DISCOUNTED REGISTRATION - Duel on the Delware 11 - October 13, 2012
 

11th Annual Duel on the Delaware
October 13, 2012
Salem Community College, Carneys Point, New Jersey
Hosted by Teams 365 (MOE) and 316 (Lunatecs)
30 Team Maximum

Registration fee:
$150 if registered/paid by June 30
$200 July 1 forward

Register on-line now at
http://moe365.org/duel2012/duelcontact.php

Duel Happenings:
Duel Job Fair
Local companies with open positions will be speaking to interested candidates for full time and internship positions. Bring your resume!

Success Won't Wait Book Drive
Our annual book drive is on! Team competition - the team who brings in the most books by weight will will win Duel Book Drive 2012 (and get cool prizes!)

FIRST Tech Challenge Play Day
New FTC game field will be available for teams. Space available to design/build your FTC bots.

Duel Master Volunteer Award
Recognize a mentor or volunteer, who has helped your team! Submission form attached to this message.

Re: DISCOUNTED REGISTRATION - Duel on the Delware 11 - October 13, 2012
 

For information:

The Duel on the Delaware is about half full already (about 15 teams)!

If you are interested in securing a slot, please register soon!

Thanks!

John

Re: DISCOUNTED REGISTRATION - Duel on the Delware 11 - October 13, 2012
 

Duel on the Delaware is currently full with a slate of 34 teams. We have one waitlisted team at this time.

Details:

Duel on the Delaware Team Contacts:

Teams 316 and 365 are proud to hold our 11th annual Duel on the Delaware on October 13th at Salem Community College in Carneys Point, NJ.

This is the first of a series of information blasts regarding the Duel on the Delaware event.

ACTIONS

(1) MIKE WADE DUEL MASTER VOLUNTEER
Duel Master Volunteer submissions are now open. Please consider nominating a deserving mentor or volunteer for this recognition. All submissions will be posted at the event. Submissions due no later than October 1, 2012.


(2) SUCCESS WON'T WAIT BOOK DRIVE
Continue to build up that pile of books to donate to Success Won't Wait. The field is wide open to give to a great charity and rid the house of some books!

(3) FIRST Tech Challenge 2012-2013 Play Day & Scrimmage

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Still duelling after 11 years!

John
(on behalf of the Duel Planning Team)



11th Annual Duel on the Delaware
October 13th, 2012
Salem Community College, Carneys Point, New Jersey
Hosted by Teams 365 (MOE) and 316 (Lunatecs)
34 Team Maximum

Information Updates

Success Won't Wait Book Drive
Our annual book drive is on! Team competition - the team who brings in the most books by weight will will win Duel Book Drive 2012 (and get cool prizes!)

FIRST Tech Challenge Play Day
New FTC game field will be available for teams. Space available to design/build your FTC bots.

Duel Master Volunteer Award
Recognize a mentor or volunteer, who has helped your team! Submission form attached to this message.


Team List

0 slots remaining

1 team currently waitlisted (423)

222 Tigertrons
225 Tech Fire
271 Mechanical Marauders
316 The LuNaTeCs
339 Kilroy
341 Miss Daisy
357 Royal Assault
365 Miracle Workerz
369 High Voltage
375 Robotic Plague
433 Firebirds
533 Psionics
816 Anomaly
836A Robobees #1
836B Robobees #2
1089 Team Mercury
1111 Powerhawks
1218 Vulcan Robotics
1370 Thermogenesis
1391 Westtown Robotics
1640 Sab-Bot-age
1647 Iron Devils
1719 Umbrella Corporation
2199 Robo-Lions
2495 Hornets
2528 RoboDoves
2607 Fighting Robovikings
2729 Storm Robotics
3151 Cyberstorm
3929 Atomic Dragons
3941 Tactical Sheep
3974 E=mCD
4281 Bulldogs
xxxx MASH Up (pre-rookie)

For more information:
http://moe365.org/duel2012/duelcontact.php

Re: DISCOUNTED REGISTRATION - Duel on the Delware 11 - October 13, 2012
 

Duel on the Delaware 11Saturday, October 13
Salem Community College
Davidow Hall, DuPont Field House
Carneys Point, NJ

NEW INFO
• If your team has changed their plans and you CANNOT attend the Duel event, please let me know by this Monday, October 1st. We still have a few waitlisted teams. We would like to provide them proper notice if there are any slots opening up.
• There will be NO modifications to the Rebound Rumble game play for this event.
• Teams should plan to bring the appropriate safety/personal protective equipment (i.e., Safety Glasses, gloves) for team members. “Safety glasses in the pit rule” will be strongly enforced.
• Rose Young will be facilitating a NEMO (Non-Engineering Mentor Organization) meeting from 11am-noon in Davidow Hall Classroom 117. Please plan to have some of your non-engineering mentors/parents/students attend.

