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Looks like we should be the state of robotics not the state of hockey :)

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1800 teams.
300 teams or 20% or 10 days ahead of last year's mark.

That's almost matches the total teams (1808) in 2010.

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Just checking... Isn't second regional registration tomorrow (Thursday Oct. 11th starting at Noon Eastern Time)?

- Mr. Van
Coach, Robodox

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Link to Calendar It is second district event, second regional is the 25th

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AH! Thanks James!

(I'll leave this in the thread in case others were confused...)

- Mr. Van

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2nd District & pre-qualified Championship registration began at noon ET.

Detroit District got put on an early waitlist right from the start with only 22 teams showing.

25 Michigan teams appeared.

MAR's Hatboro reached initial capacity by 12:20.

In the single digits are:

• Traverse
• Gull
• West MI
• Grand Blanc
• Livonia
• Kettering

Now Traverse is at Initial Capacity (~ 12:40)

and joining the single digits are:

• Springside
• Waterford

Livonia has been closed (at 27 teams) @ 2pm
Gull Lake reached Initial Capacity ~3:45pm
West Michigan filled by the end of the day.

27 pre-qualified teams registered for Championship

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More than 1900 teams.
21% over last year.

75% of last year's teams have re-registered so far.
8.4% of teams are new (163)
15 recovered teams

5 teams pre-qualified for Championships have not yet registered. Everyone else has.

Alberta rookies are popping up.

map

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How did Dorr (Team 2000) get moved to the UP?

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I mis-copied the coordinate.
I'll fix that.
They don't identify any location other than a town, so it's just a general coordinate.

Let me know of any others you may notice.

Thanks

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The team from Brazil that's "missing" (so far) lost its local J&J sponsorship and is very close to really having to drop out. I traded PMs with their lead mentor, urging him to ask for ideas here on CD, so I hope we get to see that soon.

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Probably not halfway there with rookies yet, but here's where the 168 rookies are from so far:

Count -- Place
13 --- CA
13 --- WA
9 ---- AR
8 ---- PA
7 ---- MI
7 ---- MN
7 ---- TN
7 ---- TX
6 ---- FL
6 ---- GA
5 ---- Canada-AB
5 ---- Canada-ON
5 ---- NY
4 ---- Australia
4 ---- Canada-QC
4 ---- CO
4 ---- MD
4 ---- MO
4 ---- SC
3 ---- IN
3 ---- ME
3 ---- OH
3 ---- OK
3 ---- UT
3 ---- VA
2 ---- AZ
2 ---- CT
2 ---- Israel
2 ---- MA
2 ---- NC
2 ---- NJ
2 ---- OR
1 ---- Canada-BC
1 ---- Canada-SK
1 ---- DC
1 ---- ID
1 ---- IL
1 ---- Mexico
1 ---- MS
1 ---- Netherlands
1 ---- NH
1 ---- NV
1 ---- RI
1 ---- SD
1 ---- WI
1 ---- WY

and here is where they intend to play:
# ---- Event
10 --- AR
10 --- WA
7 ---- GA
7 ---- TN
6 ---- PIT
6 ---- W Canada
4 ---- CA
5 ---- CO
4 ---- FL
4 ---- HI
4 ---- MAR-Bridgewater
4 ---- MI-Gull
4 ---- Montreal
4 ---- SDC
4 ---- UT
3 ---- Alamo
3 ---- DC
3 ---- NC
3 ---- NY
3 ---- OK
3 ---- Pine Tree
3 ---- WAT
3 ---- SFL
2 ---- 10K
2 ---- AZ
2 ---- CT
2 ---- FLR
2 ---- Hub
2 ---- IN
2 ---- Inland
2 ---- IS
2 ---- KC
2 ---- Lake S
2 ---- LI
2 ---- MAR-Springside
2 ---- MD
2 ---- MI-Livonia
2 ---- MO
2 ---- Northern Lights
2 ---- OR
2 ---- SC
2 ---- SJC
2 ---- Spokane
2 ---- Tor-W
2 ---- TX
2 ---- VA
2 ---- WOR
1 ---- C WA
1 ---- Crossroads
1 ---- Dallas
1 ---- IL
1 ---- MA
1 ---- MAR-Hatboro
1 ---- MAR-Mt Olive
1 ---- MAR-TCNJ
1 ---- MI-Detroit
1 ---- MI-Waterford
1 ---- N Star
1 ---- NH
1 ---- NV
1 ---- OH
1 ---- Queen
1 ---- SAC
1 ---- Tor-E
1 ---- WI

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2000 teams

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Of note: 1482 and 4334 from Calgary, AB (the only western Canada vets), aren't yet registered for the new Western Canada regional.

