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AGPapa 25-09-2014 13:08
2015 MAR Season
 
I made a spreadsheet showing what District/Regional events MAR teams are attending. I'll try to update it regularly.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AizgHBYEeVnwdFVDSDcyRlJ3M1FNa050YWk3bjlrN 3c&usp=sharing

I'll probably make the district standings spreadsheet again like I did last year unless MAR uses the website that PNW used last year to automatically keep track of district points. Does anybody have any information on that?

Anyway, in the first hour of registration we already have 69 MAR teams signed up, including 8 new teams.
Team 2095 appears to be a spinoff of 2234.

Jscout11 25-09-2014 15:11
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Is 265 coming back this year? Considering 223 has already registered and no sign of 265, I would assume not.

Also, Mt. Olive has already hit its initial capacity at 31 teams.

Steven Donow 25-09-2014 18:21
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jscout11 (Post 1401559)
Is 265 coming back this year? Considering 223 has already registered and no sign of 265, I would assume not.

Also, Mt. Olive has already hit its initial capacity at 31 teams.
265 is more than likely not continuing this year

Steven Donow 25-09-2014 18:21
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jscout11 (Post 1401559)
Is 265 coming back this year? Considering 223 has already registered and no sign of 265, I would assume not.

Also, Mt. Olive has already hit its initial capacity at 31 teams.
265 is more than likely not continuing this year

Domenic Rodriguez 25-09-2014 20:28
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Over the past year, Team 316 has been working with Cumberland County College and the local high schools to launch a new FRC team in Bridgeton. I'm really excited to see Team #5420 Velocity starting in my hometown, and the opportunities it will bring to our students. Velocity will operate under our parent organization South Jersey Robotics, Inc., but is otherwise reaching a new group of students/mentors.

Akash Rastogi 25-09-2014 20:39
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Domenic Rodriguez (Post 1401614)
Over the past year, Team 316 has been working with Cumberland County College and the local high schools to launch a new FRC team in Bridgeton. I'm really excited to see Team #5420 Velocity starting in my hometown, and the opportunities it will bring to our students. Velocity will operate under our parent organization South Jersey Robotics, Inc., but is otherwise reaching a new group of students/mentors.
This is fantastic news! South Jersey has so many schools without FIRST in them. How did you manage to secure funding for the new team? That seems to be sort of an issue down there.

Hallry 25-09-2014 21:19
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGPapa (Post 1401536)
I made a spreadsheet showing what District/Regional events MAR teams are attending. I'll try to update it regularly.

I'll probably make the district standings spreadsheet again like I did last year unless MAR uses the website that PNW used last year to automatically keep track of district points.
Thanks for this, Antonio. I was wondering this morning if you guys would publish one of these again this year, and you pulled through yet again. I always appreciate the hard work you (and Scott Meredith) have done keeping track of all the MAR data, and I'm sure many others in the region feel the same.

Domenic Rodriguez 25-09-2014 22:36
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi (Post 1401616)
This is fantastic news! South Jersey has so many schools without FIRST in them. How did you manage to secure funding for the new team? That seems to be sort of an issue down there.
Given the current economy in the area, funding can definitely be an issue. I've been away at college for a month now, so my information may be a bit out of date, but here's what I do know. Cumberland County College is partnering with the city of Bridgeton to place a satellite campus/makerspace downtown (see this press release). The college will be giving the team a workshop at this location, access to the equipment, and some additional funding. South Jersey Robotics will also be assisting with the initial costs, and we'll apply our existing business model and fundraisers to the new team. I believe there was discussion of applying for the Rookie and/or NASA grants, as well as some local grant money.

Akash Rastogi 25-09-2014 23:56
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Domenic Rodriguez (Post 1401626)
Given the current economy in the area, funding can definitely be an issue. I've been away at college for a month now, so my information may be a bit out of date, but here's what I do know. Cumberland County College is partnering with the city of Bridgeton to place a satellite campus/makerspace downtown (see this press release). The college will be giving the team a workshop at this location, access to the equipment, and some additional funding. South Jersey Robotics will also be assisting with the initial costs, and we'll apply our existing business model and fundraisers to the new team. I believe there was discussion of applying for the Rookie and/or NASA grants, as well as some local grant money.
Sounds like a solid plan teaming up with the local college! Let me know if you need any help or advice with any rookie-oriented fundraisers or want to try to hit up some of the local establishments for donations. Best of luck!

AGPapa 26-09-2014 00:27
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
It's been about 12 hours after registration has opened and we're already at 95 teams signed up, (MAR had 110 in total last year). With 8 new teams we've beat last year's growth.

It looks like rookie team 5435, from Hamilton, NJ, is home schooled; does anybody have any information about them? Is there a history of FRC teams that are home schooled?

Akash Rastogi 26-09-2014 01:06
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGPapa (Post 1401639)
It's been about 12 hours after registration has opened and we're already at 95 teams signed up, (MAR had 110 in total last year). With 8 new teams we've beat last year's growth.

It looks like rookie team 5435, from Hamilton, NJ, is home schooled; does anybody have any information about them? Is there a history of FRC teams that are home schooled?
The last one I recall from 2009-2010 is 2753, Team Overdrive.

I'm curious as to why this team wasn't able to figure out how to work with the local FRC teams in the Hamilton area, or if anyone even let them know how many teams were near them.

Jscout11 26-09-2014 12:46
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
New team count now up to 9. Team 5490 from Bethlehem registered for HH

Hallry 26-09-2014 19:39
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jscout11 (Post 1401728)
New team count now up to 9. Team 5490 from Bethlehem registered for HH
Well, one of the reasons MAR chose Lehigh to host the DCMP was to promote team growth in the region. Looks like it's finally working.

