Introducing August Adventure - a 2-Day New Jersey off-season event!
 

Teams 25 and 1089 are excited to announce a new, two-day off-season replay of FIRST OVERDRIVE, tentatively titled:

This co-hosted event will be open to up to *60* teams, and registration will be $250 per team.

We are planning on a number of activities, which may include an outdoor barbecue/picnic, and possibly a team social at Six Flags Great Adventure, which is minutes from Hightstown High School.

More info as far as activities will be posted as they develop.

Please address all registration inquiries to Wayne Cokeley at smwonder@comcast.net

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I will talk to our advisors tommorow. Hopefully 816 will be attending.

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so far we have 4 teams attending- and we're looking for lots more. Make your plans now.

WC :cool:

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Any details on lodging and an exact street address?

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There are about 4 major chain hotels in Hightstown, NJ (East Windsor) along Rt 33. This is less than 1 mile from the school. As we get closer we will help with info as requested.

The school is on Leshin Lane in Hightstown, NJ.

Everything is within 1 mile of exit 8 on the NJ Turnpike- right in the center of NJ and halfway between NYC and Philly.

WC :cool:

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And also if my team doesnt go is there any way I can volunteer?

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I think i might jusy pony up the money out of my pocket so 354 can go!

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The exact street address of the school is

Hightstown High School
25 Leshin Lane,
Hightstown, NJ 08520

The school is slightly off the main roads, so directions from 295/195, Rt 130, and the NJ Turnpike will be posted and available closer to the event itself.

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I'm sure that a lot of teams have a lot to think about between now and Championships, so we hope to get a bigger response and make a bigger push once that's over with.

I'd like to see an event as big and as some of the regionals out there, but that might be pie in the sky, being that I don't know how many teams who can operate at a reasonable capacity during the summer. It should be fun, though! :)

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Sounds like an awesome time, I'll ask the captains and mentors.

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I plan on making my way down there (if not with my team) then just to possibly volunteer & have quite an Adventure I'm sure!! (pun intended) :p

See everyone there!

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If there's still registration open later on during the summer, I'll see. Right now we've got a whole lot of stuff to worry about. Sounds like fun, though. Keep us posted!

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Any teams that are interested on attending or need more information can come to the 1089 pits in Galileo

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Hey Wayne!
If we could ship our robot to your school after CMP, we could do this!

-Glenn

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Danny, I'm sure I can find something for you to do!
But I'll let you know when I have more details! =)

We would love to have you guys!
It was so great spending time with you at the NJ Regional last year,
and your team would be an awesome way to get our brand new event off to a great start!
I really hope we can find a way to make this work!

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Glenn- we can do that- no problem.

WC

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Alright. As soon as you can let me know that would be great. If I am gonna go I will have to let my summer job boss know towards the beginning of summer.

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Since many of you have been asking how to sign up, the website is now up and running. I was going to wait for a few days until it was completely done but seeing as people have already started signing up, here it is:

http://www.raiderrobotix.org/aa

You can also join the facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?ei...2115409&ref=nf

If there are any concerns towards the website, please let me know. We started making it 2 days ago...

Thanks a ton and we hope to have fun with you at August Adventure.

-Bharat

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Interesting....125 may have to make a trip

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As of today we have 7 teams on the list- from as far away as Canada.

We need a minimum of 39. Still time to get in on the fun.

Why not make that robot and all the time you put into it have another chance at FIRST Overdrive?

You can even go to all the other events and have the robot become the champ of the entire country-off season circuit.

Register now!!! We are looking for you!!!

WC

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NWL Robotics is planning on going, not certain though. I'll register and bring however many we have at the time.

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Well the teams list on the website is now up to date.

Visit http://www.raiderrobotix.org/aa/

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omg. We signed up. I guess that means I will have to robocoach now =(.

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lolol I guess we must've signed up just recently. Maybe that's why I got the ok to start working on those amazing off-season modifications ;)

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Hey guys-

your team filled out a form at Championships saying you wanted to attend so I listed you. I am waiting for your coach to respond to an e-mail I sent yesterday.


At this point that is the best we have for everyone.

Everybody else- now is the time to sign up. Talk to your teams and get the plan moving.

WC:cool:

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So does anyone have any questions about August Adventure?