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Assuming they registered elsewhere, it is a common tactic to not sign up first for a regional that you're pretty sure you'll get in for second registration :)

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But 1482 isn't registered for a 2013 regional and has only ever attended one per year.

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Sounds like someone in the area needs to reach out to them

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4334 is currently registered for the now-full Seattle Regional.

Our plan is to register for Seattle, Central Washington, and Western Canada in that order. We are doing this because we want to register for the regionals which are filling up first.
I can't imagine 1482 folding, I have many friends leading that team and they seem to think the season is still on track. Additionally they are and always have been a well-funded team with a budget upwards of 20K, which should last much better now that they don't have to travel. I'll send an email over to their coach anyways.

- Alex

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I fully expected that's what ATA was doing, since I know they were instrumental in the creation of the western Canada regional on such a short schedule, it would be odd for 4334 not to compete there.

1482 is interesting though. Not sure what their historical registration timing looks like though. They could just have a habit of registering late. Additionally, having a home regional might finally allow 1482 to join the ranks of the 2 regional teams.

EDIT: Also, Ontario will miss you, 4334. Best of luck in 2013.

REEDIT: I wonder if any ON/QC teams will take the plunge and head out to Calgary to tango with all our new Canadian rookies.

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1482 registered last year on October 21.
In 2010 they didn't register until late November.

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Don't quote me on this but I heard Australia established or is establishing another team. I tried looking but I couldn't find where I first saw it.

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1482 is now registered for the Western Canadian regional.

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Who's next-- should we go consecutively? :)

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In the category of most unloved Regionals, or events that need to be shown some love come 2nd Regional registration this week...
(This uses Initial Capacity values and cutoff events that have fewer than 20 slots open)


Filled- Current - Capacity --- Regional ------------------ Week
11.1% ------ 4 ----- 36 ----- Central Valley Regional ---------- 1
16.0% ------ 8 ----- 50 ----- Las Vegas Regional -------------- 6
18.2% ------ 8 ----- 44 ----- Hub City Regional ---------------- 1
18.5% ----- 10 ----- 54 ----- Greater Toronto West Regional - 5
21.1% ------ 8 ----- 38 ----- Pine Tree Regional --------------- 6
23.7% ------ 9 ----- 38 ----- Spokane Regional ---------------- 6
25.0% ----- 13 ----- 52 ----- Buckeye Regional ---------------- 5
33.3% ----- 18 ----- 54 ----- South Florida Regional ---------- 5
35.0% ----- 14 ----- 40 ----- Inland Empire Regional --------- 5
37.5% ----- 12 ----- 32 ----- Greater Toronto East Regional -- 2
40.7% ----- 22 ----- 54 ----- Wisconsin Regional -------------- 4
40.7% ----- 22 ----- 54 ----- Chesapeake Regional ------------ 7
41.7% ----- 20 ----- 48 ----- Queen City Regional ------------- 4
44.7% ----- 17 ----- 38 ----- Western Canadian FRC Regional - 6
46.7% ----- 21 ----- 45 ----- Israel Regional ------------------- 2
47.4% ----- 18 ----- 38 ----- Crossroads Regional ------------- 6
47.6% ----- 20 ----- 42 ----- Central Washington Regional ---- 4
51.9% ----- 28 ----- 54 ----- Lone Star Regional --------------- 2
56.0% ----- 28 ----- 50 ----- Bayou Regional ------------------- 4
57.4% ----- 31 ----- 54 ----- Washington DC Regional --------- 5
59.3% ----- 32 ----- 54 ----- Alamo Regional ------------------- 5


One third of Regionals (the overly lovable ones) are waitlisted.
One half of Districts are so loved.
Only two districts have double digit vacancies (10 each)

P.S.
We now have more teams registered than competed in 2011.
209 new teams
21% of last season's teams are still missing (494 teams). Expect that to at least be cut in half.