Also, I'm a big fan of 5435's team name, the 'RoboMomoTrufflez'

Brandon_L 09-10-2014 05:27
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi (Post 1401643)
The last one I recall from 2009-2010 is 2753, Team Overdrive.

I'm curious as to why this team wasn't able to figure out how to work with the local FRC teams in the Hamilton area, or if anyone even let them know how many teams were near them.
It certainly surprised me when I saw a new Hamilton team registered. They haven't reached out to us at least, as far as I know.

AGPapa 09-10-2014 11:28
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Second district registration opens in an half an hour, so here's the numbers from first event registration.

HH 31
MO 31
SCH 13
LEN 16
BR 9
UD 5
NB 2

Total 107

We had 110 teams signed up at the end of last year, so we're already pretty close. 12 teams from last year have not registered again this year, although I suspect that a few of them are on wait-lists for Mount Olive or Hatboro-Horsham.


It seems like this year MAR wants all events to have about the same number of teams (+/-4 teams). Last year's smallest event (that's still continuing this year) was SCH with 34 teams. If that event doesn't get bigger then we should expect the other events to be capped at 38 teams. Last year Hatboro-Horsham (40), Lenape-Seneca (39) and Bridgewater-Raritan (46) all had over this amount.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mid-Atlantic Robotics Email
MAR and the four other FRC District Model regions will work to balance team registration for 2015 across all of the events in each region. Experience has shown that when the attendance at two events differs by more than four teams, the competitive outcome of the events may be affected.

To achieve this balance in attendance, any team that attempts to register for a MAR event that has reached its initial capacity of 31 teams will be placed on the waitlist for that event. We will not begin admitting teams from waitlists until all events have filled to minimum capacity, and we reserve the right 1) to limit the number of waitlisted teams for any event, and 2) to achieve these limits, if necessary, by dropping teams from event waitlists (in reverse order of sign-up).
If MAR ends up with 110 teams like last year the average event size, assuming everyone plays two districts, would be 32 teams. If we add in growth, third plays and teams from other district regions then the event size grows a little bit. I'd expect event sizes to be smaller this year than last year. It'll probably end up around 34 or 35 teams/event.

AGPapa 10-10-2014 12:12
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
So far 82 MAR teams have registered for two events, while 26 have only registered for one.

The breakdown by event is:

HH 31
MO 31
SCH 30
LEN 27
BR 31
UD 30
NB 10

Bridgewater-Raritan has no more open spots, while Lenape-Seneca, Springside-Chesnut Hill and Upper Darby are all close to capacity.

Very few teams have signed up for North Brunswick. I'm not sure why, but I'm guessing that teams want to avoid week 6. Brunswick will have to fill up before they allow more teams into the other events.

Link07 10-10-2014 13:59
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGPapa (Post 1403751)
So far 82 MAR teams have registered for two events, while 26 have only registered for one.

The breakdown by event is:

HH 31
MO 31
SCH 30
LEN 27
BR 31
UD 30
NB 10

Bridgewater-Raritan has no more open spots, while Lenape-Seneca, Springside-Chesnut Hill and Upper Darby are all close to capacity.

Very few teams have signed up for North Brunswick. I'm not sure why, but I'm guessing that teams want to avoid week 6. Brunswick will have to fill up before they allow more teams into the other events.
Could it have to do with Easter weekend? Also, it seems that some teams have been pushed into a situation of doing Bridgewater and NB, which, if they were to qualify for MAR CMP, would be 3 back to back events

Edit: SCH is now full as well

MissDaisyGirl 11-10-2014 18:30
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Week 6 encompasses both Easter and Passover this year, an unfortunate conflict.

Ben Martin 13-10-2014 11:52
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGPapa (Post 1403751)
Very few teams have signed up for North Brunswick. I'm not sure why, but I'm guessing that teams want to avoid week 6. Brunswick will have to fill up before they allow more teams into the other events.
We are debating using it for a 3rd event, pending funding and event capacity. Easter is a detractor too, but not necessarily a deal-breaker.

Link07 13-10-2014 16:40
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
So now Upper Darby is full as well.

There are 22 initial spots left between Seneca and North Brunswick, and coincidentally, 23 teams that have so far only registered for one district

Hallry 13-10-2014 17:18
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
As of right now, we have 9 new rookies in MAR for the 2015 Season, but 10 teams from last year that have not yet registered for any districts for next year. Has anyone heard any word from these teams about registration?

The missing teams are:
  • 1257 from Scotch Plains, NJ
  • 4285 from Honesdale, PA
  • 4460 from West Vincent, PA
  • 4650 from Newark, NJ
  • 423 from Wyncote, PA
  • 2070 from Ridgefield, NJ
  • 265 from Wanaque, NJ
  • 752 from Newark, NJ
  • 4128 from Holmdel, NJ
  • 136 from Plainfield, NJ

I know that 265 (which was 223's "beta" team last year) will not be returning for the 2015 season, and I thought I saw someone from 1257 posting on Chief Delphi a few days ago sounding like they would be participating.

Kristian Calhoun 13-10-2014 17:28
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ben Martin (Post 1404092)
We are debating using it for a 3rd event, pending funding and event capacity. Easter is a detractor too, but not necessarily a deal-breaker.
I know of a handful of teams that are looking to attend North Brunswick as a third play (us included). Although it is a Thursday-Saturday event, most schools do have that Friday off due to the holiday.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hallry (Post 1404136)
As of right now, we have 9 new rookies in MAR for the 2015 Season, but 10 teams from last year that have not yet registered for any districts for next year. Has anyone heard any word from these teams about registration?

