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Peyton Yeung 04-09-2014 12:16
Re: [FRC Blog] 2015 Events are Being Posted!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin Pardus (Post 1398960)
Still missing IN Championship.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris Fultz (Post 1398923)
Indiana District Event locations and dates for 2015 have been announced by Indiana FIRST. These should be on the FIRST website soon.

State Championship

- Week 6, 4/3‐4 (Fri & Sat)‐ Warren Central High School, Indianapolis
Emphasis mine

Tom Bottiglieri 04-09-2014 13:00
Re: [FRC Blog] 2015 Events are Being Posted!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin Pardus (Post 1398960)
Two additional events were posted yesterday, as well (bring to 77 the total number of events posted):

Greater Toronto East Regional - Week 3

IN District Event #3 - Week 4

Still missing IN Championship.


Update: Two more events were posted this morning (bring to 79 the total number of events posted, so far):

Waterloo Regional - Week 4

North Bay Regional - Week 5


Just three weeks remain until registration begins.
254 is looking for a week 4 regional :P

Lil' Lavery 04-09-2014 13:19
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri (Post 1398974)
254 is looking for a week 4 regional :P
The Virginia Regional is week 4. ;) :cool:

Wetzel 04-09-2014 13:39
Re: [FRC Blog] 2015 Events are Being Posted!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery (Post 1398975)
The Virginia Regional is week 4. ;) :cool:
I hear they have the best FTA and field crew. :cool:

Wetzel

Koko Ed 04-09-2014 18:50
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New York Tech Valley has been posted to week four (which personally is a big deal for me because that means I'm now going back to Orlando in week 3)and we have our first week six event Windsor Essex Great Lakes.

CTbiker105 04-09-2014 19:04
Re: [FRC Blog] 2015 Events are Being Posted!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Francis-134 (Post 1398906)
CD is a discussion forum, not a place to air dirty laundry. Let's discuss some stuff! Even if you don't have an answer, at least say what the problem is.
My apologies for not stating any specific problems in my original post. I realize how it appears to be a blanket statement without anything in particular being pointed out, but I was posting from my phone during a team meeting that was being held in an 85+ degree room, so I wrote it and posted fairly quickly. I probably should have waited to get home to post something with valid points in it backing up my original claim.

From my perspective, I don't believe there'll be enough seating at WPI to comfortably accommodate as many teams as Boston University was able to (or maybe I'm just upset that scouters won't get VIP box seats again...).

Libby K 04-09-2014 22:16
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Francis-134 (Post 1398901)
Additionally, the facility held a 60 team, two day event only 4 months ago. The venue seating is likely large enough, and there is ample hotel space within 15 minutes of WPI.

Can you elaborate on how you think the facility would not be able to hold the event? What specifically do you think would make the facility unable to accommodate a DCMP?
I was at that event, and it was crowded and uncomfortable in the "robot pits" aka corner of the campus athletics center. Not exactly a place I'd like to take a team sponsor or a middle school group for tours (as frequently happened at Boston).

IMO, the DCMP should be the biggest, flashiest, most public-friendly event in the area, and cramped pits just aren't very welcoming.

Full disclosure: I was on the Boston regional committee when it was a regional, I am a student at WPI and appreciate their efforts in the FIRST community, and I just really don't like small crowded pits & think they are an unfortunate side effect of districts. My views are entirely my own and I do not intend to imply anyone else's. That's about all the relevant side notes I think I need to include.

PayneTrain 05-09-2014 11:48
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I'm sure the NY teams are thrilled by the fact that if they trend to the southern side of the state, the regional dates fall on Week 3 (NYC) and Week 4 (Long Island). If they're in upstate New York, they get to go to Tech Valley on Week 4 or FLR Week 5.

If you're an NY team and want to go to 2 regionals, you have to either

a) do back to back weeks
b) cover the entire length of the state (and that's if you want to only do an NYC/FLR jaunt)
c) drive down to College Park, MD, California, PA, or Cleveland, OH or any points further away that.

I mean, for what it's worth, I'm used to the thrill of having the three closest regionals to me sharing 2 weekends, but I'm not asked to search for flights to go to the next closest one after that.

