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What: Michigan Advanced Robotics Competition (MARC)

When: June 27th (practice rounds) and June 28th (ALL DAY)

Price: $200 ($150 for teams that participated in last years competition)

Where: Monroe County Community College
1555 S. Raisinville Road
Monroe, Michigan 48161-9746

Team Limit: 36

Registration Open until June 7th.


Food: We will be providing hot dogs, nachos, pizza, cheesy bread and water/pop during the event (both days). In town, there are also several fast food restaurants for teams if they choose to go that route.

Lodging: There are a few moderately priced hotels between 10-20 minutes away. Dundee also has several NEW hotels (including one with a water park opening soon), which are 20-30 minutes away. Hotels

Volunteering: We have NUMEROUS positions that need great volunteers - we have field reset, crowd control, queuing, field repair, refereeing, pit admin...the list goes on. Those interested in volunteering should contact Steve Ketron.

Questions/Additional Information/Registration Form: Contact Steve Ketron at ketron@monroe.k12.mi.us

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Can team 2365 have a registration form our email is

zerogabe@yahoo.com

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Last year was this events first year and we had some year competitive teams attend. With all the competition, everyone still had a great time and helped each other out. This years event is going to be different. If the teams that came last year attend and some of the ones that said they will be there this year look at what you are going to compete with: 33,47,70,503, 910 just to start with. This is going to be a very exciting event again this year.:) :)

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I believe 217 is coming as well.

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Correct, I talked with Paul and he said 217 is with a doubt coming to MARC.

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Wow, looks like MARC will have a lot of great teams. I don't think 1732 has made a final decision, but I hope we'll be there to defend our title and undefeated record.

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Team 240 is definitely going to be showing up. I mean it is only a ten minute drive. :D

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Just got word from 1732 mentor. 1732 is coming. Excellent to here that a team from Wisconsin loved our event so much that they did hesitate to come back the following year. Thank you "Hilltoppers" for your comittment and your competitive excellence.

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Team 910 - the Foley Freeze would love to return to "defend our crown" as champs. It was a really fun event last year, and Steve did everything humanly possible to make it enjoyable for everyone involved.

Count us in! :)

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This event is sure getting competitive quickly.

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Hmm about 30 miles or so from my aunt's house in Clinton. I'm keeping this one on the radar, perhaps for next season. I wonder if she has enough room to house a FIRST team? :cool:

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So, I have trouble spelling and writing proper sentences. I am from Kentucky what do you expect. I meant to say that 1732 did not hestitate to come back. Either way you read it, it looks like all members of the winning alliance will be back to defend their title. From the e-mails that I receiving, 240/1243 are very hungry for a chance to claim that title. Hope you all get a chance enjoy some friendly but very competitive competition.

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So, anything special in the works? Mentor round? Drag racing? The marc 10- friday night,3 bots, 10 laps, winner moves on?

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Things are in the works for a mentors round and a programming contest. Only time (a month or so) will tell.

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Yes! Team 1243 is planning to be at MARC-08 along with our friends across the road from Team 2337 who are planning to put the "hammer" down going for the Win as well this year!! :)

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OH-NO!!!! Not "HAMMER-TIME" at the MARC. I thought he went out of style a decade ago. I guess good things in history always repeat:)

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WHAT!!! :eek:

That sounds really cool. What would it involve?

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This year the MARC event is not being held at the Monroe High School gym. It turns out the gym is going to be under constrution all summer. So, hopefully teams have noticed that this year the event location is being held at Monroe County Community College. With the change of location (FOR THIS YEAR ONLY), the team limit has changed. The max team limit has changed from 36 to 29. The slots are filling up. They get filled on a first come basis (teams that attending the first year of event get automatic invite). IF I received your registration form already you are good to go. Any team interested in attending please get the forms in quickly to assure a spot.