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As of today, Australia has 4 new teams, making a total of 5 registered! It has taken a while, but this is great news. I'm hoping for a couple more even this season.

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I recall mention of an Australian regional in the works too...

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I wouldn't expect one this year by any means... But maybe next year or two years from now! Hell, I'd love to travel to Australia for a regional, I would be signing up to volunteer at it right away!

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I seem to recall mention of it being planned for the '14 or '15 season.

Maybe I'm wrong though.

I'm astounded we have a West Canada one this year. 4334 really pushed hard for it. Way to go guys. From 1992 to 2012, there were a grand total of 3 teams to my knowledge from Canadian provinces west of Ontario. They were:

1346 Trobotics, from Vancouver, Rookies in 2004, Defunct after 2010.
1482 The Ghosts, from Calgary, Rookies in 2004
4334 Alberta Tech Alliance, from Calgary, Rookies in 2012.

Now, for 2013, there's a bunch of Western Canada rookies to help fill the new regional, hailing from BC, SK, and AB.

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Also,

• 1486 Calgary, last played 2005
• 1570 Vancouver, last played 2009
• 1870 Red Deer, last played 2008
• 2273 Surrey, last played 2008

P.S.
2100 teams (vs. 1783 this same time last year)
Almost 18% growth at this point.

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Hm.

Looks like I just missed 1486,1570, and 1870 since they all played in Toronto at least once.

2273 I understand how I missed, since they only played in the PNW region, where I admittedly don't pay as much attention.

Regardless, to spawn a new event in a region with 2 active and 5 inactive teams, in such a short time is impressive.

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We're waitlisted for our event, so we're not showing up in the "Who's in your area" for 2013. Would we (and teams like us) be part of that Martians-many teams?

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Yes, I'm including you on the Boilermaker waitlist, and teams like you on other waitlists, in that number of missing.
We have ~10 teams hidden here on the Long Island waitlist that I know of too who aren't yet counted.

There are 80 teams total on waitlists (derived from the FRC Blog), probably all returning veteran teams, since rookies tend to be passed right through.
If so, then there are 383 teams currently missing from last season. That's about 16%.
I expect that of those missing teams 140-160 will still show up.

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Yes, lots of teams from the west have a long history of flying back east for events. Here's hoping that we'll see a few teams fly out west for a change! :)

Jason

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We were told that although 4 new Australia rookie teams have registered, it may only be 3 with the 1 veteran 3132 for this season.

If Australia ever has a new regional, you can be sure at least 1 Hawaii team will be there.;)

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Looks like Australia might become the next Israel. Good to see FRC becoming established in new areas.

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@dtengineering: Any chance we're going to see 1346 come back from the dead thanks to the WestCanada Regional?

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In a word, no. The team had a good run of it, and has a lasting legacy in the ever-growing population of VEX teams here in BC, but retirements and new job opportunities have led to an 80%+ turnover in the tech studies teaching staff over the past three years.

I have to add that the funding and staffing policies that the BC government has directed towards K-12 education over the past decade or so have not helped teachers to have the free time, resources, or energy to undertake major projects.

The cool part is that while 1346 won't be back, we carefully stored away some significant resources to aid any new BC teams. So maybe a little bit of 1346 will make it's way out to Calgary one day, if only in spirit.

Jason

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Here is a map of last season's teams that still don't show up on the registered rolls.
~80 of them (almost 20%) are hidden on event waitlists, while others are in no rush to sign up, so there's no immediate worry, but 200+ of these teams probably won't return this year for a variety of reasons.

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This is a terrific resource. Thanks !

I'm going to ask around and try to follow up with some of the Houston teams that have not registered yet.

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As a member of 3132, I get chills down my spine when I see the new teams on the FIRST website. It is SOO FANTASTIC to not be alone!!!!!! If you check out the FIRST website, there is us, another 2 Sydney teams, a Melbourne team and an Adelaide team, and to be honest, it wouldn't suprise me if there was another 1 or 2. We will all be travelling to Hawaii for the regional there, so there isn't a regional Down Under this year. We did, however, run an off season event, where 3 of the 4 rookie teams had a go.

