules as interpreted by the TRR referees. The team who donates the most Canned Goods by noon on Saturday will be recognized with the Austin CAN Award.


I will continue to send additional information your way over the next few weeks. Please read them carefully! As always, let me know if you have any questions. We're looking forward to seeing you all at TRR 2012!

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We're still working on this and will make sure to let everyone know as soon as we have that information available. Thank you for your patience!

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Notes and Amendment regarding 2nd Robot Entries:

The intent for allowing a 2nd robot to participate for a team is to make sure that students get great opportunities at TRR. It is far from the intent of the committee to allow teams to get an unfair advantage. The following amendment is being put in place:

• The three students comprising the 2nd robot's drive team must NOT have previous experience driving at an official FIRST Regional or Championship event.

If interested or necessary, teams may combine to enter a 2nd robot in order to have enough students available to drive. Let me know if you have already responded to the survey and this changes your original answer. The original information on this topic can be found above.

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I'm a big fan of skills challenge ! Thank you for holding a skills challenge.

I had a question about the rules,
I'm confused about bottom hoop, can this be any hoops or just the bottom hoop ?

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

You're welcome. We hope this poses an interesting challenge for teams!

The rule means just the very bottom hoop only. This was decided as a special challenge for teams as the bottom hoop is rarely utilized during the course of the real game. If you have any additional questions or concerns, I can point you specifially to our Special Tournaments subcommittee in charge of the Skills Challenge and Mentor Tournament. Just let me know!

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

I'm a bit worried about this bottom hoop rule skills challenge. But maybe I'm the only one...:ahh:

I would prefer if we could just score on any hoop and get the corresponding points (3 for top, 2 for mid, 1 for bottom).

I would like to discuss the skills challenge rules more with your contact offline.

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Jess ,

I have a question about the skills challenge. If i understand correctly that all balls have to be touching your robot and two of the balls have to be in contact with the robot and key. My questions is at the start of the match can we harvester the other two balls so we have all four balls in our system and then take our shots or do we have to go by FIRST rules and only can have 3 balls in the robot.

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Jess, can we now officially enter our practice bot? THANKS!

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

From the committee: The robot may not possess more than three balls at a time.


Yes, you may!



I have been unreasonably busy recently. Thank you all for your patience with regard to my delayed responses!

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Just sent this email out to teams:

Hi TRR 2012 Teams!

I hope you're all getting excited for the 2012 Texas Robot Roundup! We're looking forward to seeing you all in just 2 weeks. I know this email is long, but please read it carefully to find out about and share many valuable opportunities with your team and attending supporters.

Pay your Registration Fee - Online or by Check:
If you haven't do so yet, please send in your registration fee! Details can be found at www.roubotroundup.org (the website is being updated this weekend as well). If you can pay online through PayPal, this option is now available. Payments should be made to the following account: austincansbooster@gmail.com

Friday Night Team Social:
TechXsplosion, Team 2789 from Manor, TX, is hosting a social at TRR on Friday, July 27, at 7:00 PM. The goal of this social is to have a fun time with all the teams going to the 2nd Annual Texas Robot Roundup. Entry to the social is free, but during the social they will have jars around the room for donations to a local library that is in desperate need of books. They will be providing an assortment of desserts and punch to all the teams. Please RSVP here: http://goo.gl/9AkYc

Win a FIRST Xbox! Win a Pizza Party for your team!
The new Microsoft Store in Austin will be raffling off a FIRST Xbox to one lucky team member! All team members will receive a raffle ticket at check-in. To see a picture of this special FIRST Xbox, head to the Alamo FIRST Facebook page: www.facebook.com/alamoFIRST and while you're there, "like" the page! One team will receive a Pizza Party! We will draw the name of one person who has "liked" the page at the end of next week and their team will win the Pizza Party. Encourage your members, mentors, parents, sponsors, and supporters to "like" Alamo FIRST!

Mentor Recognition Award sponsored by National Instruments:
This year, we are beginning the tradition of recognizing an outstanding mentor at TRR. Nothing needs to be done by your teams in advance. When you check-in on Saturday morning, your team will receive a prompt and your students are asked to respond to it in a half page space regarding a mentor they wish to recognize. Entries will be read by a group of non-team affiliated judges.

TRR Trading Post:
Central Texas teams are pilotting a fundraising activity that we may open up to all participating teams in years to come. Throughout a portion of the day on Saturday, teams will be selling a variety of cool tech-oriented things like FIRST logo and recycled electronics jewelry and key chains, t-shirts, buttons, bristle bot kits, pictures in a carnival cut-out robot, and more!

VIPs/Invited Guests & Student Ambassadors:
If you have invited any VIPs or special guests to TRR, let me know so that they can be included in some special activities we're arranging for invited guests. Additionally, if you have any team members who would like to serve as student ambassadors to give tours to these guests and answer their questions about FIRST, Rebound Rumble, and more, please send me their names (in addition to your team number).

