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RPI and RIT have had the same spring break for years. When this happens, RPI typically schedules their event for the start of spring break and RIT for the end of spring break. The events have almost always been back to back, and will almost certainly not be on the same weekend.

Welcome to being a Shaker Robotics mentor in college! My advice is to not go home at all, because you'll probably spend all four of those days off machining and implementing upgrades anyway. This mandatory back-to-back regional schedule is brought to you by the ever growing march toward districts in every state that isn't New York, and FIRST's stubborn refusal to allow anyone to join a district that isn't within the arbitrarily drawn borders they came up with. FIRST - valuing the team experience above all else since... uh... never, I guess.

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Aw dang, it would be fun to alliance with you at AZW. We love going there.

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Tell us how you really feel, Chris.

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So I have a proposal, your team and my team switch addresses and you compete in FIRST Mid-Atlantic all season and I will go to NYC (since it is the closest event to me) and two other regionals so we can play with/against different teams this year. Although we would be sad not to go interdistrict to Waterbury this year.

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It's most likely just a leftover from this past year's CMP.

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Quick related question for those teams who've been through this a few more times than us...

At about what point in time does the FRC event list tend to be "complete"?

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Septemberish. There have been changes made even later than that.

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MI for years was notorious for disrupting Fantasy FIRST draft schedules with a mid-draft-season event addition. SLFF drafts in late November and all of December.

Almost all events will at least be on a competition week by the day event registration opens. Even if they don't quite have a signed venue contract (which is the usual trigger for being on the list).

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Thanks. Just trying to get a handle on when most of the big picture will be laid out.

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(Bumping or starting a new thread... coin toss but...)

Just an FYI - The official event list jumped from 7 to 18 in the last few days:

https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index....=FRC&year=2017

I didn't make note of what the original 7 were, but it looks like a bunch of week 4 events were added, week 1 events, and PNW are now posted.

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It is worth noting that Mid-Atlantic district event schedule is confirmed, but not posted on the website for some reason.

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Every source I've talked to said that TVR and FLR will be the same weekend, because it's both more convenient for RIT/RPI, and because they want all hands on deck Volunteer-wise for the new Hudson Valley Regional, which should be a different weekend. I'm hoping HVR is either week 1 or week 6 so we can actually have a break between competitions.

Yessssss! I'd love to compete with 359 again, and with TVR/FLR being the same week, and Ontario going to districts, there might actually be room at FLR this year for 359. (Also TVR is almost guaranteed to have openings if it's the same week as FLR, so if you wanted to come back there again, that would be cool too! Maybe they won't throw you in the corner pit this time :D )

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Original 7 were Houston and STL Champs, Finger Lakes, Iowa, Bayou, Arizona West, and Las Vegas. Lake Superior, Palmetto, Colorado, Hawaii, and the PNW Districts have now been added.

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Thanks - I made a note to save the current 18 for the next update.

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Looks like some new additions taking us from 18 to 31:

https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index....=FRC&year=2017

Regionals: Northern Lights Regional, Orlando Regional

Districts: MAR (7 + Champ), PNW (added Mt. Vernon, Clackamas Acad., Lake Oswego)