The missing teams are:
  • ...
  • 4460 from West Vincent, PA
  • ...
I believe I heard somewhere that 4460 would be sticking to FTC this year.

bjbmcd 13-10-2014 21:51
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
I heard that team 423 will be participating.

AGPapa 22-10-2014 00:23
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
A new rookie team, 5624, from South Plainfield NJ has registered for the North Brunswick Event. We now have 10 new teams this year. Eight teams that participated last year are not currently signed up for a district. Twenty-one teams have only signed up for one district,; I suspect that many of those teams are on waitlists at other events. So far 112 teams have signed up (compared to 110 last year).

North Brunswick is still significantly less full than other events with only 18 teams. The next lowest is Lenape with 29. All others have 31, except for Upper Darby with 32. I'm not sure why MAR let this extra team into UD before NB filled up.

Link07 23-10-2014 12:32
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Seneca is now at capacity with 31 teams. 13 spots left in North Brunswick before waitlists open up

Also, with open registration next week, how many MAR teams are considering traveling again this year?

Link07 27-10-2014 13:28
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Update: Another rookie team, Team 5640 from Philadelphia, has registered for North Brunswick. Hatboro-Horsham also now has 32 teams

AGPapa 29-10-2014 13:47
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
We have another rookie team, 5666, from Trenton, NJ. MAR now has 12 new teams this year. Also, team 4285 has registered for their first event; we're still missing 7 teams from last year. North Brunswick is now up to 20 teams.

Link07 29-10-2014 15:17
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGPapa (Post 1406305)
We have another rookie team, 5666, from Trenton, NJ. MAR now has 12 new teams this year. Also, team 4285 has registered for their first event; we're still missing 7 teams from last year. North Brunswick is now up to 20 teams.
136 has now registered for their first event as well.

AGPapa 30-10-2014 12:16
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Currently there are 4 MAR teams signed up for the South Florida regional: 87, 2016, 2234 and 3314.
I don't see any more MAR teams registered for regionals, but I'm sure that some teams are on waitlists.

Team 2234 and their sister team 2095 switched out of Hatboro and into North Brunswick, so now there are 30 teams at HH and 24 at NB.

EDIT: 3314 is no longer signed up for South Florida

Jscout11 30-10-2014 12:28
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGPapa (Post 1406469)
Currently there are 4 MAR teams signed up for the South Florida regional: 87, 2016, 2234 and 3314.
Also, I see 1676 at Waterloo

Link07 30-10-2014 15:34
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Changes thus far today:

Hatboro-Horsham down to 30 from 32.
Seneca down to 30 from 31.
North Brunswick up to 25 from 18.

4 Teams Registered for regionals (87, 1676, 2016, 2234)
At least one team wait listed for a regional (1923 - NYC)

AGPapa 04-11-2014 16:49
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
11 has gotten off of the waitlist at South Florida; there are now 4 MAR teams at that regional.

Another rookie, 5684, has registered; there are 13 new teams this year. 11.11% of all current MAR teams are from 2015, more than any other year (the next highest is 1999 with 9.40% of all MAR teams).

With 117 teams MAR has ~4% of all currently registered teams. If this stays constant we should get 24 or 25 spots at the Championship. (With all of the waitlist and reverse-wildcard madness last year MAR sent 23 teams).

Link07 06-11-2014 11:39
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
752 signed up for their first event. That's 5 spots left at North Brunswick and 118 teams total.

Right now there are 25 teams currently signed up for one district, although a lot are probably sitting on waitlists

mlantry 06-11-2014 11:44
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Link07 (Post 1407607)
752 signed up for their first event. That's 5 spots left at North Brunswick and 118 teams total.

Right now there are 25 teams currently signed up for one district, although a lot are probably sitting on waitlists
Speaking of the wait list does anyone know approximately when last year they started admitting teams off the wait list for events?

Link07 06-11-2014 12:11
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by mlantry (Post 1407610)
Speaking of the wait list does anyone know approximately when last year they started admitting teams off the wait list for events?
Quote:
Originally Posted by MAR
We will not begin admitting teams from waitlists until all events have filled to minimum capacity
So, North Brunswick has to fill its remaining spots before MAR will begin pulling from wait lists.

EDIT: It looks like MAR has actually begun to clear the waitlists today, despite there being some spots still up for grabs

Here are the new numbers:
  • HH 33
  • MO 36
  • SCH 32
  • LS 35
  • BR 31
  • UD 33
  • NB 26

Jscout11 06-11-2014 18:05
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Link07 (Post 1407617)
So, North Brunswick has to fill its remaining spots before MAR will begin pulling from wait lists.

EDIT: It looks like MAR has actually begun to clear the waitlists today, despite there being some spots still up for grabs

Here are the new numbers:
  • HH 33
  • MO 36
  • SCH 32
  • LS 35
  • BR 31
  • UD 33
  • NB 26
Seems like Bridgewater hasn't been cleared yet. I expect there is a good number of teams waiting on that list.

mlantry 06-11-2014 21:57
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jscout11 (Post 1407688)
Seems like Bridgewater hasn't been cleared yet. I expect there is a good number of teams waiting on that list.
We're one of those teams still waiting on the Bridgewater wait list ...

Tinmint1 07-11-2014 13:00
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
4575 is on wit list for four different regionals

Hallry 10-11-2014 16:08
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGPapa (Post 1406469)
I don't see any more MAR teams registered for regionals, but I'm sure that some teams are on waitlists.
341 is now officially registered for the 2015 Las Vegas Regional.