Special Tournaments & Canned Goods Drive:
In my last email, you should have received rules for the TRR Skills Challenge that will happen on Saturday. Let me know if you need me to send you the rules sheet again. Additionally, please remind your team to collect canned goods to donate to the host team (ausTIN CANs - 2158) food drive that will determine team alliance selection ranking for the Mentor Tournament. When you check-in at TRR, interested teams will be asked to sign your team up to compete in the Skills Challenge and Mentor Tournament.

Workshops, Presentations, & Meetings:
Throughout Saturday, attendees have a chance to go to a variety of workshops, presentations, and meetings designed to inform, support, and inspire your teams. We will have some very interesting speakers, a panel discussion from some of Texas' most competitive teams, workshops and presentations on robot design and how to create a business plan, and meetings for the Non-Engineering Mentors Organization and the Central Texas Robotics Alliance. Detailed overviews of each session will be sent out a week before the event.


At the end of next week, I will send out an email that will include attachments of some very important instructions and documents for your teams. Please make sure that this email address (robotroundup@gmail.com) is added to your address book if you haven't done so already so that my email doesn't end up in your spam folder!


As always, let me know if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you all in two weeks!

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Additionally, there WILL be a webcast! Representatives from the DiscoBots, team 2587, will be providing the webcast. We will post a link here and to www.robotroundup.org once we have it available so that those of you who can't make it to TRR can still enjoy the event!

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

Part A of email I just sent out to teams:

Hi TRR Teams! PLEASE READ THIS EMAIL AND ATTACHED DOCUMENTS!

We're looking forward to seeing you all on Friday (optional Practice Day) and Saturday at Anderson High School in Austin! If you still need to get your event payment in, please get in touch with me so we can figure things out. Basic event information can be found at www.robotroundup.org.

Reminder: RSVP for the Friday night team social here: http://goo.gl/9AkYc

Attached you will find a number of helpful documents (pdf format). Review them before the event and share them with your team! Note: all documents are subject to minor changes. Updated, official versions will be provided at check-in.

LOAD IN: Basic map of where to enter Anderson High School to Load-in your robot and supplies, and check-in.

Event Map: Outlines all important rooms/locations at Anderson High School, including Check-In, Pits & Pit Admin, general Queuing Area, Playing Field, Meeting Room, Auditorium, Practice Field, TRR Trading Post, Concessions, Bathrooms, and Team Social.

Pit Map: Shows the pit layout. Use this to figure out where to load-in your robot and supplies.

Team List: Updated list of the 36 teams competing at TRR 2012. Includes team #, name, school/organization, and location.

Public Agenda: Updated agenda, now includes workshops/presentations/meetings times, topics and locations, Saturday Mentor Breakfast, and TRR Trading Post.

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Part B of email I just sent out to teams:

PresentationsWorkshopsMeetings: Provides an overview of each of the presentations, workshops, and meetings at TRR, including times, locations, and presenters.

Queuing Notes: Outlines important information and considerations for teams with regard to methods, rules, important cart considerations, and more.

Local Area Map: Basic map (not to scale) of important locations (food, hardware stores, drug stores, etc) very close to the event.

iPhone Locations: PDFs of Austin that are georeferenced, meaning that they have spatial coordinates embedded in the actual pdf document. You can load these documents on a GPS enabled smart device and find where you are on the map. Document includes directions for iPhone or iPad, but similar applications exist for Android devices as well. Includes a variety of locations in Austin, such as restaurants, hardware stores, entertainment, emergency care, and more and lists their contact info and hours. We are adding more locations tomorrow - please email me if anyone wants an updated version.

Please see my last email for more information on the team social, registration fee payment, Xbox raffle , awards, TRR Trading Post, and special tournaments.

As always, let me know if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you all at the end of the week!

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In case anyone misses Edward's thread, the TRR webcast will be available at:
www.roll24productions.com/watch

This link will also be posted to the TRR website:
www.robotroundup.org
Check out the website for additional resources and up to date information.

We're looking forward to seeing everyone soon! And for those of you who can't make it to TRR, definitely check out the webcast. A great big thank you to Edward and the DiscoBots for making the webcast happen!

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

Jess,

Do have any idea on how many matches TRR plans to run for each team or is that still up in the air.

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

With the time allowed and 40 teams, I would think that each team could get in 8 matches pretty easily. We will be packing up tomorrow for that early trip Saturday morning.

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

By the estimates of our AndyMark crew, we should have at least 8, perhaps 9, matches per team!

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

About to head up to Anderson High School!

Travel safe, everyone. See you later on today or early tomorrow!