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We were talking about going here if we can't get off of the wait list for Monty (which doesn't look like its going to happen). We'll have to see and finalize where we want to go.:)

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I am definetely going to be there, as a volunteer probably and help my fellow BMS sponsored teams. I'll try and convince my team to come, we might be douing some other stuff during the summer, its a long ways off soo...I'll get back to you guys.

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It isnt so far off- if your team doesnt register before the end of the school year there isnt much hope of attending.

Register now- beat the June rush.... ; )

http://www.raiderrobotix.org/aa

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Attention all. August Adventure WILL be open to the public. If you guys have any friends or family members that are interested in seeing your robot, or just finding out how fun a FIRST competition can be, please encourage them to come. Space is somewhat limited however, so don't bring everyone you know

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New developments!

August Adventure is still open to the public, but I have been told that anybody can come, and space will not be a problem!!

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Why did you say the same thing twice?

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Are there going to be any modifications to the rules like some of the other off-seasons are planning? I think BattleCry re-wrote the G22 rule so that a robot had to completely cross the line in the opposite direction for a penalty to occur. I think it's an excellent Idea.

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After playing at PARC yesterday with a similarly modified G22 rule, I can attest that it definitely positively increased the gameplay and resulted in much less penalties. We'll discuss it at our next planning meeting.

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The following are official rule changes for August Adventure :

-For all four lines: a robot has to completely cross back over the lane divider in order to be penalized. Multiple line crossings will gain multiple penalties.

-Scoring will be based on robot and ball position when they have come to rest.

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Cool, I'll try to get an answer from the team soon. hope we get to go:)

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That's awesome to hear.... Now I just have convince my mentor to go :D

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you guys really did awesome this season and it would be great to add MORT to the roster

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Update-

Right now we have the following teams on the roster for August Adventure. A few are unconfirmed. Please confirm with me ASAP if you didn't sign up through the website or e-mail me directly-

1089 Team Mercury Hightstown, NJ
25 Raider Robotix North Brunswick, NJ
136 Killer Kardinals Plainfield,NJ
1279 Cold Fusion Immaculata HS, NJ
423 SEC Willow Grove, Pa
1594 Double X NYC, NY
296 Northern Knights Montreal, Can.
816 BCIT-Westech Westhampton, NJ
2008703 NWL Robotics Cleveland, Oh
869 A Power Cord A Middlesex, NJ
869B Power Cord B Middlesex, NJ
2590 Robbinsville, NJ
522 Robowizards Staten Island, NY
56 Robbe Extreme Bound Brook, NJ
271 Mechanical Marauders Bayshore, NY
2607 Warminster, Pa
191 X-Cats Rochester, NY


We really need about 10 more teams minimum to make this event go. So if you are waiting for a personal invitation consider this it.

" ________, how about attending August Adventure with your team? It will be a lot of fun"

Please sign up through the website at http://www.raiderrobotix.org/aa/

See you all there!!

WC :cool:

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OMG, how did you know that "____________" was my nickname?

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Well I've heard you called "blankedy blank " a lot of times

:p

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August Adventure Cancelled

We have decided to cancel the August Adventure tournament on Aug 2-3 because we simply had too few teams sign up for it. We didn’t think it would be worthwhile to run the event with only 12 teams- nowhere near our 25 team cutoff minimum.

Thank you very much to those offering to attend the event. I might suggest enrolling in Battle O Baltimore on August 9th as an alterrnative or any of the fall events in the Northeast.

We are sorry for any inconvenience or disappointment this may cause. We were hoping to put on an event that would be fun for everyone but I guess our region is simply not ready for such an event yet.

Hope to see you all in the fall off seasons,

Wayne Cokeley

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aw, man.. was really lookin forward to goin :(

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But what if more people were planning on attending? :(

Oh well, I hope it works out for you guys next year.

I would suggest Paskack PANDAmonium for those of you who still want some other off season to attend. It is run by 1676 so check it out. :)

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If not going to August Adventure, why not check out Bear Brawl? ;)

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I'm sorry to hear this, Mr. C -
I know you guys were planning a really great event!

See you in November. :)
Jane

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Oh well, sounded fun while it lasted. Hopefully you'll get more responses next year!

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Any word on an August Adventure (or similar competition at Six Flags in another month) planned for 2009?

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Elgin-

the word is NO- we couldn't get enough interest last summer so this summer didn't pursue it.

Of course if you get 25-40 teams together who want to hold an off season over the summer I could probably find a place........


WC :cool: