2009 PARC XII! Pennsylvania Robot Challenge
 

Good morning teams!

The Tigertrons team 222 and the PARC committee sat down and had our first official meeting last night. We have some exciting new plans for PARC this year to make it more than just a competition.

First the business end:

Where: Tunkhannock Area High School
120 West Tioga Street
Tunkhannock, PA 18657

When: May 9, 2009 doors open 7:00AM competition ends 5:00PM

Team limit: 30 teams

Registration (Note this has changed): http://asp.shinraikon.com/parcxii/registration.aspx

Volunteer Registration (This has also changed): http://asp.shinraikon.com/parcxii/Volunteer.aspx

New Cost: $175.00

Please let us know if you have any problems with the registration pages. I will try to keep the team list up to date on here. If you know you definitely are having trouble registering you can send me a PM on here with all the information and I will pass it along.

The registration pages have changed due to a conflict of software between the team's webpage host and the software our webpage team used to redesign our site. The normal PARC registration page will be up some time in the future, but we are unsure exactly when.

Now the fun stuff:

OK we realize that PARC has been lacking in other non-robot activities for teams to have fun at. This year we are changing things up a bit hoping to not only attract more team members, but also people from our community.

List of activities so far:

chicken BBQ with pre-sale tickets will be available once our plans are finalized

Technology fair including local colleges - we are currently building a list of local colleges and technology based businesses for demonstrations and recruiting. If you would like to be involved in a technology booth please shoot me a PM.

free miniature golf - students of the TASD CADD classes are designing and building a miniature golf course that will be on display for everyone to use

We may have some competition related games to be announced.

We are still in the planning stages. If you or your team has any suggestions on what you would like to see at PARC we would like to hear them. Feel free to post any ideas in the thread or send me a PM.

Disclaimer: none of these activities are officially set in stone. I will be sure to keep all teams up to date on any changes.

Finally, I know it's been a long post. I'm personally looking for a list of awards teams would like to see given out. Afterall this competition is about the teams that attend.

We hope to see everyone at the PARC!

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I haven't been to PARC in a few years.
Maybe I'll have to make a return in 2009!
Once I know for sure, I'd be glad to volunteer as well if needed.

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Team 316, The LuNaTeCs, look forward to participating again in 2009.

Always a great event.

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I already volunteered for que.

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Team 316 has officially registered for PARC!:) We welcome the Lunatechs and all the Lunacy they can bring ;)

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Thank you very much Ed! I was just getting ready to reply to your registration.

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We have been to PARC quite a few times. I have to say I have always liked the invitational because it is a straight forward competition. Personnaly I like just competiting without any distractions but hey thats me. You guys have always done a great job. The only issue that has stopped us from coming at times is the distance.

This year 1071 will make the trip down to PA and compete once again.

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Team 1071 has officially registered! Great to see Team MAX will be making the journey this year!

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25 will be there

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25 has officially registered!

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Hey!

I am so excited for PARC!

Is there anyway that I can announce this year again?:cool:

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Definitely! just fill out the volunteer registration form. Good to hear you'll be around for PARC Angela!

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66 days till PARC XII:D

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Hopefully 11 will be there.

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26 slots left, there going fast.:D

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Yeah, I hopefully won't be sick this time. :D

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Looking forward to all the great teams and people that attend PARC, it wouldn't be such a fun and exciting event without them.

For the 3rd time in a row PARC will be webcast and recorded.

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I may not be attending, as I believe Battlecry @ WPI may be scheduled on the same weekend. :(
I haven't seen an announcement for that on CD yet, so that may be subject to change. :ahh:

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Team 341 will be there.
It is an honor to play with the teams of PARC!
Please sign us up!!

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Register here.
http://asp.shinraikon.com/parcxii/registration.aspx

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1218 and 1640 have officially registered for PARC!

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22 team slots open, sign up now before they're gone.:D

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1391 registered last night, but is not showing up on the team list. Just wanted to check and make sure it went through!

Looks like PARC is shaping up to have a really solid competition this year.

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I just haven't checked email yet. (I manually have to add the team to the team list) :D

Glad to hear your coming, PARC is a wonderfully fun and exciting event.:D

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Your team is now on the team list.

Only 21 slots left.:D

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Alright I've fallen behind the 8 ball here......341, 423, 1143 & 1391 have all officially registered for PARC!

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Team 2053 the Tigertronics have officially registered for PARC! Boy are the announcers going to have fun ;) .

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YAY Tigertronics! Welcome to our TIGER HOUSE! :)

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They're a clever bunch. Check out Fingerlakes quarterfinal 1-1 to see how they and a pair of slick rookies baited and trapped a very good 188 bot and changed a defeat to a stunning victory in the last 20 seconds. They are to be feared.