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HOT Team just registered for MARC. We are excited to get back on the field. First we have to repair the robot after the carnage from the Einstein SFs. :eek:

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The competition is starting to get hot. MINI IRI here we come. List of teams currently registered for the 2008 MARC event (12):

67, 503, 815, 910, 1023, 1025, 1243, 1250, 1528, 1718, 1732, 2337

List of teams verbally comitted to attend but have not received their registration form yet (4) :

70, 217, 2137, 2612,

Spots reserved for pre-rookie teams (2):
If enough pre rookie teams want to come participate in an event free of charge, we will have to spots open for them to compete on a rotational basis.

Open spots still available (11)

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This is an impressive line up and it looks like it's only going to get better. I think 33 made a mention of attending as well.

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2008 MARC "Rules of Engagement" are out.

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70, 217, 240, 494, 2137, and 2612 are now registered. The MARC is really going to be competitive. I hope every team gets there money worth.

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This is going to be intense, even as it is, and no doubt there'll be some more teams signing up. MARC is going to be even better than it was last year, and it was pretty awesome last year. Is there going to be a team social after the matches like there was last year?

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Just trying to drum up additional support for yins:

*cough* Boy, MARC sure would be a highly competitive tuneup for many of the teams who just received invites to IRI. *cough*

:)

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Please add Team 2171, the Robodogs from Crown Point Indiana as a competitor. We look forward to a rematch with Team 67 who we lost against in the Curie Finals and to those Martians who we competed against in the Semifinals at West Michigan. We look forward to seeing the 2337 hammer again, the Foley Freeze, and competing against the Champs 217. Thank you for putting on this event. We are excited to be coming. We will see if our mentor team the B.E.A.S.T would like to join us up in Michigan and compete with the other great Michigan teams.

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Volunteers. Are volunteers needed. If so, please let me know and I will ask if we can bring some to help out.

Vince

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To late to get a hold of a sign up sheet? If not, could I get one for team 703? :confused: :)

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There are only a couple spots left, so if you want to register shoot me an email at ketron@monroe.k12.mi.us and I will get you a registration form. A few teams have expressed interest and said they are having there team meetings today to discuss the possibility of coming. So, if you want to come to MARC DON'T HESTITATE get the form in today.

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i think Bob wants to go!

one of our team members (we only have 3) has a thing to do that ends on the 28th.


so if she doesn't go we'll be there

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Soooo, how is the registration going? Full house yet?

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Currently there are a total of 22 teams (21 teams/1 pre-rookie team) registered for the event. That only leaves 7 spots available. I have had several teams ask for the registration form but have not yet received their information yet. I fully expect the spots to be filled in the next week. If you are a team interested in participating in this event, please get me your form soon so you do not miss out.

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Can we see a team list?

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Here is your list:

Team Number Team Name
240 TEMPEST
1023 Bedford-Express
1528 iPirates
815 Advanced Power
1243 Dragons
1250 Gator-Bots
217 ThunderChickens
70 More Martins
2137 RoboCats
67 HOT
1025 Impi Robotics
503 Frog Force
910 Froley Freeze
1732 Hilltoppers
1718 The Fighting Pi
2337 EngiNERDs
2612 Syntax Errors
494 More Martins
33 Killer Bees
2171 RoboDogs
1504 Desperate Penguins

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This is really shaping up to be a good event. Steve, please shoot me an email. After this week i'm done with exams and my fire/rescue explorer event i'm planning at the fair grounds for this weekend. I'll be able to give a hand once things free up.

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Any word on specific times for Friday and Saturday?

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Friday the pits open at 4pm with practice rounds starting at 4:30 until 7:30. At 7:30 we are going to have mentor rounds and 8-10 is a team social.
Saturday pits open at 8am with qualification rounds starting at 9am until ?

I have just been informed that the high school gymnasium construction project has been moved back a month. We were going to host the event at the Monroe County Community College because our gym was closed down all summer. The event is officially changing location to:

Monroe High School
901 Herr Rd
Monroe, MI 48161

This is will give me the oppertunity to have more space available and both a team social and a machine shop if teams need repair. The maximum number of teams that can participate in the event is also being increased to 45. There is currently 24 teams and 2 pre-rookie teams attending so there are plenty of spots open.

I will be sending e-mails to teams main contacts with this information.

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Sweet! The more space the better, especially if it means more teams can come! :D

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Will pre-order lunches still be available now that you are back at the school?