MissDaisyGirl 10-11-2014 16:11
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
That we are! Excited to go back after a few years of being away.

Link07 10-11-2014 17:25
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Looks like 2590 is now also registered for Montreal

So far we have 6 teams currently registered for a regional (11, 87, 341, 1676, 2016, 2234, 2590) and at least 2 teams sitting on wait lists (1923, 4575)

Link07 12-11-2014 22:10
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
2070 has signed up for their first event (North Brunswick)
Also, counting is hard. There are 7 teams registered for a regional right now, not 6 :rolleyes:

Edit: Relatively small changes on Thursday.

1807 unregistered from HH and registered for NB
5640 unregistered from NB and registered for SCH

Remaining slots:
HH - 3
Seneca - 1
NB - 7

Link07 15-11-2014 13:15
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Update: Another new rookie team, Team 5732 from Bloomfield, NJ has registered for North Brunswick.

Additionally, 103 is now registered for the Orlando Regional.

Link07 18-11-2014 15:46
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Update 11/18:
  • 5733 from Philadelphia is now registered for SCH. That's 15 new MAR teams thus far.

  • 4460 registered for their first event (North Brunswick). There are 3 veteran teams that have not yet registered (265*, 4128, 4650)
Thus far, MAR has 122 teams registered.

*Confirmed not to be returning

Link07 21-11-2014 12:54
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Update 11/21:

Waitlists have been cleared or mostly cleared. Here are the new numbers:

HH 35
MO 38
SCH 34
LS 36
BR 37
UD 33
NB 29

Only two teams are still sitting on one event

KamalRC 24-11-2014 22:27
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Why doesn't any team in MAR register for 3 district events, is it not worth? I know that only the first two count, but the third is cheap and prepares your team for MAR championship if they are going, or just a fun last event for your team. Team 33, did 3 last years and, team 125 even did 4. Can anyone enlighten me on the downfalls of doing a third.

Steven Donow 24-11-2014 22:49
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by KamalRC (Post 1409911)
Why doesn't any team in MAR register for 3 district events, is it not worth? I know that only the first two count, but the third is cheap and prepares your team for MAR championship if they are going, or just a fun last event for your team. Team 33, did 3 last years and, team 125 even did 4. Can anyone enlighten me on the downfalls of doing a third.
Additional district registration doesn't open until December 9

scottandme 24-11-2014 22:52
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by KamalRC (Post 1409911)
Why doesn't any team in MAR register for 3 district events, is it not worth? I know that only the first two count, but the third is cheap and prepares your team for MAR championship if they are going, or just a fun last event for your team. Team 33, did 3 last years and, team 125 even did 4. Can anyone enlighten me on the downfalls of doing a third.
3rd district event registration doesn't open until 12/9.

Last year MAR had 10 teams register for a 3rd district event (41, 193, 223, 303, 1279, 1676, 2180, 3314, 4637, 4653). We had 11 teams attend outside regional events (11, 56, 204, 225, 303, 341, 555, 1218, 2016, 2234, 2607).

We have 8 teams (so far) attending outside regional events this year (11, 87, 103, 341, 1676, 2016, 2234, 2590).

It all depends on the # of open slots that remain after teams register for their 2 events. It's likely that North Brunswick will have >5 slots available, past that it depends on some combination of FIRST, the MAR board, and the venue. If we're going based on history, it looks like Hatboro, Lenape, and Bridgewater have the ability to support additional teams. No idea about Upper Darby since it's new this year.

KamalRC 24-11-2014 22:56
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by scottandme (Post 1409914)
3rd district event registration doesn't open until 12/9.

Last year MAR had 10 teams register for a 3rd district event (41, 193, 223, 303, 1279, 1676, 2180, 3314, 4637, 4653). We had 11 teams attend outside regional events (11, 56, 204, 225, 303, 341, 555, 1218, 2016, 2234, 2607).

We have 8 teams (so far) attending outside regional events this year (11, 87, 103, 341, 1676, 2016, 2234, 2590).

It all depends on the # of open slots that remain after teams register for their 2 events. It's likely that North Brunswick will have >5 slots available, past that it depends on some combination of FIRST, the MAR board, and the venue. If we're going based on history, it looks like Hatboro, Lenape, and Bridgewater have the ability to support additional teams. No idea about Upper Darby since it's new this year.
Thank you for clarifying this for me, I didn't know this fact before. Next time I will make sure to check my facts before posting, sorry.

Link07 25-11-2014 00:04
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
That being said, it seems all registered MAR teams are now registered for two events. Three veterans did not register for any events (265, 4128, 4650).

Also, team 11 is now registered for the Hawaii regional, bringing the total regional slots up to 9 (11 (2), 87, 103, 341, 1676, 2016, 2234, 2590)

This number may increase as more teams get off the waitlists

Tinmint1 08-12-2014 13:53
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Make that ten 4575 is now paid for Queen City regional

scottandme 08-12-2014 14:21
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Props to the MAR board for doing a much better job load-balancing district events this year. No idea about capacity for NB, but looks like there should be a handful of slots there for teams looking to do a 3rd district event (6-8 slots possibly?). That would give us an average of 36 teams/event, with MO and BR +2 and SCH and UD -2. Pretty ideal.

Numbers on 3rd registration eve:

HH 36
MO 38
SCH 34
LEN 36
BR 38
UD 34
NB 28

Carol 09-12-2014 11:44
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by KamalRC (Post 1409911)
Why doesn't any team in MAR register for 3 district events, is it not worth? I know that only the first two count, but the third is cheap and prepares your team for MAR championship if they are going, or just a fun last event for your team. Team 33, did 3 last years and, team 125 even did 4. Can anyone enlighten me on the downfalls of doing a third.
1. Money
2. Time
3. Burnout - mentors especially
4. Need to catch up on sleep, homework, etc.
5. Travel - not all events - most for some teams - are within good commuting distance
6. Money - it's not just the registration fee, but travel costs, food, etc.