Wetzel 05-09-2014 12:09
Re: [FRC Blog] 2015 Events are Being Posted!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by PayneTrain (Post 1399070)
I'm sure the NY teams are thrilled by the fact that if they trend to the southern side of the state, the regional dates fall on Week 3 (NYC) and Week 4 (Long Island). If they're in upstate New York, they get to go to Tech Valley on Week 4 or FLR Week 5.

If you're an NY team and want to go to 2 regionals, you have to either

a) do back to back weeks
b) cover the entire length of the state (and that's if you want to only do an NYC/FLR jaunt)
c) drive down to College Park, MD, California, PA, or Cleveland, OH or any points further away that.

I mean, for what it's worth, I'm used to the thrill of having the three closest regionals to me sharing 2 weekends, but I'm not asked to search for flights to go to the next closest one after that.
For a lot of upstate teams, Canadian regionals are closer. Perhaps more paperwork for an international trip, but closer. For what it's worth, 2914 is planning to travel internationally this year for the first time. Out of state travel might be easier when you don't live in a state though.

Wetzel

PayneTrain 05-09-2014 12:18
Re: [FRC Blog] 2015 Events are Being Posted!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Wetzel (Post 1399076)
For a lot of upstate teams, Canadian regionals are closer. Perhaps more paperwork for an international trip, but closer. For what it's worth, 2914 is planning to travel internationally this year for the first time. Out of state travel might be easier when you don't live in a state though.

Wetzel
You bringing the team with you to Mexico City this time?

dougwilliams 05-09-2014 13:19
Re: [FRC Blog] 2015 Events are Being Posted!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by PayneTrain (Post 1399070)
...

If you're an NY team and want to go to 2 regionals, you have to either

...
c) drive down to College Park, MD, California, PA, or Cleveland, OH or any points further away that.
...
Or do what we did last year and are considering for this year as well - go to the Virginia Regional again! We actually did NY Tech Valley and Virginia last year and that worked out great, but with them hosted the same week this year that's impossible.

We like Virginia a lot, but the appeal of an upstate NY regional is also hard to beat. I wish one of the upstate NY events was earlier in the season...

Chris is me 05-09-2014 13:50
Re: [FRC Blog] 2015 Events are Being Posted!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by PayneTrain (Post 1399070)
I'm sure the NY teams are thrilled by the fact that if they trend to the southern side of the state, the regional dates fall on Week 3 (NYC) and Week 4 (Long Island). If they're in upstate New York, they get to go to Tech Valley on Week 4 or FLR Week 5.

If you're an NY team and want to go to 2 regionals, you have to either

a) do back to back weeks
b) cover the entire length of the state (and that's if you want to only do an NYC/FLR jaunt)
c) drive down to College Park, MD, California, PA, or Cleveland, OH or any points further away that.

I mean, for what it's worth, I'm used to the thrill of having the three closest regionals to me sharing 2 weekends, but I'm not asked to search for flights to go to the next closest one after that.
Ontario events are slightly closer, but then again the border is a non starter for a lot of teams. Montreal is the same week as TVR so even though that's arguably our second closest regional (!!!) it's not an option. Districts closing their borders to us have left us between a rock and a hard place.

Meredith Novak 05-09-2014 16:07
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Quote:
Districts closing their borders to us have left us between a rock and a hard place.
You could come to the "Rock." Arkansas Rock City Regional is near the very nice Bill and Hillary Clinton Airport!

Kevin Pardus 08-09-2014 10:22
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Two and a half weeks (17 days) remain until Registration begins on 25 Sep 14. So far, only 32 Regional events have been posted. The posting of District related events seems to be almost complete (still missing IN District Championship). I hope that by the time we are two weeks out, we have a complete list of events so teams can start considering which events to attend and begin planning their travel.

Taylor 08-09-2014 11:43
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The Indiana State Championship is Week 6 (4/3-4/4) at Warren Central High School in Indianapolis.
source

MARS_James 08-09-2014 17:54
Re: [FRC Blog] 2015 Events are Being Posted!
 
We just got an email confirming South Florida's move to a week 1 event, can't say I am to happy about that but it is what it is

bigbeezy 09-09-2014 11:45
Re: [FRC Blog] 2015 Events are Being Posted!
 
Any word on either Midwest Regional or Central Illinois?

Zaque 09-09-2014 12:40
Re: [FRC Blog] 2015 Events are Being Posted!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by bigbeezy (Post 1399490)
Any word on either Midwest Regional or Central Illinois?
If Central Illinois is held at the Avanti's Dome again, it will have to be a week one regional, as that is the only weekend open on their calendar of events.