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I'm glad to hear that we impressed some people up at Fingerlakes. I wish I could say the same about our last regional in Annapolis.

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I'm going to talk to my advisors in the coming weeks to see if we can make it to PARC as a Team. I'd love to get the bot on the Regolith one more time after Atlanta and Also I need to train next year's Driver.

If my team can't make it, I might make a solo adventure out of it. :D

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Sounds great! Hopefully you guys can make it.

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You'll only have to go once. After that it will become an event that you will look forward to attending every year. Guaranteed fun!

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I finally got to watch that match, and I must say, very good strategy from the Tigertronics. This will be the first time I see them in action. Most likely I'll be reffing PARC so I'll be getting close and personal.;)

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:D 45 days till PARC XII :D

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Team 1391 will not be attending PARC. Come on teams help us fill up this event!

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To keep everyone informed....The chicken BBQ will be run by the TAHS business club. We're still waiting on prices. We're not settled on how many holes the mini golf course will be. It all depends on if the CAD class students all finish their project. Also new for us will be customizable PARC shirts. We are still trying to collect colleges and businesses for our technology fair. Also the school planetarium will be open with presentation times throughout the day. There's tons of work going into PARC this year. We're hoping to get enough teams to make it worth while. Hope to see you all at the PARC!

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A couple of things have caused me to have to change my plans and back out of my obligation to work PARC.
One is it's mothers day weekend and mom lives in Boston. So I will be going to Battlecry instead (and bringing mom gifts from Wegmans) and because I am staying at mom's I won't have to pay for a hotel room which is suddenly very important after a very unfortunate incident last weekend has incurred a large bill for me from Canada with my internet use.
I apologize wholehearted for this.

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That's cool Ed we completely understand. You do alot for the FIRST community and I imagine it can be a big drain. Plus ya gotta visit mom on Mother's day! :D

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I'm very excited about PARC this year! It's going to be one of my last competitions ever. Hopefully I'll be able to come back after I graduate and volunteer!!

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18 open slots and only 28 days left. Hurry and register for this wonderful event. :D

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2229 & 145 have registered for PARC!

Also for teams trying to register through www.tigertrons.com we now have a links up and working to register for PARC.

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teams 84 and 433 have officially signed up for PARC!

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Hey PARCers-

this may be your best chance to play the DIVISION Champs for Archimedes (222) and do it on their home turf.

Go to Tunkhannock- play robots- see the home of the Tigertrons- watch out for deer ;)


25 will be there- will you?




WC :cool:

(this was an unsolicited testimonial)

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18 open slots and only 19 days left. :D Register now for this wonderously fun and exciting event.
For the third year now PARC will be webcast, and a recording will be made for later viewing.

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Quick question: Will there be concessions available regardless of the outcome on the BBQ chicken sale? Thanks!

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Yes, the concession stand will be open. :D

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Speaking of the chicken BBQ stand...everything is finalized. The BBQ includes 1/2 chicken, mac salad, desrt, and drink for $8.

Unfortunately the Tech & College Fair is not going to get done for this year. We had a tough time getting responses from colleges. We will work harder on the tech fair for next year.

The planetarium will be open for 15 minute presentations about the moon.

Students from the CAD class are working on their mini golf course as I type.

PARC is approaching fast please encourage other teams to sign up

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I just found out I can't go to PARC. I was really looking forward to it but I just found out that it's the same day as my SkillsUSA competition and I can't let my partner down.

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I believe 2753 will be attending.

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Bummer!

Good to hear 2753 will be attending......maybe we can get the archimede's alliance back together ;) 2753 has officially registered for PARC!

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Sounds tasty, but half a chicken seems like a lot. How many people is one supposed to feed? (Sorry I'm so concerned with food, just trying to keep my team fed. I do really like robots though!)

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We still need more teams to register, 14 slots & 15 days to go. :D

PARC is a wonderful event, you won't regret coming, and if you don't come your missing out.:D

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Yes. 2753 is ready to come. Thank you so much for inviting us to come. All of the students are excited.

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Just 9 days till PARC XII.:eek: We are still in need of more teams to register. With 15 open slots left.

Hurry and register. :D

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Only a few more days!!!!! I'm so excited!!! My whole family is actually coming! My little sisters are going to see their first FIRST competition!

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Only 3 days left, and plenty of room. Teams Please sign up.

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Got my gear all packed and ready to go... =)

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Updates.......we will be using the most up to date software first is supplying us. Right now it is FMS lite which is very Lite. We will have a running field, but there will be no real time scoring and we are working on the ranking system and such. With that said we will not be following G14. There will be no penalty for doubling or tripling your opponents' score.