AGPapa 09-12-2014 12:01
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
So far two teams have signed up for a 3rd District at North Brunswick, 193 and 2180.

EDIT: 714 is registered for the South Florida Regional

Link07 09-12-2014 12:22
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
1218 also signed up for Lenape

Link07 12-12-2014 17:16
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
  • Team 303 is now registered for the Tech Valley Regional
  • Team 11 is no longer registered for South Florida or North Brunswick

So the number of regional slots taken is still at eleven.

Hallry 12-12-2014 18:33
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Link07 (Post 1413647)
  • Team 11 is no longer registered for South Florida or North Brunswick
Interesting, 11 is now the only MAR team registered for just one district, which is their own.

Jscout11 12-12-2014 19:34
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hallry (Post 1413670)
Interesting, 11 is now the only MAR team registered for just one district, which is their own.
From what I've heard, the school district changed the dates that they were doing state testing, and it messed with 11's travel plans. I believe they are aiming to do Hatboro-Horsham, Mount Olive, and Hawaii now if space allows.

Link07 16-12-2014 13:29
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jscout11 (Post 1413699)
From what I've heard, the school district changed the dates that they were doing state testing, and it messed with 11's travel plans. I believe they are aiming to do Hatboro-Horsham, Mount Olive, and Hawaii now if space allows.
11 is now registered for Hatboro-Horsham

Jscout11 16-12-2014 14:58
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Link07 (Post 1414416)
11 is now registered for Hatboro-Horsham
Really hope I can make it down there this year. Looks like it's going to be one heck of an event (as usual).

Also, I believe that 11 is tentatively planning to attend a Week 3 NE event as well

dellagd 07-01-2015 17:30
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Anyone know the status of another scrimmage being run with a MAR field this year? I'm pretty sure Watchung High School held it in 2014.

Link07 07-01-2015 23:27
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by dellagd (Post 1423888)
Anyone know the status of another scrimmage being run with a MAR field this year? I'm pretty sure Watchung High School held it in 2014.
I saw in the Week 0 thread that 303 was tentatively planning to host one on their practice field, though I don't know any of the details. I would imagine that 41 will host one again this year, they've been doing it for a while now.

Also, 3 more teams have registered for North Brunswick as a third event:
  • 225
  • 321
  • 4281

AGPapa 13-01-2015 11:27
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
According to MORT's facebook page they're going to the Pine Tree District in New England for week 3.

Currently there are twelve teams signed up for three MAR districts (There were 10 last year). Ten of those teams will be going to North Brunswick for their third event.

Additionally, we lost a rookie. The homeschool team (5435) from Hamilton, NJ has dropped out of both of their districts.

It seems like CD moved us from a MAR specific subforum to a District event subforum. This thread wasn't showing up in my portal so I was missing it for a few weeks.

Robotmmm 13-01-2015 21:08
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Do we know of any other team signed up for inter-district play besides MORT? I thought there might be more teams willing to mix things up.

AGPapa 13-01-2015 23:41
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Robotmmm (Post 1427841)
Do we know of any other team signed up for inter-district play besides MORT? I thought there might be more teams willing to mix things up.
It seems like there are two other MAR teams playing in New England.

Quote:
Originally Posted by PVCpirate (Post 1427932)
316 the LuNaTeCs from New Jersey are signed up for the NE event in Springfield Massachusetts and 3314 the Mechanical Mustangs are signed up for the one in Waterbury Connecticut. I checked everything except the PNW districts.

Link07 15-01-2015 17:06
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Here's what I saw from a quick glance through the events

11 - Pine Tree
102 - UMass - Dartmouth
316 - Pioneer Valley
1811 - UMass - Darmouth
3314 - Waterbury

That's A LOT of teams leaving the district

Jscout11 02-03-2015 00:18
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Congratulations to 2016 on their EI win in South Florida. That means the first points slot at MAR Champs will be consumed, unless they qualify again through MAR.

In light of the issues with reporting Week 1 event data, I created a rankings spreadsheet with the event data from Horsham and an overall rankings display for Week 1. While the rankings should be roughly accurate, I did the math for determining qualification ranking points by hand so take the exact numbers with a grain of salt (or if somebody else has more exact numbers, let me know)

Link to Rankings

EDIT: Updated with more accurate point values (Thanks Antonio). It seems like the official event data is already starting to come in anyway.

AGPapa 23-03-2015 15:50
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Most of the teams competing at regionals are done, with only 341 (Vegas), 11 (Hawaii) and 4575 (Queen City) still having to compete. Currently 2016 (South Florida EI), 1923 (Tech Valley EI) and 2590 (Montreal Winner) have claimed spots in St.Louis, but I expect one of 11, 341 and 4575 to qualify in the next two weeks.

In other news, I absolutely love the new ranking website. It's so easy to use and having up to date numbers without all of the work I did last year is great.

Jscout11 23-03-2015 16:27
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
A few additional MAR teams have registered for the championship via the wait list, those being teams 41, 203, and 223.

Link07 23-03-2015 18:55
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
According to this blog post MAR will be sending 25 teams plus the pre-qualified teams and waitlist teams.

Does this mean that, in addition to the 8 slots taken up by the Winning Alliance, Chairmans*2, EI*2, and RAS, there will be 17 points slots (up from last year's 10)?

