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Pretty Much Yes... When Registration Opens for the first time, this Thursday, the choice is do you accept your home event, or do you decline your home event.

If you decline, then when registration opens up for the second event, you are trying to register for two events.

The kicker to this is FiM will hold some registration spots in reserve, for rookie teams that are in the process of forming. Last two years this reserve was 10 teams, so when registration opens for the first and second times, you are registering for events that only have a 30 team capacity. This tends to fill up fast, and ends with many teams being wait listed, and not sure of where they will compete until weeks into the build season. Which just adds stress to the whole process.

So my advise is if you can make your home event, better register for it on Thursday. :)

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I see. So I take it registration for out of district teams get to register after all teams in Fim have registered for 2 events? And will event teams list be updated on the us first website as teams sign up for the events? I found 2015 Fim districts interesting last year so I'm curious to see which FiM teams will be at which events. Thanks

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I generally keep a google spreadsheet that tracks just FiM registration stats. I'll probably post a link in the main registration thread when that pops up, but if I don't and/or you can't find it (because that thread blows up) PM me and I'll send you the link.

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Thanks. As a scouter, I always enjoy a good spreadsheet ;)

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Actually I believe out-of-district teams go after in-district 3rd event registration.

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Yes.

Just received email about home events from FiM, below is the list of teams and assigned home events.

345 teams listed.

Teams per Home event.
17 Waterford
23 Livonia
39 Kettering
20 West Michigan
21 Southfield
30 Centerline
14 Troy
17 Kentwood
18 Woodhaven
19 Midland
16 Escanaba
16 St. Joseph
12 Howell
14 Lansing
29 Traverse City
21 Gull Lake
7 Marysville
12 Standish-Sterling

So if they reserve 10 registration spots for rookies.
Kettering will be wait listed, Centerline and Traverse City will be full after round 1 of registration.

Also of note of the "Gary" rule did not apply, my friends the Ubly Bearcats that is in the middle of the thumb, team 5155 Home event is Standish.
Ubly to Marysville 75 miles
Ubly to Midland 72 miles
Ubly to Standish 86 miles

Standish has 12 home teams, Marysville has 7.

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So I just thought of this. With event registration coming up this week, when will a list be published will all the new rookie teams joining FIRST? Thanks

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That list is really never finalized, pretty sure you can join anytime. In practice, it doesn't make much sense to join much after kickoff. Teams that join just prior to kickoff, get a temporary number, and when a number is finalized they will show up on the FIRST website.

Last year rookie teams were showing up new the third week of build season.

That is why the hold spots in registration process.

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FIRST's website doesn't yet show it, but FIM will have a 19th district event in Bloomfield Hills week 2 (or misspelled as Bloomfiled Hills).

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I'm not seeing that event on the FiM site. Was it removed in the last few days?

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Hmm, looks like they did remove it. Hopefully they make up their mind about it.

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Yes, it looks to be gone...

I am sure it will come back if the rookie numbers push us into it, but as of right now there enough spots for everyone to play there 2 districts.

(nice for them to tip their hand though)

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And now the USFIRST website is showing Kettering University Event #2 in week 2.