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Yes, in fact pre-order is prefered. This gives us a better idea on what everyone wants. For those who attended last year, it is going to be just like last year only bigger.

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Answer to some logistical questions:

LODGING:
I have called several local hotels and have not been able to get any deals set-up. I think after we get some awsome publicity from this years event that will change. I have a team staying at the Holiday Inn Express Monroe and refered another team to use them. I think it is a great idea if we get all traveling teams together at the same hotel. It's great for evening conversation.

Holiday Inn Express-Monroe
1225 N Dixie Hwy
Monroe, MI 48162
(734) 242-6000‎

Team Social:
Now that the event is back at the High School, we will be having the team social here at the school. I have had several teams come talk to me about how they enjoyed the social we had last year and think we will be doing something of the same this year.

Food:
Food offered this year will be:

Individual orders: 1/4 med pizza individually boxed $3.00
1 order of Cheesy Sticks $2.00
Nacho's $2.00
Hot Dogs $1.00
Pop/Water $1.00
Special: 1/4 med pizza individually boxed, 1 order of Cheesy Sticks and 1 soda all for only $5.00.

Pre-orders are going to have their own line to just walk up, say your name, and get your order. If your team pre-orders please give name and order for Friday and Saturday. All pre-orders must be in by June 24th. Thanks

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What's the team list look like now?

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240
1023
1528
815
1243
1250
217
70
2137
67
1025
503
910
1732
1718
2337
2612
494
33
2171
1504
703
302
894
226

PRE-ROOKIE TEAMS ( LIVONIA/Team 830)
PRE-ROOKIE TEAMS ( ANDOVER/Team 469)

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For those of us that weren't there last year (maybe we're the only ones), what did you do for the team social?

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Last year it was just what it says. A social. We organized it to were you sat with people that you did not know and play cards (socialiized). With the number of teams coming this year, we are going to do that, show a movie, and I want to (if teams are ok with it) get people that would like to try and drive another teams robot do that also.

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Any updates on the team list?

10 days!

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You can add 279 and 2194 to the list. However, I have been informed that 2194's school has been affected by the floods in the Midwest and they have not gotten back to me wether or not their robot has been damaged. As it stands, 27 teams and 2 pre-rookie teams. Not bad for a second year event.

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Count us in!

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The floods fortunately only covered the other half of Moraine Park Technical College...unfortunately as well... but can we blame our completely worn out Toughbox transmissions on the moisture?!? ...:( ...:(

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Hey, my TEMPEST 240 compadres, can I show up at the event in the afternoon? I work at the Dixie Hwy. McDonald's in the mornings those two days.

Also, Teams, feel free to visit the McDonald's on Telegraph! (or Dixie Hwy. if you want to say hi!)

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Man, this looks like an awesome team list. I want to come up Saturday morning and check this thing out!

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Sorry if I missed where it was posted, but is there going to be a team social this year? If so when? Thanks.

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Team social Friday night at the high school.

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The social was a lot of fun last year. There are a few guys that we need to play some Kemps with, and we've got a new card game to teach anyone who wants to learn.

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TEAM 2171 anxious for MARC

Team Number Team Location Team Name
1 240 Monroe,MI TEMPEST
2 1023 Bedford, MI Bedford-Express
3 1528 Monroe, MI iPirates
4 815 Allen Park, MI Advanced Power
5 1243 Swartz Creek, MI Dragons
6 1250 Dearborne, MI Gator-Bots
7 217 Sterling Heights, MI ThunderChickens
8 70 Goodrich, MI More Martins
9 2137 Oxford, MI RoboCats
10 67 Milford, MI HOT
11 1025 Ferndale, MI Impi Robotics
12 503 Novi, MI Frog Force
13 910 Madison Heights, MI Froley Freeze
14 1732 Milwaukee, WI Hilltoppers
15 1718 Armada, MI The Fighting Pi
16 2337 GrandBlanc, MI EngiNERDs
17 2612 Waterford,MI Syntax Errors
18 494 Goodrich, MI More Martins
19 33 Auburn Hills, MI Killer Bees
20 2171 Crown Pointe, IN RoboDogs
21 1504 Okemos, MI Desperate Penguins
22 703 Saginaw, MI Phoenix
23 302 Lake Orion, MI Dragons
24 894 Flint The Chargers
25 226 Troy, MI HammerHeads
26 2194 Fond du Lac, WI Fondy Fire
27 279 Ottawa Lakes, MI Tech Fusion

