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Re: Cow Town ThrowDown Nov 1st & 2nd

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Originally Posted by runneals (Post 1278572)

It was tough not competing against you guys! Maybe we'll see you at CTTD!
And I'm headed off to NWMSU as a 2nd semester freshman.. I'm majoring in Geographic Information Systems w/ an emphasis in Emergency Response & I'm also going to take a few pre-engineering classes as well :) I'm looking forward to bringing my knowledge to the team.
Are you a senior?

Mr. Bailey's a mentor for Titanium. Does their scouting. (Just a WFFA winner, nbd...:rolleyes: )

Re: Cow Town ThrowDown Nov 1st & 2nd

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Originally Posted by CalTran (Post 1278579)

Mr. Bailey's a mentor for Titanium. Does their scouting. (Just a WFFA winner, nbd...)

Haha... Thanks for letting me know. I bet that made Mr. Bailey feel a bit younger for a few minutes :)

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Originally Posted by Alpha Beta (Post 1278119)

Kind of curious to learn more about the Academy.

I got a note today from the Ultimate Ascent Season President of the Academy team. I'm amazed at how they have been able to sustain themselves for this long (~7 years) by only having a staff "mentor" lead their team and not allowing outside college student mentors to help lead their team. I was also poking around TBA & noticed you guys played them in Match 37 @ KC. We played them in 81 & they barely even moved. I suppose it's the members' team when it comes down to it, but one would think a team that ranked at the very bottom of our scouting guide would jump at an opportunity to have a mentor like me help them on the mechanical side of things (I'm no Aren_Hill, but he taught me quite a bit :)

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In response to your inquiries about being a mentor for the Radical T3CH Robotics team, for either FTC 4565 or FRC 2167, I cannot guarantee anything for you. We are a fairly young team; even though we have competed for seven years, we lose half of our students every year to graduation. As such, we have to completely recreate our team every year. We have one mentor, our Residential Counselor in charger of us and I am not sure how that will change.
As such, I do not know the process to become a mentor, but from what I have seen, we do not have a mentor besides our Residential Counselor. This may be due in fact that the senor class acts like mentors to the junior class or just generally because our program isn't set up to have multiple mentors. It is a very hands on for the student experience.

While I will still be in contact with the team, I cannot do much to help you on the fact of becoming a mentor. All I can do is forewarn you that if you are not selected as a mentor, please do not feel discouraged. It is not because we do not feel you are qualified or do not appreciate your knowledge, but it is because our team does not function with multiple mentors. I am not sure that Radical T3CH is ready to grow in that way, nor am I sure if it is ready for that kind of structure. Our team works, because the seniors have a passion to run it themselves, no matter if it works or not, it is a great experience for all seniors involved.

So it sounds like they drastically change every year and most of their team only has 1 year of experience under their belt before they are left to fend for themselves and teach the next kids, which isn't very sustainable.

I believe STRONGLY in youth leadership, coming from my 4-H background, but I believe teams still need some technical mentorship from mentors with engineering knowledge. That is how/why our team was so strong in our second year competing (ranking 47th in the world), because our mentors were AMAZING (I suppose that their 50+ years of FRC knowledge they brought to the table also helped)! But seriously, I couldn't ask for ANY better mentors than THE Aren_Hill, CoreyBrown, AlexGrant, Katie_UPS, and ALL the other mentors! They were so caring and compassionate, they benefited our team so well.

That being said, I'm seriously pondering just STARTING my own team down there through Nodaway County 4-H IF I have time and no, I'm not crazy (just keep reading :), as the above doesn't sound very positive about their mentorship and I haven't heard back from their mentor since I wrote him in March. There are MANY added benefits of going through 4-H to start a team. Here are a few: You are automatically a 501(c)3 organization, which is really big from a funding/sponsorship standpoint. You already have a solid leadership platform + a membership base + a volunteer base in place for building a team/club from the ground up! I feel that all the student mentors would need to do to make the team successful, is to facilitate the mechanical design/building process, as the parents/leaders would be able to facilitate the business/leadership side of things. In addition, Missouri 4-H strongly supports FIRST programs (they have 3 FRC teams) & has implemented robotics into their robotics program!

So if you know of anyone else going to NWMSU this fall, or anyone that is in Nodaway Co./Maryville area that would be interested in helping with a team, let me know, as this would help turn my thoughts into actions much quicker... Although I probably won't get the team officially started until the 2015 season, but who knows!

Thanks again,
David

Re: Cow Town ThrowDown Nov 1st & 2nd

As it stands, it looks like there are 40 teams signed up for this year's Cowtown Throwdown. It looks like it will be an awesome event as usual. Only 8 slots left!!! It will be great to see our friends from all the other teams. As for us, we have some work to do to get our robot back in competition form, but we'll be ready come November 1st and 2nd.