Brandon_L 23-03-2015 22:38
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGPapa (Post 1461177)
Most of the teams competing at regionals are done, with only 341 (Vegas), 11 (Hawaii) and 4575 (Queen City) still having to compete. Currently 2016 (South Florida EI), 1923 (Tech Valley EI) and 2590 (Montreal Winner) have claimed spots in St.Louis, but I expect one of 11, 341 and 4575 to qualify in the next two weeks.

In other news, I absolutely love the new ranking website. It's so easy to use and having up to date numbers without all of the work I did last year is great.
Seeing the mathematical locks/bubble teams/predictions eased my anxiety a bunch of times though :rolleyes:

AGPapa 29-03-2015 20:23
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brandon_L (Post 1461366)
Seeing the mathematical locks/bubble teams/predictions eased my anxiety a bunch of times though :rolleyes:
Well then here's the teams that are a mathematical lock for Lehigh. Everybody above 66 points is a lock.

Code:
225 - TechFire
2607 - The Fighting RoboVikings
1403 - Cougar Robotics
1640 - Sab-BOT-age
1676 - The Pascack PI-oneers
56 - R.O.B.B.E.
1647 - Iron Devils
1218 - Vulcan Robotics
219 - Team Impact
2016 - Mighty Monkey Wrenches
272 - Cyber-Crusaders
11 - MORT
75 - RoboRaiders
203 - One TUFF Team (Team United for...
316 - LuNaTeCs
365 - Miracle Workerz
1143 - Cruzin' Comets
5407 - Wolfpack Robotics
293 - Team S.P.I.K.E.
3974 - E=mCD
1228 - RoboTribe
1712 - Dawgma
321 - RoboLancers
25 - Raider Robotix
1811 - FRESH
222 - Tigertrons
2559 - Normality Zero
3142 - Aperture
2590 - Nemesis
2191 - Flux Core
1089 - Team Mercury
869 - Power Cord 869
87 - Red Devils
Only the 25 teams at NB are completing for points, so the top 33 (those teams) are in. That assumes that all CA teams are above the cutoff, which probably isn't true this year.

Interestingly enough, the points based approach I used in past years gives the exact same set of teams.

I expect the cutoff to be around 55-57 points.

Brian Maher 29-03-2015 23:05
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
1 Attachment(s)
I ran the numbers for the teams definitely qualified and definitely not qualified. The threshold will lie between 53 and 70 points, though much higher than 60 is very unlikely.
I've attached my analysis spreadsheet.

EDIT: Noticed an error, minimum threshold 56 -> 53, fixed spreadsheet attached.

Jscout11 30-03-2015 02:16
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Also want to point out that there are now 5 MAR teams registered for champs off of the wait-list (41, 102, 203, 223, 1391)

mprikril 30-03-2015 09:39
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jscout11 (Post 1463594)
Also want to point out that there are now 5 MAR teams registered for champs off of the wait-list (41, 102, 203, 223, 1391)
Can someone refresh my memory, do wait list teams take MAR spots away from teams qualifying for St. Louis based on points following Lehigh?

alephzer0 30-03-2015 10:43
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by mprikril (Post 1463624)
Can someone refresh my memory, do wait list teams take MAR spots away from teams qualifying for St. Louis based on points following Lehigh?
They don't.

dellagd 31-03-2015 17:26
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Just got an email from MAR. I've attached the bits relative to the rankings and attendence:

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mid-Atlantic Robotics
The 2015 Mid-Atlantic Robotics District Championship, to be held April 9-11 at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, PA, will welcome 55 MAR teams based on their performance in our 2015 District qualifying events. The roster will include the seven winners of the MAR District Chairman’s Award (DCA) as well as the 48 other teams that have earned the greatest number of ranking points as published on the MAR District Ranking page of the FRC District Ranking System Leaderboard.. As of Week 5, all but twenty-six MAR teams have completed two District events. Using the method described below, MAR has determined that teams ranked in positions 1 to 32 inclusive have clinched their eligibility for the championship event. The eligibility for remaining teams (other than previously notified DCA winners) is dependent on the outcome of the Week 6 North Brunswick event and cannot be determined at this time

The method used to determine which teams have clinched eligibility is an iterative process that tests whether the points earned by a team that has completed its season may be exceeded by teams that will earn points in the week 6 event. In descending order, each team’s present ranking is decremented by the number of teams who might earn higher point totals to create a worst-case final ranking. Teams whose worst-case final ranking remains within the 55-team eligibility limit (taking into account the automatic eligibility extended to DCA-winning teams) are determined to have clinched their eligibility. The result is an absolute determination, not a prediction.
As it now stands, the top 32 teams are:

Code:
Points        Team
146        225
137        2607
135        1403
134        1640
119        1676
108        56
107        1647
104        1218
97        219
95        2016
93        272
89        11
89        75
89        203
88        316
88        365
86        1143
85        5407
84        293
83        3974
81        1228
80        1712
78        321
74        25
72        1811
71        222
70        2559
70        3142
69        2590
69        2191
67        1089
67        869
Congratulations to these top teams!

nathannfm 01-04-2015 13:41
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by dellagd (Post 1464522)
Just got an email from MAR. I've attached the bits relative to the rankings and attendence:

Quote:
...The result is an absolute determination, not a prediction.
As it now stands, the top 32 teams are:

Code:
Points        Team
...
69        2590
...
Congratulations to these top teams!
2590, guaranteed a spot before they even go to their 2nd event :P

Jscout11 01-04-2015 22:42
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
More teams added off of the waitlist today. From MAR, looks like 204 and 4575 are now registered for CMP.