Jane

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

For those of you following at home here are the TRR Alliances:
Teams are listed as Alliance Captain, 1st Pick, 2nd Pick and 3rd Pick (Backup Robot)

1 118 624 457 4332
2 1477 148 2833 4271
3 2789 1296 418 4335
4 2158 3679 57 4300
5 2587 3847 3735 653
6 647 3481 3997 3320
7 2583 1429 2936 2881
8 2468 3482 3103 3999

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

Incredible finals match. Congratulations to the number 1 seed on their win.

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

For anyone who is interested, the 2012 TRR results and awards can be found at www.robotroundup.org/results

I owe a wealth of gratitude to so many people for helping make the 2nd annual Texas Robot Roundup a fantastic event. Thank you to (in alphabetical order):
- Alamo Regional Director: Patrick Felty
- AndyMark crew: Brandon Maris and Brant Bowen
- Event Manager: John Sperry
- My team (the hosts): the ausTIN CANs - 2158 members, mentors, and parents
- Planning Committee (a fabulous crew spanning across 6 central Texas teams!)
- Presenters, Panelists, and Workshop/Meeting hosts
- Sponsors & Contributors: Title Sponsor - National Instruments; Platinum Sponsor - Time Warner Cable-Connect a Million Minds; Gold Sponsor - Geekdom; and Silver Sponsor - Randolph Brooks Federal Credit Union
- Team members, mentors, and supporters of our 35 Texas teams in attendance
- Volunteers... all the referees, queuers, field crew, pit crew, check in crew, mentor awards judges, and more
- Webcast crew: Edward Morris, Paul Chaguine, and team 2587
And all other supporters who I might be neglecting due to being pretty exhausted. Thank you all so very much!

I hope everyone had a great time. I will be sending out feedback forms soon so that we can determine what we can do to continue to grow TRR into an even better event. I look forward seeing y'all again soon at some of the upcoming FIRST events in Texas this fall. Now off to go rest for a few days. :)

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

Jess,
On the website you link above it says the 1477 alliance was the champs at TRR. Is that correct?

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

This is not correct. The result are backwards. 624 alliance won TRR and 1477 alliance were the finalist.

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

I would just like to say that Cyberwolves earned the Spirit Award and they truly earned some of that at the check-in/information table with the help of Shadetree Mechanics and all of the songs they were all singing - loudly. (Yes, I lost control of the check-in/information table yesterday afternoon. Totally.)

Special shout out to Gatorzilla, FRC 2936, for graciously helping to facilitate an index card quilt for TRR. The theme for this quilt was: What do off-season competitions mean to you? The quilt is small but it is the perfect size for Mr. Sperry's classroom, serving as a thank you from everyone who attended the 2012 Texas Robot Roundup off-season.

It was a fun and well-planned event. Safe travels, everyone!


Jane

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

Oops, that was me incorrectly copying and pasting things way too late last night when I was exhausted. It's corrected now. My apologies everyone!

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

Spectrum 3847 would like to thank everyone that helped organize and run TRR this year. It was an amazing event. It's great to get so many Texas teams together once a year to battle it out in the sport we all love. It's great to get to see so many of our friends.

We're already looking forward to next year.

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

Like to say thank you to team 118 and 624 and 4332 for inviting us to thier alliance, unfortunately i wasnt able to make the event, but was well inform through tex message of wat was going down, and also congratulate also 1477, 148, 2833, 4271 alliance for making all the way to finals, much respect to them and thier robots, cant wait till next season to begin

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

I had an absolute blast...and I was just there to watch. Good job CANs and Jess!

All the teams should be very glad to have such opportunities like TRR.

Keep it up, can't wait to see what all yall come up with in 2013.

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

Texas Torque had a great time at the second annual Texas Robot Roundup. Those two matches in the finals were really exciting and it was nice that everyone seemed to be playing without any big breakdowns.

There are so many people to thank for putting on such a well-run event. I'll just add my thanks to all those that helped, especially Jess Jankowitsch.

Congratulations to 118 for repeating as TRR champions. It's quite amazing to watch your robot zip around the field.

Congratulations to 624 for having such a great year, including winning just about everything at TRR: Mentor Match, Can Drive, the Xbox, Skills Challenge, and the Roundup. It was fun winning the Skills Challenge with you.

457 played terrific defense in the final's matches. I'm glad you were on our side at the Alamo Regional. Too bad we had to play against you (and lose) at TRR and OMB.

Thanks to 148, 2833, and 4271 for being part of our alliance. We finally got to be part of a triple balance!

Scott Rippetoe
Lead Mentor
Texas Torque

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

Here's a video from the quarterfinal match with alliance 1 vs. alliance 8.

http://youtu.be/wqi-jwG2v2s

Re: 2012 Texas Robot Roundup
 

Thanks for adding the video androb4, if you have anymore can you post them please, i would really like to see the elimination rounds