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TNT280Staff 12-05-2016 15:47

Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor SportpleX
 
We are happy to announce that we are hosting an Off Season Event at the Taylor SportsPleX located at 13333 Telegraph Rd, Taylor, MI 48180!

It will be the weekend prior to IRI for teams looking to practice for that event. with a cost of $250.00, save $50.00 if registered prior to May 31st.




For more info contact
Joseph Horth
jwhorth@gmail.com

As teams register we will add them here as well.
  1. 68
  2. 2620

headlight 12-05-2016 16:21

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
Am I correct in assuming this event will take place at the Taylor Sportsplex located at 13333 Telegraph Rd, Taylor, MI 48180 ?

TNT280Staff 12-05-2016 16:30

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
Yes it is.

IKE 12-05-2016 16:36

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
2 fields or 1?

TNT280Staff 12-05-2016 16:47

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
As of right now we have 1 field. Our intention is to give teams who maybe haven't experienced a playoff scenario yet to do so.

TNT280Staff 12-05-2016 16:53

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
1 Attachment(s)
Attached is the registration form for our event. Please email this form filled out to Joseph Horth at jwhorth@gmail.com

TNT280Staff 18-05-2016 17:01

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
Just a few short weeks to save $50 dollars! Practice before IRI!

Jim Schaddelee 19-05-2016 10:04

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
Is there a list of the teams that have already signed up? Not that it is that important, more for curiosity.

TNT280Staff 19-05-2016 15:16

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  1. 68
  2. 2620
  3. 123
  4. 3175
  5. 3604
  6. 2337

Here's an updated list of those who registered thus far!

TNT280Staff 23-05-2016 16:05

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
We were also wondering what fun things you'd like to see at our event? such as mentor matches or any other fun things

Adisai1 23-05-2016 16:21

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by TNT280Staff (Post 1589204)
We were also wondering what fun things you'd like to see at our event? such as mentor matches or any other fun things

Is it possible to have matches from the couch division as well?

TNT280Staff 23-05-2016 16:23

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Adisai1 (Post 1589207)
Is it possible to have matches from the couch division as well?

Not quite sure what that means, sorry!

marccenter 23-05-2016 20:42

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
Dear TnT,

Do you know how many matches there will be for each team?

Regards,

TNT280Staff 25-05-2016 15:36

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
We're looking to do 8 matches per team, not sure what the total amount played will be off hand. (Colorado Regional had 48 teams and played 82 Matches with each team playing 11 matches so it'll be less than 82)

GaryVoshol 25-05-2016 16:26

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by TNT280Staff (Post 1589600)
We're looking to do 8 matches per team, not sure what the total amount played will be off hand. (Colorado Regional had 48 teams and played 82 Matches with each team playing 11 matches so it'll be less than 82)

Formula is [teams] * [matches per team] / 6
(round up)

Clinton Bolinger 13-06-2016 18:48

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
Can we get a team list update?

Thanks,
Clinton

ATannahill 23-06-2016 19:28

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Clinton Bolinger (Post 1592712)
Can we get a team list update?

Thanks,
Clinton

I second this.

Joe J. 24-06-2016 12:40

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
Is there an agenda out so we can start planning our transportation? And a team list...

Zebra_Fact_Man 24-06-2016 21:10

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

TNT280Staff 29-06-2016 08:56

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
So sorry for our tardiness, our apologies we are learning

The Agenda is:
The BIG BANG! 2016
Thursday July 7th
3:00pm Initial Setup (Volunteers and immediate non-field staff)
3:30pm Field Arrival and Setup (Teams may choose to come and help out, food will be provided)
4:00pm Team-Pit setup
10:00pm Pits Close
Practices matches will run until 10pm once the field is setup

Friday July 8th

9:00am Opening ceremonies
9:30am Qualification Matches
1:30pm Lunch (Concessions will be available to teams and spectators at the SportsPleX and a document with surrounding food establishments will be provided at the competition, volunteers will be provided food all weekend)
10:00pm Pits Close
Proceeding lunch qualification matches will resume

Saturday July 9th
9:00am Opening Ceremonies
9:30am Remaining qualification matches will be played
Immediately proceeding the last qualification match will be Alliance Selection followed by Lunch
After the Elimination Matches conclude the award ceremonies will begin
Field tear down will happen after award ceremonies
A complete schedule will be provided at the competition.