PRE-ROOKIE TEAMS ( LIVONIA/Team 830)
PRE-ROOKIE TEAMS ( ANDOVER/Team 469)

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I seem to have lost the copy of the schedule of events I had saved. Can anyone help me out?

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2008 MARC Event Schedule

27-Jun-08
1600-1700 Team Registration and set-up
1630 Practice Begins
1930 Mentor Driver Skills Test
2000 Pits Close
2000-2200 Team Social

28-Jun-08
800-825 Late team registration and set-up
830-855 Opening Ceremony
900-1200 Qualifying Rounds
1200-1300 LUNCH BREAK
1300-1520 Qualification Rounds End
1520 Final Alliance Selection
1530 Break
1600 Finals Begin
1810 Awards Ceremony
1840 Event Ends

FINALS: Top 8 seeds w/2 partners


THURSDAY 6/26/2008

1PM PIT AREA SET-UP
4PM FIELD SET-UP/TEST

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Thanks!

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I just got back word from my supervisor, despite a little scheduling conflict I'm getting time off from my summer at Cedar Point to come announce at MARC. It's going to be a fun time, I can't wait to return to FIRST here, seeing all these awesome teams competing.

Also, just out of curiosity, is the social team-based or individual-based? I haven't gotten word yet if the Chickens are attending as a team but I know I'd definitely like to stop by.

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Anyone is free to go to the social.

I want to talk to you about Cedar Point sometime if I catch you.

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Sure thing, I will be there for sure on Saturday and almost for sure on Friday. I'll be the one with the spiky hair saying strange things into the mic :)

MARC Alliances
 

1. 2337, 33, 279
2. 67, 910, 226
3. 815, 2194, 503
4. 2612, 494, 1243
5. 1504, 70, 1528
6. 1025, 1718, 1023
7. 240, 1732, 302
8. 2171, 2137, 217

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Quarterfinal results

1. 2337, 33, 279 > 8. 2171, 2137, 217 2-0
2. 67, 910, 226 > 7. 240, 1732, 302 2-0
6. 1025, 1718, 1023 > 3. 815, 2194, 503 2-0
5. 1504, 70, 1528 > 4. 2612, 494, 1243 2-0-1

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Semi final results

1. 2337, 33, 279 > 5. 1504, 70, 1528 2-1
2. 67, 910, 226 > 6. 1025, 1718, 1023 2-0

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Whoops!
We have a correction! An uncommunicated penalty that was not at first accounted for in the scoring has been scored after much debating and due to the added penalty the result is the Blue Alliance winning the match 70-68 and thus the fifth alliance upsets the top seeded alliance.

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Finals result

5. 1504, 70, 1528 >2. 67, 910, 226 2-0

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Congratulations Penguins!!!!! I did my happy dance here in Wisconsin while on vacation!!! I'm so proud of you guys!!!!!

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Congrats to 70, 1504, and 1528. You guys played really well, and I was especially impressed (and frustrated) by your defense :D I wouldn't have had a problem taking home the title two years in a row, but I've also no problem with losing to some good teams.

Thanks so much to 67 and 226 for being such great alliance partners. It's a shame we couldn't share in a victory, but I'm glad we had to chance to compete together. HOT, I was especially impressed with your drivers. They were very smooth and coordinated.

Also thank you very much to all of the staff, referees, announcers and other volunteers for putting together a great competition. For having an event that was more than twice the size it was a year ago it was run very smoothly. I have a very good feeling about MARC and I could easily see it turning into one of the most popular off-season events. I only wish I had the chance to spend a little more time at the team social, but we had a few repairs to make that night.

Great competition, great people, and great times. That about summarizes MARC 2008.