Gary Dillard 09-09-2014 18:08
Re: [FRC Blog] 2015 Events are Being Posted!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by FrankJ (Post 1397097)
Peachtree regional (Atlanta) will be March 27-29. Fri-Sun, if I wrote the dates down correctly, at the GWCC. It will be a little smaller plus a second Georgia regional tentatively in Perry, GA early season. This was announced in the mentor advisory meeting last Sat (2014.08.16).
Hey Frank, I've been carrying your Friday-Sunday dates in my unofficial list except that today I noticed that they were different from this post, which says traditional Thursday-Saturday for Peachtree. Any other word floating around, since still nothing official on the FIRST website?

Whippet 09-09-2014 18:19
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Any word yet on what week the Hub City regional will be? With Dallas being week 1 this year, it seems like Lubbock may have to be later in the season to account for the number of teams that usually go to both.

AllenGregoryIV 09-09-2014 18:37
Re: [FRC Blog] 2015 Events are Being Posted!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Whippet (Post 1399552)
Any word yet on what week the Hub City regional will be? With Dallas being week 1 this year, it seems like Lubbock may have to be later in the season to account for the number of teams that usually go to both.
I've heard it's week 5 but I don't know if that's official.

sanddrag 09-09-2014 20:04
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Still waiting on dates for San Diego and to see if this new Ventura regional happens and when that will be. Also, is Vegas out for sure? Is there another Phoenix? Things in the southwest here are still rather uncertain it seems.:D

ghostmachine360 09-09-2014 20:09
Re: [FRC Blog] 2015 Events are Being Posted!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gary Dillard (Post 1399551)
Hey Frank, I've been carrying your Friday-Sunday dates in my unofficial list except that today I noticed that they were different from this post, which says traditional Thursday-Saturday for Peachtree. Any other word floating around, since still nothing official on the FIRST website?
Peachtree will remain a traditional T-F-S.

JB987 09-09-2014 21:19
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sanddrag (Post 1399566)
Still waiting on dates for San Diego and to see if this new Ventura regional happens and when that will be. Also, is Vegas out for sure? Is there another Phoenix? Things in the southwest here are still rather uncertain it seems.:D
Vegas alive... Week 5 and unofficial till FIRST posts on website.

Kingland093 09-09-2014 21:54
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Any word on 10,000 Lakes/North Star?
I'm assuming it's still Week 5 at Williams and Mariucci respectively

Boe 09-09-2014 22:13
Re: [FRC Blog] 2015 Events are Being Posted!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingland093 (Post 1399574)
Any word on 10,000 Lakes/North Star?
I'm assuming it's still Week 5 at Williams and Mariucci respectively
Someone from my team said that the dates were posted somewhere on the MSHSL website and that they are week 5. The event dates still haven't been announced by first yet though.

Neima 09-09-2014 23:48
Re: [FRC Blog] 2015 Events are Being Posted!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Boe (Post 1399578)
Someone from my team said that the dates were posted somewhere on the MSHSL website and that they are week 5. The event dates still haven't been announced by first yet though.
Here is the link to where it says it on the MSHSL website :cool:

http://www.mshsl.org/mshsl/robotics.asp

scca229 10-09-2014 00:55
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JB987 (Post 1399572)
Vegas alive... Week 5 and unofficial till FIRST posts on website.
Hhhmmmm. Going to make my Volunteering choice more difficult this time if that is the case. Now I really am looking forward to Vegas and Phoenix West posting. I haven't seen any rumor yet on which week Phoenix West would be other than my own earlier guesses which had Vegas at Week 6 like the recent past, which it appears is wrong.

Btw, great pics/story from China. That looked like a lot of fun and I loved the white field.

Nathan Rossi 10-09-2014 01:23
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sanddrag (Post 1399566)
Still waiting on dates for San Diego and to see if this new Ventura regional happens and when that will be. Also, is Vegas out for sure? Is there another Phoenix? Things in the southwest here are still rather uncertain it seems.:D
Unofficially, Phoenix West appears to be week 6, April 1st-4th.

Source: http://www.volunteermatch.org/search/opp722954.jsp

scca229 10-09-2014 01:43
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nathan Rossi (Post 1399591)
Unofficially, Phoenix West appears to be week 6, April 1st-4th.

