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Can we argue about this years game somewhere else? (maybe in one of the hand full of threads already out there)

Lets try to keep this thread related to the awesomeness of IRI and the teams invited to it.



In other news!
Team 2512 is extremely excited to attend this year and will be our teams first outing at IRI. Cant wait to catch up with other teams as well as meet the ones we haven't yet!

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Sponsorship is everything. Without it, there is no way we do what we do. The main reason we travel though is due to our location. With only one FRC Event, we feel it's not worth doing FRC if it's just going to be a one weekend thing after all the work put into it.
One could also say it's the building experience that's the most important part, which is absolutely true. But there are tons of other STEM experiences that are much less expensive.

Does anyone know when the deadline to accept is? We are still waiting to tag this trip with either the EP VEX Summit or Air Force Academy teacher training for some of us who want to go to IRI.
Airfares are killer this year too!

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Whats so terrible about IN? Also, middle-of-nowhere Indiana has a name; Morgan County.

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Being from Southern Calfirnia I'll take the "middle-of-nowhere Indiana" every time.

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Super on Stoller.

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If you hold an event in an area that also doubles as a travel destination of sorts you have more incentive to spend the time/money to attend an event. Indiana isn't a bad place to travel to and we all are entitled to our own opinions but it doesn't have the same appeal as attending a regional in Florida or Southern California for us Northerners who need some time in warm weather in the winter.

Even then it is a considerable cost and if you've had a long exhausting competition season some years you need a summer break even if you have one of the top robots of the year.

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Status Update -

We have 54 teams that have accepted and no declines at this point.

Looks like a good, strong field!

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Chris, thanks to you and the rest of the team for pulling this together. I'm sure it's tiring and difficult but the efforts are greatly appreciated. 3824 really looks forward to the opportunity to learn from so many great organizations. We'll try to bring the printed Cobra if you have space.

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This is a 5 minute response – too busy for more – so please don’t put more thought into this post than I have

It is GREAT to have highly competitive events in the Midwest and the west coast for the teams who value the competition.

We have not had a chance to experience Chezy Champs but based of feedback from friends it must be a tremendous event and we hope to participate in the future.

We have been fortunate enough to experience the Midwestern warmth and competition of IRI and are eager to do it again this year.

All that said, I think that it might be more constructive if the folks who choose not to travel to participate in one event or the other would aim for a bit higher ground and not belittle the experience, the game, or the events for others.

Just one mans opinion.

Thanks,

Mark

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We thought so too ;-) At the moment we're trying to gather the funds to travel to IRI, I'm optimistic, but we should know soon enough

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At least two now, I agree completely.

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He's not promoting Chezy Champs in that post, or criticizing IRI.

His point is that it's not worth spending a huge pile of money to go across the country for a poor game.

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Now back to the original topic -

The following 59 teams have formally accepted -

16 Bomb Squad
20 Rocketeers
27 Team Rush
33 Killer Bees
48 Delphi Elite
67 HOT Team
68 Truck Town Thunder
107 Team ROBITICS
111 Wildstang
118 Robotnauts
179 Children of the Swamp
217 ThunderChickens
225 Techfire
226 Hammerheads
233 Pink Team
234 Cyber Blue
245 Adam Bots
316 LuNaTeCs
330 Beachbots
340 GRR
379 RoboCats
503 Frog Force
548 Robostangs
744 Shark Attack
829 Digital Goats
1023 Bedford Express
1024 Kil-A-Bytes
1114 Simbotics
1218 Vulcan Robotics
1325 Inverse Paradox
1619 Up-A-Creek Robotics
1625 Winnovation
1711 Raptors
1720 PhyXTGears
1730 Team Driven
1741 Red Alert
1756 Argos
1806 SWAT
1817 Llano Estacado RoboRaiders
1923 MidKnight Inventors *
2056 OP Robotics
2122 Team Tators
2337 EngiNERDS
2338 Gear it Forward
2468 Team Appreciate
2502 Talon
2512 Duluth East Daredevils
2590 Nemesis
2614 MARS
2826 Wave Robotics
2867 ElkLogics
3015 Ranger Robotics
3641 Flying Toasters
3824 HVA RoHAWKtics
4039 Makeshift Robotics
4143 MARS/WARS
5188 Classified Robotics
5254 Robot Raiders
5413 Stellar Robotics

Team 2852 had to decline.

We are waiting on final responses from the remaining teams. If you think you have responded, please re-submit the accept or decline.

* Spelled correctly this time :)

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Chris and Andy,
I am not sure if others are inquiring about this also, but I sent an email yesterday concerning shipping quotes to and from North Lawrence HS or AM.
We will need that in order to finalize trip documentation on our end before officially accepting.

-Glenn

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You're the best, Chris :)