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Thanks to Steve Ketron, the host teams, and all the volunteers. It was a great event. Definitely worth the drive from Wisconsin!

Also thanks to our eliminations alliance partners, Advanced Power and Frog Force. I thought we had a great comeback in the second match.

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Thank You to all who came.
I enjoyed working on and being in the competition with you guys.
Thanks to our alliance partners.
You were great company.

Also, I would like to make a shout out to my friends on 240, who dont dance to the YMCA correctly.:P

I enjoyed myself. I look forward to seeing you all at competitions next year and the MARC next summer.

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It was a fun competition. It was great to meet some members of the iPirates (and to lose to them in Euchre twice in a row). It was fun to be able to watch all the FIRST teams at my last competition.

And the ACMY is a perfectly good dance! :D

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I would like to thank all the teams and volunteers for making MARC what I believe to have been a huge success. I was a little worried at first with the dramatic increase in team participation but because of the teamwork and cooperation of all the teams and volunteers we made it through it very smoothly.

A couple special thank you's:
Dan Swando: thank you again for your hardwork and desire to make this event run correctly. I heard there were a couple tough issues on the field and people have told me you made the right calls. EXCELLENT WORK as always.

Mark Koors and Ronnie Tront: Thank you so much for your hard work and dedication in the flawless running of the compture equipment/programs.

KOKO you did a great job with queing. This was my biggest concern coming into the event and I can not say thank you enough for the work you did to make that work so well.

Team 830469: Although you were not on the official participation list, thank you for allowing your robots to go through the beatings they took to help out a couple pre-rookie teams. Also 830, thank you for volunteering to help out refing and basically anywhere I needed it.

To all the teams that came, your willingness to help out each other is one of the things that I keep getting comments about. This is why MARC is able to become a bigger event. Please keep up the good work and spread the word.

NEXT YEAR SAME TIME, SAME PLACE, AND 45 TEAMS.

Again thank you everyone for making this event great.:)

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Grant, I am so sorry. I would like to put out a special KUDO'S to Grant for the most outstanding MC/Game announcing. Are you sure you haven't don this for like 10 years now. There is no way this was your first time doing this. As the event coordinator, I am going to take your word on coming back next your. You were awesome and a shout out to any event coordinator that needs a MC/Announcer. If you need one, beg or steal to get this guy. Thanks Grant for everything.

LAPTOP at MARC
 

Somebody left a laptop behind at the MARC event. Whoever you are please email me at ketron@monroe.k12.mi.us.

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First of all, to Steve and the whole crew at MARC... THANK YOU! Your kindness and willingness to help out and do everything possible to take care of the teams as if they were your own was amazing. Steve - helping us to machine a new shoulder joint during alliance pickings allowed us to compete at full power for the playoffs, and to advance to the finals. Thank you so much! I owe you a sprocket!

To 70, 1504, and 1528, congrats on your hard-fought win! You're all so gracious and nice. I'm SO glad that the iPirates finally won their first event ever. So awesome! Congrats to all of you!

Finally, to our partners, 67 and 226 - we were a GREAT alliance. Very cool getting the high score of the entire event! The "FREEZER BURN" will have to link up again at IRI and take home the gold. It was a blast playing with you all.

To everyone at MARC - we had a terrific time. Can't wait to see you all again next year!

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Thanks to Steve and the whole crew for putting on a great event. We didn't make it out last year, but I'm hoping this will now become a tradition for our team. We had a lot of fun.

Congratulations to 1504, 70, and 1528. You guys played great.

Lastly thanks to 1025 and 1023. We made a good run, but in the end, just didn't have enough fire power to overcome 67, 910, and 226.

Contratulations to all the teams for making this a fun competition - hope to see you all there next year.

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MARC was awesome! Keep it up for next year and hope to increase! It was an incredible competition, espically with all that crazy Marco's pizza and air-conditioned pits...totally wicked. :D

Although, why hasn't Dean Kamen invented the teleporter? I didn't like the 8 hour drive...haha :P

Sorry Koko for breaking a flag...I also saw I wasn't the only one...