Additional info:
- We have confirmed our emcee, Wayne Penn, and our play-by-play announcer, Chris Gregory, for the Duel. We welcome these terrific resources back and are glad to have them!
- Doors will open at 7am.
- Robot drop off is possible on Friday, October 12th as long as it is no later than 4:00pm. Please let us know beforehand if you plan to drop a bot off early
- Special thanks to team 836 who was going to bring two bots, but went back to one to allow a waitlisted team to get a slot! (we owe you a registration payment!)
- If any mentors/parents/alum from your teams are interested in volunteering for the Duel, please let me know.

REMINDERS
• Mike Wade Duel Master Volunteer nominations are due by October 1st. Please nominate a deserving volunteer. Nomination forms were sent in a previous e-mail. Let me know if you need one. Team must be registered and in attendance to nominate.
• Success Won’t Wait Book Drive – donate your used books! Most books donated by weight

REGISTERED TEAMS
(we have a full field of 34 teams) 2 teams are on the waitlist.

Team # Team Name
222 Tigertrons
225 Tech Fire
271 Mechanical Marauders
316 LuNaTeCs
339 Kilroy
341 Miss Daisy
357 Royal Assault
365 MOE/Miracle Workerz
369 High Voltage
375 Robotic Plague
423 SEC
433 Firebirds
533 The PSIcotics
816 BCIT
836 Robobees
1089 Team Mercury
1111 Powerhawks
1218 Vulcan Robotics
1370 Thermogenesis
1391 Metal Moose
1626 Falcon Robotics
1640 Sab-BOT-tage
1647 Iron Devils
1719 Umbrella Corporation
2199 RoboLions
2495 Hornets
2528 RoboDoves
2607 Fighting Robo-Vikings
2729 Storm Robotics
3151 Cyberstorm
3929 Atomic Dragons
3941 Tactical Sheep
3974 E=MCD
4281 Bulldogs
4460 Green MASHine

Waitlisted (in order of registration)

87 Diablo – Red Devils
2537 RAID


FOOD!
Attached are pre-order food form and prices/items being sold in the concession stand. We will also have baked goods for sale.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks!

John

Re: DISCOUNTED REGISTRATION - Duel on the Delware 11 - October 13, 2012
 

Duel Teams:

Teams 316 and 365 are exciting to have you all join us in graciously professional competition next Saturday at Salem Community College.

As you make final preparations with your team, please review the following information and share appropriately. If you have any questions, please let me know.

UPDATED INFO

Duel Webcast Link – share with family, friends, and team members who will not be in attendance.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/moetv-...5-broadcasting

Note from Duel FTA (FIRST Technical Advisor) Liz Smith:Remember to bring your D-link DAP1522 white radios with you to the competition. There will be a WPA key programming kiosk at the scoring table by the field. It is necessary to have the radio programmed specifically for Duel and we ask that teams please bring their radios over to the kiosk as soon as possible upon arrival.

Doors open at 7am. Practice starts at 7:45am. Teams are assigned practice slots, but are not guaranteed one if you are not ready during your assigned time. It is important that we work to start opening ceremonies on time, so we can finish at a reasonable hour. Please be adaptable.

*NEW INFO*
What you need to know
- Please have a representative check in at the registration table upon your arrival.
- Detailed guidance regarding game adapter configuration (ensure your bot is connected with the playing field) will be provided next week.
- No smoking in Davidow Hall or the DuPont Field House (Salem Community College is smoke and tobacco free)
- Food/drink not allowed in classrooms or Field House gym (Food Pit will be located outside the field house)
- Bring enough safety glasses for your team and supporters
- Bring a power strip if you need one – we will not have extras
- We are maxing out our electrical outlets. No extras will be available.
- Tell team members to follow all safety rules
- Park in lot C (see map), robot drop off in lot B
- Pre-order lunch orders due at 9am that day or e-mail prior (see info packet)
- Robot drop off until 4pm Friday
- Working on a webcast (url will be determined next week)
- Concessions and baked goods on sale
- New location for concession stand – located where job fair was last year

Success Won’t Wait Book Drive
Most books by weight competition – team donating the most books by weight and runner-up will be recognized!
Winner and runner-up will receive trophy AND cash prize AND special surprise gifts.
Please have your team donate their used books to this worthy cause! – label bags/boxes with your team number if you can

NEMO (Non-Engineering Mentors Organization) Meeting
11am-12noon Classroom 117 (directly behind concession stand area)
Have your NEMs plan to attend!
Hosted by Rose Young.
No food/drink allowed in classroom.