Don't quote me on it, but there may be another 2 teams from Auckland, New Zealand as well. Not sure which regional they would go to, but most likely Hawaii.

I really look forward to the day where we won't be alone in Australia, but will be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with fellow Australians at our own regional, and with others from afar.

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Granite State cleared 8 teams from their pool of waiting teams in one lump.

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I'm a member of 3132. Whenever I think about the 4 new teams that have been established in Australia, I get shivers down my spine. To think that we were the only team just a few short months ago is incredible. We have 2 new teams in Sydney, a team from Melbourne and a team from Adelaide, and it wouldn't suprise me if there was another 1 or 2. On top of this, I hear there may be another 2 teams from Auckland in New Zealand. All the Australian teams will be travelling to the Hawaii Regional. I am SO excited to even think about the prospect of being there. To stand in that stadium with pride, pride of being Australian. To think that we won't be the only ones from the land Down Under.

As I said before, we are going to Hawaii. This, of course, means no regional. We did, however, have a off season event, the "Duel Down Under" and 3 of the 4 new teams competed there, with the other one hosting the event at their school.

When we get our very own regional, just the thought of American teams coming excites me =D We would LOVE to have you guys here =D And if it desn't happen in 2014, we will always have the Duel Down Under =D

=D

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When are the saved rookie spots usually released?

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After 2nd Regional event registration opened...

8 veteran teams and 4 rookies appeared on the registration rolls in the two hours after noon.

64% (43% before noon) of all events, Regional & Districts, are now full - at waitlist status.
~64% (38% before noon) of Regionals are full (36)
~75% (same) of Districts are full (12)

Close events filled quickly, some within seconds.
Other events still see teams dribbling in.

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Here are the open events:

Remaining ------- Event
Initial Capacity

----- Week 1
27 ---- Hub City Regional
11 ---- Central Valley Regional
　
----- Week 2
11 ---- Greater Toronto East Regional
15 ---- Lone Star Regional
21 ---- Israel Regional
　
----- Week 3
2 ----- Festival de Robotique FRC a Montreal Regional
1 ----- Virginia Regional
　
----- Week 4
12 ---- Bayou Regional
8 ----- Queen City Regional
2 ----- Utah Regional
2 ----- Wisconsin Regional
　
----- Week 5
35 --- Greater Toronto West Regional
4---- Inland Empire Regional
3 ----- Washington DC Regional
15 ---- South Florida Regional
16 ---- Buckeye Regional
2 ----- Oklahoma Regional
1 ----- Alamo Regional
　
----- Week 6
18 ----- Western Canadian FRC Regional
1 ----- Colorado Regional
3 ----- Hawaii Regional
5 ----- Pine Tree Regional
25 ---- Las Vegas Regional
8 ----- Spokane Regional
　
----- Week 7
4 ----- Chesapeake Regional
　
----- Districts
2 ----- St Joseph District
1 ----- TCNJ District
1 ----- Springside - Chestnut Hill M.A.R. District
5 ----- Mount Olive M.A.R. District
7 ----- Lenape Seneca District

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It varies by event/Regional Director and each year is a little different.
Once they all cleared before 2nd Regional registration opened, but I only remember that happening the one time.

I'll take a look and report back.

P.S.
It looks like Palmetto has released it's waitlisted teams.

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Team 3255 will be attending two regional events for the first time this year!
First off we will be in San Diego and later we will be at Inland Empire! Can't wait to see everyone there!

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4183 will be in Arizona. We are wait-listed for San Diego. If that doesn't work, we will go to Las Vegas.

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Code Orange and the T-Birds will be at IE also.... Will we see a repeat of SD 2012?

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Sorry about the double post... I thought it had posted already so I posted again.. derpy me =P

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Not if Team 399 has anything to say about it! ;)

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Over 2200 teams now.
17% growth over last year at this time.

237 total initial capacity Regional slots remain up for grabs.
22 total initial capacity District slots are still available (several Districts reduced initial capacity).

69 slots over and above Initial Capacity have been released to waitlisted teams (mostly rookies).

