Second Regional and Championship Registration
 

Hey all,

We somehow managed to register to the Championship using TIMS at 11:55 AM (don't know how) and, after we did, I couldn't see the "Add an event" button to register for our second regional.
The TIMS is now giving me an error when I try to access the team page. Not that it really matter, considering the hard spot (Atlanta) is already secured, and our second regional (Brazilian) will certainly have a spot for us anyway, but just wondering how's it working for the other teams.

Regards,

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Appears to have crashed

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Yeah, I definately can't get in either. Grrrr, the person who registered for regional 1 got in and out and over with...

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us too. i can log on but once i click on add event, it crashes. sent the requested email, guess we just keep trying and/or wait and see.

good luck to all teams (in the competition and the registration process)

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And its down..... well at least the first regional registration went better this year :)

I was in TIMS at 11:45 and just kept playing to keep it refreshed. Got booted at 12:01, got back in got some awesome errors of too many entries in the database, kept logging out and back in, and finally got this:
"This service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later. (my)"

I got back to the login page and now its telling me Im already logged in.

Oh well... I guess its time to go to lunch and hope that we can still get in!

On a side note (im electrical, not great with databases) are there web based databases that can easily handle 1000 simultaneous users?

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I just got into the Add Event page and the first event (UTC) I had registered for was deleted as well as not letting me add another. :confused:

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Yeah it did that to me too... I think what is happening is the database is overloading... and I dont think it actually erased any data... but its definitely hiccuping all over the place.

Time to take a lunch break... come back later! No use in hammering it anymore.

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Yeah, I'm not even getting an add event button. Though I did get something other than a "service not available" page a minute ago

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man i was praising the first event registration....back to the usual i guess....

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Brandon.... Kick the server again ;)

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There's nothing better than putting all of the day's plans on hold while waiting for the FIRST registration system to work.

1 sentence
 

This service is temporarily unavailable. We are aware and are working on it. Please try again later. (my)

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Got a new one:

"We apologize, but TIMS is briefly down for maintenance. Please check back in a little while. "

Somebody want to register for me? I've got a gymnastics meet to go to after work.

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I clicked on "agree to terms" ........ crash. I think I killed the server. ;)

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Rees, you screwed up AGAIN! haha. :yikes: :yikes: :yikes:

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That's it.......I'm changing Rosie's second registration from Boston wait list to Finger Lakes and coming out to get you for making my afternoon frustrating.... :eek:

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So my plan to get more teams at the FLR is working...

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rees you can get them here with ur crazy plan, but the FLR event will keep them coming back! :D

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Wish I could put stuff on hold... I only have until about 4pm, then we have Ruckus all weekend... not even sure when I will be able to get to internet!! :ahh:

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I have nothing to do with the FRC Registration system.

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Is that why it doesn't work?

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I agree.

Lets put it to a vote... All in favor of Brandon running TIMS stand up :D

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STANDING ON TIPTOES!!!!!

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*stands*

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Brandon - quick, run the other way!!!! Run away, run away!!!! Next thing you know, they will make you write the scoring system software. Ohhh. Wait. That might not be a bad idea....


-dave

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You know, sometimes you people get just a little scary....

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It would be an excellent idea for two reasons: (1) Brandon rocks! :) and (2) event scoring and standings live linked to CD would be sweet! :cool:

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We are a little bit stressed :ahh:

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The latest notice from the TIMS site.

We apologize, but TIMS is down for maintenance. Please check back at Noon EDT on Friday, 10/27/2006. :eek:

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Greaaaaaaat, I took today off of class, I can't take off tomorrow too. Does anyone know who I could call to try to get an override? I planned around the schedule they gave us...

[Edit] Uggg, and people wonder why kids on college FIRST teams have low GPAs...

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We tried calling in and they have told us that we must go through TIMS. And therefore we must wait until tommorow when it should be fixed. :eek:

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I've been told that registration for any events past your initial registration will be handled in a manner similar to last year, meaning that getting a spot in an event is not first register, first serve, rather it's first pay, first serve. All teams who register for an event, will be immediate added to the pending list, and only moved to the registered list upon payment.

So, those of you who are trying to register for an event that has limited spots, you don't need to rush to register tomorrow. No need to call in sick. :P

That being said, we were also told that registration would be working today. So, consider that when deciding what to do.

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Ooh, a game hint! No wonder Brandon's been so busy. :p
Does it mean he already knows next year's game? Should we all start harassing him to tell?

Anyway, here's FIRST official info on the subject:
**FIRST EMAIL**/Second Regional Event Registration Update.

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What would we do without Karthik?

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LoL you go to class AND pay attention ? :-P I draw pictures of robots all day and every time I learn something new I apply it to the current picture I'm drawing. hehe

As for tims as to be expected hehe. I'm upset that boston closed this morning tho! 1902 was gonna try to make it up to my home state this year! hrmm where to next?

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I too got into championships about 15 minutes early yesterday, then at 12:02 it went downhill. Is anyone able to get in yet?

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Not yet......and I'm not going to tell until after I get registered......bwa ha ha ha :ahh:


In and done and out, got the confirmation email from FIRST.........phew!

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Piece of cake. Worked great, took all of 3 minutes. Now we just need to pay!

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Nice. Very nice. Thanks FIRST

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I signed in and registered but TIMS won't let me pay. Keeps saying I need to login as soon as I finish entering my info.

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finally in! now to get the cash....

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That happened to me. I just got all the way out and started with a fresh login and got past it.

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Must be free!!

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You may need to close your browser, and re-open again.

This happened to me, and closing the browser fixed the problem.

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It's 3PM, EDT, and it won't let me go past my team's first page to edit...

Agha......... :ahh:

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Whoopee! Got in and got on the waitlist!!! :yikes:

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Throw away our earplugs.

;)