FIRST Tech Challenge “Ring It Up” Play Day and Scrimmage
All day in Davidow Hall lobby.
Registration full.
Hosted by "Action" Joe Perrotto

Directions and Parking
The competition will be held at Salem Community College in Davidow Hall and the DuPont Field House, 460 Hollywood Ave., Carneys Point, NJ 08069.
Directions are available at:
http://www.salemcc.edu/about/directions
Please plan to park in Lot A.

Attending Teams
(see attached list)

Event Schedule
Time Activity
7:00AM Doors / Pits open
7:45-8:45AM Practice Rounds
8:45 AM Opening Ceremonies
9:30AM-12:30PM Qualifying Rounds (~5/team)
11:00AM NEMO Meeting – Classroom 117 (behind Concession Stand area)
12:30PM Alliance Selection / LUNCH
1:15PM Awards
- Michael Wade Duel Master Volunteer
- “Success Won’t Wait” Book Drive
1:30PM-4:30PM Elimination Rounds
4:30PM Awards/Closing Ceremonies
- Special Awards
- Duel Finalists
- Duel Champions
5:00PM Field Breakdown


Please let me know if you have any questions.

Get ready to Duel!

John

Re: DISCOUNTED REGISTRATION - Duel on the Delware 11 - October 13, 2012
 

Hey everyone!

We're live from Duel on the Delaware! In addition to the webcast linked above, match scores are also being tweeted from @BrunsEruption with the hashtag #FRCDOD. We're also beta testing our new FRCTurtle mobile web app, which you can install on your smartphone by visiting http://be.raiderrobotix.org/mobile.html. The app includes detailed rankings and match results.

Thanks!
-Kristian

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Alliance selection results:

1. 271, 341, 1640
2. 339, 365, 2528
3. 369, 1391, 1626
4. 1719, 1218, 4077
5. 3929, 836, 816
6. 375, 316, 357
7. 4281, 1089, 1111
8. 1647, 423, 2729

Re: DISCOUNTED REGISTRATION - Duel on the Delware 11 - October 13, 2012
 

Team 1676 would like to send a huge congratulations to Teams 271 and our IRI-bus-buddies 341 and 1640! While we so badly wished we could have been there supporting you, we enjoyed watching the intese matches on the webcast! Awesome work guys, and congrats to all teams that participated to make it such an amazing competition! Also, a wonderful job done by 365 and 1370 for hosting the event, we loved attending it last year, and were very sad we weren't able to again!

A shout-out to to Mike Rizzo, who was doing a great Gangam Style when I first tuned into the webcast ;). And also a shout-out to Liz Smith and Bharat Nain, who, as the MCs' said, everyone should vote for in the Best FTA Ever thead! I still don't think Liz ever takes a break!

One final shout-out to Kristian Calhoun, for his great work tirelessly updating the event rankings and match results! Thanks for keeping us not present in the loop!

Sorry we couldn't have been there having fun with you, but we hope to see you all at Brunswick Eruption and Ramp Riot next month! Again, great job to all the teams that competed! :D

Re: DISCOUNTED REGISTRATION - Duel on the Delware 11 - October 13, 2012
 

3929 had a lot of fun competing today. I'm told the rookie kids were mixing in well with the vets and new drivers loved it.

Some luck got us into 5th and we thank 836 and 816 for playing with us. The alliance certainly made 1218 work for their wins! Things just didn't work in our favor today though.

Congrats 341 on another event win :)

See you all at Ramp Riot!

Re: DISCOUNTED REGISTRATION - Duel on the Delware 11 - October 13, 2012
 

1640 is so excited and honored by our selection to 271 and 341's alliance and our win at Duel on the Delaware! Thank you so much. This was very a rough event for us, but our new drivers and rookie students learned so much and had such a blast at this perennially awesome event. I can't believe this was our 3rd event win of the season with Daisy, and we're blown away by having played in their 100th winning match of Rebound Rumble.

Many thanks to 356 and 316 for hosting and the whole volunteer crew for running such a spectacular event year after year. Congratulations! We love it here :)


Akash, your kids we great. Fun, class acts. You can be proud!

Re: DISCOUNTED REGISTRATION - Duel on the Delware 11 - October 13, 2012
 

I have to say, all the kids had fun, did a great job battling back to 5th place, and were excited to be picking alliances. Even though we lost in the first round, both matches were close, the score being under 10 points. As Akash said, Congrats to 1218 and their alliance for moving on, and congrats to 341 for winning it all. I must say, that 341 bot is going to be something of a mainstay for the robotics community as a machine that is simple, but does its job well. 'grats guys!

DoD was fun. Looking forward to Ramp Riot!