Also since there are only 15 teams we are going to run with the pits inside our gym because there will only ever be 3 robots in the pits at once.

Another thing we were kicking around is a twist on the game.....of randomly placing a supercell on the field before the start of auto mode. The super cell would be there for anyone's taking. Let me know what you all think on this one....this is not final until we get some input from the teams attending.

We start setting up and testing tonight. The CAD room is currently full of cardboard miniature golf pieces.

Thanks to the teams who have registered. We understand this is a tough time of the year. We are looking for suggestions for a better time of year to host PARC. We are almost certain that PARC will not be the Saturday before Mother's Day next year based solely on attendance. Help us out, make suggestions to make PARC better all around.

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We like the idea of putting a supercell (or two) on the field. As a matter of fact that is what we are doing at our invitational. I would understand if you do not do this but our team would be in favor of the idea. The only concern is when it gets announced. Being a team that is coming from CT to PA we would not be able to adjust our autonomous for this if the position of the supercell is known. I do not want to sound like a whiner but I just want to make sure everyone can compete on equal grounds.

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We will discuss this and make a final decision tonight. We had previously discussed the supercell being placed in the center of the field.

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Works for me. I will check back tonight

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To all attending PARC. Above I had mentioned we would like to place a supercell on the field before autonomous begins. We have talked this idea over and decided the supercell would be placed in the center of the field. We will have teams vote on this option when they sign in. Teams be prepared to possibly pick up a supercell from the center field in autonomous period. An email will also sent out to team contacts adressing this idea. The field is up and just needs to be wired.

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Is that a good thing =P

Shouldn't be too hard since FMS Lite is as technical =P

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A test webcast is up at the following address:
http://asp.shinraikon.com/parcxii/portal.aspx

Just 2 days till PARC XII

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I'm getting pretty excited! We're driving up and staying over after AP testing tonight!! I can't wait!! :D PARC is going to be so much fun!!!

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A webcast is up now.

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We had great fun at PARC yesterday. Thanks for 222 for running it and congratulations to the winning alliances.

At least we did prove one thing- 25 is faster to the ball than 2753 Nyeah! Nyeah! :p

To the teams that missed it- you missed lots of fun. See you next year.

WC

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Thanks, 222! 1640 loved PARC XII. We'd also like to thank 222 and 2753 for having us on a great champion alliance! A fun time was had by all. See you next year!

We did enjoy the center-field super cell rule. We certainly recommend it for other off-seasons.

P.S. How many states were represented at PARC this year? (We like to include that information in our media releases/announcements.) Thanks!

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Ya, ya, I want a rematch with it in the center of the field! :P

Such fun, I would like to thank everyone that helped put this event on and 222 for being so gracious as alliance partners and hosts.

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423 had a ton of fun at PARC!
Congratz to the winning alliance!

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Thanks to 222 and crew for a great event.

Our oldies and newbies had a great time amd we really got the newbies hooked!

Hope we see you all next year!

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I definitely liked the supercell in the middle. Watching teams ram into the center as fast as possible was great. One complaint though: I don't know how the center mark was drawn or who did it, but from the driver stations' point of view, it was definitely closer to the left of the field from the blue alliances' standpoint about half the time. I just think that a lot of the time, the ball wasn't in the center of the field, and was slightly unfair to the team that was further away.

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Thanks to Teams 1218 and 145 for being such amazing partners. It was a pleasure working with you.

Congratulations to Teams 222, 2753, and 1640 for "schooling" us in the finals. You definitely deserved to win and it was great playing against you.

Deep appreciation to Scott Howell, Cliff Mock and the entire Tigertrons Crew for putting together another amazing PARC! We have not missed a single PARC since 2001 and you always put on a great show.

You are gracious hosts and fierce competitiors.

Thank you from the entire 341 crew!

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I missed the finals, does anyone have any matches?

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I do believe that after the drivers meeting, the ruling was established and the mark was placed approximately in the center of the field. We apologize for the inconvenience for it was six inches off. Although not perfect, it made the matches that much more interesting. Thanks to all who made it out we hope to see you next year, bigger and better!

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Thanks to all our volunteers! They really helped make this event run smoothly! Also a huge thank you to the teams for making our jobs easy! I hope everyone had a great time at PARC and hope to see you all back next year! Thank you all for the kind words and best of luck in the offseason!

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Thanks to 222 for being such a gracious host. You really came through when our robot was in need of repair.

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Just wanted to give a little salute to 222's best year yet. Awesome job guys. :D