Hallry 03-04-2015 16:17
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by mprikril (Post 1463624)
Can someone refresh my memory, do wait list teams take MAR spots away from teams qualifying for St. Louis based on points following Lehigh?
Quote:
Originally Posted by alephzer0 (Post 1463653)
They don't.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jscout11 (Post 1465088)
More teams added off of the waitlist today. From MAR, looks like 204 and 4575 are now registered for CMP.
Here's a question: If 4575 qualifies for World Championships at the Queen City Regional this weekend, would that take away a MAR points slot for STL? Or not since they have already gotten into STL via the waitlist?

AGPapa 03-04-2015 16:34
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hallry (Post 1465589)
Here's a question: If 4575 qualifies for World Championships at the Queen City Regional this weekend, would that take away a MAR points slot for STL? Or not since they have already gotten into STL via the waitlist?
Here's the relevant portion of the manual.

Quote:
Originally Posted by 7.4.4 FIRST Championship Teams from Districts;

"District Teams do not earn points for their actions at any Regionals they may attend, but are still eligible for Team awards at those events, and any benefits that may go alongwith winning those awards, such as earning their way to the FIRST Championship. However, if a District Team does earn a slot at the FIRST Championship while attending a Regional event, that slot does count against the total Championship allocation the District is receiving for the season."

From my reading of it, the waitlist spot doesn't matter. If 4575 earns a spot at a Regional then MAR looses a point slot. This makes a little bit of (twisted) sense, as if worked otherwise then 4575's waitlist spot would essentially be transferred to another team.

Hallry 04-04-2015 16:41
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Congrats to 4575 on winning the Queen City Regional today!

Quote:
Originally Posted by AGPapa (Post 1465595)
From my reading of it, the waitlist spot doesn't matter. If 4575 earns a spot at a Regional then MAR looses a point slot. This makes a little bit of (twisted) sense, as if worked otherwise then 4575's waitlist spot would essentially be transferred to another team.
If this is true, MAR is now down to 13 point slots for World Champs (due to 2016 winning EI at South Florida, 2590 winning Montreal, 1923 winning EI at Tech Valley, and 4575 winning Queen City).

Jscout11 04-04-2015 17:22
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
By my numbers, it looks like the cutoff for MAR Champs, before any declines, will be 57 points.

Brian Maher 05-04-2015 12:27
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jscout11 (Post 1465865)
By my numbers, it looks like the cutoff for MAR Champs, before any declines, will be 57 points.
That is correct. The official rankings and qualifications are posted.

I'm so excited for 1257's second DCMP!

Link07 05-04-2015 14:18
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Congrats to the following teams who have qualified for this year's MAR Championships!

Code:
11
25
56
75
87
103
193
203
219
222
223
225
272
293
303
316
321
341
365
423
433
484
708
834
869
1089
1143
1218
1228
1257
1403
1640
1647
1676
1712
1811
1923
2016
2191
2559
2590
2607
2729
3142
3314
3340
3637
3974
4285
4460
4653
5113
5404
5407
5420
Does anyone know of any teams planning to decline their invite? As of now, there are 8 teams registered for CMP that have qualified. The next team off the list would be 5684.

Edit: Make that 9 teams, 3314 is now registered for champs off of the waitlist.

Brian Maher 08-04-2015 19:03
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
The current list of teams for DCMP:
Code:
Team Number
11
25
56
75
87
193
203
204
219
222
223
225
272
293
303
316
321
365
423
433
484
486
708
834
869
1089
1143
1218
1228
1257
1403
1640
1647
1676
1712
1811
1923
2191
2559
2590
2607
2729
3142
3314
3637
3974
4285
4373
4653
5113
5404
5407
5420
5624
5684
The current MAR Teams invited to CMP from the Waitlist:
Code:
41
56
102
203
223
1391
1403
2191
3142
3314
4035
4954

Link07 08-04-2015 19:10
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by BMSOTM (Post 1467882)
The current MAR Teams invited to CMP from the Waitlist:
Code:
56
It doesn't look like 56 is registered for CMP. Where did you find that from?

Brian Maher 08-04-2015 19:40
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Link07 (Post 1467886)
It doesn't look like 56 is registered for CMP. Where did you find that from?
http://frc-districtrankings.usfirst.org/MAR
They are currently listed as "Qualified" for the FRC Championship.

mprikril 08-04-2015 23:44
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by BMSOTM (Post 1467894)
http://frc-districtrankings.usfirst.org/MAR
They are currently listed as "Qualified" for the FRC Championship.
We were invited off the waitlist but declined - we figured if we won our way in then we'd go but if we didn't earn the points to go from Lehigh, it didn't make sense to spend the money.

Odd though, we declined that waitlist invite several weeks ago.

Jscout11 14-04-2015 18:06
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
This looks to be the final list of MAR teams attending Champs:

Code:
11        Points
25        Points
41        Waitlist
56        Points
75        EI (MAR)
102        Waitlist
103        HoF
193        Points
203        Winner (MAR)
219        Points
223        Waitlist
225        Winner (MAR)
303        Points
321        CA (MAR)
341        HoF
365        HoF
708        CA (MAR)
1089        Points
1218        EI (MAR)
1391        Waitlist
1403        Points
1640        Points
1647        Points
1676        Points
1923        EI (TVR)
2016        EI (SF)
2191        Waitlist
2590        Winner (Montreal)
2607        Points
3142        Waitlist
3314        Waitlist
3974        Points
4373        Points
4575        Winner (QCR)
4653        Points
4954        Waitlist
5407        RAS (MAR)
Good luck to everyone!

Jscout11 15-04-2015 14:08
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Here's where everyone is playing.