Source: http://www.volunteermatch.org/search/opp722954.jsp
Thank you Mr. Rossi. I had no idea that site existed. Now if only it would get posted officially.

Wetzel 10-09-2014 08:09
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It's looking like VCU-DC-Chesapeake will be back-to-back-to-back again, with Chesapeake being week 6.

Wetzel

PayneTrain 10-09-2014 08:25
Re: [FRC Blog] 2015 Events are Being Posted!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Wetzel (Post 1399596)
It's looking like VCU-DC-Chesapeake will be back-to-back-to-back again, with Chesapeake being week 6.

Wetzel
Good news for people who love bad news.

Jon Stratis 10-09-2014 08:53
Re: [FRC Blog] 2015 Events are Being Posted!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Neima (Post 1399585)
Here is the link to where it says it on the MSHSL website :cool:

http://www.mshsl.org/mshsl/robotics.asp
Please keep in mind that MSHSL hosts the state tournament, nothing else. I would not consider that page in any way official. Last I heard (a few days ago), the contract had not yet been signed with the U.

Qbot2640 10-09-2014 09:52
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wetzel (Post 1399596)
It's looking like VCU-DC-Chesapeake will be back-to-back-to-back again, with Chesapeake being week 6.

Wetzel
Is this confirmed...I can't find anything.

cadandcookies 10-09-2014 10:17
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Qbot2640 (Post 1399603)
Is this confirmed...I can't find anything.
Unless it is on the FIRST calendar, it is not confirmed.

PayneTrain 10-09-2014 10:32
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Qbot2640 (Post 1399603)
Is this confirmed...I can't find anything.
As he's one of the FTAs in the region he probably has more knowledge than the average bear.

I've heard this as well, but it's hearsay. I'd bank on it being Week 6 even though a Week 2 would be awesome for the event.

cgmv123 10-09-2014 10:41
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cadandcookies (Post 1399606)
Unless it is on the FIRST calendar, it is not confirmed.
There's a bit of a delay for FIRST to post the events on their calendar. An event is official when the contract is signed with the venue.

FrankJ 10-09-2014 11:57
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gary Dillard (Post 1399551)
Hey Frank, I've been carrying your Friday-Sunday dates in my unofficial list except that today I noticed that they were different from this post, which says traditional Thursday-Saturday for Peachtree. Any other word floating around, since still nothing official on the FIRST website?
I would go with Kyle's answer that is TFS. That is whats on the GA First FB page. The new Georgia regional in Perry (reportedly week 1) could go either way.

M. Mellott 10-09-2014 12:47
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Any word on the Ohio area? We've heard about Greater Pittsburgh (week 4, which is also OGT week), but what about Buckeye, Queen City, or even down in Smokey Mountain. With Indiana now closed off to us, people are starting to get concerned over here.

Gary Dillard 10-09-2014 13:17
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Quote:
Originally Posted by M. Mellott (Post 1399620)
Any word on the Ohio area? We've heard about Greater Pittsburgh (week 4, which is also OGT week), but what about Buckeye, Queen City, or even down in Smokey Mountain. With Indiana now closed off to us, people are starting to get concerned over here.
Maybe we need to start a new thread with all of the rumored dates up front to be updated - I posted the Smoky Mountain (not Smokey, he's a bear) a few pages back but it's hard to hunt through them. Week 6, according to the regional director but they hadn't confirmed yet.

MrTechCenter 10-09-2014 13:45
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I'm a little worried that only two of California's regionals have been posted and the first regional registration date is quickly approaching.

rick.oliver 10-09-2014 15:36
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Quote:
Originally Posted by M. Mellott (Post 1399620)
Any word on the Ohio area? We've heard about Greater Pittsburgh (week 4, which is also OGT week), but what about Buckeye, Queen City, or even down in Smokey Mountain. With Indiana now closed off to us, people are starting to get concerned over here.
The FIRST Site shows Greater Pittsburgh as Week 2, which happens to be OGT for our school.

Wetzel 10-09-2014 15:42
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Qbot2640 (Post 1399603)
Is this confirmed...I can't find anything.
A contract hasn't been signed yet and it is not offical, but I don't expect the date to change.