11 Regionals show double digit vacancies
6 5 Regionals are in the low single digits
4 MAR Districts are low single digit vacancies (MI plays these things closer to the chest)

Hope isn't lost if you have your heart set on an event you aren't in yet.
Remember, there are reserved spots released to waitlisted teams after FIRST HQ is satisfied all the rookies likely to show up in an area have been assigned a place. Especially those events that were last to fill. They probably all will have slots available for a while longer.
Talk to the Regional Director to see what your chances are.

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Here are where District-system teams have signed up to play outside at a Regional, too.

Michigan teams playing out-of-MI

• (3) WI
• (2) OH
• (1) Northern Lights
• (1) Queen
• (1) South FL

MAR teams playing out-of-MAR

• (2) MD
• (2) DC
• (2) VA
• (1) NV
• (1) NYC
• (1) SC

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Number of teams attending multiple events (including Districts, but not Championship):

• (17) Teams attending 3 Events - 1%
• (648) Teams attending 2 Events - 29%
• (1561) Teams attending 1 Event - 70%

Random numbers:

• 257 new teams (including 2 new "vets")
• 382 teams missing from last season
• 17 resurrected veteran teams
• 2 teams from last season that came back with new numbers

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Last I heard, Michigan is going to be pretty tight this year when it comes to extra spots. This is supported by data. Last season 190 teams competed in Michigan, which left just 20 spots open for a team to attend a third district event. Since Michigan is not adding an 11th district at the moment, there could actually be scenarios where Michigan has a few districts overbooked. I would expect the lack of the possibility of a third event to push more teams out of state when looking for additional practice time. It wouldn't surprise me if this list grows quite a bit.

Also, I don't usually pay attention to out of state registration, but is this an abnormally small number of second regional slots open? It seems like many more teams would have interest (and financial capability) to compete in a second regional than slots available.

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Most of last year's events began releasing the waitlists around the beginning of November. The earliest on October 28 or so, and others scattered through the first couple of weeks of November with a lot coming on November 9. Some (DC, San Diego, Kansas City, Silicon Valley, and more) didn't clear theirs until the week before Christmas.
Here are last year's charts by event if you want to see for yourself: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=12944&d=1345570471 Mass waitlist releases are marked by sharp upticks.

It looks like FIRST HQ is relinquishing some slots to waitlisted veterans, but in most cases not all yet by any means.
So far, only a handful of Regionals have released reserve slots to veteran teams. Of particular double-digit note: GSR, Palmetto, Pittsburgh.

Here are the releases so far. (the -number are the slots released over and above Initial Capacity)
These numbers include rookies and veterans.

Week 1
-15 ---- BAE Systems Granite State Regional
-2 ----- Finger Lakes Regional
-11 ---- Palmetto Regional

Week 2
-8 ----- San Diego Regional
-1 ----- Orlando Regional
-3 ----- WPI Regional
-1 ----- Northern Lights Regional
-1 ----- New York City Regional

Week 3
-6 ----- Peachtree Regional
-3 ----- Boilermaker Regional
-7 ----- St. Louis Regional
-1 ----- North Carolina Regional
-12 ---- Pittsburgh Regional
-1 ----- Virginia Regional

Week 4
-9 ----- Waterloo Regional
-3 ----- Phoenix Regional
-2 ----- Sacramento Regional
-2 ----- Los Angeles Regional
-1 ----- Boston Regional

Week 5
-1 ----- Inland Empire Regional
-2 ----- Washington DC Regional
-1 ----- Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional
-4 ----- Smoky Mountain Regional
-1 ----- Alamo Regional
-7 ----- Seattle Regional

Week 6
-5 ----- Razorback Regional
-4 ----- Silicon Valley Regional
-1 ----- Hawaii Regional
-6 ----- Midwest Regional
-1 ----- Crossroads Regional
-3 ----- SBPLI Long Island Regional


Districts
-1 ----- Kettering District
-4 ----- Traverse City District
-1 ----- Gull Lake District
-1 ----- Grand Blanc District
-5 ----- Detroit District

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This year there are 36% fewer open slots (189 vs 297) than at this same time last year.
The distribution of those open slots, i.e. Calgary/Israel, also don't necessarily match the FRC population centers.

P.S.
Teams choosing second events are only up <6%, while team numbers increased 18%. Meaning there are just fewer open slots for the number of teams showing up this year. It's not an increase in teams seeking a second event (or third in the case of District teams).