Code:
1403        Tesla
1647        Tesla
2191        Tesla

25        Newton
321        Newton
2607        Newton
3314        Newton
4575        Newton
4954        Newton

11        Hopper
103        Hopper
223        Hopper
1218        Hopper
1391        Hopper
1676        Hopper
2016        Hopper
2590        Hopper

102        Galileo
219        Galileo
365        Galileo
3142        Galileo
4373        Galileo

56        Curie
303        Curie
341        Curie
708        Curie
1923        Curie
3974        Curie
4653        Curie
5407        Curie

75        Carver
193        Carver

203        Carson
225        Carson

41        Archimedes
1089        Archimedes
1640        Archimedes

Hallry 24-04-2015 21:13
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
At the end of Qualification Matches, here's where all of the MAR teams at World Champs are ranked on their Subdivision, along with their qualification average:

Archimedes
  • 1640 - 5th, 144.80
  • 41 - 65th, 89,20
  • 1089 - 76th, 63.70

Carson
  • 203 - 11th, 159.60
  • 225 - 18th, 149.40

Carver
  • 75 - 34th, 125.30
  • 193 - 38th, 123.70

Curie
  • 303 - 8th, 155.30
  • 5407 - 17th, 143.00
  • 56 - 24th, 138.10
  • 341 - 25th, 138.10
  • 3974 - 36th, 126.50
  • 1923 - 62nd, 102.80
  • 708 - 65th, 99.90
  • 4653 - 74th, 87.30

Galileo
  • 365 - 9th, 148.60
  • 219 - 48th, 115.00
  • 4373 - 53rd, 110.80
  • 3142 - 59th, 106.10
  • 102 - 71st, 89.50

Hopper
  • 2590 - 6th, 156.90
  • 1218 - 8th, 154.30
  • 2016 - 16th, 143.60
  • 103 - 35th, 125.60
  • 1676 - 41st, 121.90
  • 1391- 42nd, 121.10
  • 223 - 50th, 115.80
  • 11 - 54th, 112.50

Newton
  • 2607 - 20th, 147.40
  • 3314 - 21st, 146.00
  • 25 - 26th, 134.70
  • 4954 - 29th, 129.90
  • 321 - 54th, 109.20
  • 4575 - 60th, 104.10

Tesla
  • 1403 - 48th, 117.20
  • 1647 - 52nd, 113.40
  • 2191 - 54th, 111.10

Best of luck to all teams in alliance selections tomorrow morning!

Hallry 25-04-2015 10:00
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
Here's how the MAR teams ended up in alliance selections:

Archimedes
  • 1640 - Captain of the 4th seeded alliance, (1640, 1310, 217, 2383) - Finalists
  • 41 - Not picked
  • 1089 - 3rd pick of the 1st seeded alliance (1023, 2338, 3996, 1089) - Sub-Division Winners

Carson
  • 203 - 3rd pick of the 3rd seeded alliance (85, 16, 1501, 203) - Semifinalists
  • 225 - 2nd pick of the 5th seeded alliance (4488, 67, 225, 5659) - Finalists

Carver
  • 75 - Not picked
  • 193 - 3rd pick of the 3rd seeded alliance (1986, 1625, 4253, 193) - Quarterfinalists

Curie
  • 303 - Captain of the 7th seeded alliance (303, 70, 2557, 948) - Semifinalists
  • 5407 - Not picked
  • 56 - Not picked
  • 341 - Not picked
  • 3974 - 2nd pick of the 6th seeded alliance (230, 1156, 3974, 379) - Quarterfinalists
  • 1923 - 2nd pick of the 1st seeded alliance (148, 1114, 1923, 900) - Sub-Division Winners
  • 708 - Not picked
  • 4653 - Not picked

Galileo
  • 365 - Captain of the 7th seeded alliance (365, 494, 1477, 245) - Quarterfinalists
  • 219 - Not picked
  • 4373 - Not picked
  • 3142 - Not picked
  • 102 - Not picked

Hopper
  • 2590 -1st pick of the 3rd seeded alliance (469, 2590, 1817, 11) - Quarterfinalists
  • 1218 - Captain of the 5th seeded alliance (1218, 2614, 125, 343) - Finalists
  • 2016 - 1st pick of the 7th seeded alliance (5413, 2016, 78, 1124) - Quarterfinalists
  • 103 - 3rd pick of the 4th seeded alliance (4362, 3683, 3098, 103) - Quarterfinalists
  • 1676 - 2nd pick of the 2nd seeded alliance (548, 33, 1676, 3688) - Semifinalists
  • 1391- Not picked
  • 223 - Not picked
  • 11 - 3rd pick of the 3rd seeded alliance (469, 2590, 1817, 11) - Quarterfinalists

Newton
  • 2607 - 3rd pick of the 7th seeded alliance (2877, 3467, 175, 2607) - Quarterfinalists
  • 3314 - Not picked
  • 25 - Not picked
  • 4954 - 3rd pick of the 8th seeded alliance (4118, 2039, 955, 4954) - Quarterfinalists
  • 321 - Not picked
  • 4575 - Not picked

Tesla
  • 1403 - 3rd pick of the 6th seeded alliance (2959, 226, 48, 1403) - Quarterfinalists
  • 1647 - Not picked
  • 2191 - Not picked

Updated with Sub-Division Elimination results. Best of luck to 1089 and 1923 on Einstein!

Hallry 25-04-2015 21:15
Re: 2015 MAR Season
 
1089's and 1923's alliances both lost in the Semifinals on Einstein, but they both did a great job representing MAR on the big stage! Amazing job to them and everyone else this season; onto the next!


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