Paid Team List:
68
226
247
815
313
862
3604
1025
1250
2337
2620
3175
3656
5090
4390
1076
1481
280
2832
3656
5050
3547
123
5530

WE STILL HAVE OPENINGS AND WOULD LOVE TO FILL THEM, TELL YOUR FRIENDS, HELP US MAKE THIS EVENT A GREAT ONE!

Zebra_Fact_Man 29-06-2016 11:17

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by TNT280Staff (Post 1594856)
snip

3656 is on your team list twice.
Are they taking two robots, or is this a typo?

Joe J. 29-06-2016 11:21

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
What time do pits open Friday and Saturday morning?

TNT280Staff 29-06-2016 22:02

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
Typo on the 3656. It's actually 3604 that has entered 2 bots.
Pits will open at 8am Friday and Saturday

Nyxyxylyth 30-06-2016 09:27

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by TNT280Staff (Post 1594991)
It's actually 3604 that has entered 2 bots.

What do we call them now? Goon Squad Squared? DoublePlusGoon?

TNT280Staff 30-06-2016 21:31

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
I think they are going with a simple A and B

rstrawsi 30-06-2016 22:09

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
Kinda like the names...but is it really "Too Many Goons?" Keeping it simple is probably better though.

jaunvie 01-07-2016 12:09

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
Are there any rule changes, or field changes we should know about?

rstrawsi 01-07-2016 17:02

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
I believe the rules and field are the same as they were for the regular season.

GaryVoshol 01-07-2016 22:03

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by rstrawsi (Post 1595240)
I believe the rules and field are the same as they were for the regular season.

Can't be - there's no portcullis, unless FiM is going against FIRST's directive to not use it.

TNT280Staff 03-07-2016 07:29

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
We will have a meeting with the teams to decide what to use (of existing defenses) to use in place of the portcullis. How did MARC handle it Gary?

Zebra_Fact_Man 03-07-2016 09:05

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by TNT280Staff (Post 1595417)
We will have a meeting with the teams to decide what to use (of existing defenses) to use in place of the portcullis. How did MARC handle it Gary?

I can tell you from being there that MARC had static defenses the whole event. They picked the four defenses (one from each defense group) in the best shape and used them the entire event.

JDemaray 04-07-2016 19:40

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
The MARC did adopt a static defense set and the defenses were the same for both red and blue. The thinking for this can be outlined as follows:
1. Less down time between matches keeping the cycle for the event smoother. (It did accomplish this)
2. Since Monroe Public High School Gym is not air conditioned (yet) the safety of the field reset with respect to the potential temperature was considered. The gym while getting toasty never did become beyond toleration as additional fans were purchased for the event and made for a good flow through of air.
3. Since the MARC is an off-season event many teams use it to train new drivers. Providing a consistent field would help new drivers develop over the course of the event and not have to change strategy but be concerned with skill enhancement.


Jeff Demaray
1528 MTR Mentor
MARC Organizing Committee
http://monroecountymarc.wix.com/marc
Email jeffdemaray@yahoo.com

TNT280Staff 06-07-2016 18:33

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
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Here is the updated agenda and team roster.

angelah 10-07-2016 15:45

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
I would like to congratulate TnT on an amazing first year for The Big Bang! Thank you for a wonderful opportunity to introduce our younger students to FIRST in the off-season and a chance to play the game again. This event had some of the best volunteers you'll find, was well-run, and was in about the best facility we've ever played in.