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OK, so we still have lots of time yet but as we are getting closer i am getting more pumped from teams signed up now (partically in michigan) any tournaments stand out to you guys think might be tough? or easy? or somes we might want to take a trip to see? Also any thoughts on this new rule with teams having to play in there home tournaments unless you want to wait it out. any thoughts?

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I checked Michigan teams from last season, and 28 of them went to 3rd or 4th events (not counting State Championship or World Championship).
This includes 3rd MI Districts, as well as outside Regionals.

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How many teams went to 4 events excluding state & world championship?

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3 Michigan teams (all from Grandville high school).

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Crossed the 2300 team point yesterday at 4pm.
~18% ahead of last year's growth.
Now we're only 34 teams away from last year's 2339.

26% of Regionals and 19% of Districts still show Initial space.
Several Regionals look to be at or very, close to what their max capacity probably is.
Palmetto added a bunch more teams off their waitlist.
Waterloo freed up some, too.

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With today being free-for-all day. It would be real nice if more regionals would clear some of their waiting lists before noon today.

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Would be, but many have to wait for unregistered veterans and rookies. I know in Ohio we have 7 Veteran teams who have not registered for their initial event. Myself and the RD have been in touch with them and most are still trying to decide. We also have 6 pre-rookies who have temp numbers and have not registered for an initial event.

I'm sure most other states are in similar situations.

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Unrestricted registration:
The biggest openings (double-digits remaining) are at: Hub City, Israel, Greater Totonto West, Las Vegas

About 34 teams signed up for more events in the first half hour.

Queen City reached Initial capacity.
Several others are 1 or 2 away.

3075 event slots have been assigned.

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48 is in at Crossroads, registered for both Queen City and Buckeye, and on the waitlist at NYC. One of NYC, Queen City, and Buckeye will be dropped dependent on what happens when NYC clears its waitlist. Allegedly we are near the top of the veteran portion of that waitlist. We'll see!

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701 signed up for Central Valley, CA regional this morning. We are going to try 3 regionals (CVR, SVR, COL) for the first time in our 13 year history! Should be a hoot!

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3501 is signed up for Central Valley week 1 and Silicon Valley week 6. Looking forward to the stiff competition that these will bring!

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Central Valley and Lone Star have both reached Initial Capacity.

• (4) Double-digit Regionals
• (9) Single-digit Regionals
• (3) Single-digit MAR Districts

P.S.
While the overall registration rate is up 18% this year, the rate of rookie team registration is closely matching what happened last year (278 today vs 282 a year ago at this same time).
So the advance is almost totally due to veterans registering sooner.

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Anybody know what actual Capacity is for Montreal? I notice its already got more teams than competed there last year.

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Would that be veterans registering sooner, or a higher rate of return of veteran teams? How does the current rate of return of veteran teams compare to previous years?

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The venue is certainly big enough, they had an FLL event running at the same time last year. There was a ton of space left over in the pits, and seating was all portable bleachers, so I'm guessing they could always add a couple more rows. Hosting 50+ teams in the future doesn't seem unreasonable to me if they work on the seating a bit.

It probably comes down to their planning committee and what they feel comfortable with. Send them an email and ask.

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Not yet.

We're still under last year's veteran return rate by about 3%.
88% vs 91% last year

Resurrected veterans are at about 9.5% so far vs last year's final 13.6%, so that's not it either.

P.S.
I don't think this is unusual activity. I just hadn't noticed that the arc of registration is greater each year primarily due to the previous year's rookies signing up fast rather than the slower, steady pace of newly organizing rookie teams.
It means the arc is very predictable.

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Officially acknowledged teams now stand at 2339.
That matches last seasons total teams, so we're at the break even point so to speak.

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The portable seating they used at Montreal last year made watching an absolute nightmare. The rise of the seating per row was nowhere near steep enough, resulting in being unable to see over the heads of the people in front of you/at the scoring table. I watched from the very back row of the seating, and even there, the field was barely visible, and I found myself watching the video screen, which I could have done from home.

I talked about that problem with Mark Breadner at the event, and he said that they knew, and it was going to be addressed for 2013.