Rick 10-09-2014 16:10
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cgmv123 (Post 1399609)
...An event is official when the contract is signed with the venue.
Not exactly. With FIRST allowing registration for events 6-7 months in advance, sometimes contracts are not signed until weeks before the event takes place. This is not by choice, but some of the smaller/newer venues (i.e. districts) have to hash out details for a while before a contract is signed.

Gary Dillard 10-09-2014 16:30
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From the original FRC Blog Post (and the first post in this thread):
Quote:
.... ‘Confirmed’ means either that FIRST HQ has a signed agreement with the venue, or that District organizers have passed along to us firm information on their events.....Events will be posted not later than a week or so after the information is confirmed.
So it sounds like for Regionals it means they have a signed contract, for Districts I guess the interpretation of "firm information" is up to the District organizers.

Gary Dillard 11-09-2014 10:39
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gary Dillard (Post 1399623)
Maybe we need to start a new thread with all of the rumored dates up front to be updated.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...hreadid=130504

M. Mellott 11-09-2014 12:27
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rick.oliver (Post 1399640)
The FIRST Site shows Greater Pittsburgh as Week 2, which happens to be OGT for our school.
Gary and Rick...Thank you both! My brain wasn't working yesterday...

Kevin Pardus 12-09-2014 09:42
Re: [FRC Blog] 2015 Events are Being Posted!
 
Yesterday, finally posted: IN District Championship - Week 6

It was great this season that dates for events began posting earlier than any season prior, especially for the District events. But it ended up worst for Regional events, with a very large number still not confirmed less than two weeks until registration. Only 32 Regional events have been posted as confirmed so far.

EDIT: See the link below to the CD Thread listing all possible Regional events awaiting confirmation:

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gary Dillard (Post 1399735)
Currently shows 22 Regional events with no confirmed dates/venues.

Kevin Pardus 13-09-2014 09:56
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Yesterday, another Regional was finally posted: Hub City - Week 5

That posting brings to 33 the total number of Regional events officially confirmed (61%), so far; while at least 21 Regional events continue to remain in official limbo (39%).

Edit: added in percentages

Link07 16-09-2014 17:27
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A ton of regionals were added today, as we approach the first registration date:

Georgia Southern Classic - Week 1
Central Illinois - Week 4
Buckeye - Week 5
Peachtree - Week 5
Colorado - Week 5
Silicon Valley - Week 6
Lone Star - Week 6
Midwest - Week 6
Chesapeake - Week 6
Smoky Mountains - Week 6

mwmac 16-09-2014 17:35
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Still waiting with baited breath for official confirmation of dates for LVR, Colorado, Calgary and the remaining California events. Is it just me or are event dates being released more slowly this year than in the past?

Link07 16-09-2014 17:39
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mwmac (Post 1400304)
Still waiting with baited breath for official confirmation of dates for LVR, Colorado, Calgary and the remaining California events. Is it just me or are event dates being released more slowly this year than in the past?
Sorry, I missed Colorado, which was also posted. It's week 5

Akash Rastogi 16-09-2014 17:46
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mwmac (Post 1400304)
Still waiting with baited breath for official confirmation of dates for LVR, Colorado, Calgary and the remaining California events. Is it just me or are event dates being released more slowly this year than in the past?
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...-Event-Posting

Concerns addressed in new blog post.

mwmac 16-09-2014 18:19
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Link07 (Post 1400306)
Sorry, I missed Colorado, which was also posted. It's week 5
I missed it too. Was hoping it would be week 6.:(

pwnageNick 16-09-2014 18:41
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It doesn't seem very smart to have Wisconsin, Central Illinois, and St. Louis Regionals all in the same weekend. Outside of the Midwest regional, with Indiana going to districts now, the next closest event for any team in the Illinois/Iowa/Wisconsin area is the Minnesota Regionals. This is even more an issue as 2 of them (Duluth) are still pretty far as well as week 1 and tend to fill up quickly due to the large number of Minnesota teams. The other two Minnesota events (Minneapolis/St. Paul) tend to be later in the season which mean it will either land on the same week as one of the 4 Regionals listed previously or land at an undesirable time in week 5. Outside of Minnesota, the next closest for the region becomes Kansas City, Pittsburgh, and Ontario.

We all knew that Indiana going to districts was going to leave the Midwest with even less scheduling options, and now with all of these Regionals occurring either on the same weekend or in back-to-back weeks, this definitely does not improve the situation.