For those who didn't attend, you really missed out: we got to play "night Stronghold" under the lights. So many people scrambled to make the event continue on Saturday after a sudden storm Friday night took out power in the area. I know it was a headache for those running the event, but it was an awesome way to play matches!

Team VIRUS 3547 would like to thank 1250 Gator-Bots and 280 TnT for inviting us to play with you despite the fact that we were running new drivers every few matches. :eek:

It was great to get to know some teams we haven't been able to spend a lot of time with before - 4390 ATA Coregears and 815 Advanced Power just to name two, you both have great students and it was a pleasure working with you guys.

rstrawsi 10-07-2016 16:47

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
The Goon Squad would also like to congratulate TnT (Team 280) on a FANTASTIC and successful Big Bang off season event! For a 1st year event and having to deal with a power outage due to a pretty severe storm that went through the area, the event didn't miss a beat. The Taylor Sports Plex was a great facility to host the event with more then ample room than most of us are used to. Thanks to all the volunteers - you ran a great event! This was a great opportunity for us (we had 2 teams) and all the other teams to have students try some things they normally would not (I'm pretty sure everyone was rotating drive teams).

I will echo 3547's comments about playing Stronghold under the lights (due to the power outage), it was a cool new spin on the game. I know many of us would had a problem to finished playing under the lights.

Once again CONGRATS to Team 280 - TnT - on a your inaugural Big Bang event...we had a 'BLAST' this year and enjoyed getting know some teams we didn't during the competition season. We look forward to playing again next year!

JohnTu 10-07-2016 22:58

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Here are some cool pictures of the field in the dark. Excellent job by our host 280 TnT for continuing the competition with power outage.

- John

JohnTu 10-07-2016 23:07

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
Here's a video playlist of the Big Bang elimination matches:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...KPvJZIT_cMR4XB
Quarter final match #5 between alliance #1 and #8 was missed as we got distracted and forgot to push the record button.

Team 226 Hammerheads would like to thank our alliance partner Team 1481 The Riveters for giving us a great run all the way to the finals. The two tower captures during our semifinals were outstanding.

Congratulations to the winning alliance of 5050, 3604, and 815!

We also thank team 280 TnT for hosting a wonderful event under adverse weather conditions and power outages!

- John

TNT280Staff 12-07-2016 07:34

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
We would like to thank all those who participated and were so very patient with the challenges we faced. We had the best of the best in our corner during this event, thanks Tom Nader for absolutely everything. Thank you Ellen Green our FTA, you never missed a beat and kept everything with the field running so smoothly that we never fell more than 30 minutes behind and finished both days a little ahead of schedule. A huge thanks to the DADARA board members for stepping in to volunteer, Ellen Pfaflin and Bob Koehl your expertise was invaluable. We'd also like to thank our Mayor Rick Sollars, Cassandra Harris from the SportsPlex, Jeff Dobek our Parks and Rec Director. We couldn't have pulled this event off without our Principal Jackie Lancina and her husband Mike, and School board member Deb Stellini, Parents Mike & Trish Mansfield and let's not forget the man behind the cone, our announcer Russ Harris. We hope that everyone enjoyed themselves, and that next year is an even bigger bang!

TNT280Staff 12-07-2016 10:41

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
Any pictures of the event you'd be willing to share would be greatly appreciated, please email them to joseph.horth@taylorschools.net, We would like to use them for a photo collage and possibly a website. Thanks

JohnTu 12-07-2016 17:15

Re: Michigan Off Season Event! The Big Bang! hosted by TnT 280 and The Taylor Sportpl
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by TNT280Staff (Post 1596445)
Any pictures of the event you'd be willing to share would be greatly appreciated, please email them to joseph.horth@taylorschools.net, We would like to use them for a photo collage and possibly a website. Thanks

Here are the Flickr photos from 226 https://www.flickr.com/photos/hammer...57670983797285
There are some pretty cool in-the-dark shots.

- John


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