Being totally honest, I don't think Stade Uniprix is really the best venue Montreal has to offer for an FRC event. I would think that a QMJHL hockey arena or maybe McGill's athletic complex would be superior. (GTRWest has been played in an OHL hockey arena since its inception, and GTREast/Waterloo/FLR are in university athletic arenas) The actual stadium part of Stade Uniprix is an open-air stadium adjacent to the indoor tennis facility FRC used last year.

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States with > 99 teams
These 6 states account for almost 40% of FRC teams.

CA ----- 208
MI ----- 186
MN ---- 161
NY------ 136
TX ----- 116
WA ---- 110

Canada taken as a whole has 127, Ontario is leading the provinces with 77.


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(Growth is over final 2012 numbers, so this also includes resurrected vets from earlier years)

Growth ---- State/Country
700.0% ---- Canada-AB
600.0% ---- Australia
200.0% ---- Netherlands
183.3% ---- AR
100.0% ---- Dominican Republic
100.0% ---- SD
100.0% ---- Canada-SK
100.0% ---- Canada-BC
100.0% ---- Bosnia
46.2% ----- TN
30.0% ----- ME
28.6% ----- Mexico
25.0% ----- IA
20.0% ----- RI
14.6% ----- WA
9.2% ------ PA
7.8% ------ CA
7.3% ------ CT
6.8% ------ NJ
6.5% ------ SC
5.6% ------ UT
5.2% ------ MN
3.8% ------ NY
2.4% ------ IN
2.3% ------ OR
2.3% ------ AZ
0.0% ------ AL
0.0% ------ MA
0.0% ------ OK
0.0% ------ GA
0.0% ------ MD
0.0% ------ WI
0.0% ------ Canada-QC
0.0% ------ KS
0.0% ------ DC
0.0% ------ Brazil
0.0% ------ WV
0.0% ------ WY
0.0% ------ VT
0.0% ------ United Kingdom
0.0% ------ ND
0.0% ------ DE
0.0% ------ AK
0.0% ------ Taiwan
0.0% ------ PR
0.0% ------ Germany
0.0% ------ Chile
-0.5% ----- MI
-1.3% ----- Canada-ON
-1.5% ----- VA
-3.3% ----- NH
-3.6% ----- OH
-3.6% ----- IL
-5.2% ----- MO
-5.4% ----- NC
-6.3% ----- ID
-6.7% ----- FL
-10.0% ---- MS
-15.0% ---- CO
-19.4% ---- LA
-20.0% ---- NV
-20.0% ---- Turkey
-21.6% ---- TX
-22.7% ---- Israel
-25.0% ---- KY
-27.8% ---- HI
-33.3% ---- NM
-50.0% ---- MT

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Growth numbers from 2012? AL shows 110% but has 11 teams this year and had 11 teams last year - is someone hiding somewhere? Also, technically the same number of teams would be zero percent growth, correct?

Sorry to nitpick - I love your stats Mark.

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Yea, sorry it was poorly phrased/presented. I'll correct it.
I should have subtracted 100%.
The exceptions are a half dozen places that had 0 teams last year.

The AL count is a sort mistake on my part. One AL team at the very top of the sort got left out of the subtotal count.

I'll fix the numbers.

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I actually appreciate the nitpicks, keep them coming.:)
I much prefer to have someone double-check my numbers for silly mistakes like the ones you pointed out. Especially, as I'm doing some of this by candlelight right now and can't easily double-check myself.

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Mark, These numbers are great and just as I feared, Texas is bleeding teams.

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Minnesota has officially gone over 170 teams as of today... Which means we've exceeded the "170 target" I had heard about!

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Do you think it's mostly due to jcp pulling out or are there other factors?

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Apples to Oranges Apple halves? :)

This is a snapshot, so for a valid comparison to draw those kinds of conclusions, you have to compare the Texas numbers from comparable dates.

Last year on this date, Texas showed a -32.6% growth over the previous year, so this is actually 11% better than that.
The actual registration numbers for Texas on comparible dates are 2012: 97 teams vs 2013: 117 teams (currently ~20% growth), but remember this higher spurt is just last year's rookie teams registering earlier than they did last year.

P.S.
I could give growth over last year at this same time for every place.

This is a comparison of registration on the same date last year.
Only a few places have fallen behind last year's rate of registration.