Team # Team Name- School Name
876 Thunder Robotics- Hatton-Northwood High Schools
938 Team Botman- Central Heights High School
1094 Channel Cats- River City Robots
1108 Panther Robotics- Paola High School
1619 Up-A-Creek Robotics- Career Development Center
1730 Team Driven- Lee's Summit High School
1737 Project X- Excelsior Springs High School
1764 Liberty Robotics- Liberty Public Schools
1775 Tiger Bytes- Lincoln College Preparatory
1777 Viking Robotics- Shawnee Mission West High School
1785 United Robocats- Blue Springs School District
1802 Team Stealth- Piper Robotics
1806 S.W.A.T.- Smithville High School
1810 Jaguar Robotics- Mill Valley High School
1825 Metro Homeschool Robotics- Metro Homeschool
1847 Ladder 1847- Wyandotte High School
1939 The Kuh-nig-its- The Barstow School
1982 Cougar Robotics- Shawnee Mission Northwest
1985 Robohawks- Hazelwood Central High School
1986 Team Titanium- Lee's Summit West High School
1987 Broncobots- Lee's Summit North High School
1994 Horse Power- FL Schlagle
2001 HERMES- Ruskin High School
2346 Cel-Techs- Archbishop O'Hara High School
2410 Metal Mustang Robotics- Blue Valley CAPS Center
3172 HorsePOWER- Salina Central High School
3284 Camdenton 4H LASER- Camdenton High School
3397 Robolions- University City High School
3485 Cyclone Robotics- Bishop Ward High School
3528 Up Next!- KC Northland Homeschool
3593 Invictus- Victory Christian School
3784 Bit by Bit 4H Robotics- Bit by Bit 4H Club
3792 Army Ants- Columbia Area Career Center
3928 FIRST Team Neutrino- Ames High School
3937 Breakaway- Harding Academy
4329 Lutheran Lugnuts- Lutheran High School St. Charles
4522 Team SCREAM- Smith-Cotton High School
4455 The Burger Bots- Warrensburg High School
4646 ASAP- Des Moines
xxxx Trobots- Park Hill High School

Re: Cow Town ThrowDown Nov 1st & 2nd

4329 has been steadily making improvements and can't wait to play with all the great teams attending Cow Town. See you all in November!

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Cow Town is now at wait-list status.

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Team #        Team Name        School Name

876        Thunder Robotics        Hatton-Northwood High Schools

935        RaileRobotics        Newton High School

937        North Stars        Shawnee Mission North High School

938        Team Botman        Central Heights High School

1094        Channel Cats        River City Robots

1108        Panther Robotics        Paola High School

1619        Up-A-Creek Robotics         Career Development Center

1710        Ravonics Revolution        Olathe Northwest high School

1730        Team Driven        Lee's Summit High School

1737        Project X        Excelsior Springs High School

1764        Liberty Robotics        Liberty Public Schools

1775        Tiger Bytes        Lincoln College Preparatory

1777        Viking Robotics        Shawnee Mission West High School

1785        United Robocats        Blue Springs School District

1802        Team Stealth        Piper Robotics

1806        S.W.A.T.        Smithville High School

1810        Jaguar Robotics        Mill Valley High School

1825        Metro Homeschool Robotics        Metro Homeschool

1847        Ladder 1847        Wyandotte High School

1939        The Kuh-Nig-Its        The Barstow School

1982        Cougar Robotics        Shawnee Mission Northwest

1985        Robohawks        Hazelwood Central High School

1986        Team Titanium        Lee's Summit West High School

1987        Broncobots        Lee's Summit North High School

1994        Horse Power        FL Schlagle

1997        STAGrobotics        Bishop Miege

2001        HERMES        Ruskin High School

2335        Sargon        Shawnee Mission East

2345        Animal Control        Kearney High School

2346        Cel-Techs        Archbishop O'Hara High School

2353        The Legion        The Pembroke Hill School

2410        Metal Mustang Robotics        Blue Valley CAPS Center

2874        Eagles        Grain Valley High School

3172        HorsePOWER        Salina Central High School

3284        Camdenton 4H LASER        Camdenton High School

3397        Robolions        University City High School

3485        Cyclone Robotics        Bishop Ward High School

3528        Up Next!        KC Northland Homeschool

3612        GearHogs        Springdale High School

3784        Bit by Bit 4H Robotics        Bit by Bit 4H Club

3792        Army Ants        Columbia Area Career Center

3928        FIRST Team Neutrino        Ames High School

3937        Breakaway        Harding Academy

4329        Lutheran Lugnuts        Lutheran High School St. Charles

4522        Team SCREAM        Smith-Cotton High School

4455        The Burger Bots        Warrensburg High School

4646        ASAP        Des Moines

xxxx        Trobots        Park Hill High School



Wait List

1769        Digital Hawks        J.C. Harmon High School

Re: Cow Town ThrowDown Nov 1st & 2nd

Do you guys need any volunteers? I'm interested in possibly volunteering if you guys would need some help. Feel free to email me if you guys would david@runneals.com.

