WIWI Wolcott Connecticut
 

June 14th
Wolcott High School
Wolcott Connecticut

Where Is Wolcott Invitational

We plan on doing much of the same things, we have been doing, that makes us different from other competitions

Mentor Only Robot

Quest Announcer Every 4th match

Double Elimination Play Offs with a Winner's Bracket and a Loser's Bracket. (So the #8 alliance doesn't have to face off against #1 twice in a row)

Lunch Time Human player game (TBD)

And now introducing a new catagorie for awards
BEST Chairman's Video - Did you make a video for the chairman's award that you wished others saw? Bring it to WIWI and we will judge the videos and show the best one(s)

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Registration will open Monday April 14th. Information on how to register will be made available prior to the registration date.

Registration is $250

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Looking forward to this great event. I believe it will be my last event as a student :(

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The mentor team FRC666 is always up for the challenge. If any of the teams attending would like to use their practice robot as the mentor bot let me know.

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Hello! The ÜberBots plan to attend WIWI, but we are not familiar with the mentor robot. What exactly is it? What does using our practice bot as a mentor bot entail?

Thanks!

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The mentor bot is scheduled like any other robot as one of the alliance partners in the qualification matches. Team mentors sign up as the drive team on a first come - first served basis for each match. The drive team will get a quick five minute training session on how to operate the robot before the match begins. It can be quite comical at times. Driving and operating these robots while trying to play the game is hard!

We are not allowed to compete in the eliminations but usually on of the teams does try to pick us. I'm proud to say that there have been years where we were not the bottom seed in the qualification rounds.

We usually have a student or two on the team to help out with instructions or repairs. We even have a mascot.

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Instead of having all the mentors on one team with one robot, how about the mentors drive their own team's robots and compete at the end after the final matches?

I love the idea of mentors driving. I think it would be fun and exciting for both the students and mentors but I would rather drive my own team's robot since I know it well.

Just my thoughts!

~Barb
Mentor
UberBots #1124

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As a student who has gone 3 years now (and will be going again), half the fun of team 666, is watching the mentors struggle. In 2012, one of ours played human player. He attempted to throw the ball through the field slot, but instead it deflected and hit him in the face. The TorMentors, Team 666, is something that is great at an offseason event

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Yes we defintely wanted to do something different than mentor matches. I think team Tormentor is unique and fun. It allows mentors to go against or with their own team. It also keeps wear and tear off of the team's robots (and puts it on the tormentor bot). It also lets Mentors work with other mentors from other teams.

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Sorry for the delay here. Registration is open at

http://www.max1071.com/

just click on the WIWI button and email me the form at

rcormier@wolcottps.org

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If you are still looking, how can I volunteer for this event?

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Are there any updates for this event? Team list? Schedule?

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Yeah if we could get a teams list over here for pre-scouting that would be pretty much the most fantastic thing to happen to me this week.

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EDIT: Okay so I didn't post the most up to date list. I'm working on getting it right now and will post it soon.

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Not sure why we are missing from this list. I have gotten email confirmation, and we are attending. We were even going to bring a spare robot for a pre-rookie team, but were told this week that's not needed any more.

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21 teams is not enough for a full bracket of eliminations, there must be teams missing from this list. And if there is open space, then why was 177 told that it was full?

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Good thing I checked, I was thinking we were still on the wait list.

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Okay here is the updated proper team list:

195 CyberKnights
716 Who’sCTEKs
230 Gaelhawks
1796 RoboTigers
155 Techno-Nuts / Berlin FIRST
571 Team Paragon
3525 The Nuts & Bolts of Fury
1071 Team MAX
228 GUS Robotics
3461 Operation PEACCE
5129 Digital Devils
4557 Full Metal Falcons
176 Aces High
2836 Team Beta
2067 Apple Pi
237 Black Magic
2064 Panther Project
178 2nd Law Enforcers
1099 Disco Techs
4055 NRG
1124 Uberbots
558 Robo Squad
3634 Hard Botties
181 Birds of Prey
3654 TechTigers
173 RAGE
666 Tormentors

Wait list teams:

177
2168
1699

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Just as a side note.... a few teams have asked about bringing book donations for the book drive our team is hosting to WIWI. There will be a collection box there for everyone (if you have multiple boxes, feel free to just drop them off near our pits).
Also, I sent the email with the flyer/info to any team I had contact info for. If your team didn't get an email and would like one, please comment or send me a quick message and we'll get that all sorted out. :)
flyer: http://716robotics.com/images/Images...rive_flyer.pdf

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Why are there 26 teams on the list when only 24 play in eliminations?

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Team 666 and 1071 do not play in the elimination rounds.

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I'm still getting 25, not counting 666 or 1071.

1. 195 CyberKnights
2. 716 Who’sCTEKs
3. 230 Gaelhawks
4. 1796 RoboTigers
5. 155 Techno-Nuts / Berlin FIRST
6. 571 Team Paragon
7. 3525 The Nuts & Bolts of Fury
1071 Team MAX
8. 228 GUS Robotics
9. 3461 Operation PEACCE
10. 5129 Digital Devils
11. 4557 Full Metal Falcons
12. 176 Aces High
13. 2836 Team Beta
14. 2067 Apple Pi
15. 237 Black Magic
16. 2064 Panther Project
17. 178 2nd Law Enforcers
18. 1099 Disco Techs
19. 4055 NRG
20. 1124 Uberbots
21. 558 Robo Squad
22. 3634 Hard Botties
23. 181 Birds of Prey
24. 3654 TechTigers
25. 173 RAGE
666 Tormentors

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I'm having parents ask me about the schedule. Has it been posted yet? Thanks

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I believe it has been sent to team contacts but i am not 100% sure

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228 also bows out of elimination matches. So 228, 666, and 1071 do not play in eliminations.

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Oh okay I get it now. Just wanted to help preempt any issues the day of the event with the number of teams. :]

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Just wanted to post a couple reminders about two of our Awards this year which need to be submitted before the event.

1. Bill Reis Award - submit your Woodie Flowers essays
2. Chairman's Video Award - send us your Chairman's video submission. The videos will be played throughout the day at the event and at the end of the day a winner will be chosen.

Send your submissions to team@max1071.com !!

Also - We will be collecting donations for the Wolcott Dog Pound at the registration table throughout the day - leashes, pet food, treats, toys, you name it! Any donations are greatly appreciated.

I am having a hard time trying to find the schedule. If someone has it, can you please post it?

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Is this what you are looking for? Hope it helps. :-)

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Is there a webcast for this event?

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im not sure if there was a webcast, there was a camera there though, just to enlighten the public 4055 228 and 3461 won with only one Teleop point scored the other team 558, 181, and beta (can't remember the number) scored 12 Teleop points total not a single cycle was completed lets just say defense was very very very very very very very very very very very tense in eliminations most match were under 30 Teleop points

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Apologies for not remembering, but can someone tell me the name of the volunteer who recently passed away that Koko Ed made a speech about? While her passing is most certainly tragic and a significant loss for FIRST, I'm glad Ed spoke about it briefly, as I'd probably never have known otherwise.

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Sarah Le who was volunteer of the year at the Alamo Regional this year and head ref for Curie passed away yesterday.
She will be missed.

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Had a great time at WIWI - thanks for the meeting on YPP - got some great information for getting started on this for next year.
Also - just wanted to thank one of our mentors - Mike K. - everytime I saw him at WIWI he was helping out another team with something broken on their robot. He was everywhere - even saw him on the wrap-up video for WIWI working on another teams robot helping them - the Cyber Knights are soooo lucky to have you! Thanks - Mike.