Growth ---- State
1500.0% --- Canada-AB
600.0% ---- Australia
240.0% ---- Israel
200.0% ---- United Kingdom
200.0% ---- Netherlands
112.5% ---- AR
111.1% ---- TN
107.7% ---- Mexico
100.0% ---- Taiwan
100.0% ---- Dominican Republic
100.0% ---- SD
100.0% ---- Canada-SK
100.0% ---- Canada-BC
100.0% ---- Bosnia
66.7% ----- Brazil
50.0% ----- RI
50.0% ----- VT
35.7% ----- UT
34.0% ----- PA
30.0% ----- ME
26.0% ----- NJ
25.0% ----- IA
24.8% ----- MN
22.2% ----- SC
19.6% ----- TX
18.5% ----- Canada-ON
18.4% ----- AZ
17.9% ----- GA
17.0% ----- WA
17.0% ----- MO
12.5% ----- KY
12.4% ----- NY
12.0% ----- MI
11.2% ----- CA
9.4% ------ MD
9.4% ------ NC
9.4% ------ FL
8.7% ------ LA
8.3% ------ HI
8.2% ------ VA
8.0% ------ IL
7.7% ------ MA
7.1% ------ DC
6.3% ------ CO
5.9% ------ OH
4.9% ------ IN
4.8% ------ CT
4.8% ------ OR
3.6% ------ NH
2.2% ------ OK
0.0% ------ AL
0.0% ------ WI
0.0% ------ Canada-QC
0.0% ------ KS
0.0% ------ WV
0.0% ------ WY
0.0% ------ ND
0.0% ------ DE
0.0% ------ AK
0.0% ------ PR
0.0% ------ Germany
0.0% ------ Chile
0.0% ------ NM
-6.3% ------ ID
-10.0% ---- MS
-11.1% ---- NV
-20.0% ---- Turkey
-25.0% ---- MT

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Here's a map of the 2013 Rookie teams to date.

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No new Hawaiian teams? That is sad. How many teams normally form after this date? (How many total teams form later than this date 1 year ago?)

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310 teams joined after this date last year.
That includes returning veteran teams as well as new rookie teams.

Just rookies after this date last year were 141 of those teams, almost half.

These numbers are in terms of teams that actually stayed around and played. I'm not counting teams that formed, registered, but then dropped out before any competition.

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I was just checking out MN... we have a 99.3% return rate from last year (only 1 team hasn't registered this year... with 2 months until kickoff, I'm still holding out hope!), and 25 rookies. I am constantly amazed at the job some of the local FIRST staff and volunteers do to keep our state engaged!

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Jon,

I find this incredibly exciting as well! Do you know which team has yet to register?

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I believe it's 2532 from Forest Lake. It would be nice to know what happened to them, and if they're coming back!

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Finally reached 2400 teams.

Down to 12% growth over last year at this time.

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Simply out of curiosity, have you generated a best fit curve for the data that you have (through the end of last year) on total teams registered year to year? How far off are we from this years "prediction?"

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At Fish in the Boat's MoA event today I heard that they are combining with another team close to them. Not confirmed though, just a rumor passed around.

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Just what do you think this means?

Team Number: 4756
Team Name: aaaaaa
Team Location: wfofo34o2, Other Turkey
Rookie Season: 2013
Team Nickname: wgogfom3
Year - Event: 2013 Buckeye Regional

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There's more than 1?

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I believe if you register under a country other than Canada or the US, other will show up before the country's name.

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Other is a placeholder for the state or province name. They don't have the administrative divisions of Turkey put in the system yet.

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I like the team name!

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It's the Aaaaaa Team!
It is ok, 1114, 2056, and 4334, you guys can still be the Eh Team.

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There is a bit of waitlist clearing going on across a bunch of Regionals.

3.9% gain so far over last year's final count.
12.9% are new teams - that's still under the average by about 7%
Returning teams are half a percent under the average return rate (> 90%).

Multi-event teams as of this past weekend:

• 4 events .5% (12)
• 3 events 2% (47)
• 2 events 29% (711)
• 1 event 68% (1649)

P.S.
15% of the estimated 3848 available slots are unclaimed/unassigned at present.

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Who are these teams and where are they competing?

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216, 244, and 288 will be at Traverse City District, Troy District, GTR East, and Western Canada