Battle O' Baltimore
 

The 3rd annual Battle O' Baltimore will be held on August 22nd, 2009. A flier is attached

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wahoo!!!
even though that's my vacation, i'll only be in south jersey so i think i can take a saturday and come on down and watch some robot action!
i'm excited :D

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are you guys going to be looking for volunteers? I would love to come down and help with team queuing.

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awesome!! team 1086 will more than likley be there...possibly with two bots:D

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The website is being updated and the volunteer coordinator is in place. Stay tuned and thanks for offering to help!

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I was at the 1st Battle O' Baltimore and it was an amazing competition! I'm hoping I get to come again this year if not with my team then hopefully to volunteer!!!

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http://battleobaltimore.com/
website updated and link to contacting Volunteer Coordinator
Half the slots are filled.
Register your interest.

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2106 signed up this morning. This will be our first trip out of Virginia. We are rather excited.

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Emailed about volunteering -- cya there!

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2199 will of course be attending. It's always a lot of fun though in past years it tends to be rougher on our robots than a regional.:ahh:

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Tentatively on my calendar.

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Looks like 3 team slots left.
Register your interest soon if you haven't already.

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Dag!...just missed...

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Due to an amazing response from teams, the Baltimore Area Alliance is looking at the options available.

Register your interest to be put on the growing wait list.
Stay tuned.

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Does this mean we are not going Ed?

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I dunno.

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Just a friendly reminder to all teams interested in competing at BoB -

Registration fee rises after June 30.
Team list here: http://www.battleobaltimore.com/teams.php

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NEMO meeting 11-noon

Re: Battle O' Baltimore - Senior info needed.
 

If your team plans to attend the Battle O' Baltimore please forward the names of the seniors from your team that graduated this year. We're stealing an IRI idea and plan to show their names on the screens before the awards.
You can post here or send me a private message.

Thanks!:)

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http://wjz.com/video/?id=59376@wjz.dayport.com

Last Monday some of the teams showed up for publicity on a local channel for the "Manic Monday" segment - a silly, but much watched fun tradition in B-more.

BoB results
 

The third annual Battle O' Baltimore was a rousing success!
With 24 teams in attendance the competition was fierce and everyone played in the finals.

Congratulation to the team award winners:
Mike Wade memorial award - Team 1748 "Lab Rats"
TIME Center Judges award - Team 339 "Kilroy"
TIME Center WOW award - Team 2377 "C Company"
Time Center Gracious Professionalisn award - Team 1727 "Rex"
Several individual recognition awards were also given out.

The final three matches were hard fought and were decided by a final Super-Cell with a "Crab-bonus" (25 pts.)

Congratulations to the winners:
Team 007 - "Team007"
Team 2377 - "C Company"
Team 2866 - "Project Mayhem"

...and to the finalists:
Team 2199 - "Robo-Lions"
Team 888 - "Robotiators"
Team 2791 "Shaker Robotics" (all the way from NY)

From my own standpoint, as one of the field managers, I would like to thank every team in attendance for paying attention to the startup sequence and any other instructions we were giving. It made everything run smoothly and certainly enhanced the event.
I saw lots of GP both on and off the field; and have you ever had that much pit space before!
Thanks also to all the volunteers, the referees, the judges, the FMS Lite crew, The Park School, the announcers (courtesy of BAE Systems,) and the list goes on and on.

The last big thank you goes to NASA and Rob Thate without whose continued support this event could not take place.

The BAA looks forward to seeing everyone again next year for another great Battle O' Baltimore!

--Mark Eastman

Re: BoB results
 

Scripts written by the judges on why a team received an award are now posted on website, including a description of the Mike Wade Quality Award, http://www.battleobaltimore.com/2009winners.php