Thanks!
David

Re: Cow Town ThrowDown Nov 1st & 2nd

Well, with competition starting in about a month, I figured I'd help my former team with a bit of pre-scouting (Crowd sourced):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmeevXa1knKRdGg2UkVGTmF4Yy1mWHI3TnBWZzFxe lE&usp=sharing
If you could go and fill out the link for your team, or other teams, that'd be appreciated! Thanks! Feel free to use the data for your own use too.

UPDATE: Went back to the spreadsheet, set up public editing. Kinda important when attempting to crowd source information...

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Does anyone know of any plans to livestream the matches for Cowtown?

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There was never and answer to whether it was going to be streamed this weekend or not. I'd really like to know so I can make plans to possibly watch my former team 1802 play on my day off on Saturday since it wasn't feasible for me to fly back for this event.

Re: Cow Town ThrowDown Nov 1st & 2nd

We will be having a live stream for Cow Town.
It will be availible on the Cow Town Home Page or on the Ustream Channel.
Hopefully it will be on The Blue Alliance as well.

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Will the stream be available soon

Edit: Nevermind it's up now.

Re: Cow Town ThrowDown Nov 1st & 2nd

Wow, everything ran on time, no communication issues, nice venue. What an awesome event.

Re: Cow Town ThrowDown Nov 1st & 2nd

What a great weekend. Many thanks to Team Driven 1730 and Cerner for hosting this event. Congratulations to the winning alliance 1986, 3284, 1825, and 2410.

1986- I'm sure many in the FIRST community will join me in thinking- Thank Goodness we don't have to compete against the Kraken again. :yikes: Amazing machine. Can't wait to see what 2014 brings.

3284- What a solid, classy team and robot. We enjoyed competing with you in Arkansas, Championships, and again this weekend. Hopefully we will meet again soon.

1825- We always love it to see our fellow homeschool team do well.

2410- You guys must have totally rebuilt your bot during the off-season. Good job.

We would like to thank our own alliance- 1619, 2335, and 1802. We came so close on that 2nd semi-final match.

Up Next 3528 wishes all the teams a great 2014 season.

Re: Cow Town ThrowDown Nov 1st & 2nd

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Originally Posted by SharonO (Post 1299914)

1986- I'm sure many in the FIRST community will join me in thinking- Thank Goodness we don't have to compete against the Kraken again. :yikes: Amazing machine. Can't wait to see what 2014 brings.

Thanks. We're happy not to compete with the Kraken again too. The joy is in creating, and we can't wait to start that process over again in a few months. Not to mention the beating it took through the eliminations is going to take some time to repair before we invite local elementary students to drive it at our annual science carnival ("Burgers, Beakers, and Bots") this Tuesday. :ahh:

Those not in attendance may not realize the depth of talent at this event. Our last two qualification matches came down to the wire, winning our last one by a single point, and the one before that by two only after our human player made a last second shot. :cool:

A huge thanks to our alliance partners. It was an honor to work with another Championship division finalist. 3248 did everything well, including being able to shoot over 1982's defense in the finals. I'd rather play with than against you guys any day. 1825 was a steal in the draft. Your offensive production gave us a suprising amount of versatility, and forced the opposition in our first semifinal to block a feeding station just to slow down all of our cycles. 2410 showed great driving skill to go along with a strong autonomous and 10 point climb. You played the best penalty free defense on 1806 and completely changed the game.

It was great to see teams travel from way out of the area to join us for the competition. 876 from North Dakota had a great combination of shooting and climbing. 1619 from Colorado was among the fastest climb and dumps I'd seen all season. Thank you both for bringing in such impresive machines. No surprise you both ended up alliance captains.

A huge thanks to all the organizers and volunteers who made the 6th annual CTTD possible. 1730 was a gracious host, and along with 2001 ran a tremendous event.

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Here is a video from Saturday i think everyone would enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XduHoKZM1GI

Danny and Jerry said that the production guys at AndyMark are going to combine all the videos into something special, so I can't wait for that.

But on behalf of myself and all of the refs, I want to thank all of the teams for being extremely respectful and fun to be around. Like always, we enjoy helping out with the event, and hope to be invited back to help out. I also want to thank 1730 and everyone involved with setting up the competition. The coordinators always treat their volunteers like royalty, and for that I'm extremely grateful.

So with that, I look forward to coming back as the head referee at the Greater Kansas City Regional, and will see everyone in January at kickoff!