I know venue conflicts and such are hard to avoid, but this seems very undesirable. But I guess this is the way this district-transition period goes.

-Nick

Jon Stratis 16-09-2014 23:23
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pwnageNick (Post 1400315)
It doesn't seem very smart to have Wisconsin, Central Illinois, and St. Louis Regionals all in the same weekend. Outside of the Midwest regional, with Indiana going to districts now, the next closest event for any team in the Illinois/Iowa/Wisconsin area is the Minnesota Regionals. This is even more an issue as 2 of them (Duluth) are still pretty far as well as week 1 and tend to fill up quickly due to the large number of Minnesota teams. The other two Minnesota events (Minneapolis/St. Paul) tend to be later in the season which mean it will either land on the same week as one of the 4 Regionals listed previously or land at an undesirable time in week 5. Outside of Minnesota, the next closest for the region becomes Kansas City, Pittsburgh, and Ontario.
Or land on week 6. Never forget week 6!

BigJ 17-09-2014 08:57
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pwnageNick (Post 1400315)
It doesn't seem very smart to have Wisconsin, Central Illinois, and St. Louis Regionals all in the same weekend. Outside of the Midwest regional, with Indiana going to districts now, the next closest event for any team in the Illinois/Iowa/Wisconsin area is the Minnesota Regionals. This is even more an issue as 2 of them (Duluth) are still pretty far as well as week 1 and tend to fill up quickly due to the large number of Minnesota teams. The other two Minnesota events (Minneapolis/St. Paul) tend to be later in the season which mean it will either land on the same week as one of the 4 Regionals listed previously or land at an undesirable time in week 5. Outside of Minnesota, the next closest for the region becomes Kansas City, Pittsburgh, and Ontario.

We all knew that Indiana going to districts was going to leave the Midwest with even less scheduling options, and now with all of these Regionals occurring either on the same weekend or in back-to-back weeks, this definitely does not improve the situation.

I know venue conflicts and such are hard to avoid, but this seems very undesirable. But I guess this is the way this district-transition period goes.

-Nick
It's better than the year Wisconsin and Midwest were both Week 4, at least :)

Kevin Pardus 17-09-2014 09:57
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Orlando Regional has fallen off the official FIRST events post, had been shown as 11-14 Mar 2015 (Week 3).

scca229 17-09-2014 12:44
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New posting:

Arizona West Regional @ Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ - Week 6

Pairs up with the already posted Arizona East Regional @ Hamilton High, Chandler, AZ - Week 4


Nate

PayneTrain 17-09-2014 12:50
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin Pardus (Post 1400370)
Orlando Regional has fallen off the official FIRST events post, had been shown as 11-14 Mar 2015 (Week 3).
I'm sure Florida teams love having fewer confirmed dates for in-state regionals a week before Registration than there were two weeks ago.

This is getting rough. No confirmation about South Florida, and if it's a week 1 that will make for 3 of the 6 regionals on the southeast Atlantic coast on week 1.

dodar 17-09-2014 12:59
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin Pardus (Post 1400370)
Orlando Regional has fallen off the official FIRST events post, had been shown as 11-14 Mar 2015 (Week 3).
Its back

waialua359 17-09-2014 14:35
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tl;dr.
We are waiting for the Australia event to post for Week 3. Looks like the Greater Toronto East will be held in Australia according to the posted events.:ahh:

mwmac 17-09-2014 15:29
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Quote:
Originally Posted by waialua359 (Post 1400413)
tl;dr.
We are waiting for the Australia event to post for Week 3. Looks like the Greater Toronto East will be held in Australia according to the posted events.:ahh:
Glenn, it would seem Oshawa ON has been relocated to Australia!:eek:
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Kingland093 17-09-2014 18:30
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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis (Post 1400335)
Or land on week 6. Never forget week 6!
I hope Minneapolis isn't week 6. My team is not allowed to go to a competition over Easter weekend...

Link07 18-09-2014 13:14
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South Florida - Week 1
San Diego - Week 6
Arizona West - Week 6

Edit: Ventura - Week 5

pwnageNick 18-09-2014 17:49
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon Stratis
Or land on week 6. Never forget week 6!
Okay, which would put it the same week as Midwest.

