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Looks like FIRST Choice is going to open at 3pm Eastern tomorrow - Sunday 12-15-2013, more to come in the blog. From the twitter feed.

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Great. I am unavailable at 3 pm Sunday. sigh.

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The main part was that it was still the C-base framing. We have tons of those peices and other gear boxes from years past. The PDV gave us a chance to get other items. With this year since it's something other than a C-base frame, we decided to get the KOP drive train for this year. I should have been more clear.

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I believe when they offered the PDV option last year, they told us that the KOP was belt-driven

http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr.../blog-09-07-12

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Neither am I. This is rather unfair for those who have arranged their schedule to fit the original date and time.

Rather frustrated.

- Mr. Van

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All,

We at AndyMark are sorry that today's FIRST Choice parts ordering release did not go well. No orders for FIRST Choice have been placed.

We have contracted this service with a web hosting company, and we are working with them to get the site ready for tomorrow's (Sunday) 3pm Eastern time release.

We have been in close contact with FIRST today, and they are directing us to re-open tomorrow at 3pm. This will give us a chance to repair and reset the server files, and also gives teams a fair re-start to FIRST Choice.

We had 300 beta testers working hard to load up this site and kick the tires. The web hosting company was seeing a similar amount of traffic when the stoppage happened. Still, we at AndyMark are accountable for this and we will be working through the night to get it right for tomorrow's release.

Sincerely,
Andy Baker

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Will this change in the opening time affect the cut off for the 3D printer lottery?

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I too cannot make it at 3pm tomorrow, I wish they would just move it to latter in the week to allow time to arrange schedules.

Also, instead of the 1st come/1st served arrangement, why not take "pre-orders" in say October, this allows AM to order the correct amount of parts so they don't get stuck with a bunch of unwanted stuff.

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Thank you, Andy

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Yes: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...hreadid=123162

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Thanks, Andy. Good fortune tomorrow.

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15 years of FIRST has taught me that one thing that we all need to have - flexibility! Thanks for the work AndyMark. We'll do our best to (not) crash the system tomorrow.

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Because the FIRST choice items are donated, not bought. Therefor they have limited supply

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Well, it turns out I can be around at 3 after all.

Can you imagine the PANIC at AM and FIRST when the server crashed? I truly feel sorry for them, all of them. I have been in their shoes, frantically troubleshooting and working the problem, including Saturdays and Sundays.

The worst part of all this? Some very nice folks now have to work both through the night tonight, and Sunday too. My sincere thanks for that sacrifice. :)

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Note - we saw a few people reporting problems with the VEXpro PDV codes.
I started a separate discussion about these, here: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...59#post1312559

I also want to remind everyone that there is no time limit on the VEXpro PDV code.

If you had a problem: we have time to make sure we make things right for you. We want to get those donated components in your hands.

I'm sorry for any inconvenience!
-John