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Wood does not make the best flag poles.

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Laptop has been returned to it's rightful owner. Thanks

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I have video of the entire elimination rounds.As soon as I can I will post them. I was so busy running the event that I did not really get to see any of the rounds. I really want to see the 96-96 tie with no penalties. That is awesome. From what I here that was some vary exciting matches all over the place this year.

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MARC was an awesome event, and I am so glad to have been a part of it.

70/1528/1504, you guys were a great alliance. It's always fun announcing for an alliance with pirates, penguins, and aliens :p you played hard, fast, and determined; congratulations on the gold! (and high fives to team 70 for the interactive MC action, you guys kept it fun!)

67/910/226, another amazing alliance. Many of my FIRST friends are summed up in this alliance, and I mean come on.. you just can't beat "Freezerburn." Specifically to 67 - your drivers are SICK. I would get lost announcing your matches because the hotbot was just all over the place. Hurdle, grab, hurdle, grab, drive through traffic, hurdle. As a driver and an announcer (who saw a lot of matches that day), I give you maajor props. 910 as well, you guys never stopped improving after our Great Lakes run. You were clearly one of the dominant robots here at MARC.

33/2337/279... let me tell you, you guys were an insane alliance. I talked to most of you personally after you were eliminated, but yeah.. all I have to say is, let the IRI'ers pray this alliance doesn't reform!


As for MARC itself, maajor high fives all around to all the volunteers. It was a fun time to be had by all, whether you were reffing, doing the sound, MCing, doing field control, or a little of everything, it was a great time and a great event that ran pretty smoothly (few hiccups here and there but nothing too major). Steve, thank you so much for putting on a phenomenal offseason competition, and thank you for letting me have a chance behind the microphone. I'm not sure all the praise is warranted, but I did have a fun time and I appreciate the kind words :) I will most definitely be around next year.

I feel like there is way more to be said here, but nothing is coming to mind. I'll probably edit later. Come visit me at Cedar Point!!
First edit: Steve, do you have video of any of the other matches? I want to hear how my announcing really sounded.. I was whipped tired by the finals O:)

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Sounds like I missed a great competition! I had to stand up in a wedding which I had a blast at, but I still have not figured out how to be in two places at one time. Congratulations to 1504 ,70 ,1528 on a well deserved win!Beth Sweet and team 1504, I told you after our preformance together at WMR that you guys rock!! Team 70 allways top notch ,and our teams together have also had some successful runs through elims. 1528 congrats on your first victory, the first one is always a special one. To the Hot Team we have come so close ,one day we will win one together!!!!! Lets make it happen at IIIIIIRRRRRRIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!

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Thanks for the compliments. I have to say, driving the HOTBOT is CR4ZY, it took a while to get used the the rear steering the the full power of that well designed and programmed machine. I am looking forward to IRI, with all the greatest teams in the world gathered there, I'm sure the finals will be as difficult as in Einstein.

I would personally like to thank the pit crew, they don't always get the credit they deserve.
--Nick Wheaton <--- mechanical
--Stephanie Spurr <-- batteries
--Ethan Zonca <-- electrical genious who doesn't miss an opportunity to insult me and my inferiour electrical knowledge
lol, cause those poor people have to fix the robot after my 2 minutes of "RoAdRaGe!" and going reverse through traffic :mad:

While I was driving... my bro took video of all the matches we attended... we missed our second match due to technical problems [our endofactor was not connected to our robot ;) ]
When I got home I compiled the videos into one file and uploaded it to vreel and blip tv, although I didn't have a match list or the match scores to include in the video :D
I tried to put it on youtube... but this is the response --> "Broadcast:"Public | Rejected (length of video is too long)"
the video is about 35 minutes and encompasses all the matches... that we showed up to :P . I know my driving sucks to begin with...
but I got better as the regional went on :D

http://beta.vreel.net/index.php?q=watch&id=10371
http://blip.tv/file/1042685

and here is a highlight reel from the regular season, while Cody Greebe was the driver

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y89j6IKbwhM
http://beta.vreel.net/index.php?q=watch&id=9161

be sure to post comments and rate well