So if it's 4, it conflicts with Wisconsin and Central Illinois, and if it is week 6, it conflicts with Midwest. And if it is week 5, then it is squeezed between the other events, making anyone with a desire to do 2 events have them either back to back or go to Duluth week 1.

I have a feeling GTRC and Pittsburgh will be seeing a much larger crowd of teams from other parts of the continent.

I feel really bad for Ohio and NY. I understand baby steps are good for going to districts but some teams are really starting to get left behind.

Klamath Mom 18-09-2014 18:24
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PNW Championship is 508 miles from our town (Klamath Falls, OR) AND the event is over Easter weekend. Not sure how this will all play out!

Klamath Mom 18-09-2014 18:27
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Quote:
Originally Posted by VeqIR (Post 1398767)
Since I was curious about how sub-optimal the placement of the PNW District Championship was -- and because I'm an engineer that likes to overdo things -- I decided to do some calculations...

I threw the addresses of all of the teams in the PNW district into a geographic midpoint calculator (www.geomidpoint.com). This calculates the "center of gravity" of all of the teams in the PNW (assuming equal weighting of each team).

The results weren't entirely surprising -- the DCMP site is over 200 miles from the average PNW FRC team.

The center of gravity of FRC in the PNW is about 7 miles due south of Mt. Rainer or (46.746897, -121.732176) if you're wanting to be exact. I say we just have it on top of Mt. Rainer next year -- snow game, anyone?

Here are some (straight line) distances from that center for reference:
  • 51mi - FIRSTWA Headquarters, Kent, WA
  • 65mi - Downtown, Seattle, WA
  • 95mi - Memorial Colosseum, Portland, OR (this year's site)
  • 200mi - Eastern Washington University, Spokane, WA (next year's site)

That means that the "average" PNW team will be travelling an extra 105mi to DCMP this year.

Here's the team map with addresses (from FIRSTWA):
PNW Team Map

Here's a Google map pinpoint of the location:
PNW District Team Midpoint
PNW Championship is 508 miles from our town (Klamath Falls, OR) AND the event is over Easter weekend. Not sure how this will all play out!

mathking 18-09-2014 21:02
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Originally Posted by pwnageNick (Post 1400581)
Okay, which would put it the same week as Midwest.

So if it's 4, it conflicts with Wisconsin and Central Illinois, and if it is week 6, it conflicts with Midwest. And if it is week 5, then it is squeezed between the other events, making anyone with a desire to do 2 events have them either back to back or go to Duluth week 1.

I have a feeling GTRC and Pittsburgh will be seeing a much larger crowd of teams from other parts of the continent.

I feel really bad for Ohio and NY. I understand baby steps are good for going to districts but some teams are really starting to get left behind.
Those of us in Ohio are waiting to see when Queen City will post. Buckeye and Pittsburgh are the only other regional events that don't require missing at least part of another day of school.

Jon Stratis 19-09-2014 12:09
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I've finally been given the go-ahead to tell teams that North Star and 10,000 Lakes is week 6. The contract is signed and delivered, and we expect it to be posted to FIRST's site soon.

Link07 19-09-2014 19:46
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I've created a Google Spreadsheet to provide an easy to follow schedule of the 2015 events, for those currently trying to map out which events they will be registering for.

I've included events not confirmed on the FIRST website, but otherwise "confirmed" on CD and will update as necessary.

Kevin Pardus 19-09-2014 23:16
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Link07 (Post 1400756)
I've created a Google Spreadsheet to provide an easy to follow schedule of the 2015 events, for those currently trying to map out which events they will be registering for.

I've included events not confirmed on the FIRST website, but otherwise "confirmed" on CD and will update as necessary.
Corrections needed to the referenced Spreadsheet:
Queen City - Week 6 has posted officially - remove it from the Unknown list.
Las Vegas - still not posted officially (would not trust "confirmed", there could be issues; since it was not included in the last batch of official postings) - would include it on the Unknown list with the still missing Israel & Western Canada Regionals.

Link07 20-09-2014 00:59
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin Pardus (Post 1400765)
Corrections needed to the referenced Spreadsheet:
Queen City - Week 6 has posted officially - remove it from the Unknown list.
Las Vegas - still not posted officially (would not trust "confirmed", there could be issues; since it was not included in the last batch of official postings) - would include it on the Unknown list with the still missing Israel & Western Canada Regionals.
Updated Queen City (seems like a less than ideal week considering Buckeye is Week 5)

I'm keeping Las Vegas where it is until other information pops up (this is unofficial after all)

Edit: The FIRST website has also updated all of the district names (i.e. MAR District #1 is now titled Hatboro-Horsham Event), and I've updated the spreadsheet to reflect this, although some of the names are in discrepancy with what has been posted on District websites

Aren Siekmeier 20-09-2014 01:38
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Link07 (Post 1400773)
corrections
Also looks like Bayou is on there twice, under both Week 4 and Week 5. Should just be Week 4.

Link07 20-09-2014 01:45
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Quote:
Originally Posted by compwiztobe (Post 1400778)
Also looks like Bayou is on there twice, under both Week 4 and Week 5. Should just be Week 4.
Oops, not sure how I missed that. Corrected now

JB987 20-09-2014 18:01
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Las Vegas week 5 confirmation to FIRST should occur Monday the 21st and hopefully be posted by FIRST on Tuesday...yeah I know, cutting it close. Fortunately, historically , 75% of teams at our regional are second event players so scramble to sign up not likely on the 25th. Now second event registration date is another thing...:D

SenorZ 21-09-2014 10:39
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Originally Posted by JB987 (Post 1400843)
Las Vegas week 5 confirmation ... Now second event registration date is another thing...:D
Oh boy... Now we're going to have a long conversation about which second regional to attend. Is open capacity to stay the same as the last couple of years, around 45 teams at posting?

JB987 21-09-2014 12:35
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Tom,
Open capacity for LVR should stay about the same as previous years. Limiting factor continues to be a matter of seating as you probably know...we have room for well over 60 pits but are limited in seating capacity for the field side.

Link07 22-09-2014 11:01
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Western Canada - Week 6

Just waiting for:

Israel - Usually Week 1.5
Las Vegas - Week 5

mwmac 22-09-2014 11:06
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Link07 (Post 1401040)
Western Canada - Week 6

Just waiting for:

Israel - Usually Week 1.5
Las Vegas - Week 5
Western Canada has moved from Olympic Oval to Ernest Manning High School...

Christopher149 23-09-2014 13:40
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Israel has been posted as Mar 9-12, so the traditional week 1.5.

No Vegas yet.

Link07 23-09-2014 13:55
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Christopher149 (Post 1401192)
Israel has been posted as Mar 9-12, so the traditional week 1.5

No Vegas yet.
Actually, March 9-12 would be considered Week 2.5 (Between Week 2 and Week 3 events)

Additionally, the Week 1 Indiana District (Perry Meridian) is being moved to a new, TBD location.

Karthik 23-09-2014 14:05
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Originally Posted by mwmac (Post 1401042)
Western Canada has moved from Olympic Oval to Ernest Manning High School...
That's too bad. I know for me, being at an FRC event at a venue with such huge historical sporting significance (site of numerous speed skating world records) was pretty inspiring. Not to mention the venue was extremely spacious and located right on the campus of the University of Calgary. I'm sure the new location will be still be great, but it will be hard to match the standard set at the Oval.

MooreteP 23-09-2014 16:33
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Originally Posted by Karthik (Post 1401200)
That's too bad. I know for me, being at an FRC event at a venue with such huge historical sporting significance (site of numerous speed skating world records) was pretty inspiring. Not to mention the venue was extremely spacious and located right on the campus of the University of Calgary. I'm sure the new location will be still be great, but it will be hard to match the standard set at the Oval.
For Canada, the water game would be an ice game?
Shades of OverDrive.

thatprogrammer 23-09-2014 16:41
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Las Vegas is up.. Week 5!

Link07 24-09-2014 11:23
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With that, all of the 2015 events have been posted (and just in time for registration tomorrow).

Good luck to everyone and may you have the fastest finger

waialua359 24-09-2014 16:20
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The 2015 Hawaii Regional expects to have at least 4-5 U.S Mainland and Canadian Teams, in addition to many regular International teams that attend also. ;)

MARS_James 24-09-2014 18:14
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Quote:
Originally Posted by waialua359 (Post 1401375)
The 2015 Hawaii Regional expects to have at least 4-5 U.S Mainland and Canadian Teams, in addition to many regular International teams that attend also. ;)
Do you think that the addition of the Australia Regional will eat into the international teams?


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